CIAA Announces Preseason Grid Honors

by CIAA Media Relations
This year's press conference featured the 2008 season theme, "Conference of the Quarterbacks." Several of the returning quarterbacks for this season were in attendance and held interviews with the media.
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Comegy, Tigers Seek Another SWAC Crown
by Ivan McDowell
While some may not consider the Tigers all the way back to the glory years, peers within the conference voted them the overwhelming favorite to return to Legion Field and capture a second straight title.

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SWAC Announces Preseason Grid Honors
by SWAC Media Relations
The SWAC announced its 2008 Preseason All-Conference Football Team Tuesday with Southern quarterback Bryant Lee and Prairie View A&M linebacker Zach East taking top honors.

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Hall of Famer's Legacy To Be Remembered
by BASN Wire Services
The award will be given annually to a player from each of the schools participating in the MEAC-SWAC Challenge presented by Disney at the event’s Kick-Off Banquet, which this year, will take place in Orlando on Friday, Aug. 29.

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HBCU News N' Notes
by Tony McClean
Yes, we know most HBCU's around the country are closed for the summer. But that doesn't mean that many things aren't happening within the black college sports world.

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SWAC, MVSU mourn death of ex-AD
by SWAC Media Relations
In 2005 he was honored when the football field at Rice-Totten Stadium was renamed Charles “Chuck” Prophet Field and in 2006 was enshrined into the Mississippi Valley State University Athletics Hall of Fame.

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