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2C omo SPORTS^c Charlotte ^o«t Tuesday. November 21,2006 Golden Bulls back to camping for Pioneer Continued from page 1C starting fixan scratch. “It’s a matter of starting camp aU over again,” Bulls coach Daryl McNeill says, “The thing you try to do is what the (Division I-A) Southern Cals and Tfexases do when there’s a month between games.” 'That means brhlding up to game day Conditioning and preparing a game plan shouldn’t pose an issue, Wilson insists, adding the Bulls arereadytogetbackto McNeill work. ‘We were on beat when we got back (on the field) Friday,” Wilson said. ‘"Ihe guys are excited about today” And, McNeill says, the prospect of adding one last feather in a cap that includes the program’s first seven-win season since 1996 during McNeill’s first stint at JCSU. A win would be Smith’s eighth, a plateau last reached in 1975. At any rate, McNeill is enjoying the Wilson opportunity to play mean ingful football during the holidays. “’It’s Smith football in December,” he said. “I think I’ll use that in my game notes.” • Wilson will have another game to play in next month. He earned a spot in the Eddie Robinson Motherland Classic scheduled for Dec. 16 in Nigeria. The game is an aU-star showcase for black college players and would be the first college football game played in Nigeria. Wilson, who finished the season as the nation’s top tackier, was an aU-CIAA first-team pick. Aggies end worst season in history Continued from page 1C “Everybodys going to be recruiting, and that’s No. 1,” Fobbs says. We have to 1 weightroom and continue to work academical ly FVom the weightroom to the field for spring ball is a tag, big key and I think our kids these guys together in the offseascoi in the understand that.” Whining aside, Elizabeth City and Albany State belonged in playoffs This week we are preempting our regularly sched uled columnist for a special guest who asked to be heard. Enjoy. (Actually, we think you 'll want to throw up afterwards.) UhheUo. My name is...well that’s not impor tant. First, I like to say thank ya I to dis here black paper for givin’ us ~ you should know we white - a chance to Xpress ourselves in this miscarriage of justice. Most Negro, uh, black papers just wanna incite riots and bum stuff up. An}way we beheve we have been diskriminated against. And we think you good black people will want to change the situa- tion. We jus' got word that three of yall’s teams are in the football playoffs. That just ain’t fair. One we undei*8tand. 'That Central team is a good one awright, although they didn’t have to jump over Northem.Alabama to No. 1. We have lots of kinfolks in Alabama. Both teams undefeated, so why couldn’t dem Ea^es stay in their place? That’s what wrong with this cotmtry folks don’t know their place. Sorry, got off on anuther subject. But we good sports, we can live with dem Now, that lizbeth City team, we got Idnda problem with that. How come they didn’t get dropped after losing to dem Ea^es. Newberry lost and they dropped. No offense to yall, but the CI-A-A-Ais a sorry conference. You guys didn’t beat half of us - us white folks that is - - this year. Dem Vikings did n’t beat Newberry dey didn’t beat dem Eagles. Dem teams they did beat, heck my daddy could have whup ‘em. My daddy hke to whup fblks- lake I said, no offense, but tmth is truth. But the most miscarriage of justice is dat AUbany State team. Puttin’ ‘dem in the play offs is criminal, just plain criminal My daddy and granddaddy never did anything so bad and they are -1 mean were - in the Klan. That SIAAC conference is bout as bad as the CI-A-A-A is. How can dey get in over our cousins Valdosta State, Pittsburg State and Wingate? Somebody said it’s about Emed Aksess. HogbaHs! Thatis anuther fancy sayin’ for affir mative action. Dafs all it is. That ain’t right, just ain’t right. Knowing how you folks feel “bout diskrimina- tion, we know you want to do the right thing. So dis is what we propose. Boycott. Y’all good at that. Boycott them games to show you are as desgusted as we are. Y’all alwaj^ talk about not getting a handout and that’s what y’all got. We thought bout getting’ in our pickup trucks and go riotin’ but daddy said that’s what black folks do and we ain’t black, so we ain’t gonna do it. If it’s too late to boycott this year, we can wait til next year. We good at waitin’. Y’all teU them NC-A-A-A folks you wont be going to the play offs no matter what ‘cuz of the miscarriage of justice done to us. Like dat black feUa said, do da ri^t thing. We thank ya for hearin’ our concern. We believe y’all good black folks. Not like them who riot and bum stuff up. BONITTA BEST is sports editor al The Triangle Tribune in Durham. Bayou Classic returns to Big Easy THE LOU/S/ANA WEEKLY NEW ORLEANS - The quintessential event in black college athletics makes its triumphant return to the Big Easy this week after Hurricane Katrina forced the annual matchup between Southern University and Grambhng State University to be held in Houston last fall. 'Those who know anything about the contest know that the State Farm Bayou Classic is more than just a football game. \Wth its color ful and glorified history the State Farm Bayou Classic is a unique family fellowship that exists within a football game. The State Farm Bayou Classic has become the greatest and most distinguishable sporting event in all of Black America. Everyone loves a grudge match. And that’s what football fans can expect at the 33rd Bayou Classic sponsoi'ed by State Farm Insurance Companies, Every year, the game is a sell-out, attracting more than 70,000 fans. It’ll be another terrific game this year as Southern University Jaguars and Grambling State University Tigers football teams line up on the field to battle it out! The gridiron match-up between Grambling State University and Southern University, two great Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) rivals, represents the best that colle giate sports have to offer; teamwork, tradition, passion and fierce competition. Weekend activities kick off with the Coaches Luncheon on Fri., Nov 24 at 11 a.m., and the Super Job Fair at Noon. Guests should also see the McDonald’s Battle of the Bands & Greek Show at 8 p.m. on Nov. 24. The Bayou Classic Football Game is televised live on OTC Sports Nov 25. Whatever your pleasure, you’ll never forget a weekend at the State Farm Bayou Classic. And if you can’t make it to the game in person, kickoff time is at 2 p.m. on NBC. Stay in touch with Charlotte, even when you’re in cyberspace @ www.thecharlottepost.com Your source for championship sports coverage Cliarlotte IPOfiit
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