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As the calendar prepares to turn to February, the Division I HBCU basketball conference races start to heat up. Thanks to one big Saturday showing from a perennial powerhouse school, both programs are in the driver’s seat while others around the country continue to jockey for positioning. The Green and Gold Be Holdin’ first place […]
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Eddie George, who led Tennessee State to a share of the Big South/OVC championship, is expected to interview with the Chicago Bears for its vacant head coach job. The news was first reported on Saturday night by Fox Sports NFL insider Jay Glazer. In his fourth season leading TSU, George guided the team to a
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A long-played HBCU football classic is facing another crisis as one of the mainstays has not added the game to their 2025 schedule. Tennessee State, who has soldiered on with the Southern Heritage Classic after Jackson State moved away from it in 2022, has not placed a date for the SHC on their 2025 schedule,
As the year comes to a close, we’re looking back at the best of HBCUSports.com from 2024. It was an especially busy year — we saw HBCU football power return to glory at the Division I level — and memorable postseason runs by a pair of Division II football teams. There were outstanding performances on
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The 2024 HBCU football season has come to an end, and what a season it was from start to finish. There isn’t much left to say or do except reveal the final HBCU Sports’ Ultimate Division I poll, so here is how the Top 10 shakes out. 1. Jackson State (12-2) It was indeed the
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Eddie George led a list of HBCU coaches who earned votes for the Eddie Robinson Award, given annually to the top NCAA Football Championship Subdivision coach. George finished second overall to Montana State’s Brent Vigen, earning six first-place votes and 115 points overall. In his fourth season leading Tennessee State, George guided the team to
This HBCU football season has been a feast for quite a few schools, so it’s fitting on Thanksgiving weekend that we have three HBCU squads playing postseason football. We also have a couple of classics and a make-up game, so that’s reason enough to take a break from holiday prep and look into the Chris-tal
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Stats Perform announced their finalists for the 30th annual Buck Buchanan Award, given to the top defensive player in all of FCS football. Several HBCU players are among the 35 finalists for the award. Ckelby Givens of Southern and Morgan State’s Elijah Williams headline the defensive line nominees. Williams, a senior, set the Bears’ career
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Days after leading Tennessee State to a share of the Big South-OVC championship and a trip to the FCS playoffs for the first time in more than a decade, Eddie George was named the league’s top coach. George, a finalist for the Eddie Robinson Award, led the Tigers to a 9-3 overall record and their
Minutes after Tennessee State upset No. 11 Southeast Missouri State 28-21 on Saturday to win a share of the Big South/OVC championship, Tigers head coach Eddie George turned his attention to what could be a possible FCS postseason berth. Heading into the regular season finale, TSU (9-3, 6-2) was firmly planted on the postseason bubble.
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