North Carolina A&T Aggies' victory tour continues with Governor's Mansion visit (video)

RALEIGH, North Carolina — The third stop on N.C. A&T’s Celebration Bowl victory tour took two busloads of football players and coaches to the stately Governor’s Mansion on Friday afternoon.

The unbeaten Aggies traded in their helmets and shoulder pads for suit coats and ties for their meeting with Gov. Roy Cooper, who signed a proclamation honoring the 12-0 team for the best season in the program’s 93-year history.

They munched on cookies and sipped sweet tea, wandering from posh room to posh room on the ground floor of the big brick building on Blount Street that opened in 1891.

“It’s nice, man. Really cool,” sophomore wide receiver Elijah Bell said. “Just think, one person gets to live here. I’m glad I got to see it. There’s a lot of history here. There’s history everywhere you look.”

A&T made history of its own this season. These Aggies were the first MEAC team to finish a complete season undefeated since the league was founded in 1971, ending the year with a 21-14 victory over Grambling in the Celebration Bowl in December.



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