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FOR THE WEEK OF DECEMBER 3 - 9, 2013

ANTHONY JONES AT ALABAMA A&M, DONALD

HILL-ELEY AT MORGAN STATE GET THE BOOT

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SCORES

NOVEMBER 28 Alabama State 41, Stillman 28

NOVEMBER 30Southern 40, Grambling State 17FCS Playoffs - First Round Coastal Carolina 48, Bethune-Cookman 24

Furman 30, South Carolina State 20

Tennessee State 31, Butler 0

NCAA Div II Playoffs - Second Round  Shepherd 7, Winston-Salem State 0

GER-MAN:  Tennessee

State QB Michael Germanleads the Tigers into FCS

playoff battle against No.

2 Eastern Ilinois.MOVING ON

1. TENNESSEE STATE (10-3) - Shutout Butler 31-0

in rst round FCS playoff game. NEXT: At FCS No.2 Eastern Illinois in second round FCS playoff game.

2. WINSTON-SALEM S TATE (10-2) - Fell in second

round NCAA Div. II playoff game, 7-0 to Shepherd.NEXT: Season over.

3. JACKSON STATE  (8-3) - Idle. NEXT: In SWAC

Championship game vs. Southern on Dec. 7.4. BETHUNE-COOKMAN  (10-3) - Lost rst round

FCS playoff game to Coastal Carolina, 48-20. NEXT:

Season over.

5. SOUTH CAROLINA STATE (9-4) - Lost at home

to Furman in FCS rst round, 30-20. NEXT: Season

over.6. VIRGINIA STATE (9-1) - Season over.

7. ALCORN STATE (8-3) - Season over.

8. SOUTHERN (7-4) - Defeated Grambling 40-17 in

Bayou Classic. NEXT: SWAC Championship Game

vs. Jackson State in Houston.9. ALABAMA STATE (6-4) - Defeated Stillman 41-28

on Thanksgiving Day. NEXT: Season over.

10. TUSKEGEE (8-3) - Season over.

B C S P T O P T E N

NCAA Div. II - Second Round

Shepherd 7, Winston-Salem State 0

SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. - Undefeated NCAA Div. II Super

Region I top seed Shepherd stied the prolic and high-scoring offense

of No. 4 Winston-Salem State keeping the Rams out of the end zone in

a 7-0 shutout in a second round playoff game here Saturday.

  The defenses for both teams, ranked rst and second nationally

in total defense, dominated play in the frigid mountain air of West Vir-

ginia. Shepherd limited WSSU to only eight rst downs and 159 total

yards while registering seven sacks and grabbing two interceptions. The

Shepherd defense also sent WSSU starting quarterback Rudy Johnson 

out of the game with an injured shoulder late in the rst quarter.

Shepherd garnered 247 yards and ten rst downs against the game

Rams' defense.

After battling to a 0-0 halftime tie, Shepherd (11-0) would mount

the only scoring drive of the day on its second possession of the third

quarter going 69 yards in seven plays capped by running back Allen

Cross's 29-yard scoring reception.

WSSU (10-2) would ght back early in the fourth quarter, when

back-up quarterback DeSean Townsend  (12-35-1, 139 yards) found

running back Maurice Lewis on a screen pass that covered 55 yards

down to the Shepherd 15-yard line. But a fourth down pass to Eric Wil-

liams would fall short turning the ball back over to Shepherd.  WSSU's best scoring opportunity came at the end of the rst quar-

ter when Townsend found wide receiver Rashon Williams wide open

behind the Shepherd secondary after his defender fell down, but Wil-

liams would bobble the ball and drop it in the endzone.

 

FCS First Round

Furman 30, South Carolina State 20

  ORANGEBURG,S.C.-- South Carolina State battled Furman but

key turnovers and big special teams' plays doomed the Bulldogs in a

30-20 rst round FCS playoff loss to the Paladins.

  SCSU (9-4) scored rst and led 7-0 as Richard Cue found Tem-

marick Hemmingwayon a 15-yard touchdown pass. But the Bulldogs

were foiled on a 90-yard punt return by Jaruis Holloman that cut the

lead to 7-6 with 3:21 remaining in the rst quarter.

SCSU responded with a seven-play, 39-yard drive that ended on a

45 yard eld goal by Nick Belcher to extend the lead to 10-6 with 13:18

remaining in the rst half. Several minutes later, with 7:31 remaining,

Paladin quarterback Reese Hannon found Ryan Culbreath on a 50 yard

touchdown pass play to give the Paladins a 13-10 lead, their rst of the

game.

  In the third quarter, the Bulldogs pulled into a 13-13 tie on a 23

yard eld goal by Belcher with 9:57 remaining. Furman answered with

a 77 yard drive capped when Hannon snuck in on fourth down to give

the Paladins a 20-13 lead.

