BOXTOROW Preseason Poll: Defending Celebration Bowl champs receive more first place votes, JSU tops poll

boxtorow.com Jackson State received one less first place vote than defending Celebration Bowl champion South Carolina State but outpaced the Bulldogs by two points and top the BOXTOROW Preseason HBCU Media Poll. Defending champion Bowie State received three first place votes and begin the 2022 season in the No. 4 spot. Florida A&M begins the

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BOXTOROW Preseason Poll: Jackson State begins season at the top of HBCU football

boxtorow.com The BOXTOROW HBCU FCS coaches poll reveals its first top-10 ranking of the 2022 season and the public gets its first glimpse into who could win the HBCU national championship when games kick off in a little more than a month. It’s been seven months since South Carolina State defeated Jackson State in the

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HBCUFDP returns July 24

HBCU Football Daily Podcast for 2022 begins July 25

boxtorow.com Click here to listen to the podcasts The HBCU Football Daily Podcast will debut on Monday, July 25, beginning its sixth season in 2022. Hosted by nationally syndicated host Donal Ware, now in its sixth season, the podcast will air Monday through Friday through the HBCU football regular season. On each episode, Ware will

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Cheaper labor? Why the NFL prefers to sign HBCU players as free agents

by Donal Ware Now that the NFL Draft is behind us, there seems to be a tenor of “satisfaction” with just four HBCU players being taken. While that is four more than the embarrassingly low of zero taken in last year’s draft, should we now throw a party? There had been years where the number

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Media Poll Week 12

BOXTOROW Polls: Bulldogs’ win HBCU national championships, SCSU with coaches, BSU edges Bulldogs with media

boxtorow.com The last time South Carolina State won an HBCU national championship was 2009. Bowie State has never won one. This time, it was the Bulldogs’ winning the crown. Actually, two different Bulldogs. The 2021 HBCU college football season is complete and two teams have been named HBCU national champions. The South Carolina State Bulldogs,

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Jackson State dominates winning four BOXTOROW HBCU Superlative Awards

boxtorow.com Jackson State had three players and its head football coach receive four of the six BOXTOROW Superlative Awards. The awards are part of the HBCU college football All-America team, released on Monday. Alabama A&M quarterback Aqeel Glass was voted BOXTOROW Offensive Player of the Year, while Florida A&M linebacker Isaiah Land was selected BOXTOROW

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2021 BOXTOROW HBCU college football All-America team: FAMU, JSU combine for 10 selections

boxtorow.com It’s only appropriate that the two top teams in the HBCU football coaches poll would have some of the best players in the country. This is the case as Florida A&M and Jackson State combined for 10 selections on the 2021 BOXTOROW HBCU college football All-America team. BOXTOROW has named All-America teams since 2007

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2023 BOXTOROW Report Cards

BOXTOROW Report Cards for 2021

BOXTOROW host Donal Ware gives his final grades for all 53 of the HBCU football playing institutions for the 2021 football season including teams in the SIAC, CIAA, MEAC, SWAC, Big South, MEC, MIAA, SAC, and Tennessee State. Listen to BOXTOROW this weekend on a radio station near you to hear his thoughts on what went

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Media Poll Week 12

BOXTOROW Polls: FAMU, BSU stay in position, PV drops; JSU still No. 1

boxtorow.com Bowie State received its highest ranking ever at No. 2 with the media, while Jackson State remains No. 1 in both the BOXTOROW Coaches and Media Polls. Prairie View A&M lost to Mississippi Valley State on Saturday, resulting in its third straight loss, but remained in the top five in both polls. Despite its

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