Naaman Roosevelt News

After Turner Gill turned Buffalo's once dismal football program into a winner last year, Bulls athletic director Warde Manuel knew it was only a matter of time before he'd lose his coach to a higher-profile job.

December 09, 2009, 12:48 AM / Naaman Roosevelt, the record-setting University at Buffalo receiver, claimed a unique honor in UB history on Tuesday - an invitation to play in the East-West Shrine Game.

Dec. 5, 2008 -- Let's go way back in history, a whole year. Even if it seems like yesterday for the University at Buffalo and its supporters.

Senior wide receiver Naaman Roosevelt, senior tight end Jesse Rack and junior safety Davonte Shannon were all named first-team All-Mid-American Conference selections today.

Friday's game marked the end for 15 University at Buffalo seniors. Two of them - Western New York natives Naaman Roosevelt and James Starks - go down as arguably the best ever to play their positions at UB.

It was a gloomy end to a glorious era. With his voice wavering and almost no expression on his face, Naaman Roosevelt eulogized his University at Buffalo career on Tuesday, after coach Turner Gill announced that his star receiver will miss the final game of his senior year because of a meniscus tear in his right knee that will require surgery.

CMU senior quarterback Dan LeFevour was invited to the 85th Annual East/West Shrine Game.

The University at Buffalo has experienced just about everything that can go wrong in one football season, and all in the plural: injuries, turnovers, bad breaks and upsets.

It's been a long, difficult season for the RedHawks under first-year coach Michael Haywood, who spent the previous four years as offensive coordinator at Notre Dame.

The University at Buffalo football team will look for its first win at Miami's Yager Stadium tonight in a game to be televised on ESPNU.

Freshman forward Shante Evans scored a game-high 17 points and added 15 rebounds in her collegiate debut, leading Hofstra to a season-opening 77-60 victory over the University at Buffalo at the Mack Sports Complex on Monday.

Naaman Roosevelt played his final home game for the University at Buffalo Tuesday night and thankfully, fittingly, his grandest days were reprised.

The University at Buffalo, a team with little to show for its efforts this season, met an Ohio University team Tuesday night still in the hunt for the Mid-American Conference East Division title.

Last year the Buffalo Bulls' motto was "relentless to finish." But it takes more than a motto to win close games.

Matt Weller's 47-yard field goal with 1:25 left gave Ohio a 27-24 victory over Buffalo on Tuesday night.

Coming off a game when two punts get blocked, the last thing U.B. wanted to see is a team that shines on special teams.A But that's what they face Tuesday night, when the Bulls host Ohio.A Buffalo is 3-6 and needs to win their last three games to have any hopes of making a bowl game.A The Bobcats are 6-3 and already eligible for a bowl.

Freddie Barnes is used to football on Tuesday evenings. The senior receiver spends most Tuesday nights at Doyt Perry Stadium watching film with his teammates, but tomorrow will be different.

Barnes is a solid 6-foot, 205 pounds. He's adept at finding space and making things happen after the catch.

They had lived with the memory for nearly a year, spent countless nights examining what had happened, how it could happen.

For the second year in a row, the biggest Election Night party in town will be at UB Stadium.