  Disaster struck less than a minute later as Cue was picked off by

Holloman who raced 34 yards untouched into the endzone to give Fur-

man a commanding 27-13 lead with 5:05 remaining in the third quarter.

  The Bulldogs cut the Paladin lead to 27-20 with 13:22 remaining

in the fourth quarter on a 13 play drive resulting in Austin Smith's four

yard TD pass from reserve quarterback Adrian Kollock.

  Furman then ended the scoring with a Ray Early 32 yard eld goal

with 8:28 remaining.

  Cue, playing the last game of his career, nished 17-of-28 for 154

yards with a touchdown and an interception. Runningback Justin Tay-

lor rushed 18 times for 58 yards and Hemmingway led all receivers

with four receptions for 57 yards.

  Defensively, safety Kimario McFadden led all Bulldogs with eight

total tackles (one for loss) and an interception.

FCS First Round

Coastal Carolina 48, Bethune-Cookman 20  CONWAY, S.C. - No. 11 Coastal Carolina jumped on top

early and rode four touchdown passes from Alex Ross in downing No.

12 Bethune-Cookman, 48-24 in a rst round FCS playoff game.

  Bethune-Cookman (10-3) was unable to stop Ross as he passed for

256 yards on 13-of-18 completions for Coastal Carolina (11-2).

  The Chanticleers jumped to an early 14-0 lead in the opening quar-

ter, using a 19-yard pass from Ross to Tyrell Blanks and a fumble out of

the hands of B-CU junior quarterback Quentin Williams that fell into

the arms of linebacker Mike McClure for a 39-yard scoring return.

  After a pair of scores from both teams later in the rst quarter,

Williams four-yard run around the end to cut into the lead, 21-10 with

12:22 left in the half. Coastal Carolina would respond with Ross hitting

Blanks down the middle to setup a Lorenzo Taliaferro eight-yard touch-

down run. Though the extra point was blocked, CCU advanced its lead

to 27-10 at the break.

  The lead swelled to 41-10 early in the fourth quarter with a 23-yard

touchdown reception by John Israel, later followed by a Matt Hazel 21-

yard reception for a score.

  B-CU added two late scores on senior receiver Eddie Poole's 16

yard touchdown reception from senior quarterback Brodrick Waters,

as well as Waters running 27 yards to pay dirt himself. Travis Small ran

in from 17 yards out on the CCU's next possession to make the nal,

48-24.

  B-CU was paced offensively by Williams with 202 yards passing

on 16-of-29 through the air, while Waters came off the bench for 102

yards and a passing score. Senior running back Isidore Jackson led the

ground game with 59 yards.

  Senior linebacker Jarkevis Fields led the Cats defensively with 11

tackles.

Tennessee State advances; Others fallLUT WILLIAMS

BCSP Editor  

Ohio Valley Conference runners-up Ten-

nessee State  is the only black college football

team still alive in the 2013 playoffs and only

shares the stage this week with the season-end-

ing Southwestern Athletic Conference Cham-

pionship Game in Houston.

  The Tigers (10-3), under fourth-year head

coach Ron Reed, got their rst playoff victorysince 1986 and rst shutout since 2006 in a 31-0

rst round Football Championship Subdivision

(FCS) win over Pioneer League champion But-

ler Saturday in Indianapolis.

Three other black college teams bit the dust

in playoff action Saturday (See related stories).

  With the win, TSU vaults to No. 1 in the

latestBLACK COLLEGE SPORTS PAGE Top Ten.

  TSU (10-3) will now be looking for re-

venge going up against OVC champion and

FCS No. 2 seed Eastern Illinoi s (11-1) Saturday

in Charleston, Ill. EIU defeated TSU 34-16 in

their rst meeting this season on Oct. 26 at the

Tigers' homecoming game in Nashville.

"We're looking forward to another opportu-

nity to play football," Reed toldThe Tennessee-

an newspaper this week. "Really, we wouldn't

care who it was. But there is a sense you may be

able to get a little redemption just by going back

and playing them."

G A M E S T H I S W E E K

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6

SWAC Championship Game - TV Broadcast - NBC

Southern vs. Jackson State in Houston, TX 1:30p

PLAYOFF GAMES

Football Championship Subdivision (FSC) - Second Round 

Eastern Illinois vs. Tennessee State in Charleston, Ill 1pDIV. II AND FCS PLAYOFF RECAPS

  In another rematch Saturday, West Divi-

sion champ Southern (8-4) meets East Division

champ Jackson State (8-3) in the 15th SWAC

title game that will be played for the rst time at

Reliant Stadium in Houston (1 p.m.).

  JSU narrowly defeated Southern 19-14 on

Sept. 28 this season in Baton Rouge, La.

