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February 12, 2012 Volume I: Football Edition

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Nick Collins Helps Packers Win Super Bowl XLV

Feb. 7, 2011

Nick Collins joined Larry Little and Maulty Moore as former Bethune-Cookman players to win a Super Bowl Sunday as he contributed a a 37-yard interception return for a touchdown in the Green Bay Packers' 31-25 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers at Super Bowl XLV.

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Bethea Receives Honors
It has just been announced that Antoine Bethea, Howard alum and current Indianapolis Colt, has been selected to the 2010 USA Football/NFLPA All-Fundamentals Team.
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Redman living the dream
Isaac Redman First BSU Alumnus To Play In Super Bowl
Bowie State Sports Information
One day, you're running left, running right, running up the middle and struggling to find yards against the Elizabeth City State team. The next day, you're catching a pass over the middle, roaring through the secondary, bulling through defenders and breaking the hearts of the great Ray Lewis and his Baltimore Ravens teammates. Can you blame Steelers running back Isaac Redman if he feels as if he's living the dream?

Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10341/1108812-87.stm#ixzz18h95PIuV
SIAC Shannon Sharpe to Pro Football HOF

Courtesy of Savannah State University Office of Sports Information
2/12/2011 1:57:26 PM
SAVANNAH, GA -- Savannah State alumnus Shannon Sharpe has been named to the 2011 Pro Football Hall of Fame along with Deion Sanders, Marshall Faulk , Richard Dent, Ed Sabol, Les Richter and Chris Hanburger.

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TSU's Dent To Pro Football HOF

(Courtesy: Tennessee State Athletics)
Courtesy: Tennessee State Sports Information

Release: 02/07/2011

Nashville, Tenn. - Former Tennessee State University defensive end, Richard Dent, has been voted for induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame for 2011. He becomes the first TSU Tiger to be inducted while joining professional football's elite.

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S.C. State's Carson Receives Walter Camp

Written By: MEAC Media Relations Release: 01/19/2012
ORANGEBURG, SC - Former SC State defensive standout Harry Carson, one of the most distinguished football players to wear a Bulldog uniform, will join an elite cast of gridiron greats Saturday when he is presented the Walter Camp Football Foundation's 2011 "Man of the Year" award at Yale University.
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