The Tennessee State Tigers had a solid 2016 campaign with a 7-4 record and were probably one win away from making the FCS Playoffs. Rod Reed, a graduate of TSU, enters his eighth season as the head coach and has had the No. 1 recruiting HBCU FCS recruiting class as ranked by BOXTOROW, the last
Fayetteville State has played for what essentially has amounted to the CIAA Southern Division championship for the last four years. The division promises to be tougher in 2017. Can the Broncos keep pace? Host Donal Ware breaks down the Broncos.
Biddle as it was once called played Livingstone in the first football game between HBCUs on December 27, 1892. One hundred twenty-five years later, Johnson C. Smith, as it is now called, has only garnered one CIAA championship in 1969. Is 2017 the year for the Golden Bulls? Host Donal Ware takes a look at
Pro Football Hall of Famer Richard Dent.
The first football game played between HBCUs was Biddle (now Johnson C. Smith ) against Livingstone in Salisbury, NC on December 27, 1892. Host Donal Ware talks with Livingstone fourth-year head coach Daryl Williams and previews the 2017 season.
The Shaw Bears went 2-8 last year, but second year head coach Adrian Jones feels confident about the Bears chances at competing for the CIAA championship in 2017.
FROM THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW will hold its third annual Countdown to Kickoff college football preview radio show Saturday, July 22 from 12-2 p.m. live from Jimmy V’s Osteria & Bar located in the Sheraton Raleigh Hotel, 420 Fayetteville St., in downtown Raleigh, NC. The event will feature Shaw head coach Adrian Jones, Saint
Olympic Gold Medalist Simone Biles and NBA legend Dick Barnett
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.