WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina -- No. 9-ranked Winston-Salem State can get back to doing what it does best today — play football.After weathering a consuming media blitz after the attack on quarterback Rudy Johnson at last week’s CIAA championship-game luncheon, the Rams say they are ready to play. They’ll take on high-scoring Slippery Rock (9-2) at 1 p.m. at Bowman Gray Stadium (WTOB 1380) in the first round of the Division II playoffs.
Johnson, who was left with a swollen right eye and several scratches in the attack, was back at practice Monday and will start the game.
Coach Connell Maynor said he never lost faith in his team during the upheaval of the last week. The Rams are 9-1, on a nine-game winning streak and well-rested.
When asked if they had what it ...
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