i f \( r COM. n FOOTBALL WRAP-UI ??&*?? yA^^Si^ ?. 4*l?fe+?^K|- '.irfl' ^^^jBM.^^iijSiift" * ?.*''" > ' ** - -tv 'T*1 -*V- .j, ? ?? Close, But No Cigar Norfolk State defensive back < overthrown to a Howard re< Tigers Wir By LONZA HARDY Staff Writer Mardi Gras comes early in the Southwestern Athletic Conference. Somewhere between tours of the French Quarter and samplings of New Orleans Jazz and Creole cook;Mn cj\ nnn r^.L.u r t 1 .1? mg, w,vaa/ iwiuau iau2> iuunu mc time Nov. 26 to witness college football's post-Thanksgiving Event. The occasion, of course, was the 10th annual Bayou Classic, THE football game among black schools which yearly pits the Grambling State Tigers (the Notre Dame of black college football ? or is Notre Dame the Grambling of white college football?) against the Southern Jaguars. But forget a moment the people Page 6*Dcccmbcr. 1983SSSSSSS I ?D KI/ EtV 9 * :SS A V Bl ?|M *' M 'w Johnny Epps dives for a past :eiver. Both teams suffered i Classic, and the atmosphere and the fanfare of the premier sporting event in Black America. And forget the fact that the Classic now yearly grosses in excess of $1 million, more than most maior-collece howl aamiK The Bayou Classic is good, oldfashioned SWAC football at its best. And it took on even added significance this season with the 1983 league championship on the line. "People talk about me tying Pop Warner's career wins total (313), but 1 wasn't thinking about chasing anybody's record," said Grambling's Eddie Robinson, the winningest active coach in college football. "What I was thinking about was winning the SWAC champion IEW======== HBMHnMHMHHMMNHMMMMMMMMHMMMMMMMMMMMMMMI lJHBH Hj^~ mKm v . **** ^L 'i^^k Ik, ^TI , . A JR !ju|? i dismal years in 1983 after h I Brian Branch-Price). Take SW/ ship." Still, it didn't look good early for ? GrambHng, which went into the game with a precarious half-game lead over Southern and fell behind quickly in the first half. After jumping out to a 7-0 first quarter lead on a 58-yard touchdown pass from Hollis Brent to Patrick Scott, the Tigers saw Southern storm back to score 10 unanswered points in the second tjuaiicr, ursi on a seven-yard touchdown toss from Herman Coleman to Tony Good, at the 14:48 mark, then on a 37-yard field goal by Roger Serrano at the 7:12 mark. The Jags, who owned a two-game Classic winning streak, led 10-7 at . halftime. But the beginning of the end for Otis Washington's team ,vt. i ir0* t- V4 -ft-* r , ?l S5BBBSBBBHSSBBBBSSBBSSSS wmmj??&. 1 v Mf i ^IMJAJUim I Mju,. #. g^' m im i ''Ai*m i f Hi*" hM* J^ntiilirT5 iP^^ 'if i mi^ ^iirTnr '^N^Ltfti " Wif a ^PflBW*?* ^Hair ^ it igh pressure hopes (photo by