Southwestern Athl. (SWAC)
Southwestern Athl. (SWAC)
For Grambling, Sept. 2 is now
Grambling State's season opener against Hampton is nearly 170 days away. Judging by the opening week of spring football practice, GSU is thinking that time will fly.
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Mar 17, 2006, 10:19
Southwestern Athl. (SWAC)
Waiting was the hardest part
Brandon Landers was brought in to be the Next Big Thing at Grambling State. The Carroll High product expected to apprentice during the 2004 season behind record-smashing quarterback Bruce Eugene, then assume the spotlight. Something happened on the way to his debut.
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Mar 15, 2006, 08:05
Southwestern Athl. (SWAC)
Blacknall takes over A&M line
Anthony Jones hired an old friend to fill Alabama A&M's vacant defensive line coaching position. Ben Blacknall, whom Jones tried to hire last year as offensive coordinator, was named the Bulldogs' defensive line coach last week. Blacknall replaced Cedric Calhoun, who left last month for a similar position at Dartmouth College.
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Mar 15, 2006, 08:04
Southwestern Athl. (SWAC)
Gilarski kicks way to football scholarship
Saturday, Gilarski announced he will accept a scholarship offer from Mississippi Valley State to be a place kicker for the Division I-AA school that produced Jerry Rice. (Zack)Gilarski, a 5-foot-10, 200-pound 17-year-old, is the first football player from King Kekaulike to receive a Division I football scholarship.
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Mar 13, 2006, 07:53
Southwestern Athl. (SWAC)
ASU coach promises tough, contact-filled spring
Usually, spring football practice is a rather light affair. Most of the practice days are spent in helmets and shorts, with the quarterbacks and receivers working on timing and the linemen getting their footwork and blocking assignments in order. Easy, non-taxing stuff. But that's not what Alabama State head coach Charlie Coe has in mind this year.
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Mar 10, 2006, 07:54
Southwestern Athl. (SWAC)
A&M looking for good hands people
With Tim Robinson gone and Kevin Francis and Tedric Milton out for the spring with injuries, Alabama A&M receivers coach David Arnsparger is looking for a few more dependable guys. Halfway through spring practice, Arnsparger appears to have found some.
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Mar 10, 2006, 07:53
Southwestern Athl. (SWAC)
Versatile Simpson turns heads
Jimmy Oliver and Jamal Pittman were Jackson State's two most highly decorated mid-year transfers. Here's another name Tigers fans will be hearing a lot of this fall: Carlos Simpson.
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Mar 6, 2006, 10:32
Southwestern Athl. (SWAC)
Grambling assistant arrives 'fired up'
New defensive line coach Brett Beard promises to bring a youthful spark to his work at Grambling State. "I'm pretty fired up," said Beard, a 25-year-old Birmingham, Ala., native who still resembles the nickname given to him by his former teammates at Vanderbilt: Bull.
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Mar 6, 2006, 10:31
Southwestern Athl. (SWAC)
A&M falls just shy of standard
The Alabama A&M football program was among 99 teams nationwide that face penalties after failing to meet new NCAA academic standards. The Bulldogs could lose one football scholarship. That was A&M's only penalty in the Academic Progress Rate (APR) report released Wednesday for Division I.
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Mar 2, 2006, 11:03
Southwestern Athl. (SWAC)
Prairie View A&M faces penalties
Prairie View A&M and Stephen F. Austin were among schools that received stiff penalties Wednesday from the NCAA for low academic performance.
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Mar 2, 2006, 11:02
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