ELIZABETH CITY, North Carolina -- For two days, the text messages, e-mails and phone
calls have been pouring in.
But Elizabeth City State football coach Waverly
Tillar hardly considers them distractions.
“It’s great,” he said Monday while seated behind a
huge silver cup the Vikings were awarded after upending favored Tuskegee 28-13
in Saturday’s Pioneer Bowl in Columbus, Ga.
“I’m getting a lot of positive feedback from
students, staff, alums and friends of Vikings football. And I appreciate it
all.”
The trophy, almost big enough to serve as a hot tub,
put an exclamation mark on what had been an up-and-down season for ECSU (8-4)
and erased the memories of a strong effort that went for naught in the CIAA
championship game. There, the Vikings dropped a 34-19 decision to undefeated
Winston-Salem State after leading late in the third quarter.
“I am so proud of these guys,” said Tillar, who
secured his first postseason coaching victory after losing four CIAA title
games, two NCAA Division II playoff games and the 2009 Pioneer Bowl. “I can’t
say enough about their effort against a team like Tuskegee.
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