1994 BLACK COLLEGE FOOTBALL BEGINS
CONFERENCE PRESEASON PICKS
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pickl)Alcorn tat with"Airll"towin
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-AIR 11-: The right combination of
talent, speed, and knowledge of the
passing game.
Maybe the ut learned their Ie -
n. They know McNair i the real thing.
And so doe hi coach.
"What separate him from othe i
that he' at hi be t when the game' on the
line," id Cardell Jone .who ha seen hi
c me out."
According to Alcorn State Sport Infor­
mati n Director Derrick Hackley, Jackson­
ville and Carolina, the two NFL expan ion
team who will pick fi t in the 1995 draft are
already inundating him with film and stat
reque t .
Entering hi senior a n, McNair i
fifth on the all-time Div. I-AA total offense
Ii t. ninth in career pa ing yard and has
thrown 75 touchdown p .. If he ha hi
n rmal ea on; ,700 yard total offense,
3,) yard pa ing and 25 TDs. he will
threaten or urpa each of the all-time mar .
one person id who ha en him
play veral time -- "check the schedule, he's
worth the trip."
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BCSP Editor
tir like
"Air II"'
Mc
CAA I-AA record
in ight for pa ,ing and total offense.
treet & mith'. 1994 Pro Football edi­
tion rate him the first pick in the 1995
NFL draft. He made the cover of The
Sporting New (Aug. 22 editiorr) and w
featured in a four-page full-color pread
makingacaseforhim a riou Hei man
Trophy candidate.
He h won three consecutive SW AC
PI yer of the Ye r Award. He' a candi­
date for the Walter Payton Award recog­
nizing the be t player in . NCAA Div. 1-
AA football and a finali t for the Davey
O'Brien Award noting the be t quarter­
back in the land.
. NFL scout don't disagree. They
rated him a year go a the third be t
quarterback in the 1994 draft behind Heath
Anderson i the bright pot; pourous defen
. we kne 4) C T 10 t their top ix
back but h v tough OB M ceo Bolin S)
AMU has Billy Joe t th helm, and two
erling DB (Ken Rileu rndKeino Taylor)
C h the legend, new coach Cy McLairen
but that m y not help, and 7) Mo tat
I OB Orlando Persell, mu t find way to win.
1994 BLACK COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCHEDULES
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McNair decided to return to Alcorn to
fmi h his degree in phy ical education
w he h m intained a 3.0 verage
whil making the de n's Ii t every
me ter.
All this dds up to hype unmatched
in black college football ince WR
Jerry Rice and QBWiIlie Totten of tiny
Mi i ippi Valley State vaulted their
school, their conference (SW AC) and
all of black college football from the
b ck pages to the forefront ofthe Ameri­
can football scene.
That experience w almost unbe­
lievable Rice and Totten put up mind
boggling numbers -- befuddling scou and
progno ticators alike who id 'they can't
be that good.' Well, they were.
Totten' record for pa sing are
till tanding and Rice, who became a
first round draft choice of San Fran­
cisco is now con idered the greate t
wide receiver to ever play the game.
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WELL REPRESENTED:' Pre a n
poll indicate th BCF team are r nked among the be t
in the I nd. The Sports Networ' NCAA Div. I-AA poll
picked Alcorn State (13), How rd University (14) nd
Southern (20. The AlA II rank Ce tra ate (2) nd
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WHAT A SHAME: Black Entertainment
Televi ion (BEl) will carry no black college football
gamesthi year. Thatleavesconference orpriv te entitie
to try and pick up the I ck. Tow rd that end the CIAA h
announced a three-game 1V p ckage. The match-ups are
Virgini State vs. Norfolk State (Sept. 3); Hampton v .
Norfolk (Oct. 15) and Virginia State v . Virginia Union
(Oct. 29). Check your localli ting .
A TSU THANG: Whilepreparinghi Tigers
for banleon the football field. Texas outhern coach Bill
Thorn w informed last week that he had been given the
additinal dutie of athletic director. Thi i not the fi t
time that Thoma has done doub«, duty. He held the arne
positions at Tennessee State earlier in hi career.
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ON TIME SID: John Holley of Norfolk State
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is named in honor of two black pioneer port writers.
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UPCOMING
CLASSICS
OPENING WEEK RESULTS
Central tateandAr n Pine-Bluff cored win
in the opening weekend of Black ollege Football.
Central State bombed oxvill 36-6. APB cored
a 2-point conversion on an end weep with 2:07 to
play to defeat Hardin 15-14.
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