Ram Ramblings: Latest win was more relief than anything else

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina  -- As the Red Sea of Sound played the school’s fight song after Winston-Salem State’s 27-20 win over Slippery Rock athletics director Bill Hayes wore a look of relief on his face.

Hayes had been through one of the worst weeks of his administrative career with the attack on quarterback Rudy Johnson on Nov. 15 at the CIAA luncheon by some Virginia State players. There was nothing easy about this win, but it was easier then what WSSU had been through off the field.
 
“This win really helps in a lot of ways,” Hayes said on the field at Bowman Gray Stadium. “I’m really proud of these players and this coaching staff because they’ve been through a lot…. I’m just happy that we have another game to play.”

It wasn’t easy for Johnson, the Rams’ starting quarterback, to withstand the pressure of ...

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