FORT VALLEY, Georgia -- All Donald Pittman could do was lean back in his chair, laugh and wonder why former athletics director Percy Caldwell picked Concordia College as this year’s homecoming opponent.
“I look at it, and I have to laugh,” Fort Valley State’s fourth-year head coach said. “Wow. Golly.” Concordia is a small Christian college in Selma, Ala., with a Lutheran influence that has been a four-year college for less than two decades. It is part of a 10-campus Concordia University System with locations ranging from New York to California.
The Hornets, members of the United States Collegiate Athletic Association, head to FVSU on Saturday afternoon for the Wildcats’ final home game of the season with a 4-1 record.
“They’re a good team,” Pittman said. “They have talent. I saw them come from behind in two games to win.” Concordia opened the season with a 20-19 win at FCS Mississippi Valley State and then had a week off after the game with Point University was cancelled.
The Hornets lost 23-18 at Johnson C. Smith, a Division II team, and then ninth-year head coach Shepherd Skanes was let go, and defensive coordinator Don Lee took over. It was part of a college-wide elimination of positions because of budget problems.
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