Monday, August 11, 2014

Albany State opens practice riding last year's momentum

ALBANY, Georgia   — The Albany State football team had already jogged to the locker room as the sun beat down on the Rams’ practice field late Monday morning.


The field was empty following the season’s first practice, and the coaching staff was beginning to disperse.

But on a small, steep hill beside the end zone, Albany State quarterback Frank Rivers hadn’t stopped working.

“I’m excited to get out here and fight and lead,” Rivers said after finishing a series of sprints up and down the hill, “and I know these guys behind me are going to fight with me every day and every snap.”

Rivers and the Rams kicked off the 2014 season Monday morning with a two-hour practice with helmets and no shoulder pads, and the team stepped onto campus this fall with a little extra excitement and momentum following last year’s SIAC championship and season-ending, five-game winning streak.

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