DURHAM, North Carolina -- When N.C. Central football’s team met for the first time after winter break, quarterback Jordan Reid wrote one thing on the bulletin board: “1999.”
That’s the last year a team from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference won a Football Championship Series (formerly Division I-AA) playoff game.
“Nobody knew what it meant. I explained it a week later,” the redshirt senior said. “And that’s definitely one of my goals – to not only win the MEAC but a playoff game and a national championship.”
The Eagles are coming off their first winning season (6-5) since 2007. Coaches took notice and picked them to finish fourth behind conference champion Bethune-Cookman, South Carolina State and archrival N.C. A&T. But with 40 returning letter winners, plus a mixture of transfers and redshirt freshmen waiting in the wings, many feel fourth place is still too low.
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