As conference realignment has dominated the headlines this offseason in college football, it has also sparked conversation among HBCU programs of potentially building a super conference or potentially elevating to the FBS level.
Even with football coaches like Jackson State’s Deion Sanders discussing the possibility, the Hall of Famer still stands by his decision to not play schools like Alabama or other Power 5 programs as his team currently sits.
“We’re not into sacrificing our kids to get a check,” Sanders told WVTM-TV in Birmingham during the Southwestern Athletic Conference’s media day on Thursday. “He [Saban] got to give me another year. I got to get beef up in the front.”
