GREENSBORO, North Carolina — At last, it’s game week again for N.C. A&T.
The MEAC football champion Aggies (11-0) have started final preparations for their game against SWAC champ Grambling (11-1) at the Celebration Bowl at noon Saturday in Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
A&T hasn’t played since closing an unbeaten regular season at home against N.C. Central on Nov. 18. That’s four weeks between games.
“It gave us an opportunity,” A&T coach Rod Broadway said last week, “to get guys healthy and rest up and focus on academics for a while. We had nine games in a row before we had an open date. So we needed a break, if only to get some guys back.”
Grambling, on the other hand, qualified for a second consecutive Celebration Bowl berth by beating Alcorn State in the SWAC Championship game. The Tigers have two weeks between games.
“I would rather have maybe a week in between, like we have,” Grambling coach Broderick Fobbs said. “Because we're coaching 18- to 23-year-olds, and it is very difficult to keep them focused. It’s a fight to keep them focused on what really matters and what’s important.”
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