This weekend two HBCU games will be over 50,000 attendees. That has to be historical. I don't even think any "other five" schools have had two 50k attendances in the same weekend. Maybe some of you can think of one weekend that, that could have happened.
Magic City Classic and the boombox...
Very cool event considering the venue and the backing by Disney.
Here's the 5 band lineup for the Magic Kingdom Parade and the BOTB the next day. Dates are Oct 7-9th. Kicked off by High School Day - College Fair/ Magic Kingdom Parade then the BOTBs.
North Carolina A&T
Winston Salem State...
Last week. I caught up with Alabama A&M head football coach Connell Maynor for the first time since his team won the Spring SWAC 2021 Football Championship. Coach and I chatted about various items like the current state of the AAMU Program, the transfer portal, Aqeel Glass and what's in store...
A busy slate of games this week for week 2...Valley is postponed still due too covid-19 & South Carolina state and Alabama A&M have signed a contract to play each other... Just a reminder for any newbies to this...
THEE Rules are SIMPLE
- pick the schools you THINK gone win !!!
- you can...
RESULTS OF WEEK 1 SWAC SPRING BALL
SOUTHERN 24 ALABAMA STATE 21 FINAL SCORE
Mississippi Valley State at Jackson State (POSTPONED)
WINNERS /LOSERS
COLDSWEAT
PICKED SOUTHERN
1-0
NASTYD
PICKED SOUTHERN
1-0
PATSNATION80
PICKED SOUTHERN
1-0
MUMFORD
PICKED SOUTHERN
1-0...
Ite, so I don’t know if dementia setting in but I’ll take the wheel this season I guess... *sigh*
THEE Rules are SIMPLE
- pick the schools you THINK gone win !!!
- you can change your picks all the way up until kickoff time..
example
Southern vs Alabama State 7:00 pm cst
6:59 ✅ 7:00❌...
I've always thought this about McNair given the gravity of his draft position and hype coming out of college, just didn't know how to really explain what he accomplished.
IMO this is why he should be a HOF for the NFL.
---"His 13 years - including the year of the close call in the Super Bowl...
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View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9vHZ6UATvg
Indulgence Suffocations is a harmful concept and needs to be air out in the HBCU band world. The glorification in HBCU BAND poll ranking of larger size band programs at the expense of smaller size bands at times is not based on...
One of the best TV lineups we've had in years. Although most of it is on ESPN3
The Southwestern Athletic Conference has announced the upcoming ESPN line-up for the 2019 season highlighted by a total of 13 games that will be featured across ESPN’s networks.
“When we began scheduling the...
Spring football began at Alabama A&M this week. I'll post some updates about the sessions over the next few weeks. Feel free to add stories of other school's articles..
Here's one about Coach Maynor and the Bulldogs. Click the link in the tweet to hear from Coach Maynor
Tonight Grambling State lured Nakeya Hall away from Alabama A&M and hired her the Tigers' new softball coach. She won 20 games last season with A&M and was named the SWAC Softball Coach of the Year!
Here's the Full story from the Monroe newspaper...
The 2018 SWAC Media Day Rosters have been released. Find out who will represent your school at this year's media session in Birmingham.
http://www.rocketcitynow.com/sports/swac-football-media-day-18-rosters-announced/1239920257
Here's a quick interview that I did with coach Maynor following the press conference this morning.
Sounds like he's ready to work. Let me know what y'all think.
(Later I'll post more on our coverage with Coach Maynor's Arrival and I'll post what he had to say about the hiring of Brian Jenkins)...