Norfolk, Virginia -- Five miles separate the campuses of Norfolk State and Old Dominion, the idea of scheduling a series between the football programs was bound to happen one day. One day has come two years early.The two schools were set to begin a six-year series in 2013 with the first game to have taken place at NSU. The Football Championship Series playoffs will give fans a preview of this series this weekend when the Spartans and Monarchs – both 9-2 – meeting the first round at Old Dominion’s S.B. Stadium.
This matchup will have that new car smell. NSU, champion of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, is playing its first FCS appearance. ODU, a first-year member of the Colonial Athletic Conference and in just its third year of playing football, is making its first playoff appearance.
Pete Adrian, NSU’s head coach, noted this week that there are no bad teams in the tournament at this point. But that his team is playing a rival, heck, a neighbor adds to the intensity. The rosters are loaded with local kids. The Spartans have 31 players from the area, while the Monarchs have 40 from the Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Suffolk, Portsmouth, Newport News, and Hampton communities.
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