Wednesday, August 18, 2010

ASU sanction-free and hoping for improvement

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Alabama State coach Reggie Barlow doesn't have to manufacture ways to motivate his players this season. The Hornets are eligible to compete for a Southwestern Athletic Conference championship after a one-year NCAA postseason ban for violations under a previous regime. Now, they at least have a chance to get in the SWAC mix.

"As a head coach, I had to try and motivate these guys that, 'Regardless of if we can't go to the SWAC championship, we can crown ourselves. Let's just win the games,'" Barlow said. "But in the back of their heads, I imagine it was, 'We can't win it.' "That will change the motivation for our guys." But will it change the results?

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