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T.C. Taylor has led Jackson State to first place in the SWAC East in just his second season as head coach and the university would like him to stick around a little while longer. On Friday, JSU President Marcus Thompson and athletic director Ashley Robinson announced that the former Tigers wide receiver had been given a […]
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As the season progresses, HBCU football at the Division I level will continue to produce storylines and results worthy of recognition, discussion, and critique. That includes this week’s HBCU Sports Ultimate D-I poll, in which the top stayed the same, the middle experienced some movement, and one school made its way back into the top
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Jackson State is obviously riding high after its emotional 35-21 win over defending HBCU national champion Florida A&M to take the outright lead in the SWAC East Division. The Tigers haven’t been in first place since this late into the regular season since November 2022 — the last time the program won the division and
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Homecoming was the continuing theme for HBCU band halftime shows during Week 8 of the HBCU football season. Howard University, North Carolina A&T, Grambling State, Southern University, and Johnson C. Smith were among the notable school homecoming celebrations for Week 8. However, our top five HBCU band performances feature bands from Alcorn State, Jackson State,
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One of the largest men on the field decided the outcome in what was billed as the biggest game on the HBCU football calendar between Florida A&M and Jackson State. On a third-and-8 with 3:34 remaining in regulation, JSU defensive lineman Tru Thompson — all 281 pounds of him — burst through the FAMU offensive
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Everything is right in front of both Florida A&M and Jackson State. The outright lead in the SWAC East will be at stake, as will the inside track on a possible berth in the SWAC championship game and a clearer path to the Celebration Bowl. That’s what is at stake when the Rattlers and Tigers
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Week 6 saw business as usual for the top two in our HBCU Sports Ultimate Division I football poll, as well as a few teams making a case to slide up – and in one case, back into – the rankings. Let’s take a look at the poll heading into what promises to be another
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Making his first start since the season opener, Jackson State quarterback Jacobian Morgan was the best player on the field for the Tigers against Texas Southern. Morgan accounted for nearly 300 yards of offense and four touchdowns in a 43-14 win by JSU in the SWAC opener last Saturday night. On Monday, the Syracuse transfer
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A hurricane’s remnants notwithstanding, Week 5 of HBCU Division I football held true to form in some cases. Others weren’t so lucky. As we prepare for what promises to be an intense Week 6, here’s the new Ultimate HBCU Sports Division I poll. 1. North Carolina Central (3-2) The Eagles were dominant in the Circle
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For several weeks, Jackson State coach T.C. Taylor has deployed Jacobian Morgan and Cam’Ron McCoy to run the Tigers offense. And despite McCoy exiting at some point due to injury in his last three appearances—all starts—Taylor indicated that not much would change in terms of how he uses the quarterbacks ahead of the Tigers’ SWAC
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