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For the Week oF october 8 - 14, 2013
GSU HEAD COACH MIFFED AT HIS DISMISSAL;
MATHIS SETS CAREER MARK, LEADS NFL IN SACKS
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G A M E S T H I S W E E K
Races warm up as weather coolsLUT WILLIAMSBCSP Editor
Races for conference honors get turned up
this week as the 2013 black college football sea-
son enters its second month.
Bethune-Cookman (4-1, 1-0 MEAC), up to
16th in this week's Sports Network FCS Top 25,
puts its top BCSP ranking on the line at Howard(1-4, 0-2) Saturday (1 p.m.) in a key tussle in the
tightening MEAC.
"They have a dangerous offense and a tough,
scrappy defense," said B-CU head coach Brian
Jenkins Tuesday of the Bison, whose quarter-back, Greg McGhee, leads the conference in
passing (230.6 ypg., 10 TDs, 5 ints.).
The Wildcats got great play last week from
quarterback Quentin Williams (4-of-4 passing,
86 yards, 1 TD, 31-yard TD run), who came off
the bench in the second half of a surprisinglyclose 21-7 win over Delaware State.
BCSP No. 2 Tennessee State (5-1, 2-0
OVC), currently tied with Murray State atop the
Ohio Valley Conference standings, plays its third
conference game at Jacksonville State (5-1, 1-1).TSU received 372 points this week to nished just
outside the Top 25 in the FCS poll.
The TSU running back tandem of TimBroughton (91.5 ypg.) and Telvin Hooks (76.2
ypg.) is 3-4 in OVC rushing stats. Hooks ran for
159 yards and a TD in last week's win over SEMissouri. Broughton added 95 rushing yards and
a TD.
BCSP No. 3 Winston-Salem State (4-1, 2-0
CIAA S), 16th in the latest AFCA NCAA Div. II
Coaches Poll, looks for its fth straight win at its
homecoming (1:30 p.m.) vs. CIAA South Divi-sion rival Johnson C. Smith (4-1, 2-1 S).
No. 4 Jackson State (4-2, 4-0 SWAC E) tries
to extend its SWAC East lead at a 2 p.m. date at
Mississippi Valley State (1-4, 1-2 E).
South Carolina State (4-2, 2-0), fresh off atough 29-24 a win over then No. 2 North Caro-
lina A&T Saturday in Atlanta, has a 7:30 p.m.
Thursday MEAC matchup at North Carolina
Central (3-2, 1-0) in Durham, N.C. in a game to
be carried live on ESPNU. The Bulldogs are at
1. BETHUNE-COOKMAN(4-1) - Got by Delaware State, 21-7. NEXT: At
Howard's homecoming.
2. TENNESSEE STATE (5-1) - Ran by SE Missouri, 40-16. NEXT: At
Jacksonville State.
3. WINSTON-SALEM STATE (4-1) - Walloped Bowie State, 56-21. NEXT:
Hosting Johnson C. Smith for homecoming.
4. JACKSON STATE (4-2) - Kept Arkansas-Pine Bluff winless, 42-33.
NEXT: At Mississippi Valley State.
5. SOUTH CAROLINA STATE (4-2) - Knocked NC A&T from unbeaten
ranks, 29-24. NEXT: At North Carolina Central Thursday on ESPNU.
6. NORTH CAROLINA A&T (3-1) - Fell in Atlanta to South Carolina State,
29-24. NEXT: At Hampton's homecoming.
7. TUSKEGEE (4-1) - Downed Fort Valley State, 21-13. NEXT: More-
house in Columbus, Ga. Saturday.
8. ALABAMA STATE (4-2) - Beat Texas Southern, 34-2. NEXT: Hosts No.
9 Prairie View A&M.
9. PRAIRIE VIEW (5-1) - Downed Grambling, 31-3 at the Cotton Bowl.
NEXT: In Montgomery (Ala.) to face No. 8 Alabama State.
