Can Grambling football be even better in 2017?

GRAMBLING. Louisiana — Spend just a few minutes inside Grambling’s football offices next to Eddie Robinson Stadium, and it’s apparent the Tigers’ staff is eagerly awaiting the 2017 season.

The excitement is based off Grambling’s potential to be even more talented and more dynamic than the group that won 11 games, an HBCU national championship and a Southwestern Athletic Conference championship in 2016.

Of course, several things need to occur for a repeat in 2017, but the outlook sure is looking nice.

“I do believe we’ll have some things in place that can help us be a really good football team. What’s gong to be interesting is the personality and the character,” Grambling coach Broderick Fobbs told The News-Star after the 2016 season. “This team had a lot of character, great character. They had a lot of guys who wouldn’t take no for an answer.”

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