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	<title>The Deriso Report &#187; First downs</title>
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		<title>Record-smashing Grambling to face Rose Bowl champion TCU in 2012</title>
		<link>http://thederisoreport.hbcufannation.com/2011/08/27/record-smashing-grambling-to-face-rose-bowl-champion-tcu-in-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2011 15:01:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick DeRiso</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Grambling will play reigning Rose Bowl champion Texas Christian next season, bringing the program back for another game in Dallas-Fort Worth, home to one of its strongest alumni bases. The Tigers already face Prairie View A&#38;M annually in the Metroplex. &#8220;It’s a done deal,&#8221; interim Grambling athletics director Aaron James told me. &#8220;Next year, in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Q&amp;A: Record-breaking SWAC running back Frank Warren</title>
		<link>http://thederisoreport.hbcufannation.com/2011/08/12/qa-record-breaking-swac-running-back-frank-warren/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 16:51:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick DeRiso</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Frank Warren, now a free-agent signee with the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys, arrived with a pocketful of key accomplishments from his stay in the Southwestern Athletic Conference. He passed Pro Football Hall of Famer Walter Payton&#8217;s SWAC record for yards over a four-year starting stint at Grambling, setting new marks at the school for rushing yards [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting back to football is only thing that will save SWAC from disastrous offseason</title>
		<link>http://thederisoreport.hbcufannation.com/2011/08/08/getting-back-to-football-is-only-thing-that-will-save-swac-from-disastrous-offseason/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 18:11:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick DeRiso</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Academic Progress Rate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Duer Sharp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jackson State]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thederisoreport.hbcufannation.com/?p=8156</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Southwestern Athletic Conference&#8217;s release trumpeting its football broadcast schedule, usually another ho-hum moment of preseason puffery, was this breath of fresh air after such an ugly offseason. The upcoming slate includes eight games across the ESPN family of networks, along with national and regional television dates with NBC, Versus, and SportSouth. In all, 21 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>As Grambling&#8217;s quarterback derby heats up, Anthony Carrothers finds new home</title>
		<link>http://thederisoreport.hbcufannation.com/2011/08/06/as-gramblings-quarterback-derby-heats-up-anthony-carrothers-finds-new-home/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Aug 2011 14:41:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick DeRiso</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Anthony Carrothers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[D.J. Williams]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thederisoreport.hbcufannation.com/?p=8144</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Even as Grambling continues to sort through its quarterback situation, last year&#8217;s starter has landed at Winston-Salem State. Anthony Carrothers is a product of Charlotte, North Carolina&#8217;s Independence High School. He left Grambling over the summer, having passed for 1,443 yards and seven touchdowns as the Tigers went 9-2. Carrothers, a shifty, undersized dual threat, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Florida A&amp;M begins again after deflating end to the 2010 campaign</title>
		<link>http://thederisoreport.hbcufannation.com/2011/08/04/florida-am-begins-again-after-deflating-end-to-the-2010-campaign/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 20:30:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick DeRiso</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thederisoreport.hbcufannation.com/?p=8124</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Florida A&#38;M begins its 2010 preseason on Monday, Aug. 8 as players report for training camp. It likely can&#8217;t get here fast enough for a program that saw 2010 conclude on a bitter note. The Rattlers were last seen blasting past in-state MEAC rival Bethune-Cookman behind running back Philip Sylvester, who ran for 144 yards [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former Grambling standouts finally meet up at Dallas Cowboys practice</title>
		<link>http://thederisoreport.hbcufannation.com/2011/08/04/former-grambling-standouts-finally-meet-up-at-dallas-cowboys-practice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 17:10:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick DeRiso</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It took a little longer than expected, but two of Grambling&#8217;s most high-profile former players from the last decade have met up as members of the Dallas Cowboys. Jason Hatcher, the standout defender from Grambling&#8217;s 2005 undefeated league championship team, ended a brief holdout on Wednesday when he agreed to a new deal with Dallas. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kudos to MEAC for adding instant replay; let&#8217;s hope SWAC follows</title>
		<link>http://thederisoreport.hbcufannation.com/2011/08/04/kudos-to-meac-for-adding-instant-replay-lets-hope-swac-follows/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 13:48:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick DeRiso</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thederisoreport.hbcufannation.com/?p=8108</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The MEAC&#8217;s tentative move toward instant replay &#8212; it will be available to league teams whose games are televised in 2011 &#8212; is an important step in the right direction. Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference commissioner Dennis Thomas confirmed the move during the league&#8217;s media day. &#8220;If you look at what had happened with BCS schools, I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finding replacement for Frank Warren isn&#8217;t the only thing atop Grambling&#8217;s to-do list</title>
		<link>http://thederisoreport.hbcufannation.com/2011/08/03/finding-replacement-for-frank-warren-isnt-the-only-thing-atop-gramblings-to-do-list/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 20:29:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick DeRiso</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Grambling begins fall sessions on Thursday no closer to solving the riddle that vexed the program through 15 days of spring practices: An empty place at the top of the depth chart for running back. Now, add to that the transfer of last year&#8217;s starter at quarterback. Top rusher Frank Warren, now a free-agent signing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Big challenges go hand in hand with big expectations for South Carolina State</title>
		<link>http://thederisoreport.hbcufannation.com/2011/08/03/big-challenges-go-hand-in-hand-with-big-expectations-for-south-carolina-state/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 18:44:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick DeRiso</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thederisoreport.hbcufannation.com/?p=8096</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[They&#8217;ve got a fistful of MEAC crowns, and are picked to win it all again. But don&#8217;t think South Carolina State&#8217;s Bulldogs aren&#8217;t facing their own obstacles this offseason. It starts with the departure of David Erby, the 2010 MEAC&#8217;s defensive player of the year, who&#8217;s awaiting a call from the NFL right now. That&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alcorn&#8217;s Spears: Place your trays in upright position; &#8216;Air Canada&#8217; ready to take off</title>
		<link>http://thederisoreport.hbcufannation.com/2011/08/03/alcorns-spears-place-your-trays-in-upright-position-air-canada-ready-to-take-off/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 16:01:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick DeRiso</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rising sophomore quarterback Brandon Bridge was the best thing going for Alcorn State when first-year coach Melvin Spears walked in the door this offseason. After all, this was a program that once seemed lost after a sequence of utter turmoil before coach Earnest Collins took over. Then, after briefly leading the Braves to the top [...]]]></description>
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