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As we gear up for another unique weekend slate of HBCU football games, especially the highly anticipated BoomBox Classic featuring Jackson State and Southern, let’s take a look back at last week’s best halftime shows. This week’s list features bands from Alabama State, Jackson State, Grambling State, North Carolina Central, and South Carolina State. Let’s […]
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While the Alabama State football team played two freshman quarterbacks in their 24-3 win over Miles last Saturday, Hornets head coach Eddie Robinson Jr. is hopeful that Andrew Body is a part of the team’s future – and present – as a team leader. “After his injury, you just feel bad for him because of
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Week 2 wasn’t big on surprises in our Ultimate Division I Football Poll, as many in the top 10 won games they were supposed to win while others met a little more resistance from FBS opponents and FCS contenders. Here’s the updated poll heading into Week 3. 1. North Carolina Central (1-1) One week after
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Despite a near-historic drop in attendance and a mid-game weather delay that led to a network switch, viewership for Sunday’s Orange Blossom Classic was up from a year ago. North Carolina Central’s 31-24 win over Alabama State drew an average of 686,000 viewers, Jon Lewis of Sports Media Watch told HBCU Sports on Thursday. That
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For the second consecutive year, the season for Andrew Body has been cut short. The Alabama State transfer quarterback, who revived hopes that the Hornets could make a SWAC championship run, will reportedly miss the remainder of the 2024 season due to a shoulder injury that requires surgery, according to HBCU Legends’ Kyle T. Mosley.
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The quarterback situation for Alabama State moving forward is unclear while the team waits to learn the extent of an apparent injury sustained by Andrew Body in the Hornets’ 31-24 loss to North Carolina Central. Body, who rushed to a game-high 134 yards and two touchdowns on Sunday in the Orange Blossom Classic in what
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The first full weekend of HBCU football is upon us, and if the MEAC/SWAC Challenge is any indication, we are in for an exciting, competitive season from Dover, Delaware, to Langston, Oklahoma. Some 48 HBCU football programs begin the season with hopes for successful seasons that end either in Atlanta at the Celebration Bowl or
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The Reese’s Senior Bowl is one of the premier postseason college football all-star games where scouts and player personnel executives observe aspiring NFL hopefuls. The HBCU football community is represented heavily on the latest Senior Bowl Watch List released on Wednesday morning. Highlighting the selections are Howard duo Jarett Hunter and Kenny Gallop Jr., the
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Alabama State head football coach Eddie Robinson Jr. has shown in the past that he’s not afraid to give multiple quarterbacks playing time. So it should come as no surprise to anyone that a battle has broken out just about three weeks away from the team’s season debut in the Orange Blossom Classic against MEAC
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