With 15 starters returning from a 10-2 team that won its fourth straight Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) football title in 2010 by posting an 8-1 conference record, even Tuskegee University head coach Willie Slater is optimistic.Normally one to downplay his team’s possibilities, Slater seems more comfortable in the favorite’s role where his fellow SIAC coaches has installed the Golden Tigers for the upcoming season. Slater has mellowed somewhat in agreeing Tuskegee should be pretty good this year with 57 lettermen on hand, including six of the front seven on defense, three wide receivers and a pair of quarterbacks who shared starting duties in 2009.
It all begins Saturday, September 4, when Benedict Tigers come to Abbott Memorial Alumni Stadium on the TU campus for the Golden Tigers season opener. Kickoff is the traditional 1 p.m.
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