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Central may have the
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schedule of 2006. Bill
OCAOwN Hayes is to blame.
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2006 BLACK COLLEGE FOOTBALL
TV SCHEDULE
CIAA/ESPN PLUS
-
Sat., Oct. 21
Virginia Union @ Virginia State
1:00pm
Sat., Oct. 28
St, Augustine's @ Fayetteville State
1;00pm
Sat., Nov. 11
CIAA Championship Game
CSTV
1:00pm
Thur, Sept. 7
Lane ig Morehouse
8:00pm
Thur., Sept. 14
Stillman ©Albany State
8:00pm
Sat., Sept. 16
Ark.-Pine Bluff @ Alabama State
TBA
Sal., Sept. 16
Delaware St. @ Northyireslefn State (TD)
11:00pm
Sat., Oct. 7
Jackson State vs. Alabama State (TD)
9:30pm
Sat., Oct. 21
SWAC game
TBA
Sat., Oct 21
Delaware State @ Morgan State
12 noon
Sat., Nov. 23
Tuskegee g Alabama State
ESPNU
2:30pm
Sat, Aug. 26
Tuskegee g Stillman
3:00pm
Sat., Sept. 2
Delaware Stale vs. Florida A&M (TD)
10:00pm
Sat, Sept, 9
Howard © Hampton (TD)
10:00pm
Sat, Sept. 16
Alabama A&M g Miss. Valley St, (TD)
10:00pm
Sun., Sept 24
Miles vs, Stillman
5:00pm
Thur, Oct 5
Alcorn State g Prairie View
6:30pm
Sat, Oct. 14
Norfolk State g Hampton (TD)
10:00pm
Sat, Oct. 21
Hampton g S. C. State (TD)
10:00pm
Thur., Oct 26
N. C. A&T g Beth.-Cookman
7:30pm
Thur, Nov. 2
Bethune-Cookman g Hampton
7:30pm
Sun., Nov. 5
Morehouse g Miles
6:30pm
Sat,, Nov, 18
Bethune-Cookman vs. Florida A&M
ESPN2
TBA
Sat., Sept 2
Grambling State vs. Hampton
ESPN CLASSIC
6:00pm
Sat, Dec. 2
Pioneer Bowl
1:00pm
Sat., Dec. 16
SWAC Championship Game
NBC
2:00pm
Sat., Nov. 25
Grambling State vs. Southern
TD
TBA
Tape Delay
THE STAT CORNER
WHO ARE THE BEST PERFORMERS IN BLACK COLLEGE SPORTS
RUSHING
Taim
Cl G
AH
Vds
Avg
TO Yds/Q
Jeremy McCoy
ALC
SR 9
186
1130
6.1
5 125.6
Isaac Redmon
BSU
JR t
244
1305
5.3
11 118.6
Alonzo Coleman
HAM
SR 12
204
1326
6.5
19 110.5
PASSING
ream Cl
e A
Cmp
al PC
TO Vd;G
Joseph Lewis
SU JR
9 342 217
7 63.5 2496 19 277.3
Arles Nelson
tvs SR
11 350 200
9 57
1 2942 1 7 267.5
Jonathan Autry
FSU JR
10 304 172
6 56.6 2377 23 237.7
TOTAL OFFENSE Team Cl Q
flush
P^se
Plays
To.^ YdstG
Kevin Huff
TU SR 11
738
2511
479
3249 295.4
Aries Nelson
MVS SR 11
254
2942
463
3196 290.5
Joseph Lewis
SU JR 9
52
2496
433
2548 283.1
REC./GAME
Team Cl G
R«
Yds
TD
Avg.C flaciG
Henry Tolbeit
GSU SR 12
74
1,391
19
18.3 6.17
Roosevelt Kiser
FAM SR 1-
64
739
11.5 5.82
Tyrone Timmons
MVS SR 11
62
1059
17.1 5.64
REC. YDS/GAME
Team c
G
da
TD
Augyc YdsfQ
Henry Tolbert
GSU SR 1
74
,391
19
18.3 115.9
Raym.Johnson
MHC SR 1
55
002
12
18.2 100.2
Tyrone Timmons
MVS SR 11
62
059
8
17.1 96.3
ALL PURPOSE
Team Cl
G ns.
