Happy 4th of July! We are working today here at BOXTOROW and are glad to bring you a look at the upcoming season for Elizabeth City State. Second year head coach Earnest Wilson talks about last year’s somewhat pleasantly surprising 5-5 season and the expectation for 2017. #HBCU125
Chowan had a solid 2016 season. What are the expectations for 2017 with so many key loses? Donal Ware breaks it down.
2016 was a really good year for Virginia State first-year head coach Reggie Barlow. The Trojans finished 9-2 and within a game of winning the CIAA Northern Division. Donal Ware breaks down the Trojans 2016 and looks at 2017.
The Virginia Union Panthers who play in the tough CIAA Northern Division are u next as VUU head coach Mark James, in his fourth season, joins Donal Ware.
Bowie State has won the CIAA Northern Division the last two years, but has lost to Winston-Salem State in the CIAA championship game twice. Is this the year the Bulldogs get over the hump? BSU head coach Damon Wilson joins host Donal Ware to talk about just that and the 2017 edition of the BSU
boxtorow.com There are eight players who played tight end who are currently in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Ben Coates is not one of them. Despite being recognized as one of the best two tight ends during most of the ’90’s, making the NFL 1990’s All-Decade Team, winning a Super Bowl and being a
Boxtorow.com From December 12, 2016 Twenty-nine players were selected to the 10th annual BOXTOROW All-America team. BOXTOROW has administered the All-America team since 2007 and the voters are comprised of media members from around the nation that cover HBCU football. The offense is headlined by top vote-getter, North Carolina A&T senior running back Tarik Cohen,
Like the rest of college football, it was a case of the haves and have-nots. We are seeing quite a few bowl games taking place where teams are barely bowl eligible. Such was the case in HBCU football in an unusual year where every team in the SWAC’s Eastern Division had a losing record, for
BOXTOROW host Donal Ware gives his final grades for the 2016 football season to the teams in the SIAC, CIAA, MEAC, SWAC and to Tennessee State. The grades for each team are listed below. Listen to BOXTOROW on a radio station near you to see why he gave these grades. Please give us your thoughts
Oakland Raiders punter Marquette King