10. ALCORN STATE (4-2) - Overwhelmed Warner, 57-0. NEXT: Gram-
bling at Circle City Classic in Indianapolis.
B C S P T O P T E N
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10
- ESPNU - HSRN
NC Central vs. SC State in Durham, NC 7:30p
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12
Alabama State vs. Prairie View A&M in Montgomery, AL 1p
Washburn vs. Lincoln (MO) in Topeka, KS 1p
Elizabeth City State vs. Virginia State in Elizabeth City, NC 1pHoward vs. Bethune-Cook man in Washington, DC 1p
Wesley vs. Virginia-Lyn chburg in Dover, DE 1p
W. Va. Wesleyan vs. W. Va. State in Buckhannon, WV 1p
Kutztown vs. Cheyney in Kutztown, PA 1:05
Lane vs. Albany State in Jackson, TN 2p
Miss Valley State vs. Jackson State in Itta Bena, MS 2p
OK Panhandle State vs. Texas College in Goodwell, OK 2p
SW Assemblie s of God vs. Langston in Waxahachie, TX 2p
Lincoln (Pa) vs. Virginia Union in Lincoln (PA) 2p
Jacksonvil le State vs. Tennessee State in Jacksonvil le, AL 3p
Fayetteville State vs. Shaw in Fayetteville, NC 4p
Webber In'tl vs. Edward Waters in Lake Wales, FL 5p
Arkansas-Pine Bluff vs. Texas Southern in Pine Bluff, AR 6p
Southern vs. Alabama A&M in Baton Rouge, LA 6p
Clark Atlanta vs. College of Faith in Atlanta, GA 6p
Savannah State vs. Florida A&M in Savannah, GA 6p
HOmECOmingS
Bowie State vs. Chowan in Bowie, MD 1p
Central State vs. Miles in Wilberforce, OH 1:30p
Kentucky State vs. Fort Valley State in Frankfort, KY 1:30p
Delaware State vs. Norfolk State in Dover, DE 2p
Hampton vs. NC A&T in Hampton, VA 2pSaint Augustine's vs. Livingstone in Raleigh, NC 2p
Stillman vs. Benedict in Tuscaloosa, Ala. 6p
TV gAmES
- CIAA Network - Homecoming
Winston-Salem State vs. J. C. Smith in W-Salem, NC 1:30p
CLASSiCS Cross Road Classic
Concordia-Selma vs. Arkansas Baptist in Prichard, AL 2p
78th Morehouse-'Skegee Classic - Bounce TV | - HSRN
Tuskegee vs. Morehouse in Columbus, GA 2p
30th Circle City Classic
Alcorn State vs. Grambling State in Indianapolis, IN 4p
SCORES
OCTOBER 5 Alabama State 34, Texas Southern 2 Alcorn State 57, Warner 0
Ave Maria 48, Concordia-Selma 34Bethune-Cookman 21, Delaware State 7Clark Atlanta 21, Morehouse 17Eliz. City State 26, St. Augustine's 25
Emporia State 52, Lincoln (MO) 14Fayetteville State 35, Chowan 29 - 3OTJackson State 42, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 33Johnson C. Smith 49, Lincoln (Pa) 10
Kentucky State 49, Ald.-Broaddus 20Lane 28, Stillman 27Mercyhurst 63, Cheyney 14Miles 27, Benedict 13
Miss Valley State 28, Alabama A&M 9Morgan State 34, Florida A&M 21NC Central 37, Howard 28
Norfolk State 26, Savannah State 24Prairie View A&M 31, Grambling State 3SC State 29, NC A&T 24Tennessee State 40, SE Missouri 16
Tuskegee 21, Fort Valley State 13Urbana 62, West Virginia State 10Virginia State 14, Shaw 10Virginia Union 32, Livingstone 25
Virginia-Lynchburg 37, Edward Waters 20West Texas A&M 72, Central State 0Winston-Salem State 56, Bowie State 21
DiV ALL
nORTH DiViSiOn W L W L Virginia State 2 0 4 1Chowan 1 1 2 3Elizabeth City State 1 1 1 4Virginia Union 1 1 1 4Bowie State 0 2 2 3Lincoln 0 2 1 4SOUTH DiViSiOn Winston-Salem State 2 0 4 1Fayetteville State 2 0 3 2Johnson C. Smith 2 1 4 1Saint Augustine’s 1 1 2 3Livingstone 1 2 2 3Shaw 0 2 2 3
CiAA PLAYERS OF THE WEEKOL Dave gray,Sr., OL, WSSUWR Juwa moye, Fr., FSU - 7 catches, 165 yards,
2 TDs including game-winner in third OT vs Chowan.QB Rudy Johso, Jr., WSSU - 20 of 36, 390 yards,4 TDs, 73 rush yards, 7 carries, 2 TDs in win vs. BSU.
