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Tuesday, November 11, 2008
ESPN GameDay coming to FAMU
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Watch out FAMU - ESPN will be coming to the yard on Saturday.
The multimedia giant will bring its popular GameDay show to the Florida A&M campus this weekend, the first time the show will broadcast from the campus of an historically black university. The two-hour live broadcast will begin at 10 a.m. and precedes the MEAC showdown between the Rattlers and Hampton scheduled for 1 p.m.
“It is an honor to be the first historically black university to host ESPN’s College GameDay,” FAMU president James H. Ammons said in a release on the MEAC website. “We look forward to having ESPN on our beautiful campus as we take on the Hampton Pirates.”
FAMU is 7-3 overall and 3-3 in the MEAC while Hampton is 5-4, 4-2.
Coaching change at Fort Valley: Deondri Clark has resigned as the Wildcats’ head football coach, but will remain with the university in an administrative capacity. Fort Valley won five of its last six regular-season games, including a 15-6 victory at Stillman last week in the season finale.
Sheridan Black College poll: Here’s the rundown of this week’s poll:
Team/Record
Tuskegee/10-0
South Carolina State/8-2
Grambling State/8-2
Prairie View/8-1
Bethune-Cookman/7-2
Tennessee State/8-2
Southern/5-4
Shaw/8-3
Florida A&M/7-3
Albany State/7-3
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