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BCSP Notes . . .
Anderson Stepping Down
Virginia State head football coach Lou Anderson
announced at a press conference Sunday that he will step
down after Saturday's season finale against Bowie
State.
Anderson, 65, who has compiled a 65-43 record in 11 seasons at VSU,
cited health concerns as the primary reason for his retirement. The Trojans are
3-5 overall this season, 2-3 in the CIAA East Division.
Anderson, who won two CIAA titles (1995, '96) and two CIAA coach of
the year awards (1993, '95), came to VSU after 21 years as a successful high
school coach in Richmond, Va.
- The Real Carolinas Classic
There seems to be some confusion as to which game is the authentic Carolinas
Football Classic. The 100 Black Men of Charlotte created the game seven years
ago and own the rights to the name.
For the past six years, the Classic pitted
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference rivals South Carolina
State and North Carolina A&T in a
season-ending battle at the Carolinas border in Charlotte's Ericcson Stadium, home
of the Carolina Panthers. This year, however, because of problems
scheduling the use of the facility on the weekend prior to Thanksgiving, the two
teams decided not to play in Charlotte and moved their Nov. 17 game to
SCSU's home field in Orangeburg, S.C.
In advertisements in Jet and
Ebony magazines this month, the Nov. 17
game in Orangeburg is listed as the Carolinas Classic
though the 100 Black Men's group has scheduled
CIAA rivals Johnson C. Smith and North
Carolina Central for the real Classic this Sunday, Nov. 4 at
2:00 p.m. at Panther Stadium.
Sam Bell-Navies, who chairs the committee that oversees and
administrates the game, said Tuesday that his organization wrote SCSU officials
in April after the name appeared on some publications about the Nov. 17
contest. Bell-Navies said he did not know how SCSU officials represented that
change to sponsors. Efforts to contact SCSU Athletic Director,
Dr. Tim Autry, were not successful
The game Sunday will be the first time Div. II teams have played at
the NFL stadium.
- Top Honors
Bowie State's 18-7 win over Fayetteville
State likely sewed up the CIAA Coach of the Year award for
BSU head coach Henry Frazier.
Frazier and FSU head coach Kenny
Phillips have led their teams back to respectability in the conference. FSU,
6-3 with one game remaining, will finish with a winning record for the first
time since 1993. Bowie State (5-3), who was 2-8 in 2000, will not only finish
above .500 for the first time in a while but is
still alive for the East Division title headed to the final regular season game.
It's a similar case in the MEAC where
N. C. A&T's win over Bethune-Cookman
Saturday may have lifted A&T running back star
Maurice Hicks to that conference's offensive
award. Hicks, who rushed for 233 yards in the game, was matched against perhaps
his chief competitor, B-CC star QB Allen
Suber, who accounted for 248 total yards in a losing effort.
A head-to-head matchup may also determine the
SIAC offensive player of the year award.
Tuskegee RB Bobby Wilson rushed 219 yards and four
touchdowns in his showdown with Fort Valley State
running back Orlando Wiley. Wiley ran for 64 yards in the 35-28
loss to Tuskegee.
Other favorites for league honors:
CIAA
OFFENSE - Jasun Thompson, QB, Va. Union; Kevin Jones, QB, Virginia St; John
Holloman, RB, WSSU
DEFENSE - Ralph Hunter, DB, Va. Union; Brian Holliday, LB, Fayetteville St.;
Jason Ocean, LB, Livingstone; Calvin Mackey, LB, WSSU
Coach - Henry Frazier, Bowie State
MEAC
OFFENSE - Maurice Hicks, RB, NC A&T, Allen Suber, QB, B-CC
DEFENSE - Anthony Hubbard, LB, B-CC; Tracey White, LB, Howard; Damien Walker,
DE, Howard
Coach - Bill Hayes, NC A&T; Alvin Wyatt, B-CC
SWAC
OFFENSE - Brad Hill, RB, Grambling St.; Darnell Kennedy, QB, Alabama St.; Robert
Kent, QB, Jackson State
DEFENSE - Elgin Andrews, LB, Jackson State; Robert Taylor, LB, Grambling; Howard
Clark, LB, Alcorn State
COACH - Doug Williams, Grambling State, Johnny
Thomas, Alcorn State, L. C. Cole, Alabama State
SIAC
OFFENSE - Bobby Wilson, RB, Tuskegee; Orlando Wiley, RB, FortValley State;
Chivalrik Daughtry, QB, Morehouse
DEFENSE - Kelvin Powell, LB, Tuskegee; DeLeon Burch, LB, Morehouse; John Grant,
LB, Morehouse
Coach - Anthony Jones, Morehouse
- Over the Top
Hicks, Bobby Wilson of Tuskegee
and Orlando Wiley of Fort Valley
State are the first black college players to top
the 1,000-yard rushing mark this season.
Hicks had 233 yards on 36 carries Saturday against
Bethune-Cookman to bring his total to 1,244 yards through
seven games. He is currently second in I-AA rushing with 177.7 yards per game. His
84 points on 14 touchdowns puts him fourth in I-AA in scoring at 12.29 points per
game. Eastern Washington's Jesse Chatman is the I-AA rushing and scoring leader with
1,390 yards in seven games (198.5 ypg.) and 19 touchdowns (130 pts., 18.57 per
game). Chatman has emerged as one of the top candidates along with Hicks for the
Sports Network's Walter Payton Award that
goes to I-AA's best offensive player.
Wilson ran for 204 yards and three touchdowns in Tuskegee's 56-7 win
over Clark Atlanta Saturday. Wilson has now totalled 1,149 yards in seven games
this season. His average of 164.1 ranks second nationally among Div. II rushers.
Wiley had 142 rushing yards in the Wildcats' 35-0 win over
Savannah State. That brings his total to 1,209 yards in
eight games for an average of 151.1 yards per game. Wiley is sixth in this week's Div.
II stats.
Hicks has four games left and needs 479 yards, or an average of 119.7 yards
per game, to break the MEAC single-season rushing mark set in 1984 by
Delaware State running back Gene Lane
of 1,722 yards. Brown has three games
remaining and Wiley has just one more game, Nov.
10 vs. Albany State.
© 2001 Azeez Communications, Inc.
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