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Sunday, November 16, 2008
FAMU struts its stuff for ESPN
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Florida A&M fans turned out in big numbers Saturday as ESPN’s popular GameDay show was broadcast live from the Tallahassee campus.
When predicting the winner of the game, Lee Corso donned the hat of the Rattler Venon mascot as seen in a photo on the Tallahassee Democrat website. As for the game, Corso got it right as the Rattlers rebounded from an early 10-0 deficit to roll to a 45-24 victory and give Hampton its fourth straight loss.
Albany State falls in Division II playoffs: The Rams lost in the first round of the Division II playoffs for the third consecutive year, but the 34-22 loss to Tusculum might be remembered as the most frustrating of the three.
The Rams were the dominant team, holding the lead for most of the game until a key roughing-the-punter penalty turned the tide. Tusculum responded with a pair of TDs in the final four minutes for the victory.
“I think it was a huge momentum swing,” Albany State coach Mike White was quoted as saying in a story in Sunday’s Albany Herald. “I thought we had control, and that time we were in what we call ‘punt safe.’ You just don’t expect that to happen, but sometimes it does. What a bad time for it to happen.”
SWAC update: Defending conference champion Jackson State clinched the Eastern Division title Saturday with its 37-21 victory over Alabama A&M. The Tigers will defend their title Dec. 13 in the SWAC championship game against one of two teams from the Western Division - Grambling, the current division leader which has an unbeaten conference record with two games remaining, or second-place Prairie View, which finished its regular season with a 6-1 conference record (9-1 overall).
Unfortunately for the Panthers, their one conference loss was a 40-16 thumping at the hands of Grambling, which would have to lose to Texas Southern and Southern for Prairie View to advance.
Complete Black College scoreboard (courtesy of Onnidan)
Arkansas-Pine Bluff 34, Miss Valley State 0
Bethune-Cookman 14, Howard 12
Charleston Southern 48, Edward Waters 6
Delaware State 34, Norfolk State 28
Florida A&M 45, Hampton 24
Jackson State 37, Alabama A&M 21
Jacksonville State 26, Tennessee State 21
Langston 28, Bacone 9
N.C. Central 23, Winston-Salem State 16
NW Oklahoma State 58, Texas College 27
Prairie View A&M 37, Alcorn State 3
Savannah State 24, Webber International 7
Southern 15, Alabama State 0
S.C. State 32, Morgan State 0
Tusculum 34, Albany State 22
All-time Black College football team: A conversation began here on Friday in regards to the All-time Black College football team. Once again, check out the entire team by clicking here and let me know what you think.
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