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For the Week of November 9 through November 1S, 1999 Vta SEASON P?SI PICTURE HAYE Has Aggies on _ _ _ _ _ _ _ si*-game winning streak CLEARING as FAMU comes in: T FAMU / A&T BATTLE FOR MEAC TITLE; TENN STATE LOOKS TO REPEAT IN OVC UNDER THE BANNER WHAT'S GOING ON IN AND AROUND BLACK COLLEGE SPORTS WHERE TO BOWL?: With just over a month left before game time, no one knows where or when CIAA Photo the third annual Pioneer Bowl is going to be played. Officials of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) and^the Southern Intercollegiate Athlet ic Conference (SIAC), including Commissioners Leon Kerry and Wallace Jackson, scheduled a conference call Tuesday (Nov. 9) KERRY: Which way to work out the final loose ends. Pioneer Bowl. Hemdon Stadium in Atlanta on the campus of Morris Brown College has been the site of the first two games but may not be the first choice this year. % A proposal to play the game at the Georgia Dome on Dec. 18 after the McDonald's Heritage Bowl may be on the table as well as moving the game to another site in CIAA coun try (Virginia or North Carolina). DOUBLEHEADER, ANYONE: Don't go to Salisbury, N. C., this Saturday looking for the Livingstone vs. Fayetteville State game. It's been switched to Greensboro, N. C., at Dudley High School. The game will be played at 5:00 p. m. Just down the street and around the corner at 1 p. m., North Carolina A&T will take on Florida A&M. HOOP PACKAGE: The MEAC has announced that Home Team Sports (HTS) will televise 11 games, including two women's contests as part of their reg ular season conference TV package. Those games will be followed up by March telecasts of MEAC Tournament semi-finals and finals for both men and women. The pack age tips off Jan. 8 with either Coppin State vs. Bethuife Cookman or NC A&T vs. Howard at 4 p.m. GAMES SCHEDULED 1/8 - Coppin State at Beth.-Cookman or NC A&T at Howard. 4 pm 1/15 - Md Eastern Shore at Morgan State, 4 pm 1/17 - Del State at Hampton (Men and Women) 1/22 - Norfolk State at Morgan State, 12 noon 1/29 - Del State at Morgan State. 12 noon . 2/5 - Hampton at S. C. State, 12 noon " 2/12 - Howard at NC A&T, 2 pm (Men and Women) 2/19 - S. C. State at Florida A&M, 12 noon 2/26 - Florida A&M vs. Bethune-Cookman, 9:30 pm *1 THE STAT CORNER WHO ARE THE BEST PERFORMERS IN BLACK COLLEGE SPORTS HOW THEY DID IT ?r Florida A&M (6-0 MEAC. 7-2) jumped out to a 35-0 first quarter lefed. led 42-12 at the half, and stunrfed Southern 65-18 before over 19.000 in Tallahassee The Jaguars (2 0 SWAf West. 8-1 j came into the game ranked third nationally in Div. I-AA polls with a defense giving up just 9 I points per game. But FAMU QB JaJuan Seider threw for 295 yards <30 of 45) and three, scores and ran (17 times) for 115 yards and another two TDs in the rout Seider led FAMl.' to a score on their first possession and then the Rai tiers returned a fumble on the ensuing kickoff for a score. Tennessee State < 5-0 OVC, 9-0) scored on two long first half TDs and then held on to defeat Tennessee Tech. 25-19 before a homecoming record crowd of 41.132 at Titans ? Stadium WR Avion Black hauled in a 78-yard second quarter pass from QB Chris Perkins for a TD and RB Amariah Robb scored from ^ yards away to help put the Blue Tigers up 22-7 at halftime PK Seth (ioodowens who kicked a 53-yard second quarter field goal added a 27 yarder after the break On the day. Robb rushed for 213 sards <?n 24 carries while Perkins threw for 256 yards (15 of 30). Kethune-( ookman QB PaTell Trout man known more for his running than passing, threw for three touchdowns and ran for two as the Wildcats (3-3 MEAC. 6-3) got hy Hampton <4 27 in overtime Troutman ran 27 times for 182 yards and two TDs includ ing the game winner, a one-yard keeper in OT hut his 23-yard TD pass to freshman WR Erik I ash forced the (JT. For the day. Troutman was 13 of 19 passing for 138 yards Hampton PK Acie Wyatt missed a field goal from 51 yards at the end of regulation that would have won it for the Pirates (4-3 MEAC. 6-4). Yfisftfeftippt Valles State RB Corey Holmes ran 49 times for 237 yards and three TDs to lead the Delta Devils (1-3 SWAC East. 3-7) past Akorn State. 30-26 Holmes scored tm runs of 2. 22 and one yards Holmes has rushed for 682 yards in the last three weeks to take over the SWAf and black college rushing lead (141 .