flee
Pfl
Kfl
Yds AVG
Jacoby Jones
LAN SR
10 62
587
173
931
1753 1 75.3
Charlie Spiller
ALC SR
11 IS
809
0
760
1588 144.4
Jeremy McCoy
ALC SR
9 1130 38
0
0
1168 129.8
SCORING
Teem
a
TD
XFT
Pla PI^'G
Alonzo Coleman
HAM
SR 12 19
0 0
114 9.5
Andrew Paterini
HAM
SR 12 0
44
20
104 3.7
Brandon Gilbert
NCC
JR 11 0
39
6
87 7.9
DEFENSE
TACKLES
Team
o
G swo
Aa,
TOI
Ayg
Tyler Knight
MVS
SR
11 43
62
125 11.4
Magueil Davis
NSU
JR
11 44
76
120 10.9
Darius Leak
MSU
SR
11 66
51
117 10.6
SACKS
Team
■ Cl
0
Yds
Martin Jackson
ALC
SR
11 11.5
66
1.05
Alton Pettway
ALB
SR
10 9.0
43
0.90
Tyler Knight
MVS
SR
11 9.0
59
0.82
INTERCEPTIONS Team
Cl
G tNT
YDS
TD
INTtG
Bobble Williams
BCC
JR
8 6
80
0
0.75
Greg Toler
SPC
SO
10 6
82
0
0.60
Eddie Young
FVS
SO
3 4
45
0
0.50
SPECIAL TEAMS
PUNT RETURNS Team
Cl
Q Re
Yds
TD
Aug
Roosevelt Kiser
FAM
SR
11 14
22
0
16.4
&'andon Alston
NCC
JR
10 31
506 2
16.3
Rashad Moulton
FVS
SR
10 20
240 0
12.0
KICK RETURNS Team
c,
G R,
Yds
TD
Aug
Albert Turner
SU
SR
9 19
530 0
27.4
Charlie Spiller
ALC
SR
11 2S
• 760 2
27.1
Rashod Moulton
FVS
SR
10 21
528 0
25.1 •
FIELD GOALS
Teem
I.
G FG
FGA
Pst.
Andrew Paterini
HAM
SR
12 20
30
66.7 1.67
Pater Gaertner
DSL
BR
10 16
21
76.2
1.60
Brandon Gilbert
NCC
JR
11 16
20
80.C
1.45
PUNTING
Taam
Cl
G P
Yds
Aug
Wesley Taylor
FAM
JR
11 59
2707
45.9 -
Dominique Brown AST
JR
11 57
2417
42.4
Brandon Larkin
CAU
SR
10 61
2470
40.5
Grid challenges begin immediately
Brutal heatwave the first of many challenges in 2006; Games begin Aug. 26
LUT WILLIAMS
BCSP Editor
The clock is officially ticking
towards the kickoff of what should be a
"challenging" 2006 black college foot
ball season.
Players from most schools are
reporting this week, some next week,
and will face their first challenge in
surviving the brutal heat wave sweep
ing the country during preseason prac
tice.
If they can make it through these
'dog days' of summer - and we pray
they do - a limited schedule of 12
games gets the season started on
Saturday, August 26. That's also when
the first of two intriguing matchups
carrying the "Challenge" moniker take
Challenges
Defending champions Albany
State of the SIAC and North
Carolina Central of the CIAA clash in
Durham, N.C. Aug. 26 in what's being
dubbed the first CIAA/SIAC Challenge.
Here's hoping there'll be plenty more.
If CIAA/SIAC challenges are
your thing - other than the Dec. 2
Pioneer Bowl and a possible date in the
Div. II playoffs - the only other one in
the regular season will be Lane's date
in Raleigh with St. Augustine’s on
Sept. 2.
The other game carrying the
Challenge name is on that same date
(Sat., Sept. 2), when 2005 SWAC
champion, Grambling State meets
MEAC champ Hampton in the second
annual SWAC/MEAC Challenge in
Birmingham. That game will be carried
live on ESPN2 at 6:00 p.m.
The MEAC is up 1-0 after the first
such meeting last season when South
Carolina State downed Alabama
State 27-14 and got this "Challenge"
thing started.
This year's date is the highlight of
a full weekend of 33 games which real
ly gets the season kick-started. By the
way, if you're looking for another
S’WAC/MEAC challenge, try
Southern's battle with Bethune-
Cookman in Jacksonville, FI. on the
same date (Sept. 2.). It's the only other
one.
And since we're on the subject of
cross-conference challenges, how
about Fort Valley State's date against
Howard on Sept. 30 in this season's
only SIAC/MEAC showdown.
The closest things to a
MEAC/CIAA challenge are the in-state
battles between Norfolk State and
Virginia State on Sept. 2, and Bowie
State 'and Morgan State on Sept. 16.
If SWAC/CIAA matchups are
your thing, try out the Sept. 23 date in
Baton Rouge between Southern and
North Carolina Central. Again, it's
the only one on the schedule.
2006 COACHES' PREDICTIONS ^SWAC
EAST
1) Bowie State
2) Virginia State
3) St. Paul’s
4) Shaw
5) Elizabeth City State
6) Virginia Union
WEST
1) Fayetteville State
2) N. Carolina Central
3) St. Augustine's
4) Livingstone
5) Johnson C. Smith
1) Hampton
2) South Carolina State
3) Florida ASM
3) Delaware State
5) Bethune-Cookman
6) Norfolk State
7) Howard
8) Morgan State
9) North Carolina A&T
1) Albany State
2)Tuskegee
3) Fort Valley State
4) Kentucky State
5) Miles
6) Benedict
7) Stillman
8) Clark Atlanta
9) Morehouse
10} Lane
EAST
1)AlabamaA&M
2) Mississippi Valley St.
