As the twilight of the 2025 college football season is upon us, the SWAC and MEAC conference races have ratcheted up their intensity levels and continue to provide a great sports storyline each week. This weekend, however, was marred by a bench-clearing brawl between Grambling State and Bethune-Cookman at halftime. Despite the causes or provocation involved,…
For the first time, I was invited to vote in the Stats Perform FCS Top 25 for the 2025 season. I was beyond thrilled to accept the invitation, and like many others, I take the opportunity seriously. As part of the weekly process, I will provide some thoughts and reasoning for my top 25. Below…
Halloween weekend no doubt brought both tricks and treats to the ever-tightening SWAC and MEAC conference races. However, the Fab Five and Flop Five remain relatively constant this week with little movement up or down. In fact, the Fab Five programs this week seem to be settling in for the long haul and all with an eye…
The South Carolina State Bulldogs (MEAC) unveiled their 2025 schedule on Christmas Day with NCAA Division II Savannah State among the opponents for 2025. The Bulldogs and Tigers will meet on Saturday, October 4 for SCSU’s homecoming game for the 2025 season. The two schools have met 21 previous times with South Carolina State holding…
Charleston Southern (Big South-OVC) and Vanderbilt (SEC) have scheduled a 2025 matchup, according to FBSchedules. The two schools will meet on Saturday, August 30 for the second time. Vanderbilt survived the first matchup in 2014 after holding a 21-10 halftime lead followed by 10 unanswered points from the Buccaneers. CSU forced a turnover down 21-20…
Morehouse College is exploring a move to NCAA Division I, according to football head coach Terance Mathis. Mathis is quoted by HBCU Gameday saying, “Yes, there has been talk about moving up, and we’re preparing ourselves for that. If that is the future of this program, we’ll be ready when it happens.” Morehouse is currently…
South Carolina State’s football program will have a slight reduction in scholarships for the 2024 season following the NCAA’s ruling regarding eligibility certification infractions committed by the university. The NCAA ruled that the university failed to properly monitor student-athlete eligibility during the 2021-22 academic year across 3 sports. According to the resolution, South Carolina State…
The SWAC has announced another set of games that will be broadcast on YouTube via its digital network for the upcoming 2024 season. 19 games in total will be shown on the SWAC Digital Network between Saturday, September 7 through Saturday, November 16. 11 of the 19 games will be conference matchups while the other…
Western Carolina will meet East Carolina in 2027, according to FBSchedules. The Catamounts will travel to Greenville to play the Pirates on Saturday, September 4, 2027. Western Carolina will receive $425,000 for the contest. Per the Western Carolina record books, ECU holds an 18-13 lead in the series dating back to 1936 with ECU holding…
South Carolina State has hired Chennis Berry from NCAA Division II Benedict College as the next head coach of the Bulldogs. Berry went 27-7 overall and 17-4 in SIAC games with two SIAC Championships and two Division II Playoff appearances in three seasons. Berry was hired by Benedict in 2020 but the college did not…