*3 ypg ) from Jackson State x RB Destry Wright (137 ypg ) North ( arotina A&T <6-0 MEAC 7-2) survived a scare from .Delaware State < 3-3 MEAC. 3-6). staging a fourth quarter comeback to pull out a 24-13 win and set up this week's showdown for the MEAC title with Florida A&M Trailing 13-10 with Del Slate <m the doorstep of another touchdown. A&Ts defense knocked the hall loose and H trav el led through the end /ajoc for a touchhack The Aggies then drove 80 yards, taking the lead on a one yard run from FB Rrft Farmer. 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H ? .-.i Playoff, bowl berths on the line Saturday LUT WILLIAMS BCSP Editor Several black college football teams have clinched conference titles and are assured of postseason play as the season heads into its final three weeks. Still others will have their bowl an playoff fate deter mined this weekend. INDEPENDENTS Tennessee Slate (5-0 OVC, 9-0) has remained unbeaten, atop the BCSP rank ings and #2 in Div. I-AA despite playing the last two games without injured ail American QB Leon Murray. In Murray's absence, back-up Chris Perkins has played admirably and he will lead them into battle again this week against Murray State (5-1 OVC, 6-3). the team most consider TSU's chief threat in the Ohio Valley Conference. The winner will take the OVC title and get the conference's automatic I-AA playoff berth. TSU. with last-minute heroics from Murray, defeated MSU 46-44 last year to win their first-ever OVC title. Murray hurt his knee Oct. 23 in the third quarter of the Blue Tigers win over Western Kentucky but has put off surgery. He has reportedly been fitted with a special knee brace and will play if necessary. Even with a loss, the Tigers are probably still in the playoff picture because of their high ranking and wins over ranked teams Florida A&M and Jackson i Alabama St. vs. Pr. View A&M in Montgomery, AL 1:00p Alcorn St. vs. Alabama A&M in Lorman, MS 1:30p Benedict vs. Kentucky St. in Columbia. SC 2:00p Livingstone vs. Fayetteville St. in Greensboro, NC 1:30p Millersville vs. Cheyney in Millersville, PA T:00p Miss. Valley St. vs. Morris Brown in Itta Bena, MS 1:30p Morgan St. vs. Howard in Baltimore, MD 1 :OOp N.C. A&T vs. Florida A&M in Greensboro, NC 1:00p New Haven vs. Jackson St. in West Haven, CT 1:00p Norfolk St. vs. Bethune-Cookman in Norfolk, VA 1:30p S.C. St. vs. Delaware St. in Orangeburg, SC 1:30p Tennessee St. vs. Murray St. in Nashville, TN 1:30p Texas Southern vs. Southern in Houston, TX 7:00p Tuskegee vs. Savannah St. in Tuskegee, AL 1:00p Virginia St. vs. Elizabeth City St.in Petersburg, VA 1:00p West Va. St. vs. Fairmont St. in Institute, WV 1:00p CLASSICS 10th Fountain City Classic Fort Valley St vs Albany St. in Columbus, GA 1:30p 3rd Gold Coast Classic W-Salem St. vs Grambling St. in San Diego, CA 3:00p HOMECOMINGS (homecoming team listed first) Ark -Pine Bluff vs. Lane in Pine Bluff, AR 2:00p Johnson C. Smith vs. Va. Union in Charlotte, NC 1:30p Tenn. St. Sports Photo PERKINS: Tenn. St. QB on the hot seat as Tigers go for OVC title. State. They end the regular season Nov. 20 at Southeast Missouri Statte MEAC The winner of Saturday's showdown in Greensboro (1 p. m.) between Florida A&M (6-0 MEAC, 7-2) and North Carolina A&T (6-0 MEAC, 8-1) will win the MEAC championship and earn the conference's auto matic bid to the 1-AA playoffs that begin Nov. 27. The loser is guaranteed at least the confer ence's McDonald's Heritage Bowl spot but has an outside chance at an at-large berth to the I AA championship tourney. FAMU, ranked eighth in the latest Sports Network poll, would have the best shot at getting in after a loss based on their high-ranking and two quality losses to Div. I Big-East power Miami and to I-AA's second-ranked team, Tennessee State. The Rat tlers 65-18 drubbing of Southern, last week's third ranked I-AA team, certainly helps their prospects. A&T is ranked 23rd in the latest poll and probably has no shot at the playoffs with a loss. The only blemish on their record so far, an embarrassing 40-7 loss to Elon, a team sitting at 21st in the I-AA poll, is the chief reason. Last year, FAMU defeated A&T 51-12 in Tallahas see. In that game. Rattler head coach Billy Joe called time with less than a minute left in the game with his team up 44-12 to give them time