3) Alcorn State
4) Jackson State
5) Alabama State
WEST
1) Southern
2) Grambling State
3) Prairie View
4)Arkansas-Pine Bluff
5) Texas Southern
If SWAC/SIAC tussles turn you on,
you'll have to settle for Arkansas-Pine
Bluff taking on Thskegee in St. Louis on
Sept. 30, Alabama A&M hosting
Stillman for homecoming on Oct. 14 or
the Turkey Day Classic on Thanksgiving
Day (Nov. 23) pitting Ibskegee against
Alabama State.
The Mother of all...
OK, if the aforementioned chal
lenges don't get your blood boiling, then
there's one final one that's sure to.
Plans are in the works, pending
NCAA approval, for the first
Motherland Classic, sponsored by the
Eddie Robinson Foundation (eddie
robinson.com), to be staged on
Christmas Day pitting the winner of the
Pioneer Bowl against the SWAC cham
pion in Banjul, The Gambia. That's in
the Motherland, Africa, get it?
I thinks it’s a great idea whose time
has come. Another reason for us to find
out from whence we came.
Boldly going ...
But all the challenges this season
are not of the cross-conference variety.
Several bold (or foolish) teams are ven
turing into the NCAA Div. lA ranks for a
test.
Alcorn State is at Louisiana-
Monroe on Sept. 2. Alabama State is at
Troy on Sept. 2. Florida A&M plays at
national power Miami on Sept. 9.
Grambling travels to Houston and Texas
Southern is at New Mexico State on
Sept. 16. Howard takes on Rutgers on
Sept. 23.
Inside the Ropes
Challenges also abound in confer
ence play.
SIAC
When it comes to challenging two-
time champion Albany State, the usual
suspects, Tbskegee and Fort Valley
State are at the head of the class.
Problem is, both challengers have new
head coaches and assistant coaches.
Advantage Albany State.
MEAC
Two-time champion Hampton will
face perhaps its biggest challenges on
the road (and in the I-AA playoffs
where they haven't won a game in four
tries).
The Pirates have to travel to
Delaware State on Sept. 30, to South
Carolina State on Oct. 21 and to
Florida A&M on Nov. 11, League
coaches picked S.C. State second and
DelState and FAMU tied for third
behind Hampton in their preseason poll.
SC State (14-10), Bethune-
Cookman (24-10) and Howard (22-12)
all had legitimate shots to knock off the
Pirates last year but couldn’t get it done.
In two of those games, B-CC and
Howard, the Pirates were on the road.
SWAC
Is Southern up to the challenge of
dethroning a talented Grambling State
squad in the SWAC'West. The SWAC
head coaches think so. But looking over
Grambling's roster, I find that hard to
believe. Granted, prolific QB Bruce
Eugene is gone, but perhaps the coach
es didn’t know so many of his cohorts
from last year are back.
I'm sticking with the G-Men.
The coaches also picked Alabama
A&M to repeat in the SWAC East.
Alabama teams have had a lock on the
East Division championship for six
years now. It's time for Mississippi
schools Alcorn State, Jackson State and
Mississippi Valley State to step up to the
challenge.
MVSU, with head coach Willie
Totten, and talented QB Aries Nelson,
will do it.
CIAA
There are more than a few coaches
who think defending champ North
Carolina Central will get a serious
challenge in the CIAA. They picked
Fayetteville State to unseat the Eagles
in the league's West Division. I'm not so
sure.
It's true, NCCU had a major shake-
up in its assistant coach roster, and this
year’s schedule likely favors FSU, but I
don't think that's enough to dethrone the
Eagles.
In the East, Bowie State, which
was challenged by Virginia State and
St. Paul's last season, will not be chal
lenged by anyone this year.
In fact. I'm picking the Bulldogs to
win the whole shebang.
Coaching challenges
North Carolina Central Athletic
Director Bill Hayes, who used to regu
larly complain when he was a head
coach at North Carolina A&T about the
tough schedules ADs handed him, has
done the same to his head coach. Rod
Broadway.
The defending CIAA champion
Eagles open with SIAC champ Albany
State, then face Triangle rival Shaw and
tough non-conference foe, Lenoir-
Rhyne. But those games are at home.
After a week's break, Broadway
and the Eagles come back to face
SWAG member Southern, CIAA East
Division champ Bowie State, and West
Division foes St. Augustine's and
Fayetteville State, all on the road in suc
cession. Maybe Hayes is trying to pre
pare Broadway for the rigors of I-AA,
where the Eagles are likely to move after
this season.
The coaches who have the chal
lenge of getting things started with a
new team are former Temple assistant
Willie Slater at Diskegee, Deondri
Clark who left Shaw to lead Fort
Valley State, veteran Div, I assistant
Lee Fobbs who gets his first head
coaching stint at North Carolina A&T,
former NC Central Offensive
Coordinator Darrell Asberry who takes
over at Shaw and former Itiskegee head
man Rick Comegy who has assumed
the reins at Jackson State.
Daunting Challenge
Finally, it will be quite a challenge
for some to stay up late to watch seven
of the 37 black college games to be
broadcast on national television this sea
son. ESPNU has five of its 12 games on
after 10 pm. (They call it tape delay. I
call it bedtime. Others call it party time.)
The smallest member of "The world
wide leader" also has three Thursday
and two Sunday games. CSTV is airing
one game at 9:30 and another at 11:30.
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