OBLeader Barey, Jr., RB,JCSU- 15 carries, 94 yards,2 TDs, 5 receptions, 72 yards vs. Lincoln.DL Jerry Chadler , Sr., DL, WSSU - 4 tackles, 1 for
loss, 1 break-up, 1 hurry vs. Bowie State.LB Key Whte, Jr., LiV - Returned fumble 35 yardsfor TD, 14 tackles, 1 for loss vs. VUUDB Bro Robso, So., S, Lin - 17 tackles, 11 solos,
2 break-ups vs. JCSU.ROOKIE Ka'Vo Bellay, LB,VSU - 5 solos, 1 for loss.SPECIAL Troy Krepch, Jr., P/PK,VUU- 3 PATs, 34-yard
FG, avgd. 44.5 on punts.COACH Lawrece Kershaw, FSU - Broncos on3-game win streak
CIAA Central IntercollegIate athletIc assocIatIon INDEPENDENTS
W L
Tennessee State 5 1
Texas College 1 3
Lincoln (Mo.) 1 4
Va. Univ. of Lynchburg 1 4
Concordia 0 3
Langston 0 4
Cheyney 0 5
W. Va. State 0 5
Edward Waters 0 6
PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
OFFENSE
Telv Hooks, R-So., RB, TEnn. STATE - 25carries for 159 yards including a 28-yard TD in
win over SE Missouri.
Rya mtchell, Jr., WR, TEnn. STATE - 6 recep-tions, 122 yards, 75-yard TD vs. SE Mo.
DEFENSEDael Ftzpatrck, Jr., DB, TEnn. STATE - Had5 tackles, 4 solos, 1 for loss of 5 yards, two
interceptions returned for 31 yards and 1 pass
break-up vs. SE Mo.
SPECIAL TEAMSJa godfrey, Jr., PK, TEnn. STATE - Tallied
8 points with 5-of-5 PATs and a 34-yard eld goal
in win over SE Missouri.
2 0 1 3 B L A C K C O L L E G E F O O T B A L L (Results, Standings and Weekly Honors)
SIAC southern IntercollegIate
athletIc conFerence
DiV ALL
EAST DiViSiOn W L W L
Fort Valley State 2 0 2 3Clark Atlanta 1 1 1 3
Albany State 0 0 1 3Morehouse 0 1 2 3Benedict 0 1 2 3WEST DiViSiOn Tuskegee 1 0 4 1Stillman 1 1 3 2Lane 1 1 3 2Miles 0 0 2 2Central State 0 0 0 6Kentucky State 0 1 3 2
SiAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEKOFFENSEJosh Strauh, So., QB, STiLLmAn - 31 of 46, 437yards, 3 TDs in loss to Lane.Jacquse Lockett, Jr., RB, KSU- 135 rushing yards,3 TDs in win over Ald.-Broaddus.DEFENSEJack Howard, Sr., DB, LAnE - 14 tackles, 9 solos,1 for loss in win over Stillman.NEWCOMERmotavous Taylor, Fr., RB, CAU - Rushed for 154 yards, 2 TDs, including game-winner in winover Morehouse.OFFENSIVE LINEMANDevote Joes, Sr., OL, TUSKEgEESPECIAL TEAMSJakar Turer, Sr., KR, KSU - Returned a kickoff 91 yards for TD.
