HUNTSVILLE, Alabama - Faith. Fire. Focus. Those three words are printed on a wrist band that Alabama A&M football players wore last season when they reached the Southwestern Athletic Conference championship game.
Quarterback Deaunte Mason wants to add one more word to the band before Saturday's season opener against Tuskegee. Finish.
"One of the main things we focused on this summer is finishing," Mason said. "We've got all the elements together."
While the entire team would like to finish and win a championship, the onus is likely on Mason, who has led the Bulldogs to the SWAC championship game two of the last three years, but hasn't come away with a title. A&M blew a 15-3 halftime lead to Grambling last year before falling 16-15.
"I put a lot of pressure on myself," said Mason, a 6-foot-3, 233-pound redshirt senior from Nashville. "I feel like it's my duty to the team to win it. It's that simple."
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