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HBCU football season begins next Saturday with the MEAC/SWAC Challenge. In 2025, the MEAC has much to prove following two consecutive Celebration Bowl losses for the first time in the game’s history. The race to Atlanta has some intriguing stops along the way, so here are some MEAC-related games to watch throughout the season: Week […]
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This year’s South Carolina State/North Carolina Central football game is expected to determine the winner of the MEAC and be one of the must-see HBCU football games of the season. The game already achieves the desired hype thanks to two personable coaches (South Carolina State’s Chennis Berry and Trei Oliver of North Carolina Central), talented
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A MEAC game that could decide who appears in the Celebration Bowl will be played earlier than scheduled. The South Carolina State Bulldogs’ trip to face the North Carolina Central Eagles has been moved from Saturday, Nov. 15, to Friday, Nov. 14, according to FBSschedules. Kickoff is set for 5 p.m. ET at O’Kelly-Riddick Stadium,
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As the start of the 2025 college football season is less than three weeks away, only one HBCU checks in with a national poll. To the surprise of no one, it’s the HBCU national champions; Jackson State is ranked 17th by Stats Perform in the FCS preseason Top 25 poll. The Tigers went 12-2 in
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Last season, the FCS announced the addition of the HBCU National Player of the Year to its yearly list of awards along with the Walter Payton Award, Buck Buchanan Award, and Jerry Rice Award. South Carolina State quarterback Eric Phoenix was named the inaugural winner after leading South Carolina State to a MEAC title, posting
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The Buck Buchanan Award Watch List just dropped, and the best of the SWAC and MEAC are represented. Southern’s Ckelby Givens, last year’s SWAC Defensive Player of the Year, is eyeing the Buck Buchanan Award with a serious shot at making SWAC history. Givens put on a clinic last season: 73 tackles, a conference-leading 27.5
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One of HBCU football’s oldest and most heated rivalries will get a neutral – and big stage in 2027 The Aggie-Eagle classic, a yearly battle between North Carolina A&T and North Carolina Central, will be played at Charlotte’s Bank of America Stadium on August 28, 2027, according to a report by Ashley Mahoney of AXIOS
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Virginia Tech is addressing recent allegations made by North Carolina Central coach Trei Oliver that a member of its coaching staff appeared on the team’s sideline during a game to recruit a player. In response to the accusations, Virginia Tech released a statement on Saturday afternoon acknowledging the public comment as the first time the
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North Carolina Central football coach Trei Oliver is a big-time Virginia Cavaliers football team fan. That’s after he accused Virginia Tech of tampering with one of his players before the Eagles’ home game against Howard. At the Bill Dooley Pigskin Preview in Raleigh, Oliver said, “Virginia Tech was actually on my sideline recruiting our running
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We are a month away from the start of the HBCU football season, with the MEAC/SWAC Challenge set to kick off in 33 days. The countdown to the start of the season continues with MEAC Media Day, the final conference media day before the year begins. With coaching changes, roster turnaround, and top stars returning
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