Spady: Alabama A&M Bulldogs 'need to right the ship'

NORMAL, Alabama -- As Dorothy said in "The Wizard of Oz" - "There's no place like home."

For the Bulldogs, there's no place like Louis Crews Stadium, especially coming back from a tough loss in the Magic City Classic.

A&M is 2-0 this season on The Hill and the only team in the conference who is unbeaten at home.

The Bulldogs host Mississippi Valley State on Saturday with a 1 p.m. kickoff. The crowd will include several hundred high school seniors, parents and school officials for the annual High School Senior Day.



Head Coach James Spady said the Bulldogs are in good spirits and it wasn't hard to get his squad ready for the Delta Devils.

"The motivation is you have a game this weekend," he said. "Our goal is to be 1-0 this week.

"They rolled up their sleeves and were ready to get back to work."

Despite MVSU being winless this season (0-7 SWAC, 0-9 overall), Spady said it's "going to be a challenge to play against this football team."

"The thing you caution yourself against is you lost the big game but don't let that turn into two (losses.)"

Though the Bulldogs are tied for second in the SWAC with a plus-3 turnover margin, it was a couple of turnovers last weekend that stymied the offense along with some missed tackles, Spady said in planning for this weekend.

"We have to get better in taking care of fundamental football," he said. "We need to right the ship and beat Mississippi Valley this weekend."

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