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North Carolina Central Football Declared Black College National Champions
(Pittsburgh, PA – December 21, 2006) North Carolina Central University has been declared the 2006 Sheridan Broadcasting Network Black College Football National Champions, the school’s first such title in the 33 years SBN Sports Network has conducted the poll.
NCCU, led by fourth-year head coach Rod Broadway, captured its second consecutive Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association Football Championship with a perfect 11-0 record. Along the way, the Eagles defeated two other teams ranked in the SBN Top 10 (Elizabeth City State University, Albany State University) and collected the school’s first-ever gridiron victory over a Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) opponent with a convincing road victory over Division I-AA power Southern University. NCCU earned a No. 1 ranking in the final NCAA Division II Southeast Region poll and ended its historic season in the second round of the NCAA playoffs.
Among SBN’s national panel of 30 pollsters, NCCU claimed 21 first place votes for a total of 287 points, beating out last year’s co-champion Hampton University with 279 points and nine first place votes.
NCCU will officially be crowned national champions at the 33rd Annual SBN Sports Black College All-American Awards Banquet on Feb. 17, 2007, in Atlanta, Georgia. American Urban Radio Networks will also be honoring a 24-member All-American Team.
The SBN Sports Network is a division of American Urban Radio Networks, the largest Black-owned radio network company in the country.
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About American Urban Radio Networks
AURN is the only African-American owned network radio company in the United States. It is the largest network reaching urban America, with more than 25 million listeners each week. Through four programming networks and one marketing division, American Urban Radio Networks reaches more African-Americans than any other medium in America and produces more urban programming than all other broadcasting companies combined.
American Urban Radio Networks broadcasts 300 weekly news, entertainment, sports and information programs to more than 475 radio stations nationwide. It is the only Black broadcaster with a bureau in the White House. Aura's SPM Urban Network specializes in the creation, and execution of national promotions and fully integrated marketing programs. AURN has offices in New York, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.
For more information about the SBN Sports Network, contact Ty Miller at 412-456-4036.
Final 2006 Sheridan Broadcasting Network Black College Football Poll
Team (First-place votes) Record Points Previous Rank
1. North Carolina Central Eagles (21) 11-1 287 1
2. Hampton Pirates (9) 10-2 279 2
3. Alabama A&M Bulldogs 9-3 167 6
4. Tuskegee Golden Tigers 9-3 132 4
5. Delaware State Hornets 8-3 93 5
6. Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions 8-4 81 3
7. South Carolina State Bulldogs 7-4 65 7
8. Elizabeth City State Vikings 9-3 51 8
9. Albany State Golden Rams 7-4 34 9
10. Lane College Dragons 8-3 32 10
Others receiving votes (in order of points): Virginia Union 31, Johnson C. Smith 29, Jackson State 19, Florida A&M 17, Mississippi Valley State 8.
Posted By: Jehan Bunch
Tuesday, January 2nd 2007 at 10:03AM
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