Sunday, September 5, 2010

UNC-Pembroke blanks Fayetteville State 39-0 in Two Rivers Classic

PEMBROKE, N.C. - A dejected Kenny Phillips left the postgame interview, holding the stat sheet like it was contaminated. He shook his head, handed the paper to a team official and summed up his team's performance in the 2nd annual Two Rivers Classic.

"Can you throw this in the trash?" he said.

Indeed, Fayetteville State would like to forget last night's implosion as soon as possible. With an eleventh-hour change at quarterback, the Broncos' offense was lost in a 39-0 loss to UNC-Pembroke at Grace P. Johnson Stadium. In front of a UNCP record crowd of 6,429, FSU was steamrolled. The latest installment of this budding rivalry deflated from a blockbuster to a straight-to-DVD film before it even began. On Friday, the Broncos learned they'd be without star transfer quarterback Robert Benjamin.

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