South Carolina Columnist Suggests South Carolina State Leave MEAC
Radical realignment is becoming a trend in college sports, as schools and conferences have chosen to chase cash that revenue-generating sports create rather than stick within the boundaries of...
View ArticleFormer Southern AD Lays Out Plan For HBCU Sustainability
By William Broussard As Director of Athletics at an HBCU who oversaw fundraising efforts for the department, I learned many important lessons about HBCU fundraising culture. Perhaps none is more...
View ArticleMaybe HBCUs Should Drop FCS Football, Website Suggests
By JL Carter Sr. Since announcing its plans to drop football last December, the University of Alabama at Birmingham raised more than $17 million exclusively to aid in the program’s reinstatement. Now,...
View ArticleSWAC NBA Draft Drought Likely To Continue After Tonight
The last three winners of the SWAC basketball Player of the Year award have come from Texas Southern. After tonight’s NBA Draft, it is likely that for the third consecutive year, that player will go...
View ArticleCasey Therriault Biopic Won’t Be A Black Savior Narrative
Sony Pictures recently announced it was developing a feature biopic on the life of former Jackson State quarterback Casey Therriault. “The White Tiger” will delve into Therriault’s past, which includes...
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Why Winston-Salem State’s Own Stephen A. Smith Is Wrong About Black Lives Matter
Former Winston-Salem State basketball player and current national sports pundit Steven A. Smith recklessly suggested on Twitter that African-Americans are unconcerned about so-called black-on-black...
View ArticleQuestions Abound After Bayou Classic Moved From Network TV To Cable
The Bayou Classic moving from NBC to the NBC Sports Network after being on network television for the last 23 years has confounded many. The annual matchup between traditional SWAC powers Grambling...
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Meet The School With The Worst Non-Conference Schedule In Black College Football
Texas Southern believes everything — even college their 2015 non-conference schedule — goes with Bacone. Coming off a season in which they lost their last five games to finish the 2014 campaign a...
View ArticleDelaware State Head Coach Doesn’t Understand Why His Players Are There
Collegiate athletics has been wrought with the idealism of amateurism that ultimately becomes unfounded when economics, pursuit of championships and facts get in the way. We all have been indoctrinated...
View ArticleMoney Games Won’t Be The Death Of HBCU Football
The bodies of the SWAC and MEAC victims left for dead by FBS opponents had barley gotten cold before sustained outcry of curbing FCS/FBS matchups had already reached an annoying fever pitch. During the...
View ArticleSouthern’s Human Jukebox, Jackson State Football And Other Random Thoughts
Jackson State doesn’t need to fire Harold Jackson now: But it is clear that the football program has regressed under him. After Jackson State was soundly beaten by Southern 50-31 last Saturday, Harold...
View ArticleFootball Is Supposed To Help Some Realize Dreams, Not Take Them Away
Marquise Gaddy, a football player at Winston-Salem State University, severely injured his spine and neck after colliding with a teammate in practice. Devon Gales, a Southern University wide receiver...
View ArticleWhy Pep Hamilton Should Be The Next HBCU Head Coach
The hottest HBCU head coach candidate just hit the market this week when the Indianapolis Colts fired former Howard quarterback Pep Hamilton as offensive coordinator. Every program that just fired its...
View Article‘Collectivize, Or You Run’: A Proposal For A New HBCU Athletic Conference
Years ago, I wrote a column comparing parts of the college football recruiting process to the world’s oldest profession. A fan of college football and Blaxploitation films, I faithfully watched “The...
View ArticleBlack Missouri Football Player Strike Rekindles HBCU Versus PWI Debate
Black players on the University of Missouri football team played a key role in forcing the resignation of school President Tim Wolfe on Monday who had been under fire for his failure to handle building...
View ArticleHBCU Sports Barbershop Talk: Can Black College Athletics Capitalize Off...
Pockets of black students at predominately white institutions have grown tired of being subject to racist acts and discrimination that has been highlighted by this week’s protest at the University of...
View ArticleDoes SWAC Surprising Non-Conference Start Mean Anything?
It all started last Friday night when guard Jacob Perry hit a driving layup to give Alabama A&M a 68-67 overtime win at Tulane. On Saturday, Alabama State topped ACC contender Virginia Tech 85-82...
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I Was Wrong About Alcorn State, But Braves Nation Should Apologize
I got it wrong. The piece I wrote predicting that Grambling State would waltz past Alcorn State in the SWAC Championship Game was soaked in arrogance, narcissism, and a failed attempt at humor. When...
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Did White Privilege Help Jay Hopson Make Black History?
A SWAC football coach made history just two days into Black History Month. Former Alcorn State coach Jay Hopson was recently named head coach at Southern Miss. Hopson became the first SWAC head coach...
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NY Post Columnist Says Southern’s Pugh Could Show Eddie Robinson Right Way To...
New York Post sports columnist Phil Mushnick is bored. You know how I know he’s bored? Because he decided to compare the approach of two retired college coaches — UConn’s Jim Calhoun and Grambling’s...
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