Tennessee State was clicking on all cylin-

ders in its rst round win over Butler.

Junior quarterback Michael German hit on

14 of 24 passes for 201 yards and two touch-

downs. Running back Tim Broughton ran for

80 yards on nine carries. All-American defen-

sive back Daniel Fitzpatrick picked off his sev-

enth pass of the season and returned it 26 yards

for his third return score to put the Blue Tigers

up 24-0. Placekicker Jamin Godfrey hit a 45-

yard eld goal and was good on all four PATs.

  Back-up freshman quarterback Ronald

Butler hit on 5 of 7 passes for 61 yards and the

Tigers' nal score. TSU did lose three fumbles.

  In its 34-16 loss to Eastern Illinois, Ten-

nessee State registered 21 rst downs and put

up 338 yards of total offense but surrendered567 yards to the powerful Panthers offense led

by OVC Offensive Player of the Year and Wal-

ter Payton Award nalist, quarterback Jimmy

Garoppolo.

Garoppolo was 24 of 41 for 410 yards and

four TDs in the win. TSU played the game with-

out German, who broke his left collarbone on

Oct. 12 and missed three games. Butler was 24

Morgan State fres Donald Hill-Eley  Morgan State University  announced Monday that longtime head

football coach Donald Hill-Eley will not return after this season.

  According to reports, MSU Athletics DirectorFloyd Kerr informed

Hill-Eley that the university was looking to go in a different direction after

his 12-year tenure.  "We are grateful for Donald Hill-Eley's

12 years of commitment to this university,”

said Kerr. “I join hundreds of former athletes,

graduates, coaches and Bears fans in thank-

ing Coach Hill-Eley for his service to Mor-

gan."

  Hill-Eley had a 59-76 win-loss record dur-

ing his 12 years at Morgan State; his team

nished 5-7 this season.

  In a statement on their website, the univer-

sity said there is no timetable for the hiring of

the next head coach, but said an acting coach

will be named within the next month.

  Just a year ago, Hill-Eley accidentally re-

ceived an e-mail from members of the university’s administration discuss-

ing plans to terminate him. Months later, Morgan ofcials decided to let

Hill-Eley nish out this season.

Hill-Eley told The Baltimore Sun that he f eels he doesn’t deserve

to be replaced, and that the un iversity doesn’t offer the proper resources to

create a winning team.

  "You’ve got a 10th-place budget out of 11 teams and you nish

third," Hill-Eley told the Sun. Morgan State nished in third place in the

Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) this season.

"The thing about is, I'm not the one t hat grants the chances or the

opportunities," Hill-Eley said, "It's up to the administration."

  Hill-Eley, 44, is currently studying for his doctorate in higher

education administration at Morgan State and said he will be looking for

another coaching job in the Maryland region.

BCSP NotesAlabama A&M dismisses Anthony Jones  HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- Anthony Jones, whose Alabama A&M 

team suffered through its third losing season in his 12-year tenure, will not

have his contract renewed, the school announced Sunday afternoon.

  Director of athletics Bryan Hicks  was not available for com-

ment on the decision. He did issue a statementin a press release emailed to local media at 4:30

Sunday.

  "We are very grateful and appreciative of the

work he has done with A&M athletics. We thank

Coach Jones for his efforts and leadership of the

football program and wish him much success in

his future endeavors," Hicks said.

  Jones was 83-57 in his 12 seasons at A&M,

with the third-highest winning percentage of

any coach in A&M history. His team had the

highest academic scores in a conference where

a number of teams have recently been ineligible

for postseason play because of academics.

Offensive coordinator Cedric Pearl will serve as interim head

coach until a replacement is named. The remainder of the staff will be in

limbo until the replacement arrives.

  Jones and his staff planned to hit the road Sunday to begin re-

cruiting for next year.

  The Bulldogs nished 4-8 this season. However, that came on the

heels of a 2012 season in which A&M began 6-0 and nished 7-4. After

2012, Hicks gave Jones only a one-year extension.

  Under Jones, a former NFL tight end, A&M had fewer losing

seasons than any other school in the Southwest Athletic Conference in

that tenure and the football program has enjoyed more success than any

major program at A&M. However, the Bulldogs lost at homecoming to

Mississippi Valley State, after which attendance waned dramatically, and

they have lost back-to-back to archrival Alabama State. 

of 45 for 212 yards and 2 TDs in the loss.EIU averaged OVC bests of 48.8 points

and 599.1 yards per game including 387.7 yards

through the air. Garoppolo threw for 4,489 yards

and 48 TDs with just 8 interceptions. EIU also

features the league's top rusher in Shepard Little

(1,396 yards, 13 TDs) and top receiver in Erik

Lora (102 receptions, 1,339 yards, 17 TDs).