SWAC southWestern
athletIc conFerence
DiV ALL
EAST DiViSiOn W L W L
Jackson State 4 0 4 2
Alabama State 4 1 4 2
Alcorn State 2 1 4 2
Alabama A&M 2 2 2 4
Miss. Valley St. 1 2 1 4WEST DiViSiOn
Prairie View A&M 4 0 5 1
Southern 1 2 1 4
Ark. Pine Bluff 0 3 0 5
Grambling State 0 3 0 6
Texas Southern 0 4 0 5
SWAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEKOFFENSE
Toy goode, Sr., RB, JSU - 20 carries,
career-high 214 yards, 4 TDs vs. UAPB. Alsohad 1 reception for 4 yards.
DEFENSE
Terrece Hudso, So., DB, mVSU - 6 tackles, 2solos, 2 interceptions in win over Alabama A&M.
NEWCOMER
Sea Fuate, Jr., DE, mVSU - 6 tackles, 5
solos, 2 for loss and an interception in win over Alabama A&M.
SPECIALIST
Corey Carter , So., PK, TSU - 10 punts, 44.5yard average with a long of 62 yards.
MId eastern
athletIc conFerenceMEAC COnF ALL
W L W L SC State 2 0 4 2Norfolk State 2 0 2 3Bethune-Cookman 1 0 4 1N. Carolina Central 1 0 3 2NC A&T State 1 1 3 1Delaware State 1 1 1 4Morgan State 1 1 1 5Florida A&M 0 1 1 4Hampton 0 1 0 5Howard 0 2 1 4Savannah State 0 2 1 5# Not eligible for title
mEAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEKOFFENSESeth Hs, Jr., QB, mSU - 12 of 20 for 144yards, 1 TD, 17 carries, 102 yards, 1 TD vs. FAMU.
DEFENSECody Acker, Jr., LB, mSU - Returned pick 19yards for TD, 3 solo tackles in win over FAMU.ROOKIECaero marof , Fr., K, nSU - Kicked game-winning 33-yard eld goal, also had 32-yarder.SPECIAL TEAMSAdra Wlks, r-So., RS, nCCU - Returnedthree punts for 98 yards, including 89-yarder for TD. Returned 3 kickoffs for 68 yards.OFFENSIVE LINEMANKar Barto, Sr., OL, mSU - 97% on as-
signments
BRIAN JENKINS: A toughbattle looms as his B-CU
Wildcats face Howard in a
key MEAC tussle.
STRANGE
END TOWILLIAMS'TENURE
No. 5.
No. 6 North Carolina A&T (3-1, 1-1 MEAC)
travels to Hampton (0-5, 0-1) for a MEAC
matchup at the Pirates' homecoming.
No. 7 Tuskegee (4-1, 1-0 SIAC W) faces
Morehouse (2-3, 0-1 E) in their traditional SIAC
tussle at the 78th Annual Morehouse-Skegee
Classic in Columbus, Ga. (2 p.m.).
No. 8 Alabama State (4-2, 4-1 E) is at home
(1 p.m.) to take on SWAC West Division leaderand BCSP No. 9 Prairie View A&M (5-1, 4-0).in a game of SWAC contenders.
No. 10 Alcorn State (4-2, 2-1 E) plays at the
30th Circle City Classic in Indianapolis (4 p.m.)
in a SWAC game against Grambling State (0-6,
0-3 W), still looking for its rst win.
