BOXTOROW 2021 HBCU college football preseason All-America team

boxtorow.com Alabama A&M quarterback Aqeel Glass, Southern defensive end Jordan Lewis, and Alabama State running back Ezra Gray have been selected to the BOXTOROW preseason HBCU college football All-America team, leading a contingent of 30 players. Reigning national champion Alabama A&M also had two other players make the team including wide receiver Abdul-Fatai Ibrahim and

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BOXTOROW Podcast: Bobby Dandridge talks about finally getting Hall of Fame nod

I just accepted it for what it’s worth, but yet the bitterness did not spill over into me condeming the process because the process is what it is… Bobby Dandridge on finally being  announced for induction into the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame. NBA great Bobby Dandridge should have been inducted into the Naismith Memorial

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The NFL has a problem drafting HBCU players

by Donal Ware boxtorow.com Some of the greatest football players to ever play in the National Football League played at HBCUs. HBCUs helped shape the National Football League. When Grambling’s Paul Tank Younger became the first player from an HBCU to play in the NFL in 1949, he unfortunately had to do it the way

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BOXTOROW Polls: Alabama A&M claims first ever HBCU national championship

boxtorow.com Records show that Howard and Talladega claimed the first ever HBCU championship in 1920. It is fitting that in the 100th year of a team being crowned national champions, a team that has never won before wins it for the first time. The Alabama A&M Bulldogs defeated Arkansas-Pine Bluff 40-33 in the SWAC championship

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BOXTOROW Polls: Alabama A&M, UAPB win, remain top two teams in HBCU football

boxtorow.com The Alabama A&M Bulldogs continue to win and remains the No. 1 team in HBCU football as both the BOXTOROW Coaches and Media Polls were released on Monday. The Bulldogs defeated Alabama State on Saturday 38-14 to win the SWAC Eastern Division for the first time since 2011. The Bulldogs will face No. 2

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BOXTOROW Polls: Alabama A&M earns big victory, remains No. 1 in HBCU football

boxtorow.com The Alabama A&M Bulldogs once again remained the No. 1 team in HBCU football as both the BOXTOROW Coaches and Media Polls were released on Monday. The Bulldogs are coming off a 52-43 victory over Jackson State on Saturday and received 14 first place votes in the coaches poll, four more than last week.

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BOXTOROW Polls: Alabama A&M No. 1 in HBCU football, again

boxtorow.com The Alabama A&M Bulldogs remained the No. 1 team in HBCU football as both the BOXTOROW Coaches and Media Polls were released on Monday. While the Bulldogs received 10 first place votes, Arkansas-Pine Bluff and Southern received three first place votes a piece and are No. 2 and No. 3, respectively. UAPB defeated Mississippi

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BOXTOROW Polls: Alabama A&M No. 1 in HBCU football for second straight week

boxtorow.com Just a handful of games were played in Week 6 of HBCU football and Alabama A&M remains the top team in both the BOXTOROW Coaches and Media Polls which were released on Monday. The Bulldogs are the top team in both polls for the second straight week and received 13 of 15 first place

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