MONTGOMERY, Alabama – The 2015 football season has seen plenty of ups and downs for the Alabama State University team and this week marks a big final week for the Hornets as the season will end with the playing of the 92nd Turkey Day Classic which is the oldest HBCU classic football game in the country.This year the Hornets will face Miles College, who comes into Montgomery coming off the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference's (SIAC) championship game at the Cramton Bowl which they won this past weekend 20-7 over Albany State. Miles has now won six consecutive games and this will mark the third consecutive weekend they have been in the River Region, defeating Tuskegee two weeks ago and this past weekend's championship game.
"I tell you what, watching them on tape they have a lot of good football players," Head Coach Brian Jenkins said. "They are going to be a challenge and will get all of our attention, just like everybody else. We are going to have to line up and play our best to give ourselves a chance to win."
"I'm pretty sure it's going to be a star-studded event and it's our Homecoming which will add some more excitement to the game. Miles just won their championship and didn't make the (NCAA) Division II playoffs and I'm surprised because they are a playoff-caliber team so this is going to be their playoff game and they are going to bring their best. They are no slouch and they are a well-coached football team."
There will be a full week of Homecoming events on the campus which will lead up to Saturday's game. Check ASU website at alasu.edu to keep up with all of the campus events during the week and this weekend, which will include the always-popular Turkey Day Parade Saturday morning.
The game on Saturday has been pushed back to a 3 p.m. kick, giving all of the students, alumni and visitors to campus this week a chance to be involved in all of Saturday's events leading to the game.
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