North Carolina A&T Aggies pull together at first practice

GREENSBORO -- Three months ago, the N.C. A&T Aggies learned there is, in fact, something worse than losing 27 consecutive football games. What could be more disturbing than losing a teammate? In this case, the question is not rhetorical. As intolerable as Chad Wiley's death was, they said, relenting in its wake might be worse.















Quarterback Herbert Miller, 6-2/200 r-Junior, Winston-Salem, N.C. (Carver H.S.) looks to help break Aggies 27 game losing streak in 2008.

So today, they take the field as a full team for the first time since Wiley collapsed after an off season conditioning drill and died 18 hours later as a result of what was reported as heat-related illness. And they say there will be no way to go but all-out. "It was sad," said linebacker Brandon Long, a co-captain. "It was a tragedy. But guys look at it as something to pull the team together."

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