ALBANY, GA — It’s rare that a football team gets almost three weeks off between games, but that’s what happens when your team is a No. 1 seed in the Division II football playoffs and has a bye in the first round.Albany State earned a much-needed break after defeating Fort Valley, 12-7, in the Fountain City Classic and winning the SIAC championship on Nov. 6, and the Rams are using it wisely.
“It’s just good to have a good break and concentrate on yourself and try to get healthy,” head coach Mike White said. “(We’re going to) concentrate on some of those things that we did not do well coming off that Fort Valley game.” After a couple days off following that game, the team went no pads for the rest of their practices that week.
RAMS NOTEBOOK: ASU punter relives last moments of Classic
ALBANY,GA — Talk about an emotional roller coaster. Albany State’s 12-7 win against Fort Valley State in the Fountain City Classic on Nov. 6 ended well, but the last part of the game was up-and-down for Rams punter Herndon Burns.
With 46 seconds left in the game and the Rams up 12-7, they had to punt the ball from their own 15-yard line on fourth and 10. Burns sent it 31 yards, but was clobbered after he kicked it. He was slow to get up and limped off the field trying to milk a penalty from the referees, but started running, jumping and shouting with joy along the sidelines after he saw the flag for running into the kicker. Only ... it wasn’t enough for a first down.
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