EIU's only loss this season is to undefeated (12-

-0) Northern Illinois (43-39).

TSU led the OVC in total (276.2 ypg.) and

scoring (15.5 ppg.) defense.

German (6-2, 215), who also missed the

rst two games of the season after being sus-

pended, is expected to be back at the controls for

Saturday's game but Reed said Butler will also

play. In the games German played, the Tigers

were 6-0 and averaged 42.2 points per game. In

the games he missed, the Tigers were 4-3 and

averaged 18.9 points.

  In six games this season, German has

thrown for 926 yards and 13 TDs without an in-

terception.

  "I feel like if I lead my team, they'll follow

me to victory," German told The Tennesseean's

David Climer. "I have a passion for the game.

When the game is taken away from you, that's

when you miss it the most."

  The rst Southern/Jackson State game this

year was about as close as they come. Jackson

State amassed 355 yards while Southern had

348. Southern led 7-3 at the half and 7-6 early

in the third period before a fumble at its own

9-yard line by quarterback Dray Joseph opened

the door for JSU to take the lead. JSU quarter-

back Clayton Moore scored on a 2-yard keeper

to put the Tigers up 13-7.

JSU added a 2-yard Rakeem Sims touch-down run after a 12-play 75-yard drive to go up

19-7 with 3:01 left in the third.

  Southern added a late third quarter TD on

a 19-yard pass from Joseph to Lee Doss. Dray

threw an interception early in the fourth quar-

ter and the game ended with Southern penetrat-

ing to the JSU 6 before turning the ball over on

downs.

BACK IN THE SADDLE: Tennessee State junior

quarterback Michael German has missed seven

games this season but is 6-0 with 13 TD passes

and no interceptions in the game he's played.

The Tigers average 42.2 points with German at

the helm. He is expected to start in Satuday's

FCS second round playoff game at high-scoring

Eastern Illinois.

Jones

Hill-Eley

vs.

SOUTHERN

JAGUARS (8-4)

TEAM RECORD

2013 Overall: 8-3

2013 BCSP Ranking: 3rd

All-Time vs. SU: 30-29

Last Time vs. SU: 19-14 W, '13

SWAC Title Games 1-3

Last Title: '07

Last Time in Title Game: '12, 21-24, L

  Ark.-PB

COACH'S RECORD

Alma Mater: Millersville ('76)Record vs. SU: 5-2

Record at JSU: 56-34, .622 (8th year)

Career Record: 164-85, .658 (20 years)

Head Coach

RICK

COMEGY

2013 RESULTS

JSU 8-3

7..............@ Tulane ..........34 L

30...........Alabama State ..........23 W

16......Tenn. State in Memphis ....26 L

35.......Texas Southern ......7 W

19.......... @ Southern....... 14 W

42.......Ark.-Pine Bluff ....33 W

26.....@ Miss. Valley St. ..17 W

1.......@ Grambling State ...0 W51.....Pr. View in Shr'port .38 W

26......@ Alabama A&M... 20 W

33..........Alcorn State ........48 L

 S W A C C H A M P I O N S H I P G A M E X V

JACKSON STATE

TIGERS (8-3)

EAST DIVISION CHAMPION

SOUTHWESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE

TEAM RECORD

2013 Overall: 8-4

2013 BCSP Ranking: 8th

All-Time vs. JSU: 29-30

Last Time vs. JSU: 14-19 L, '13

SWAC Title Games: 2-1

Last Title '03

Last Time in Title Game '04, 35-40, L

  Alabama St.

COACH'S RECORD

Alma Mater: N. C. Central ('97)Record vs. JSU: 1-1

Record at SU: 13-8, .619 (2nd year)

Career Record: Same

Head Coach

DAWSON

ODUMS

2013 RESULTS

SU 8-4

13............@ Houston 62 L

1 4. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. @ N W St at e 5 5 L

6 2. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. P ra ir ie V ie w 5 9 W

1 7. .. .. .. .. . @ Mi ss . Va ll ey S t. 7 W

1 4. .. .. .. .. .. .. .J ac ks on St at e 1 9 L

2 0. .. .. .. .. .. .. A la ba ma A &M 1 7 W

2 9. .. .. .. .. .. @ A rk . Pi ne B lu ff 2 1 W

3 8. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. A lc or n S ta te 4 4 L

31. .. .. .. . ..@ Texas Sou the rn 24 W

3 1. .. .. .. .. .. @ Al ab am a St at e 2 8 W

5 3. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Cl ar k A tl an ta 0 W

4 0. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Gr am bl in g 1 7 W

S A T U R D A Y , D E C E M B E R 7 , 2 0 1 3 - H O U S T O N , T X - R E L I A N T S T A D I U M - 1 2 N O O N

WEST DIVISION CHAMPION

SOUTHWESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE