College Football

Morgan State (3-7, 2-5 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) vs. Hampton (2-7, 2-5 MEAC) When: Saturday, 1 p.m. Site: Hughes Stadium Radio: 88.9 FM Series: Morgan State leads, 36-23-2 What's at stake: In the final game of the season, Morgan State just wants a win. The Bears' losing streak stretched to five last week with a 30-0 defeat at Norfolk State Hampton has struggled just as much this season, opening the season...

Antonio Freeman didn't remember whether his team won or lost the Big 33 Football Classic game the summer after his senior year at Poly in 1990. He has more important memories of the Maryland-Pennsylvania high school football all-star game. "I had never been away from home for a week's time, slept in somebody else's bed. The whole experience helped me prepare for college. I had a great host family. I'm still in touch with the host family," said Freeman, who went on to play in two Super Bowls with the NFL's Green Bay Packers, winning one. "And it was just one of those things that made you realize you were one of the elite in the whole state, and you were surrounded by other guys who have the same goals that you have, to play college football and to get an education, and it was a great fraternity to be a part of. " Freeman, whose team lost the game, gathered with fellow Big 33 veterans Reggie White and Keith Kormanik, as well as coaching veterans Roger Wrenn and Bill McGregor, at St. Paul's School on Thursday to talk about how happy they are to see Maryland and Pennsylvania renew their Big 33 rivalry after 21 years.

If you want to see how the football culture of Towson University has changed, just visit the office of Tigers coach Rob Ambrose and look behind the door. There, gathering dust on the floor, is a framed collage of newspaper clippings celebrating Towson's gutty performance against mighty LSU in September. A friend gave it to Ambrose. Hang it in a prominent spot, the guy said. "He was all jacked up about it," Ambrose recalled the other day. "But I said: 'I can't hang it in the hallway and celebrate a loss.'" Talking about that David-vs-Goliath matchup in Baton Rouge, La. , in which his team eventually wore down and lost 38-22, Ambrose looked at the framed clippings and shook his head.

Football Ex-Raven Sharpe to Black College HOF The Black College Football Hall of Fame announced Tuesday that former Ravens tight end Shannon Sharpe has been selected for induction next year along with 10 others. The inductees will be honored Feb. 16 at the Loews Hotel in Atlanta. NFL Network's Charles Davis will serve as master of ceremonies. Before going on to win two Super Bowls with the Denver Broncos and one with the Ravens in 2001, Sharpe was a three-time All-Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference selection at Savannah State from 1987 to 1989 and the SIAC Player of the Year in 1987.

No. 19 Towson (4-4, 3-2 Colonial Athletic Association) at No. 23 Delaware (5-3, 2-3 CAA) When: Saturday, noon Site: Delaware Stadium, Newark, Del. TV: NBC Sports Network Radio: www.TowsonTigers.com Series: Delaware leads 9-4 What's at Stake: Momentum. Momentum. Momentum. Towson might have saved its season last weekend by upsetting CAA co-leader Villanova, 49-35, on the road. But once again the Tigers face a nationally ranked team away from home as they continue fighting for a playoff spot.

Each week, blogger Matt Vensel fires a few questions at rookie cornerback and kick returner Asa Jackson. The Ravens' fifth-round pick in April's draft, Jackson is a Sacramento native who played his college ball at Cal Poly. MV: I know the Ravens lost Sunday afternoon and you were inactive for a second straight game, but what was it like to hit the road and head to Philadelphia for your first regular season road game as a NFL player? AJ: I've been to Philadelphia a couple of times because my little brother goes to school out there but I've never been to the Linc before.

No more deception Teddy Greenstein Chicago Tribune Absolutely. Especially after USC's Lane Kiffin made a fool of himself last week by suspending a beat writer for (correctly) reporting that a Trojans kicker had undergone surgery. Kiffin ignored his own policy, which was to punish media members who report an injury while observing practice. Surgeries don't take place during practice, so Kiffin apologized. Now he needs to apologize for having his team unprepared to play Stanford.

Et cetera Jockey Pino ties for 10th on all-time wins list Mario Pino tied Earlie Fires for 10th on the all-time victories list with a win in the finale (race 8) at Presque Isle Downs in Erie, Pa., on Friday night. The 51-year-old jockey reached the milestone aboard For the Effect for trainer Chuckie Lawrence . Pino, an Ellicott City resident who has spent most of his career in Maryland, picked up the mount even though Willie Martinez was named to ride the horse.