Category: Articles
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Grind City Football: Navy’s Mid-South Midshipmen eager for homecoming showdown against Memphis
Navy senior linebacker and co-captain D.J. Palmore (No. 45) is among several Memphis-area natives who will guide the No. 25-ranked Midshipmen into Saturday’s pivotal conference game against the Tigers at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium.
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BOXTOROW HBCU Coaches Poll: Top five teams win, stay put in Coaches poll topped by North Carolina A&T
Grambling swept SWAC Players of the Week honors as quarterback Devante Kincade (offense), linebacker De’Andre Hogues (defense), lineman Anfernee Mullins (newcomer) and kicker Marc Orozco (specialist) were recognized after their win over Prairie View
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Grind City Football: Facing fourth ranked foe in as many weeks, Mason’s Commodores seek sustainable growth amid gauntlet
Vanderbilt coach Derek Mason is trying to get the Commodores turned around after consecutive losses to Alabama and Florida followed a 3-0 start. But it won’t be easy with No. 5 Georgia visiting Nashville on Saturday.
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BOXTOROW HBCU Coaches Poll: North Carolina A&T one vote shy of unanimous No. 1 spot, Tennessee State’s slide continues
North Carolina A&T moved a step closer to gaining unanimous status as the top-ranked Black College football team in the country, and is followed by a pair of teams carrying two impressive winning streaks of their own.
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BOXTOROW HBCU Coaches Poll: North Carolina A&T one vote shy of unanimous No. 1 spot, Tennessee State’s slide continues
North Carolina A&T moved a step closer to gaining unanimous status as the top-ranked Black College football team in the country, and is followed by a pair of teams carrying two impressive winning streaks of their own.
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Grind City Football: UCF’s Frost and Memphis’ Norvell showing Power (Five) potential as coaches on rise entering showdown
Former Nebraska championship quarterback Scott Frost is leading a turnaround at UCF and, like Memphis’ Mike Norvell, is viewed as one of the hottest coaching prospects not at a Power Five program.
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Grind City Football: Can underdog Rebels inflict another dose of Ole Miss-ery on mighty Alabama?
The 2014 and 2015 seasons were good times for the Ole Miss Rebels. They reached No. 3 in the polls and played in back-to-back New Year’s Six bowl games. They won a lot of football games, none that thrust them into the national consciousness more than beating Alabama. Twice.
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BOXTOROW HBCU Coaches Poll: North Carolina A&T reigns supreme atop HBCU poll amid Aggies’ best start in 24 years
Another blowout victory, another week as the No. 1 team in black college football for the North Carolina A&T Aggies, who continue to distance themselves from ranked competitors
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Grind City Football: Resilient Gray supplying leadership and big-play muscle to bolster Mississippi State’s strong start
Search through all of the vital yet intricate details that may explain Mississippi State’s 3-0 start, national ranking in the polls and strengthening threat as a potential challenger to Alabama in the SEC West, and Donald Gray’s impact quickly emerges.
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Grind City Football: Converging paths finally pit transfer QBs Cook, Harris in pivotal OVC clash
Troy Cook and Treon Harris were destined to be on a collision course. Both are Miami natives. Both were high-profile prep quarterbacks at Dade County public schools in south Florida. And both signed college scholarships to play for two of the Sunshine State’s flagship football programs.