First-year coach Broderick Fobbs returns Grambling to traditional place as a winner

NEW ORLEANS -- Along with Grambling’s now infamous forfeiture, walkout and boycotts last season, Robert Bruno struck the biggest nerve with the venerable program.

Speaking to WWL-TV in June, Bruno — then the commissioner of the Louisiana Stadium and Exposition District — suggested separating Southern and Grambling’s annual rivalry in the Bayou Classic, wary that Grambling’s struggles in the previous two seasons would lead to decreased attendance and decreased interest.

“If Grambling has fallen off that bad, maybe Southern could take the lead, and it could be an earned-in game and bring in somebody else,” Bruno was quoted in the report. “I just don’t know if Grambling can carry the load.”

Five months later, Grambling is rejuvenated.

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