for another score A&T head coach Billy Hayes remembers. ewAr ?w fffiw The SWAC has the most work left before deciding who will be representing their East and West Divisions in the inaugural conference championship game Dec. 11 in Birmingham and in the Heritage Bowl a week later. In the East, Jackson State (3-0 SWAC East, 7-2) has beaten all division opponents except Alcorn State (1-1 SWAC East, 3-5). If Alcorn loses Saturday vs. Alabama A&M (1:30 p. m.), the East title belongs to JSU. An Alcorn State win would set up a season-ending (Nov. 20) battle at Jackson State for the first SWAC East Division championship. Texas Southern (3-0 SWAC West, 5-4) can capture the West Division title with a win Saturday at home ?against Southern (2-0 SWAC West, 8-1). A win by Southern, still smarting from a 65-18 defeat at Florida A&M, would mean the division title would come down to the season-ending (Nov. 27) Bayou Classic against Grambling State. A Southern win Saturday and a Gram bling win at the BC would create a three-way tie for the division title and send SWAC officials rummaging for tie ' breaking formulas. CIAA Winston-Salem State (7-0 CIAA, 7-2) has claimed their first CIAA crown since 1991 and will represent the I ' ?? conference in December's Pioneer Bowl unless a minor miracle occurs and they earn their way into the top four spots in the Div. II South Region. Headed into their reg ular season finale in San Diego vs. Gram Wing State, ( the Rams are ranked seventh and need to get into the top four to make the playoff field. That's not likely even if they beat the Tigers, a Div. I-AA and SWAC member. > Look for the Rams in Atlanta 6r wherever the Pioneer Bowl is to be played. SIAC Like WSSU, Fort Valley State (5-0 SIAC, 10-0) has < claimed their first conference title since 1991. But unlike ' J the Rams, the Wildcats could conceivably lose their sea son-ender this Saturday (Columbus, Ga., 1:30 p. m.) to Albany State (3-2 SIAC, 6-3) and still make the playoffs which begin Nov. 20. The 'Cats will be ranked (Tuesday) fifth or sixth in the nation and will remain behind national number one Carson-Newman in the South Region. Even with a loss they should remain in the top four in the region. But, one never knows? Stranger things have happened. If the unthinkable happens and the 'Cats lose and are kept out of the playoffs, let the protests begin. Tuskegee (5-1 SIAC, 7-2), who has locked up sec? ond place in the SIAC, is likely to return to the Pioneer Bowl representing the conference. ? 1 ? 1. TENNESSEE STATE (90) - Nine down, turn to go allar 25-19 win over Term. Tech. NEXT: Hosting Murray State for OVC title ; __ ?' 2. FLORIDA AMI (7-2) - Gulf Coast offense in peak form in 65-18 trin I over Southern. NEXT: Showdown in Greensboro with NC A&T lor MEAC A championship. - , 3. NORTH CAROLINA AAT (8-1) Escaped upset-minded Delaware State, 24-13. NEXT: Hosting veritable MEAC championship game vs. Florida A&M. 4. SOUTHERN (8-1) - Drubbed by FAMU, 65-18. NEXT: At Texas South ern with SWAC West lead at stake. 5. FORT VALLEY STATE (10-0) - Downed Benedict, 24-17. NEXT: Looks for perfect regular season in Columbus, Ga. vs. Atoany State. 6. JACKSON STATE (7-2) - Got by Texas Southern. 41-24. NEXT: At the University of New Haven (no kidding). 7. WINSTON-SALEM STATE (7-2) - CIAA champs completed perfect CIAA season. 21-6 over Elizabeth City. NEXT: Ends regular season at San Diego's Gold Coast Classic vs. I-AA Grambling State. 8. VIRGINIA UNION (7-2) - Whipped Fayetteville State. 49-14. NEXT: Ends season at J. C. Smith. 9. TUSKEGEE (7-2) - Downed Lane. 36-28. NEXT: Hosting Savannah State 10. BETHUNE-COOKMAN (5-3) Put away Hampton 34-27 in overtime. NEXT: At Norfolk State OTHERS: GRAMBUNG STATE (5-3). HAMPTON (6-4). HOWARD (4-5) Jaguar Nation goes wherever beloved Jags play ROSCOE NANCE BCSP Correspondent No distance is too great, no location too remote* for Southern University football fans to travel to watch the Jaguars play. If Southern were to schedule a game in East Hell, the Jaguar Nation, as its fans are known, would be there in full force. "It's just the Southern spirit," says Karryl Stewart, a 1996 Southern gradu ate from Baton Rouge who has followed the Jaguars since she was two years old. "We're always going to bring a crowd." The Jaguar Nation has been estimat ed to number 30.000-40.