Virginia State (4-1, 2-0 N) is at Elizabeth
City State (1-4, 1-1 N) in a key CIAA North
Division game Saturday (1 p.m.). Elsewhere in
the North, Chowan (2-3, 1-1) is at Bowie State
(2-3, 0-2) for homecoming (1 p.m.) and Virginia
Union (1-4, 1-1) is at Lincoln (1-4, 0-2) at 2 p.m.Other CIAA South Division battles pit Liv-
ingstone (2-3, 1-2) at Saint Augustine's (2-3,
1-1) at 2 p.m. and Shaw (2-3, 0-2) at Fayetteville
State (3-2, 2-0) at 4.
Elsewhere in the SWAC, Southern (1-4, 1-2
W), chasing Prarie View in the West, is at home to
Alabama A&M (2-4, 2-2). Arkansas-Pine Bluff
ARMS WAR: Howard QB Greg McGhee (7)
leads the MEAC in passing yards (230.6 ypg.).
Bethune-Cookman's Quentin Williams (r.) tops
the league in passing efciency (133.6). Their
teams meet in a key MEAC game in Washington,
D. C. Saturday at 1 p.m.
B-CU Sports PhotoHoward Sports Photo
ROSCOE NANCEBCSP Correspondent
Nearly a month has passedsince Grambling State terminatedDoug Williams as football coach,and Williams says he is still uncer-tain why his alma mater let him go.
Williams, 58, was surpris-ingly dismissed on Sept. 11, twogames into the third season of hissecond tenure coaching the Tigers.The MVP of the Washington Red-skins' Super Bowl XXII victory
had another year remaining on his$250,000-year contract, which hewill be paid.
"I wish I knew why I was letgo," says Williams, who hasn'ttalked to media since he was red.
"I hadn't talked about it because no-body has told me what led to it."
Williams, an All-Americanquarterback at Grambling in themid 1970s, says school presidentFrank Pogue called him into hisofce, handed him a letter and in-formed him that the University wasgoing in a different direction.
Williams is taking the highroad about his dismissal and says hewishes Grambling well. He contin-ues to live in Ruston, La., six miles
from the Grambling campus. Wil-liams' son D.J. is the Tigers' start-ing quarterback, and he says hisshort-term plans are to watch all of his games. Williams says he hasn'tthought about his future, whichcould include getting back intocoaching or returning to the NFL asa personnel executive.
In the meantime, the ques-
Firing leaves Williams puzzledto practice every day. We knewwho should have been playing.That's why we didn't ever budgefrom that."
Another theory is there was apersonality clash between Pogueand Williams that led to a powerstruggle between them.
"I don't know if it was a per-sonality clash because I never had asit-down to discuss anything," Wil-liams says. "I never got a write-up,never got a comment about any-
thing he was disgusted about."However, there were telltale
signs that something was amiss.Williams solicited an outside
group to install a new oor in the
football locker room at a cost of $30,000; he had also made arrange-ments for a new oor to be instal led
in the weight room, but Pogue de-clared that the University wouldn'taccept donations from outsidegroups unless they were made tothe University's foundation, ac-cording to Williams.
Also when Williams had re-served parking spaces installed forhis assistant coaches, Pogue hadthem removed.
The parking brouhaha, for all
intents and purposes, was the nalstraw. It took place on the Tuesdaybefore Grambling's 48-10 loss toLouisiana-Monroe. One school of thought is Pogue had already de-cided to re Williams before the
contest, but he held off for a week,anticipating that the G-Men wouldlose to the Warhawks for an 0-2 re-cord. That, coupled with what was
DEFENSERobert Mathis, LB, Indianapolis (10th
season, Alabama A&M) - Three solotackles, two sacks with a forced fumble,
three assists in win Sunday over Seattle.
Mathis now leads the NFL win 9.5 sacksin fve games. With his frst sack Sunday,
Mathis became the 30th player in NFL history with
100 career sacks.
OFFENSENA
OTHERS ON OFFENSE
NA
OTHERS ON DEFENSE
- Junior Galette, DE, New Orleans (4th year, Stillman) -
One solo tackle in win over Chicago.
