Livingstone College’s football defense has been a key factor in their recent success, particularly during the 2024 season. Their defense has repeatedly come up with critical stops and game-changing plays. In their 24-19 homecoming victory against Fayetteville State, Livingstone’s defense recorded four interceptions, including a pivotal 71-yard pick-six by Jayden Reeder just before halftime. Kevin Larkins also contributed with two interceptions, helping to maintain the Blue Bears’ lead despite a late push from Fayetteville State.

The Blue Bears did find a spark on offensive in the second quarter when De’Angelo Alston connected with Davontay Deloatch for a 36-yard touchdown pass, putting the Blue Bears ahead 10-3 after Zapata’s successful extra point.

Though Fayetteville State mounted a brief comeback in the Fourth quarter, Livingstone’s defense held strong, ensuring that their lead remained intact. This win improves Livingstone’s record to 5-2, and keeps them competitive in the CIAA standings.

With this victory, Livingstone College now finds itself firmly in the hunt for the conference championship. The win not only boosts their record, but also sets up a crucial final stretch of the season, where each game will be vital in determining their championship fate. The Blue Bears will need to maintain this momentum as they prepare for their next matchup against Winston Salem State University next Saturday. Livingstone College students and alumni are reinvigorated by this performance, and excited to see how far this team can go with a CIAA title now within reach.

Photos Credit: Omari Photography (OMP)

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“We are truly excited to officially add the East-West Shrine Bowl to the Bowl Season lineup where it has always belonged,” said Nick Carparelli, Executive Director of Bowl Season. “Bowl Season is an annual celebration of college football, and I can’t think of a better way to cap it off each year than by watching the sports best players wear their school’s helmets one more time.”

“We are proud to join alongside the nation’s most iconic college football bowl games as an official member of Bowl Season,” said Bob Roller, Vice President of Sports for Shriners Children’s. “The life-changing impact of our East-West Shrine Bowl and our international healthcare system will now be officially celebrated from coast to coast throughout Bowl Season.”

Legendary College All-Star Game

Since 1925, the East-West Shrine Bowl has benefited Shriners Children’s and its mission to provide advanced care for children with orthopedic conditions, burns, spinal cord injuries, and cleft lip and palate, regardless of the families’ ability to pay.

The East-West Shrine Bowl is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the best college football players in the world to showcase their talents as top NFL Draft prospects in front of all 32 NFL teams’ scouts and executives. Many of professional football’s most recognized and decorated players, including legends Tom Brady, Walter Payton, John Elway and current rising stars Brock Purdy, Zay Flowers and Isiah Pacheco all played in the East-West Shrine Bowl.

Celebrating 99 Years in 2024

The 99th annual East-West Shrine Bowl will kickoff Thursday, February 1, 2024 in Frisco, Texas, at Ford Center at The Star, the worldwide headquarters and training facility for the Dallas Cowboys. The game will be nationally televised in primetime on NFL Network. Proceeds from the game will fully benefit the mission of Shriners Children’s.

About Bowl Season

Bowl Season is one of the greatest and longest running traditions in American sports, taking place in late December and running through early February, and has been college football’s post-season for over 100 years. It promotes the grand tradition of the bowl system and its endearing value to student-athletes, highlighting the broader university and college communities, including spirit squads, marching bands, athletic staff and fans. Bowl Season spotlights the distinctiveness of each of the bowl games along with their histories and traditions and their proud communities – embracing and honoring the bowl experience for present and future generations.

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Jordan Cornette will host Clemson Pro Day (10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. ET, ACCN) from ESPN’s Bristol, Conn. studio joined by his teammates from the The Huddle – Eric Mac Lain, EJ Manuel and Mark Richt. ESPN NFL Draft analyst and Senior Bowl Executive Director Jim Nagy and NFL front office insider Mike Tannenbaum will also provide insight throughout Thursday’s coverage.

Notable participants include: wide receivers Amari Rodgers, Cornell Powell and Diondre Overton, tight end J.C. Chalk, and running backs Travis Etienne and Adam Choice.

Typical pro day events include: 40-yard dash, bench press, vertical jump, broad jump, 20-yard shuttle and 60-yard shuttle among other position specific drills.

Additionally, ACCN will televise Miami Pro Day on Monday, March 29, while ACC Network Extra (ACCNX), the network’s digital platform available on the ESPN App, will carry Pitt Pro Day (March 17), Florida State Pro Day (March 22), Virginia Tech Pro Day (March 26), Duke Pro Day (March 29), Louisville Pro Day (March 30) and Wake Forest Pro Day (March 31) through the end of March.

Details surrounding Miami Pro Day and events on ACCNX will be announced in the coming weeks.

About ACC Network

Owned and operated by ESPN in partnership with the Atlantic Coast Conference, ACC Network (ACCN) and its digital platform ACCNX is a 24/7 national network dedicated to ACC sports that launched on August 22, 2019. ACCN features regular-season and tournament games from across the conference’s 27 sponsored sports plus a complement of news and information shows and original programming. ESPN has been televising ACC content since 1979 and has exclusive rights to every conference-controlled game across all sports and championships.

Carriage agreements are in place with the following video providers: AT&T TV, AT&T TV NOW, Cox, DIRECTV, DISH Network, fuboTV, Google Fiber, Hulu Live TV, Optimum, Sling TV, Spectrum TV, Suddenlink, TVision, Verizon Fios, YouTube TV, members of the NCTC, NRTC and Vivicast, among others. All ACCN games will also be available on the ESPN app to authenticated subscribers. Fans interested in learning more about ACCN can visit www.GetACCN.com.

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The Crimson Tide quietly seethed, taking names and numbers and filing them away. And on Monday night, Nick Saban and his ferocious defense unleashed the full force of that pent-up rage, making Clemson look like pretenders in the 24-6 win.

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The Alabama defense harassed Kelly Bryant from the opening play — don’t be surprised if he’s still flinching in June — and essentially ended the game with five minutes left in the third quarter, picking him off on back-to-back plays and turning the miscues into 14 points.

Adding insult to injury, Tide nose guard Da’Ron Payne, who conservatively is listed at 308, scored the first of those touchdowns seven plays after picking off Bryant. Linebacker Mack Wilson returned the other interception 18 yards for the score.

“We’ve heard it for a year now,” running back Damien Harris said. “It showed in the way we played tonight how personally we took it. We wanted to take our respect back.”

Now Alabama, the team some suggested was in the playoff more on reputation than résumé, will play Georgia for the national title next week in Atlanta.

In the four years of the College Football Playoff, the Crimson Tide have made the title game all but once. For the sixth time in Saban’s 11 years, Alabama is playing for the national championship.

The dynasty is alive and well.

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