For this to work, Maker must actually play for Howard

by Donal Ware boxtorow.com When five-star recruit Makur Maker announced his commitment to Howard University on Twitter around 4 a.m. ET on Friday, picking the Bison over UCLA, Kentucky, Memphis and others, the HBCU world was on fire and the term HBCU – Historically Black Colleges and Universities – was as hot as it’s been.

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A deeper thought into the COMMITTMENT of 5-star recruit Makur Maker

Five-star basketball recruit Makur Maker has committed to Howard University. Really. Maker chose Howard over UCLA, Kentucky, Memphis, and others. At around 4 a.m. this morning, Maker Tweeted: “I was the 1st to announce my visit to Howard & other started to dream ‘what if.’ I need to make the HBCU movement real so that

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8/1/19 HBCU Football Daily Podcast: Howard

Ron Prince is the new head football coach at Howard and has an offense that returns nine starters including 2017 BOXTOROW Rookie of the Year and 2018 MEAC Offensive Player of the Year Caylin Newton. Prince sat down with Donal Ware to talk about his vision for the Howard program including recruiting challenges to the

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8/9/18 HBCU Football Daily Podcast: Howard

The Bison may have been the surprise of all of college football in 2017, opening the season with a shocking 43-40 victory at UNLV in one of the greatest upsets in college football history. The Bison ultimately finished 7-4, tied for second place in the MEAC. Quarterback Caylin Newton had an electric freshman campaign and

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BOXTOROW Final: North Carolina A&T crowned HBCU champs for second time in three seasons

[insert_php] /* hide author info except on post */ if (is_single()) { echo “boxtorow.com”; } [/insert_php] You can’t argue with perfection. Neither did the coaches or the media as the North Carolina A&T Aggies, by virtue of their 21-14 win over Gambling in the Celebration Bowl on Saturday, finish a unanimous No.1 and are HBCU

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FAMU HBCU national champions

BOXTOROW Polls: Grambling’s win in Bayou Classic causes minor shakeups

[insert_php] /* hide author info except on post */ if (is_single()) { echo “boxtorow.com”; } [/insert_php] Only three games were played last week, but Grambling’s big win over Southern in the Bayou Classic caused some movement in both the BOXTOROW Coaches and Media Polls. Grambling once again received two first place votes and remains No.

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