Rams, Broncos have a berth in CIAA title game at stake

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina  -- Bases on the preseason coaches’ poll, Winston-Salem State should have wrapped up the CIAA’s Southern Division title by now.

But Fayetteville State, picked ninth in that poll, has the chance to spoil things for WSSU today in a regular-season finale at Bowman Gray Stadium. Kickoff is set for 1:30.

The Broncos are 6-3 overall and 5-1 in the CIAA. The Rams are 8-1 and 6-0, and today’s winner will win the Southern Division title and advance to next week’s CIAA championship game.

Coach Connell Maynor of the Rams says he loves this time of year because games mean more. This one fits the bill.

"It’s here,” Maynor said. “It’s Week 10, and we’ve been talking about it since camp and in the off-season that this is the time of the year that you play for. We have an opportunity to play in the CIAA championship and get back to the playoffs and contend for the national championship again.”

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