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Coach ‘Prime’ Sanders’ Jackson State Tigers Beat Alabama A&M 61-15 At Its Homecoming
FAMU Wins Its 9th Home Game Against South Carolina State
Jackson State showed its defensive dominance early in the 2021 season, but Saturday it put it all together in a domi- nant performance against Ala- bama A&M.
JSU went to AAMU’s homecoming looking to make a statement to the rest of the SWAC, and it definitely did that with an overpowering 61- 15 win over the defending SWAC champions on their own home field.
Jackson State finished the day with 496 yards of offense, balancing 249 passing yards and 247 rushing yards. JSU ran for 8.8 yards per rush on AAMU’s defense and held AAMU to just 301 yards on of- fense. It also registered eight sacks.
Coach Prime’s son, Shedeur connected with Tre-
vante Rucker for a 37-yard touchdown toss, then threw another one to Warren New- man for 12 yards to make the score, 33-7 at halftime.
It would be more of the same in the third quarter as JSU scored 21 unanswered points. Sanders threw for a score to Malachi Wideman
and then ran for one from 29 yards out. Jackson State fin- ished out the scoring with a four yard run from Sante Mar- shall.
JSU improves to 4-1, 2-0 in the SWAC. Both of those are wins over division opponents. AAMU falls to 3-2, 1-2 in the SWAC.
Florida A&M slithered past South Carolina State in a dom- inant 30-7 win on Saturday at Bragg Memorial Stadium in Tallahassee. The Rattlers and the Bulldogs have now met 59 times since 1930. This marks the first meeting since FAMU
left the MEAC. FAMU has now won its last nine home games.
Florida A&M’s elite defense struck again. The Rattlers have only allowed 59 points now in five games. The Bulldogs did not find the endzone until the fourth quarter.
Budget Cuts, Key Administration Changes Have Doomed B-CU Sports
FAMU Celebrated A Successful Friends & Family Weekend
More than 500 parents and relatives converged on
campus for a weekend of activ- ities that included an event at
the Viticulture Center, the game versus Alabama State University (ASU), and a west- ern style farewell brunch at the AC Marriott.
President Larry Robin- son, Ph.D., Vice President of Student Affairs William Hudson, Jr., Ph.D., and Vice President of University Ad- vance Shawnta Friday- Stroud, Ph.D., addressed the Sunday gathering and later mingled with parents, stu- dents, and other family mem- bers.
“Parents and Family Weekend was a huge success as we exceeded the previous attendance numbers,” William E. Hudson, Jr., Ph.D., vice president for Stu- dent Affairs said.
More than 1,500 parents, chaperones and high schoolers filled the Lee Hall Auditorium for the 2021 Fall Preview. Many were among the more than 20,000 spectators.
Bethune-Cookman football is now in a place where no one wants to be. It is dead last in the SWAC East division, hasn’t won a game this year in six tries, and it is 0-3 in its initial year of the SWAC after Satur- day’s homecoming loss to Mis- sissippi Valley State 20-14.
Sweeping changes and cuts to athletics is why the Xs and Osofthegameisoutofthe hands of Coach Sims and his staff.
Lynn Thompson was the longest serving NCAA Division I director of athletics at 31 years. He was elevated to Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics at B-CU. His sudden departure from B-CU literally shocked the entire HBCU world and the NCAA in gen- eral.
The institution had its own core issues that it was dealing with. It had to make drastic
changes to fill a multi-million dollar financial gap in order to retain its accreditation with SACS. The school was on pro- bation and other sanctions were on the horizon if signifi- cant changes were not made. Many of these issues pointed directly to the tenure of B-CU president Edison Jack- son, Ph.D.
Along with the much-publi- cized failed dorm deal and law- suit by Wells Fargo, the embarrassment of having Edu- cation Secretary Betsy Devos speak at a highly-protested graduation and the loss of ac- creditation, Jackson’s tenure is shrouded in a cloud of uncer- tainty as lawsuits and investi- gations into his tenure came to light in the accreditation process, which led to the B-CU Board taking over control of the school and making the major cuts.
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