Post by lilboy on Nov 4, 2006 10:59:38 GMT -5
Fobbs gears up for off-season work
By Rob Daniels
Staff Writer
GREENSBORO -- Lee Fobbs can't wait for 2007. Literally. Otherwise, Fobbs will feel he has wasted valuable time.
With three games left on the 2006 football schedule, N.C. A&T's coach hasn't abandoned hope or presumed the Aggies (0-8) will become the first winless team in school history. But given the current state of affairs, he can't take it easy, either.
This week, he formulated the off-season weightlifting and conditioning plan for returning players.
The operation will begin the Monday after this season's final game, Nov. 18 against South Carolina State. Players will be tested in various lifting disciplines, and their achievements will be charted. Strength coaches will then plot out workout schedules and regimens for every player, and the training will begin the Monday after Thanksgiving. Exams and holiday break will disrupt the schedule, but everything cranks up again in January.
"We have three games left, and I'm definitely into that until the very end," said Fobbs, whose team faces Florida A&M at 4 p.m. today at Aggie Stadium. "But I also know I have to continue to develop my team."
MOVING ON: Fobbs said one of his goals this week was to teach the Aggies fundamental details missed in last week's 70-7 loss at Bethune-Cookman while not dwelling on the final score.
The score was not shocking. Wildcats coach Alvin Wyatt has a feud with A&T that dates back 10 years and two coaches, and he has never hidden his intent to defeat the Aggies as thoroughly as possible in retribution for a lopsided game in his first season on the job.
"Whether he ran the score up or not?" Fobbs said. "All I know is this: Better days are coming, and what goes around comes around."
RATTLING THE CAGE: One of today's chief challenges is limiting Florida A&M's Roosevelt Kiser, eighth in the country in all-purpose running (153.0 yards). Kiser is a solid receiver, and he returns punts and kickoffs. He burned the Aggies last year in Tallahassee with an 81-yard touchdown catch.
GOING TO PARADISE: When Hula Bowl executives called Fobbs and asked if he would serve as an assistant in the Jan. 14 game in Honolulu, he thought they were joking.
"Do you know what our record is?" he asked with a chuckle.
Yeah, they said. But they also knew he has been in the business for 30 years and has an excellent reputation. So in that spirit, he accepted.
Fobbs' specific assignment hasn't been determined. Other coaches named to the game are Georgia's Mark Richt, West Virginia's Rich Rodriguez, Houston's Art Briles and Fresno State's Pat Hill.
"It's always nice for your peers to think of you that way," Fobbs said. "That has happened for me, but that's not my biggest concern now. When that time comes around, we'll get to that."
By Rob Daniels
Staff Writer
GREENSBORO -- Lee Fobbs can't wait for 2007. Literally. Otherwise, Fobbs will feel he has wasted valuable time.
With three games left on the 2006 football schedule, N.C. A&T's coach hasn't abandoned hope or presumed the Aggies (0-8) will become the first winless team in school history. But given the current state of affairs, he can't take it easy, either.
This week, he formulated the off-season weightlifting and conditioning plan for returning players.
The operation will begin the Monday after this season's final game, Nov. 18 against South Carolina State. Players will be tested in various lifting disciplines, and their achievements will be charted. Strength coaches will then plot out workout schedules and regimens for every player, and the training will begin the Monday after Thanksgiving. Exams and holiday break will disrupt the schedule, but everything cranks up again in January.
"We have three games left, and I'm definitely into that until the very end," said Fobbs, whose team faces Florida A&M at 4 p.m. today at Aggie Stadium. "But I also know I have to continue to develop my team."
MOVING ON: Fobbs said one of his goals this week was to teach the Aggies fundamental details missed in last week's 70-7 loss at Bethune-Cookman while not dwelling on the final score.
The score was not shocking. Wildcats coach Alvin Wyatt has a feud with A&T that dates back 10 years and two coaches, and he has never hidden his intent to defeat the Aggies as thoroughly as possible in retribution for a lopsided game in his first season on the job.
"Whether he ran the score up or not?" Fobbs said. "All I know is this: Better days are coming, and what goes around comes around."
RATTLING THE CAGE: One of today's chief challenges is limiting Florida A&M's Roosevelt Kiser, eighth in the country in all-purpose running (153.0 yards). Kiser is a solid receiver, and he returns punts and kickoffs. He burned the Aggies last year in Tallahassee with an 81-yard touchdown catch.
GOING TO PARADISE: When Hula Bowl executives called Fobbs and asked if he would serve as an assistant in the Jan. 14 game in Honolulu, he thought they were joking.
"Do you know what our record is?" he asked with a chuckle.
Yeah, they said. But they also knew he has been in the business for 30 years and has an excellent reputation. So in that spirit, he accepted.
Fobbs' specific assignment hasn't been determined. Other coaches named to the game are Georgia's Mark Richt, West Virginia's Rich Rodriguez, Houston's Art Briles and Fresno State's Pat Hill.
"It's always nice for your peers to think of you that way," Fobbs said. "That has happened for me, but that's not my biggest concern now. When that time comes around, we'll get to that."