Monday, October 13, 2014

College football gets plenty of unwanted publicity this week: Five takeaways from week seven of season

HEAD COACH BRODERICK FOBBS
THE BAYOU CLASSIC JUST MAY BE THIS SEASON

NEW ORLEANS -- Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen is the early leader for national coach of the year honors and deservedly so. But I respectfully submit Grambling coach Broderick Fobbs as a viable candidate.

The Tigers, in utter turmoil and chaos in 2013, are the only team in the SWAC with an unbeaten conference record after Saturday's stunning upset over 24th ranked (FCS) Alcorn State. Fobbs, an Eddie Robinson disciple in his first year at the Grambling helm, has completely turned around this team, which is relying on the same players from last year's 1-11 squad.

It's not so much that his team has won four in a row, leads the SWAC West and has turned around its record on the field. It's that he's come into a situation many saw as ...

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