Thursday, October 11, 2012

Alcorn State faces tough test at Alabama A&M

NORMAL, Alabama  -- Coming off its come-from-behind 20-17 win over Southern University last week, Alcorn State will look to pull off perhaps the upset of the SWAC season this week when it travels to unbeaten and Eastern Division-leading Alabama A&M.

The Bulldogs (6-0, 5-0 SWAC) lead the Eastern Division thanks to a defense that is allowing a league-low 12.7 points per game and an offense that has scored just under 30 (29.7) points per contest, good for second-most in the SWAC.

Suffice to say, Braves coach Jay Hopson knows his team faces an uphill battle Saturday in Huntsville, Ala.

“They’re a well-coached football team,” Hopson said during Monday’s SWAC teleconference. “We got to do what we do. We won’t do anything different than what we do. That’s kind of a cliche, but that’s reality.

“We have to worry about what we’re doing and how we’re executing our calls and playing good fundamental defense.”

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