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Post by captaggie on Mar 30, 2011 20:00:51 GMT -5
MEAC's and SWAC's stars for 2011 By Donald Hunt Special to ESPN.com Archive This should be a huge season for HBCU football in the MEAC and the SWAC. Both leagues return a solid crop of players from last season, and there is talent at just about every position. In fact, a strong case can be made that these two conferences boast some of the best players in college football. In the seventh annual MEAC/SWAC Challenge presented by Disney -- featuring Bethune-Cookman and Prairie View A&M at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando on Sept. 4 -- many of the conferences' top players will take center stage. Prairie View A&M's defensive back Moses Ellis and offensive lineman James Dekle are included in this bunch, as are Bethune-Cookman LBs Reggie Sandilands and Ryan Lewis, and defensive lineman Ryan Davis and offensive lineman Alex Monroe. NFL scouts know that HBCU players have a rich history in the league (three players -- Green Bay Packers WR Donald Driver and S Nick Collins and Pittsburgh Steelers RB Isaac Redman -- played in Super Bowl XLV. Who will be the next pro stars to come out of the MEAC and SWAC? Here are some of the names sure to be talked about this season... Entire Article: sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=6273939 |
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Post by Aggie One on Mar 30, 2011 21:35:45 GMT -5
Interesting observations.
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Post by numberonebrave on Mar 31, 2011 4:59:04 GMT -5
DB Justin Ferrell, North Carolina A&T At 5-foot-9, 185 pounds, Ferrell isn't the biggest defensive back around, but that doesn't stop the senior from making plays. The Aggies standout -- who does a nice job of coming up on sweeps -- had 57 solo and 78 total tackles last season. DB D'Vonte Graham, North Carolina A&T Graham, a 6-foot, 185-pound junior, is one of the best cover guys in the MEAC. His ability to stay with most receivers reaped dividends, and he led the MEAC with seven INTs last season. Pro prospects?  not if the sizes of the other players are off by this much............ |
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Post by aggie62 on Mar 31, 2011 6:19:22 GMT -5
Good report and recognition for our players........
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Post by aggielove on Apr 1, 2011 13:25:07 GMT -5
WR Javaris Brown, Hampton
Some receivers bring great hands to the table, others bring precision footwork. Brown (5-foot-1, 190 pounds) is a speed demon who knows how to create space between him and the defender. He had 40 receptions for 639 yards and five TDs last year.
is this dude really 5'1?? that has to be a typo right?
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Post by aggiejazz on Apr 1, 2011 17:16:10 GMT -5
Interesting observations. Have you noticed that PVAM is playing and not Tex Southern who won the SWAC? I wonder if the SWAC will take the TexSo football championship title. |
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Post by numberonebrave on Apr 2, 2011 3:08:21 GMT -5
I wonder if the SWAC will take the TexSo football championship YES Houston, TX, – Texas Southern University Director of Athletics Dr. Charles McClelland announced today that Johnnie Cole is no longer the head football coach effective today. Defensive Coordinator Kevin Ramsey will serve as interim head coach. “We want to thank Coach Cole for his years of service at Texas Southern, however at this time, we have agreed that Coach Cole’s separation from the program is best for all parties,” McClelland said. “We will utilize the next nine months to thoroughly search for a head football coach; one that will ensure that the needs of our students are met, and engage the alumni, employees and the entire TSU community.” Cole was named TSU’s 13th football head coach on November 30, 2007. He led the Tigers to their first outright SWAC Championship title in 2010 and finished the season with a 9-3 overall record. TSU Athletic Director McClelland stated that “the university’s commitment to compliance is undaunting. TSU will be held to the highest standards of compliance and will run a clean program. The person that we hire as our head coach will be someone who has an extensive background in coaching Division I football, shows high moral values and upholds the standards and integrity set forth by the university.” McClelland added, “We anticipate major NCAA violations toward our football program with regards to recruiting, unethical conduct and academic inconsistencies among other things. Please be assured that compliance is at the top of our list as we move forward with building a premiere athletic program. With coach Ramsey at the helm this football season, this will allow us to have continuity in this process. We want the program to run smoothly and with Ramsey’s impressive resume, we can be assured of that.” McClelland said that coach Ramsey knows that the first priority right now is to make sure that the student-athletes’ needs are met. According to McClelland, Ramsey led the number one defense in the nation and served as defensive secondary coach for the Arizona Cardinals. But more impressive than that is the fact that Ramsey was the defensive coordinator for the University of Georgia where the team won the Outback Bowl in 2000. He coached linebackers at Kansas State , he was defensive line coach and secondary coach at Northwestern University , a defensive secondary coach at the University of Tennessee where the team won the Fiesta Bowl in 1999, and the Orange Bowl in 1998, and was SEC Champions from 1997 – 1998. Prior to that, Coach Ramsey was defensive secondary coach at the University of West Virginia where the team won the Sugar Bowl in 1994, and was the Big East Champions in 1993. Upon assuming the helm Ramsey stated ”We have a good core group of young men on this team. I will certainly do everything in my power to keep us together and moving in a direction that exemplifies what the TSU Athletic administrators and the university expects and what the players, community and alumni deserve whole heartedly.” McClelland says a permanent new football head coach will be named after the 2011 season. |
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Post by Aggie One on Apr 2, 2011 8:47:30 GMT -5
Too good, too fast, too many new guys that no one no one every heard of will always bring the NCAA around to sniff and peek at your program. Would you expect anything less from a member of the Cole coaching clan?
Back to the topic. With Mayhew, Frederick, Drake, and much more physically mature Raper in our backfield this fall, we should be exciting to watch with a very succesful OC with a impessive track record on board with a totally different offensive philosophy being put into place behind a good sized, stronger, more athletic, with experience O-Line.
The secondary has been tough the last two years and will be again this year.
(Assuming that everyone does what they should be doing both in the classroom and off the field.)
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