UNDER THE BANNER
What's Going On In and Around Black College Sports
SCHEDULE NOTES: Saturday, October 30 is the day that has the most black college homecomings scheduled for the 2004 season. Twelve (12) will take place on the last Saturday in October outdistancing the nine (9) on October 9 and October 23. Tuskegee had the largest homecoming crowd a year ago drawing 29,461 to its home field for a Nov. 9 date with Clark Atlanta. North Carolina A&T was next packing in 26,685 to its Oct. 25 date with Howard. Both Tuskegee and N.C. A&T will play homecomings in 2004 on Oct. 9. The Aggies host Morgan State while Tuskegee takes on Lane.
DIXON IN AT HAMPTON: Hampton University was inundated with media attention last
week when it 
was announced that Marcus
Dixon, the former Georgia high school football star
whose college career was derailed by a nationally publicized rape
case, has enrolled at the school and is practicing with the football
team. Dixon spent 15 months in prison after being convicted of
aggravated child molestation and statutory rape. A jury acquitted
Dixon of rape, but he was sentenced to 10 years in prison on the
molestation charge, a felony. On May 3, the Georgia Supreme
Court overturned the felony conviction and its 10-year
sentence, and a lower court ruled that Dixon already had fulfilled
his sentence for statutory rape, a misdemeanor. Dixon, an
A student at Pepperell, had a scholarship to Vanderbilt
University in Nashville, Tenn., before his arrest. A linebacker,
tight end and defensive end in high school, Dixon is working
out at defensive tackle, Hampton head coach Joe
Taylor said. "A lot of people down in the Atlanta area called me about
him, said he was a good kid," Taylor said.
NELSON OUT AT PV: Prairie View A&M basketball star, center Tyrone Nelson, has decided to transfer to New Mexico State. Nelson was the 2003-04 SWAC freshman of the year averaging 19 points and eight rebounds per game. He transferred last summer to Prairie View from Baylor, where he was a top recruit. He was given his release after the death of Baylor player Patrick Dennehy and the ensuing scandal involving NCAA violations by former coach Dave Bliss.
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