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Has the balance of power shifted to SWAC after Celebration Bowl win? ‘It looks that way’

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T.C. Taylor had heard enough. Leading up to the Celebration Bowl against South Carolina State, the second-year Jackson State coach was acutely aware that the Tigers were 0-2 in the de facto HBCU national championship game and that he was personally 0-3 in the bowl. The young coach was also wary of all the noise […]

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The road to the Celebration Bowl for South Carolina State was paved by a loss to FAMU

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Heading into the 2024 season, there was uncertainty about how South Carolina State football would look without longtime coach Buddy Pough after a two-decade stint in Orangeburg. While there was much hope and great anticipation that Chennis Berry, who was hired to replace the retired Pough, could eventually replicate the success he cultivated at Division

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Who should you bet to win the Celebration Bowl? HBCU title game is nearly too close to call

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When Jackson State plays South Carolina State in the Cricket Celebration Bowl on Saturday in Atlanta, the SWAC champions will be a favorite by the slimmest of margins. This week, Jackson State opens as a 1-point favorite over the Bulldogs, according to BET ESPN. Jackson State (11-2) has won by an average of 20.7 points

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HBCU alums voice support for return of former NFL player to coach football team

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More than a week after Delaware State parted ways with Lee Hull as football coach, at least one former Hornet football player has drafted a letter in support of the man Hull replaced. Steven Tadlock, a former linebacker at Delaware State College in the 1980s, shared a letter within a DSU alumni group on Facebook,

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Does South Carolina State have an unfair Celebration Bowl advantage? Chennis Berry responds

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The last time the South Carolina State football team took the field was Nov. 23, when they wrapped up their MEAC schedule with a 53-21 win over Norfolk State. The MEAC champs will face a Jackson State team that beat Southern 41-13 in the SWAC championship game just this past weekend. A change in the

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T.C. Taylor hopes the fourth time’s a charm in latest Celebration Bowl trip

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For Jackson State coach T.C. Taylor, the Celebration Bowl is becoming old hat. When the Tigers arrive in Atlanta this week to prepare for Saturday’s game against MEAC champion South Carolina State after clinching the SWAC title for the third time in the last four seasons, it will mark Taylor’s fourth overall appearance in the

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Celebration Bowl preview: Jackson State vs. South Carolina State. Who has the edge?

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The Celebration Bowl is set, with Jackson State and South Carolina State—a rematch of the de facto 2021 HBCU national championship game—scheduled to meet again in Atlanta. Will Jackson State avenge its loss and win its first Black National Championship since 1996? Or will South Carolina State, with a first-year head coach — take its

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HBCU Weekly Football Scoreboard: Week 15

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Championship Week Recap As we wrap up the final week of the HBCU football season, tension and excitement have peaked. With only two teams left standing in the championship spotlight, every play mattered as they vied for the ultimate title. Valdosta St. Blazers 49, Virginia Union Panthers 14 Virginia Union University edged out Virginia State

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Why T.C. Taylor said he was ‘stuck’ during Jackson State SWAC Championship victory

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As Jackson State was wrapping up clinching the program’s third SWAC championship in the last four seasons, T.C. Taylor was frozen in time. The second-year JSU coach recounted standing at the 40-yard line, soaking it all in late in the fourth quarter of the Tigers 41-13 win over Southern. “I couldn’t move,” said Taylor in

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