Friday, December 9, 2011

Alabama A&M going up against tradition in SWAC Championship Game















2011 SWAC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
TEAMS: GRAMBLING STATE TIGERS (7-4) vs. ALABAMA A&M BULLDOGS (8-3)
DATE: SATURDAY, DEC. 10, 2011
TIME: 1:00 PM ET
WHERE: LEGION FIELD, BIRMINGHAM, AL
TV: ESPNU
INTERNET: ESPN3

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- What's in a name?

Forget that.

How about, what's in a letter?

If it's a 'G' and is on the side of a football helmet, there's an abundance of excellence and tradition involved, that's for sure. Not just in the NFL, where the Green Bay Packers are the latest threat to the '72 Dolphins' version of perfection, but in the college ranks as well.

Grambling, with a roll call of legends and Hall of Famers such as Eddie Robinson, Willie Brown, Buck Buchanan, Willie Davis and Charlie Joiner, is the Green Bay of the Southwest Athletic Conference. That's pretty much the way it's been in the past - with 17 league titles under Robinson back in the day - and in the present - with five more since the conference went to a championship game format in 1999.

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GSU, ’Dogs collide for title

GRAMBLING, Louisiana — Figure on another close game between Grambling State University and Alabama A&M this weekend, only this time under much more important circumstances.

In a late September regular season duel at Robinson Stadium, the Bulldogs pulled out a 20-14 victory.

Now, the longtime rivals from the West (GSU) and East (A&M) divisions collide in a winner-takes-the-title setting on Saturday (1:00 p.m., ESPNU) at Legion Field in Birmingham, Ala.

“It’s probably going to be close again, I would think,” said Grambling wide receiver Mario Louis. “I’ll kinda be surprised if it isn’t. We’re both pretty evenly matched and have similar records.”

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