Arkansas-Pine Bluff looking for SWAC league title repeat to make statement

MONTE COLEMAN
HEAD FOOTBALL COACH
UAPB GOLDEN LIONS

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama  --  Linebacker Jer-ryan Harris still isn’t convinced Arkansas-Pine Bluff has made believers out of its Southwestern Athletic Conference rivals.

The Golden Lions won their first outright SWAC title last season and are the picks to repeat as West Division champions going into this season but now feel they must prove they’re not one-year wonders.

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I believe last season got us an added respect level but at the same time, I also feel like teams are still kind of looking at it like that was luck,” Harris said Monday at SWAC media day. “I believe that in order for us to actually get the respect we deserve, we will have to repeat. That’s kind of the mind-set all the players have.”

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