WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina -- During his three seasons at Winston-Salem State, Coach Connell Maynor has
quietly built a deep football team that can withstand injuries.
That depth came in handy in the CIAA championship game earlier this month,
when offensive lineman Michael Page went down with a broken leg. As redshirt
sophomore Michael Sabb trotted onto the field to take Page’s place, he wasn’t
nervous.
“I was more concerned with how Michael was doing because I knew it wasn’t
good when he went out,” said Sabb, who missed all of last season because of hip
surgery. “I hate to see anybody go down — especially with him because he’s a
senior and now his career is over.”
But the Rams’ season is not over. Sabb, who is from Raleigh, will be counted
on to help a productive offensive line continue to be consistent. WSSU is
averaging 44 points a game this season.
The Rams (11-0) had a cohesive five-man offensive line that knew the system
very well. Other than Winston Hill, who went down early with a season-ending
injury, the line was healthy — the same five players started the last 10 games.
That will change Saturday when the Rams take on Shippensburg at noon at Bowman
Gray Stadium in a second-round Division II playoff game.
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