(XX) die-hard Southern fans who will hit the roail in the blink of an eye to support their team. And when they reach their destination, they make their presence known. Many of them arrive the Friday evening before the game in RVs and set up camp. On game day. they rise early and start preparing food for tailgate parties and engaging in pregame revelry. It's a spectacle that can be unsettling for opposing teams and even some times negate their home-field advantage. They were the greater part of a crowd of 50,(XX)-plus in Indianapolis when Southern faced Hampton in the Circle City Classic on October 2. Close to 50 RVs and buses with Louisiana tags were in place Friday afternoon for the Saturday afternoon game. They helped fill up Jackson, Missis sippi's 62,(XX) seat Memorial Stadium when the Jaguars did battle with Jackson State. They literally took over the park ing lot prior to the Oct. 16 game includ ing all the spaces for the media. And it was only 10:30 in the morning. "It shakes a team up," says Missis sippi Valley State athletic director Chuck Prophet. "You come out and see 15 or 20 RVs and people cooking and laughing and you know they're not your fans. Players haven't seen anything like that. It affects them." Southern's opponents have a love hate relationship with the Jaguar Nation. They hate the idea of Southern having as much or sometimes more fan support than they do. but they love the revenue that Jaguar fans generate. "We made a ton of money off the Southern game," says Prophet. Southern wasn't on Mississippi Valley's schedule this season because the schools are not in the same division as the Southwestern Athletic Conference went to a two-divi sion format. But efforts are underway to renew the series. If and when it does resume, the Jaguar Nation can be counted on to come pouring into Itta Bena. "It makes it a lot easier to play on the road when you know you have as many fans in the stadium as somebody else," says Southern coach Pete Richardson "Our fans just like to travel." Says quarterback TYoy Williams: "It's great to go on a road trip and have more fans than the home team. It's a great motivation. It gets you pumped up." Jewel Jefferson, better known as Southern Sports Photo EDMOND: Travelling Southern fans helped swell crowds at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis and Jackson's Memorial Stadium to over 50,000. Jaguars inter im athletic director says fan support is evidence of the school's unity. Mama Jag, is acknowledged as the queen of the Jaguar Nation. Jefferson, 73, has followed the Jaguars for the past 35 years beginning when she was manager of the athletic dining hail. "I follow them because we have a coach who don't take no shucking and jiving and no bending and begging," says Jefferson, who can't remember the last time she missed a game. "I might not have many more (games)." Jefferson epitomizes the Jaguar Nation. Win, lose or draw, she roots for Southern. She and the thousands of Southern fans who journeyed to Talla has see Saturday and suffered through the Jaguars' 65-18 drubbing at the hands of.; Florida A&M stayed until the bitter end. Even though (he Rattlers dominated, their beloved Jays, Southern fans were-' unbowed. They even complained prior to the game that the school was not allotted enough tickets. ? "We'll always be No.l," said Tarne sha Covington during a lively postgame. debate with Rattler fans. A senior from Houston, Covington has not missed a' < game since enrolling at Southern. Covington says she starts planning' for road trips as soon as the season ends;' and saves money during the summer for her fall junkets. ,, "We come in packs," she says. "We . just have love for our school." And they are not averse to traveling to the four comers of the world to display that love. "It doesn't matter whether we win or lose," says Southern interim athletic director Brenda Edmond. "They still fol low us. It's indescribable. Their support means so much to the staff and the student athletes. It makes it easy for us to do our jobs when we know we have the Jaguar Nation's support. There are several rea sons they support us the way they do. They know we appreciate their support. Also, it's a show of support for the insti tution. Our fans have figured out we can do more when we come together."
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