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Grambling football searching to replace Bacone College after school announces closure

Kenn Rashad by Kenn Rashad
May 10, 2018
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Grambling State has begun the search for a new opponent for the Tigers’ Sept. 15 home football opener to replace Bacone College of Oklahoma.

According to a News on 6 report, Bacone College is closing operations at the conclusion of its commencement exercises Saturday and “will be laying off almost everyone” employed by the school.

The school says it is simply out of money and will need to raise “about $2 million to complete the academic year and to open back up again in the fall.”

From News on 6:

Bacone College President Franklin Willis says his college is in a tough predicament.

“We’re scraping the bottom of the barrel right now to pay utility bills and property bills and health insurance, and we’ll just barely make paying the payroll,” said Willis.

Bacone College, which is a member of the NAIA and Sooner Athletic Conference, played a 2017 football schedule that featured three HBCU programs. The Warriors lost to Langston 36-6, defeated Texas College 31-26 a week later, and lost to SWAC member Prairie View 34-17.

“First, if (Bacone College) shuts its doors, it is a travesty for higher education,” GSU athletics director Paul Bryant stated in an email to HBCU Sports. “Secondly, this would have an impact on our schedule because this was our home opener for the 2018 season. In hearing about the possibility of this change, we have been in communications with a couple of other schools to gauge their interest in filling the position.”

Grambling’s 2018 home opener is the team’s third scheduled game overall and follows back-to-back road trips to open the season at Louisiana-Lafayette (Sept. 1) and Northwestern State (Sept. 8).



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Kenn Rashad is the Founding Editor & Publisher of HBCU Sports and a graduate of Grambling State University.

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