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Joe Daniels
James Parker
James Terry
COVER PHOTOGRAPH
Georgetown's Pat Ewing
encounters heavy traffic in
last year's NCAA tournament
against Alcorn State's
David Palmer (44) and
Tommy Collier (photo by
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Edited By ALLEN H. JOHNSON
In a move that ranks right up
Ihere in IMogic with the judging of
pro boxing matches, ho traditional
ly black schools were picked by the
NCAA to compete in this year's
Division 1-AA football playoffs.
Even more incredibty,?the?
SWAC, which easily is the strongest
1-AA league in the nation, was
among the conferences not invited
to the NCAA's postseason party.
That's like having a hall of fame For
the best running backs in pro football
and not inducting O.J. Simpson
> and Jim Brown.
True, part of the reason the
SWAC didn't make the playoffs is
that it lost its automatic berth, since
Southern and Grambling play in the
Bayou Classic after the NCAA
deadline for regular-season games.
But there clearly were other
strong SWAC teams that merited invitations,
namely Jackson State and
Mississippi Valley State.
As for the ME AC, which, thanks
to Florida A&M's inehgiDtity, also
lost its automatic berth, South
Carolina State stayed home
Thanksgiving weekend, too. _
Union Again ?
They ought to create three divisions
in the CIAA next year: A Northern
Division, a Southern Division
and a division for Virginia Union.
Though Union boasts the enrollment
of a medium-sized high school
and doesn't field a marching band,
its football team can look awesome
even when it's not clicking on all
cylinders.
Ask'Winston-Salem State, which
lost to the Panthers this season by a
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The Rams' second lopsided defeat
this year at the hands of Union came
in the CIAA championship game at
Winston.
ThoughUnTon^soffenseTTzzTed
more than it sizzled, the defense
generally manhandled WSSU's
vaunted offensive line and running
game.
The result was a 34-7 Panther victory
and Union's third CIAA crown
in a row, much to the chagrin of a
WSSU home crowd that, like me.
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Union's success bears testimony
to a solid recruiting program that includes
active alumni participation.
And, lest anyone forget, the Panthers
were 20-8 in men's basketball
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UDC and Alcorn State are aoina t
last year ancT~27-2_in womeirV
basketball, including a national
championship.
Bring on the MEAC and the
SWAC....
The Union Problem
Of course, on the other side of the
coin is the money problem Virginia
Union's success poses for the
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droves," says CIAA Commissioner
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Thus, in Wake Forest
University's cavernous Groves
Stadium, which seats 31,500, only
7,625 fans bothered to show up on a
warm, sunny Saturday afternoon
that was, as the sport casters like to
say, perfect for college football.
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plans to stick to the present format
of holding the championship game
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