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Post by aggierattler on Dec 11, 2017 20:22:15 GMT -5
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Post by aggierattler on Dec 11, 2017 20:29:18 GMT -5
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Post by Aggie One on Dec 12, 2017 8:11:56 GMT -5
Bowl week for A&T football: Three things to know
By Jeff Mills jeff.mills@greensboro.com
GREENSBORO — At last, it’s game week again for N.C. A&T. The MEAC football champion Aggies (11-0) have started final preparations for their game against SWAC champ Grambling (11-1) at the Celebration Bowl at noon Saturday in Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium. A&T hasn’t played since closing an unbeaten regular season at home against N.C. Central on Nov. 18. That’s four weeks between games. “It gave us an opportunity,” A&T coach Rod Broadway said last week, “to get guys healthy and rest up and focus on academics for a while. We had nine games in a row before we had an open date. So we needed a break, if only to get some guys back.” Grambling, on the other hand, qualified for a second consecutive Celebration Bowl berth by beating Alcorn State in the SWAC Championship game. The Tigers have two weeks between game. For the rest of the story: www.greensboro.com/sports/college/bowl-week-for-a-t-football-three-things-to-know/article_6eb9a9ec-1ff0-5514-bc06-9972e81ce92b.html
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Post by bluehaze on Dec 12, 2017 14:17:18 GMT -5
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Dec 12, 2017 15:10:18 GMT -5
coach sounds like he might have caught a bit of a cold while practicing out in the snow...
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Post by marchingband1969 on Dec 12, 2017 15:40:03 GMT -5
coach sounds like he might have caught a bit of a cold while practicing out in the snow... Yeah, when I saw the team practicing in the snow I worried about them catching a cold. Honestly if I were coach I would have bused them to somebody's indoor area to practice rather than hanging out in the snow. Surely he's got some connections with a team that has an indoor practice field that isn't playing in a bowl...UNC etc. I sure hope nobody gets sick.
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Post by scaggie09 on Dec 12, 2017 16:29:06 GMT -5
coach sounds like he might have caught a bit of a cold while practicing out in the snow... Yeah, when I saw the team practicing in the snow I worried about them catching a cold. Honestly if I were coach I would have bused them to somebody's indoor area to practice rather than hanging out in the snow. Surely he's got some connections with a team that has an indoor practice field that isn't playing in a bowl...UNC etc. I sure hope nobody gets sick. In the press conference he said he missed the snow practice as he was trying to get back from Atlanta. So if he caught a cold it wasn't from being out there with the team.
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Dec 12, 2017 16:47:59 GMT -5
Yeah, when I saw the team practicing in the snow I worried about them catching a cold. Honestly if I were coach I would have bused them to somebody's indoor area to practice rather than hanging out in the snow. Surely he's got some connections with a team that has an indoor practice field that isn't playing in a bowl...UNC etc. I sure hope nobody gets sick. In the press conference he said he missed the snow practice as he was trying to get back from Atlanta. So if he caught a cold it wasn't from being out there with the team. oh, okay. i didn't know that. but 1969 still had a good idea. why not look into using somebody else's nearby indoor practice facility? heck, probably won't matter now since the snow is gone and i suspect that current temperatures in greensboro shouldn't be too difficult to practice outdoors. however, now that i think about it, weather conditions should be much better in grambling, louisiana (58 degrees) compared to greensboro (45 degrees). so advantage grambling, although 45 degrees is somewhat tolerable...
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Post by trues on Dec 13, 2017 9:45:09 GMT -5
In the press conference he said he missed the snow practice as he was trying to get back from Atlanta. So if he caught a cold it wasn't from being out there with the team. oh, okay. i didn't know that. but 1969 still had a good idea. why not look into using somebody else's nearby indoor practice facility? heck, probably won't matter now since the snow is gone and i suspect that current temperatures in greensboro shouldn't be too difficult to practice outdoors. however, now that i think about it, weather conditions should be much better in grambling, louisiana (58 degrees) compared to greensboro (45 degrees). so advantage grambling, although 45 degrees is somewhat tolerable... U are right its a good ideal. Like I said WSSU did it surely we can. Other than Wake forest. The only FCS schools that are close would be UNC or Duke. NC state is just to far to drive.
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Dec 13, 2017 10:01:46 GMT -5
oh, okay. i didn't know that. but 1969 still had a good idea. why not look into using somebody else's nearby indoor practice facility? heck, probably won't matter now since the snow is gone and i suspect that current temperatures in greensboro shouldn't be too difficult to practice outdoors. however, now that i think about it, weather conditions should be much better in grambling, louisiana (58 degrees) compared to greensboro (45 degrees). so advantage grambling, although 45 degrees is somewhat tolerable... U are right its a good ideal. Like I said WSSU did it surely we can. Other than Wake forest. The only FCS schools that are close would be UNC or Duke. NC state is just to far to drive. man, i'm just glad yo azz didn't jinx us by buying your flight and cb tickets before we had clinched the meac championship!
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Post by Aggie77 on Dec 13, 2017 10:37:14 GMT -5
Coach was in mighty good spirits also. I think we are ready!
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Post by AggieGroove on Dec 13, 2017 10:38:24 GMT -5
Our die hard fans need to R-E-L-A-X and enjoy the ride!
It seems like every game there is much anxiety about what we didn't do well as a FB team this year!
We didn't finish 11-0 by not being prepared.....Coach and players will be prepared....count on it!
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Post by bluehaze on Dec 13, 2017 14:14:12 GMT -5
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Post by bluehaze on Dec 13, 2017 14:15:46 GMT -5
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Post by ohsixrain on Dec 13, 2017 15:29:25 GMT -5
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