- Rafael Bush, DB, New Orleans (3rd season, South
Carolina State) - Three solo tackles in win over Chicago.
- Rashean Mathis, DB, Detroit (10th season Bethune-
Cookman) - SIx solo tackles in loss to Green Bay.
- Antoine Bethea, S, Indianapolis (8th season, Howard)
- Three solo tackles and three assists in win over Seattle.
- Greg Toler, DB, Indianapolis (5th season, St. Paul’s) - Two
solo tackles, fve assists in win over Seattle.
- Kendall Langford, DE, Saint Louis (6th season, Hamp-
ton) - One solo tackle in win over Jacksonville.- Jason Hatcher , DE, Dallas (8th year, Grambling) - One
solo tackle in loss to Denver.
-Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie,CB, Denver (6th season,
Tennessee State) - One solo tackle in win over Dallas.
- Kenrick Ellis, DT, NY Jets (4th season, Hampton) - One
solo tackle in win over Atlanta.
- Marquette King, P, Oakland (2nd season, Fort Val-
ley State) - Eight (8) punts for 42.7-yard average with a
long of 64 and one downed inside the 20 vs. San Diego.
tion still lingers. Why did the mostwidely known black college foot-ball program re such a successful
coach, who has the name recogni-tion that Williams has and is also analumnus?.
"You and I know that in blackcolleges you don't pay nobody togo home," he says. "If you're go-ing to get rid of somebody, you'regoing to try to nd cause. There
wasn't a cause. All I can say is theguy (President Frank Pogue) want-
ed his own person in there."Williams was 61-34 with a
.642 winning percentage, and heled the G-Men to four SWAC championships, most recently in2011. However, Williams was1-12 in his last 13 games on thesidelines, including a 1-10 mark in2012 when Grambling failed to wina conference game for the rst time
in school history."I was 0-2 when he let me go,"
Williams says, "We were a year re-moved from winning the champi-onship, and I have a 64% winningpercentage. In America, that (get-ting red) don't just happen. If it
was two years back-to-back, it's adifferent ballgame."
Speculation over what precipi-tated Williams' ring abounds. A
faction of Grambling alumni wasvocal in their disapproval of Wil-liams' decision to start his son, DJ,at quarterback.
"I would hope the presidentwouldn't buy into that," Williamssays. "I can't focus on what theysay. I had a coaching staff. We went
supposed to be an easy win againstDivision II Lincoln (Mo.) the fol-lowing week under an interim coachwould make canning Williams ap-pear justied.
With interim coach George
Ragsdale running the team, Gram-bling lost to Lincoln 47-34. It isLincoln's only win of the season.
Williams says he's gotten sev-eral calls and e-mails from friendsand fellow Grambling alums, manyof whom say being red was prob-ably for the best, that he has takenGrambling as far as he can.
"I probably have," Williamssays. "Going to Grambling and lov-ing Grambling, it's hard for me tosee. But they're probably right."
QUESTIONS ABOUND: Despite a
1-12 record over his past 13 games,
Grambling icon Doug Williams is still
trying to gure out why he was red
as head football coach at his alma
mater.
(0-5, 0-3 W) is at home facing Texas Southern
(0-5, 0-4) with both teams searching for their rst
win.
The MEAC also has Norfolk State (2-3,
2-0), currently tied with South Carolina State atopthe conference standings, at Delaware State (1-
4, 1-1) for the Hornets' homecoming at 2 p.m.
Grambling Sports Photo
BCSP NFL
PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
SACK MASTER: Indianapolis Colts defensive end Robert
Mathis out of Alabama A&M, posted two sacks and forced
a fumble in Sunday's win over Seattle. His rst sack was
the 100th of his career, the 30th player in NFL history to
reach that plateau. He also had four other tackles to earn
his third straight BCSP NFL Player of the Week award.