Pittsburgh, PA – Albany State University has captured the 2010 SBN Sports Black College National Football Championship. The Golden Rams posted a 11-1 record on the way to winning their first-ever SBN Jake Gaither National Championship Trophy.
South Carolina State University was the preseason favorite to repeat as SBN National Champions while Albany State was chosen to finish in ninth place. Head Coach Mike White and his team won the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championship (SIAC) with a perfect 10-0 regular season record and that led to a first-round bye in the Division II Playoffs. They advanced to the quarterfinals before losing to Delta State.
In final SBN Poll voting, Albany State University received 14 first-place votes and 254 points. Bethune Cookman University was second with nine first-place votes and 245 points. Texas-Southern University finished in third place with six first-place votes and 239 points, Grambling State University was ranked number four with 192 points and South Carolina State was fifth with 156 points. Florida A&M University was number six; the Rattlers also received one first-place vote. Tuskegee University, Jackson State University, Morehouse College and Shaw University rounded out the top ten.
Albany State University will be honored during the 37th Annual SBN Sports Black College All-American Awards Weekend, February 11-12, 2011, in Orlando, Florida. American Urban Radio Networks will also be honoring the 24-member 2010 SBN All-American Team, SBN's Coach of the Year and SBN's Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year. Special invited guests include former SBN Black College All-Americans, Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie (Arizona Cardinals), Jacoby Jones (Houston Texans) and Issac Redman (Pittsburgh Steelers). SBN Black College All-American committee members scheduled to attend include, NFL Hall of Famer Mel Blount, L.C. Greenwood, Billy “White Shoes” Johnson and Doug Williams. The event's keynote speaker is 1991 SBN Defensive Player of the Year, former New York Giants defensive end and current NFL ON FOX analyst Michael Strahan.
The SBN Sports Network is a division of American Urban Radio Networks, the largest Black-owned radio network company in the country, with offices and bureaus in New York, Washington, Chicago, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Detroit and Pittsburgh.
About American Urban Radio Network
American Urban Radio Networks (AURN) is the only African-American owned radio network company in
the United States. It is the largest network reaching Urban America with more than 20 million listeners each week..Through three programming networks and its marketing division, AURN reaches more African Americans than any other medium in America and produces more programming than all other broadcasting companies combined. American Urban Radio Networks broadcasts 200 weekly news, entertainment, sports and information programming to more than 300 radio stations nationwide. It is the only Black broadcaster with a bureau in The White House. AURN has offices and bureaus in New York, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles and Washington, DC.