Page 5 - Eric Dooley News Today

The campuses of LSU and Southern University are separated by just about 10 miles in Baton Rouge.

With the support of nearly a dozen corporate sponsors, high-level recruiting and the new wave of name, image and likeness opportunities, the SWAC’s stock continues to rise.

Ahead of the Crick MEAC/SWAC Challenge Kickoff game, Jordan Reid ranks the best HBCU prospects who could be on next years NFL draft radar.

BATON ROUGE- Before the scrimmage Coach Dooley raved about his receiving core being one of the best units on the team and it showed on Saturday especially from former Zachary Bronco Chandler Whitfield, who was constantly taking the top off the defense.

BATON ROUGE- Before the scrimmage Coach Dooley raved about his receiving core being one of the best units on the team and it showed on Saturday especially from former Zachary Bronco Chandler Whitfield, who was constantly taking the top off the defense.

The financial picture of the Southwestern Athletic Conference may not be publicly detailed in numbers, but the leagues commissioner said Thursday that the premier historically Black collegiate association has a bright future ahead amid changes in conference alignments.

Coming off a 2-9 record, predictions are the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff football team wont do much better this season in the Western Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference.

University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff football Coach Doc Gamble has been around the Southwestern Athletic Conference long enough to realize there are no surefire bets once regular-season play kicks off.

Southern Head Coach Eric Dooley spoke at the Baton Rouge Rotary on Wednesday discussing a number of topics ranging from his teams summer conditioning to his father manifesting him become the head coach of the Jaguars. 

BATON ROUGE - It was Eric Dooleys first spring game as the head coach of Southern, and he might have found his quarterback in Hinds Community College transfer BeSean McCray.