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Prairie View beats Alabama A&M 33-27 Eds: APNewsNow. Prairie View 33, Alabama A&M 27.

Kevin Atkins entered the 2009 season as the man under center for Alabama A&M. That ended after an upset loss to Alcorn State on Oct.

Each Sunday or Monday during the football season, former G.W. Carver linebacker Byron Powell calls up his friend and old high school teammate, defensive back Korey Morrison, to talk about that week's games.

Julius Pruitt picked a good time to have one of his best games of the season. The former Baldwin County High standout finished with five tackles and intercepted a pass in Alabama A&M's 21-7 win against Alabama State in the Magic City Classic on Saturday in front of 55,322 fans at Legion Field in Birmingham.

To the surprise of very few, the Glassboro football team is in position to wrap up the Tri-County Conference Diamond Division championship this afternoon with a victory over Penns Grove.

Senior running back Buck Wakefield rushed for a school-record 303 yards and two touchdowns to lead the 18th-ranked Carson-Newman football team to a 45-7 victory over Wingate on Saturday afternoon in South Atlantic Conference action at Irwin Belk Stadium.

Alabama A&M quarterback Deaunte Mason and wide receiver Thomas Harris have hooked up for a pair of touchdowns to help the Bulldogs to a 14-7 lead at the half over Alabama State in the Magic City Classic at Legion Field.

If you're a big fan of black college football, it doesn't get much better than the Magic City Classic.

Don't let Michael Bradford fool you. He might not be the biggest or fastest player.

Times Sports Staff reggie.benson@htimes.com Manuel reminds Bulldogs of team's run to SWAC title in 2006 Alabama A&M center Xavier Manuel was a seldom-used redshirt freshman when Alabama A&M won the Southwestern Athletic Conference championship in 2006.

The Bulldogs ranked last in the SWAC in 3-point shooting in 2008-09, connecting on just 26.7 percent from beyond the arc.

SCOUTING THE NEWCOMERS: The big newcomer for coach Vann Pettaway is junior college transfer Alfred Frayer, a 6-10, 260-pound junior.

Posted by ESPN.com's Chris Low We addressed several midseason awards in our look back at the first half of the SEC season on Tuesday.

Three Conference matchups highlight this week's five-game slate of SWAC Football Action.

Alcorn State's players were jumping for joy, screaming and hollering while their fans were celebrating inside Jack Spinks Stadium Saturday.

If you run into an Alcorn State player, coach or fan today and notice that they are a little more giddy than usual, there's a good reason for that.

A battle between two of New Mexico's most storied high school football programs boiled down to run versus pass.

Tim Knicky of Stephen F. Austin, Jeremy Maddox of Alabama A&M, Arthur Moats of James Madison and J.C. Sherritt of Eastern Washington have been added to the Buck Buchanan Award watch list.

Alabama A&M quarterback Kevin Atkins said Monday despite his lackluster effort in each of the last two games, he has no plans to simply hand his starting job to backup DeAunte Mason.

GRAMBLING -- Grambling earned its first conference win of the season on Saturday, pulling away from Alabama A&M in the second half for a 41-20 victory.