The MEAC/SWAC Problem has concluded with North Carolina Central popping out victorious, defeating Southern 31-14.
This ends a three-game dropping streak for the MEAC on this sequence, enhancing the convention’s all-time file to 12-7.
Listed here are 5 Takeaways from the 2025 MEAC/SWAC Problem.
1. Working wild in Atlanta
The working sport was the star of the present within the MEAC/SWAC Problem, with each groups producing their greatest performs on the bottom.
Each groups mixed for 481 speeding yards on 65 makes an attempt, marking probably the most mixed speeding yards in MEAC/SWAC Problem historical past.
As well as, 5 of the six touchdowns within the sport got here on the bottom, the third time each groups have scored a minimum of two speeding touchdowns within the MEAC/SWAC Problem.
2. A Star Amongst Stars
Any questions on how the North Carolina Central offense would fare with All-MEAC working again J’Mari Taylor being gone have been put to relaxation following a masterful efficiency by Christian Mosley.
Mosley carved up Southern for 174 speeding yards on 15 makes an attempt, together with a 49-yard landing run that gave the Eagles the lead for good.
Having been with the Eagles since 2022, Mosley performed effectively with the restricted touches he obtained, amassing 502 speeding yards on 70 makes an attempt and scoring seven touchdowns.
This included averaging over 10 yards per keep it up 24 makes an attempt and scoring three touchdowns final season.
In his first profession begin, Mosley established himself as a menace to not solely win the MEAC Offensive Participant of the Yr award, however possibly even to assert the Deacon Jones trophy.
3. Southern Quarterback Controversy
Regardless of the loss, Southern bought a powerful efficiency from beginning quarterback Cam’Ron McCoy, ending with 71 passing yards on 9/14 passing and a 69-yard speeding landing (98 speeding yards whole).
Nevertheless, his nice play took a backseat to the larger story that he was not alleged to be the Jaguars’ starter on this contest.
Southern entered the sport itemizing redshirt sophomore Jalen Woods as its beginning, however to the shock of everybody watching, it was McCoy within the sport to take the primary snaps.
McCoy began the sport effectively, serving to the Jaguars construct a 14-10 lead. Nevertheless, Southern couldn’t sustain with North Carolina Central’s high-powered offense, solely managing 91 offensive yards exterior of their two landing performs.
This led to questions surrounding Jaguars head coach Terrance Graves’ choice to go together with McCoy over Woods.
When requested about this within the postgame presser, Graves mentioned, “We had some issues that we needed to cope with, and that’s why we made this choice,” with no additional rationalization.
4. Walker Harris quietly performs effectively
In a sport dominated by the run sport, North Carolina Central quarterback Walker Harris quietly put collectively a robust, environment friendly exhibiting.
He accomplished 19-of-24 go makes an attempt for 183 yards and a landing, giving him his highest completion proportion (79%) he’s had in a sport with a minimum of 20 makes an attempt.
Harris’ biggest asset was his potential to make fast selections, getting the ball out of his fingers earlier than the protection may penetrate the road of scrimmage.
The Eagles’ offensive line deserves numerous credit score for Harris’ play, solely surrendering one sack and no pressures to a Jaguars protection headlined by reigning SWAC Defensive Participant of the Yr Ckelby Givens.
5. Attendance takes a dip
The attendance figures for this yr’s MEAC/SWAC Problem have been reported at 16,191, a slight dip from earlier years.
This ends a three-year streak of 20,000 attendees, together with a drop of over 6,000 from the earlier yr.
That being mentioned, for the reason that MEAC/SWAC Problem was moved to Middle Parc Stadium in Atlanta in 2018, attendance has solely reached beneath 15,000 as soon as (10,274 in 2018).
Whereas the attendance confirmed a slight decline over figures from the previous three years, they obtained a robust silver lining on this being the longest streak (6) of attendance reaching over 15,000.
