WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina -- Each Thursday, there's a point during Winston-Salem State University's football
practice when the tone becomes very serious.
The Rams' quarterbacks join head coach Connell Maynor and assistant Duane Taylor, both former college passers, in a competition.
The format is simple: You get one shot at each of the throws the quarterbacks are expected to make. A catch is worth one point. Hitting your man in stride is worth another. The points are tallied by the Rams' equipment staff and the winner gets the belt.
"That's the belt," Maynor said, producing the small black strap adorned with silver plastic from behind some clutter atop a cabinet in his office. "The champion gets to keep the belt until the next week.
" Obviously, you see where the belt is."
Maynor is 43 years old but doesn't look all that far removed from his days playing arena football. The Fayetteville native's blunt confidence underscores that there's plenty of quarterback swagger left in him.
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