Spring Football Practice Underway for 2010 SWAC Champion Tigers

The Texas Southern Tigers took their first step in preparation for the 2011 SWAC Championship Title. The defending champions started spring practice on Wednesday. About 70 players hit the field for conditioning and to run through drills. 2010 SWAC Coach of the Year, Johnnie Cole and his staff know it’s going to be a hard fought season to repeat as champions, but they believe the Tigers are up for the challenge.

“We know the target is on our backs,” Cole said. “So we must work harder and smarter than everyone else. Champions are built in the off season and it starts now.”

Over the next four weeks, the Tigers will practice three days and scrimmage once at TSU’s Durley Stadium. The Maroon and Gray game is schedule for Saturday, April 16th at Durley Stadium.

Practice starts at 4:00pm. There will be a Coaches Clinic on April 9th and the Johnnie Cole Golf Tournament on April 14th. The Football Championship Ring Banquet is on April 17th.

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Southern University Mitchell set to go 'Stumping Thru the South'

Although first-year Southern football coach Stump Mitchell has already earned a reputation as a workaholic — players and other coaches have noticed his car in the A.W. Mumford Stadium parking lot late at night and early in the morning — Mitchell has also become something of a man about town. During basketball season, he regularly watched games inside the F.G. Clark Activity Center. Last week, he threw out the first pitch at softball and baseball games, and for much of the past two months, he has checked in on Roger Cador’s team at Lee-Hines Field.

Saturday afternoon, Mitchell and some of his players volunteered their time and muscle, moving hurdles and equipment during the Davenport-Milburn Pelican Relays. For the rest of the month, however, Mitchell will become a man about several towns. Following through on a promise he made earlier this spring, Mitchell confirmed he’ll join the Southern University Alumni Federation on “Stumping Thru the South,” a tour through six cities in Louisiana and Texas later this month, with two more dates in May.



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