The Rise of North Carolina Central Football

The North Carolina Central Eagles is an HBCU program that did not have a ton of historic success until the turn of the century but has quickly become a program many fans should know about. While their transition from the Division II level to the FCS caused some growing pains at first, after over a decade in the MEAC, they have built their program into one of the best at the HBCU level under Trei Oliver. This is the rise of North Carolina Central Football.
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[@kristophercoleman7271]

I really appreciate the HBCU love ❤️

[@ehines85]

As an NCCU Alum thanks for making this video. I was in college during the Coach Broadway years.

[@Itachi.D.Dragon]

NCCU Eagles Alum in the house 🦅🦅🦅. Appreciate the love 🫡

[@elibenGodson]

Thanks for doing this on my Alma Mata. I am a former North Carolina Central player class of 2002. We've come a long way.

[@EyeOfTheWatcher]

Interesting you did a video on ECU and NCCU, both are North Carolina schools and schools that I went to.

[@EmbracetheGrind]

Both were highly requested videos. It was unintentional to do them in back to back days but I really wanted to take a deep dive into both this week

[@MrAlfMike]

Eagle Pride!!! Thanks for a great video

[@laquintinbelser8342]

Happy to see you give the hbcu some shine 🔥

[@JB-tl8rj]

I would love to see a video on HBCU Morgan State, I've been by their campus quite a few times

[@Qharisma]

Great Video ... and I'm local to the area ... Arguably the most exciting football team in the area .. and sandwiched between North Carolina Chapel Hill and Duke Universities .. that's saying something.

[@xproctor1793]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 I played through the transition years. Great video.

[@Panthersigma]

NCCU !!! Thank you for doing this video !!!

[@landonclemons5521]

Eagle Pride Amplified!!! 🦅🦅🦅

[@Buddylove3232]

Appreciate you NC love HBCU forever

[@CAMRIVERSROASTROOM]

We (North Carolina A&T) use to whoop them every year. They are biggest rivals then they became good and started destroying us

[@Jrtowns1]

Thanks for the video. My alma mater. Go Eagles 🦅

[@user-wk9wy5qd4r]

Appreciate the NC love

[@tashia79]

Eagle Pride!! Love this! Thank you.

[@yungpablo1656]

I got a feeling you’ll be doing another video like this in January for South Carolina State. Their new head coach Chennis Berry went 11-0 with the team he coached last year and seems to have brought a whole new energy around the program at S.C State. Plus they have a pretty favorable schedule.

[@shamekarhodes5503]

Love this

[@PlaylistProleteriat]

🔥 Love to see it

[@PlaylistProleteriat]

Possible schools to look into as well. NDSU and SDSU, powerhouses of the FCS Army as a historic program and coukd they be great again? FSU and their rise jn the ACC again. I know you've done a few NC schools already but NC A&T? They have a historic background as an HBCU powerhouse but seeminly have decline. Always wondered how well they could be again.

[@Zay4Life]

A&T will be back. Changing to a new conference has caused a lot of growing pains

[@Seth_Andretti]

More HBCU videos please ❤

[@enwalker]

Great video and history.

[@DioChicken]

Could do a video on why Minnesota and Wisconsin only offer scholarship football on the Big Ten level

[@johngrantham5508]

I cannot wait for HBCU football season! Go Jackson State Tigers. John from Chicago.

[@georgesuggs6667]

Unfortunately you omitted the facts the NCCU was one of the founding member of the MEAC winning the 2nd and third conference championships of the new 1AA DIVISION OF THE NCAA. YOU LEFT OFF AN ENTIRE DECADE OF EXCELLENCE IN THE 1970S . WITH RESPECT TO THE PLAYERS AND COACHES OF THAT DECADE YOU NEED TO UPDATE THIS OMISSION OF ITS FOOTBALL HISTORIC LEGACY AND CONTRIBUTION TO THE HISTORIC LEGACY TO HBCU AND BLACK COLLEGE FOOTBALL HISTORY COACH / DR GEORGE SUGGS SECONDARY coach NCCU 1973 - 78

[@jasonbavolar8204]

You should do FAMU

[@basedthunder]

I PLAYED FOR NCCU ONCE AN EAGLE ALWAYS AN EAGLE #eaglepride

[@streetflavaent5969]

Fire!!!

[@terrancethomas9792]

Becoming an FCS school and making hundreds of thousand dollars a game (playing at big teams stadiums) pays for practice uniforms. Way to step up NCCU.

[@topdollaju4964]

Do UConn next 0:04

[@educationalempowerment8610]

Watch Morgan State as they head to Atlanta to face Alabama State… with Morgan winning by 6. Let’s see how this ages!!!! 😂😅😂

[@enwalker]

Eagles 🦅

[@288richardson]

Please do Virginia State University #HailState

[@blakeharris4159]

Nc A&T

[@DavidPlummer-x5p]

The history in this video is not complete or correct. The commentary omits the 70s, in partcular 72-73, when the Eagles won back-to-back MEAC championships. It is disrespectful to the team, to NCCU and to the players, many of whom subsequently had very successful careers in the NFL... Doug Wilkerson, Louis Breeden, Maurice Spencer...just to name a few. Disregarding their achievements misses an important chapter of the team and the school. Can the video be edited to correct this omission? David Plummer NCCU Eagle football 1971-1975

[@deajaidawkins6106]

🫵🏽🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@arthurhawkins476]

This film is not holistic. The 1972.73 MEAC champs omit the great era of Doug Wilkerson, Maurice Spencer, Louis Breeden, Charles Rhome and George L Quiet😢, Stone Wall Jackson and many more.

[@tonydowd8566]

You talk funny 😅

[@rodneybirth3332]

NCCU

[@JCblue71]

I’m not gonna lie it’s not fair that HBCU can compete for the playoffs

[@erinnarmstrong993]

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[@PlaylistProleteriat]

@@JCblue71 wut?

[@SoIcyDan704]

My HBCU #EAGLEPRIDE 🦅🤍❤️