Sunday, April 21, 2013

Spring Football: At Livingstone, it’s Williams’ team now

SALISBURY, North Carolina  —   First-year Livingstone football coach Darryl Williams has turned Alumni Stadium into a classroom.

And in this class, 65 players have learned over the past three weeks, you’d better pay attention.
 
“The standard has changed,” Williams said in a quiet, matter-of-fact tone on Saturday, shortly after LC completed spring practice with an insightful offense-defense scrimmage. “We’re trying to build a program where we can win year in and year out. And consistency is the hallmark of a champion. We’re trying to lay one brick each day. We’ll present the finished product on Sept. 7.”
 


That’s the day the Blue Bears kick off their 2013 season against Johnson C. Smith. Whether Livingstone has learned enough to right the rudderless ship that went 2-8 and dropped its last five games in 2012 is unknown.
 
This much is certain: the Blue Bears will be different, beginning with the all-white helmets with powder-blue stripes and block numbers on the side they’ll strap on.
 
 

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