We end the week with the Bulldogs. SCSU was 5-6 last year which does not sit well in Orangeburg. BOXTOROW Willie Davis Defensive Player of the Year, linebacker Darius Leonard is one of the best players in FCS and will anchor the defense. But the offense is in transition. Who will start at quarterback? Host
Despite falling to rival North Carolina Central in what was in essence the MEAC championship game in November last season, the Aggies had a solid 2016 campaign and earned a spot in the FCS playoffs. The MEAC’s most decorated running back Tarik Cohen is now doing well in the Chicago Bears camp and the Aggies
The Prairie View A&M Panthers have had good back-to-back seasons in 2015 and 2016. With a 7-4, record and only two SWAC loses, the Panthers still only finished third being champion Grambling and Southern, both of whom they lost to. Is this the year Willie Simmons and his Panthers get over the hump? Host Donal
The Southern Jaguars look to return to the SWAC championship game for the first time since 2014. The Jaguars were very good in 2016, going 8-3, 8-1 in the SWAC. The Jaguars rival Grambling went undefeated in conference play and represented the Western Division in the championship game, won the SWAC championship game and the
It has been a tough go for Mississippi Valley State with just two wins in the last two seasons in Itta Bena. Will 2017 be different? Host Donal Ware talks about the Delta Devils.
One of the most knowledgeable persons about SWAC football is Alcorn State Braves play-by-play voice Donal Ware who talked about Alcorn State upcoming season, quarterback Lenorris Footman and if the Braves could defend their Eastern Division crown for a fourth time.
Jackson State managed only three wins in Tony Hughes first season as head football coach of the Tigers. Hughes and staff signed 34 players to its 2017 recruiting class which BOXTOROW ranked third. Will any of those guys have an impact? How do the Tigers move on post Javancy Jones? Host Donal Ware breaks it
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.
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.