A&T Aggies’ speed to be tested by Tar Heels

GREENSBORO — Just how far has A&T’s football program come in the four-plus years since Rod Broadway was hired to resurrect it?

The game against North Carolina in Chapel Hill on Saturday is an opportunity to find out.

But is the opportunity coming a year too late?

A&T is a program on the rise. Just look at the records. The Aggies were 1-10 the year before Broadway arrived. They were 9-3 and shared the MEAC title last year, and they were a couple of bad breaks away from 11-1.

The Aggies have been building, and building, and building. And this year — for the first time in a long time — they’re rebuilding, forced to replace more than just a couple of talented seniors lost from the previous season.

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