ESPN.com’s Pablo Torre went where no other sportswriter had gone before when he boldly predicted on ESPN’s Behind the Horn, that No. 16 seed Southern would defeat No. 1 seed Gonzaga in the NCAA basketball tournament. While the Jags fell short to Gonzaga, losing only by 6 points in a game that would have been [...]
Baton Rouge – Southern University’s 2012 football schedule features a season-opening date at Football Bowl Subdivision member New Mexico on Sept. 1 and seven games away from A.W. Mumford Stadium, the Athletics Department announced Saturday. For the first time since playing at Louisiana-Lafayette in 2009, the Jaguars open the season against a FBS opponent in [...]
In the days leading up to their match up with Tennessee State, the Murray State faithful had been reviling in the Racers’ unbeaten record and top 10 national ranking. After ESPN college basketball analyst Dick Vitale mentioned during a January game he would love to watch a game at the CFSB Center, the fan base [...]
Eastern Michigan 14, Alabama State 7 Final Murray State 38, Mississippi Valley State Final Southern 21, Alabama A&M 6 Final Arkansas-Pine Bluff 27, Alcorn State 20 Final Louisiana-Monroe 35, Grambling 7 Final Jackson State 35, Tennessee State 29 Final Prairie View A&M 37, Texas Southern 34 Final
Saturday, September 3, 2011 Alabama State 41, Mississippi Valley State 9 Jackson State 42, Concordia (AL) 2 Hampton 21, Alabama A&M 20 Langston 19, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 12 Grambling 21, Alcorn State 14 Tennessee State 33, Southern 14 Sunday, September 4 Bethune-Cookman 63, Prairie View A&M 14
Prairie View A&M football coach Heishima Northern had his chance to speak with members of the media Monday during the SWAC Coaches’ Teleconference. Northern is preparing his Panthers for a nationally televised football contest against Bethune-Cookman in the annual MEAC/SWAC Challenge this Sunday. A game to be televised live on ESPN. In the audio, Northern [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas – Football season officially began this evening as the Prairie View A&M Panthers hit the gridiron for their first official practice of the 2011 campaign under head coach Heishma Northern. The Panthers welcomed 95 players to campus starting on Monday as Northern and staff kicked things off with a team meeting. This [...]
Just a few years ago this star quarterback nearly lost everything stemming from a decision that resulted in him spending time behind bars. His reputation was sullied. His football future was in doubt. Not many wanted to take a chance on this reclamation project. This gunslinger was labeled by many as a murder by those [...]
Birmingham, Ala. – The Southwestern Athletic Conference released its football broadcast schedule Thursday, including a 10-game slate on SWAC TV, the league’s internet broadcast site. The schedule has eight games across ESPN networks, plus national and regional television dates with NBC, Versus, and SportSouth. In all, 21 SWAC games are scheduled to be televised during [...]
The MEAC/SWAC Challenge announced today the two winners for this year’s Walter Payton Achievement Award. The award is given annually to a player from each of the schools participating in the MEAC/SWAC Challenge presented by Disney. This year’s game will pit MEAC defending champion South Carolina State University against 2008 SWAC title winner Grambling State [...]
