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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
© AZEEZ Communications, Inc. Vol. XX, No. 18
Tennessee State Sports Photo
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
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