Bethune-Cookman College NCAA News

When: Today, 6 p.m. Where: Humphrey Coliseum, Starkville Radio: MSU Network STARKVILLE - Jarvis Varnado's assault on the Southeastern Conference career blocks record could culminate tonight when the Mississippi State senior center and his teammates host Bethune-Cookman. Varnado lacks three blocks to tie Shaquille O'Neal atop the SEC record.

Philip Sylvester ran for 121 yards and two touchdowns as Florida A&M University beat Bethune-Cookman 42-6 in the 30th Florida Classic on Saturday in the regular-season finale for both teams.

Florida A&M fans, welcome to your future. With starting quarterback Curtis Pulley injured and backup Eddie Battle also on the mend, redshirt freshman Martin Ukpai was pressed into duty.

Jarvis Varnado scored 10 points, pulled down 10 rebounds and became the all-time leading shot-blocker in the Southeastern Conference as Mississippi State beat Bethune-Cookman 67-51 on Saturday night.

After consecutive 5-6 seasons in 2006-07, Bethune-Cookman's Dexter Jackson would have been satisfied with the Wildcats' 8-3 record last year -- if that third loss hadn't come against Florida A&M in the season-ending Florida Classic.

He almost sounds like a precocious, young TV star. After he graduates from Bethune-Cookman, Ryan Davis said he doesn't know what he wants to do -- "produce or direct." But the mass communications major doesn't want to be a TV star.

Alexander Starling scored a career-high 28 points and C.J. Reed added 21 to carry Bethune-Cookman to a 74-55 victory over Edward Waters on Tuesday night.

Bethune-Cookman has been here before. Just when the Wildcats thought they had turned the corner, reality hit hard.

Three different players scored rushing touchdowns to help Bethune-Cookman defeat Howard 21-10 on Saturday.

Virginia Commmonwealth beats Bethune-Cookman 77-51 Eds: APNewsNow. Virginia Commonwealth 77, Bethune-Cookman 51.

Published: Friday, November 13, 2009 at 6:30 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 10:15 p.m. It used to be played on Thanksgiving Day, on a field shared by both teams.

Valdosta ended two seasons with one win. Its own continues. The Wildcats earned the fourth and final playoff berth from GHSA Region 1-AAAAA and extended the year for lame-duck head coach Rick Tomberlin by hammering Houston County 45-6 on Saturday at McConnell-Talbert Stadium.

This year's Bethune-Cookman football team could have used Willie Collins. When Collins played quarterback for the Wildcats in the mid-1970s, he could be counted on to hold on to the football.

Jonathan Moment ran for three touchdowns as Bethune-Cookman beat Hampton 27-24 on Saturday.

In a perfect world, Bethune-Cookman coach Alvin Wyatt would like to develop his young players slowly.

They made the long trip shorthanded, bringing along an option offense built on running the ball and milking the clock.

Maurice Francois, Fred McCaskill and Courtney Keith all rushed for touchdowns as Bethune-Cookman ran past North Carolina A&T 31-13 on Saturday.

Winston-Salem State coach Kermit Blount knows about bad breaks. After four years of transition into the Football Championship Subdivision, his school announced it will drop back to Division II next year.

Houston County certainly didn't spend the week licking wounds incurred at the hands of Warner Robins in a 49-0 drubbing a week ago.

Defensive tackle Stephen Young of Winston-Salem State said that the 10-hour trip back from Daytona Beach, Fla., on Saturday night and into yesterday morning wasn't so bad.