GSU’S FOBBS PLANS FAST-PACED SWAC GAME, AND A WIN

Rematch against Alcorn State is for the conference championship, and a trip to Atlanta 

By KOURTNEY BURNEY
GSU Media Bureau

GSU Judgment Day Fobbs Stallworth Miller With ASU Dec 12/16Grambling head football coach Broderick Fobbs has had an impressive three seasons, including two Bayou Classic wins and playing for the Southwestern Athletic Conference championship in 2015.

This time, in 2016, Fobbs expects a different result. He wants to win as he continues to build a championship-quality team, and program. Many see a resurgence of the Coach Eddie Robinson days.

“I hope that’s right. I don’t think it is me,” Fobbs said after a Friday (Dec. 2) morning news conference at NRG Park stadium. “I think it is our entire program. Our coaches do an exceptional job in preparing our players — and the players do a good job of doing what we ask them to do.”

GSU Judgment Day Fobbs Addresses Media Dec 12/16Fobbs said his team will come out strong during the Southwestern Athletic Conference’s “Judgment Day” SWAC championship game at 3 p.m. Saturday where the Houston Texans play. “You can expect to see a fast paced game on Saturday. We have a lot of athleticism on the team to watch out for,” said Fobbs.

The weather is expected to be bleary and rainy, but the teams will play in a domed stadium. GSU’s Tigers and Alcorn’s Braves battled it last year and, ultimately, the Braves won the championship. The G-Men have been dominant in the SWAC in several categories, including offensive, and landing nine first team players on the SWAC all-conference team this week.

Saturday’s rematch will determine which team is the 2016 SWAC championship team, and who faces the Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference champion North Carolina Central University Eagles in the Celebration Bowl on Dec. 17 in Atlanta. The Grambling Tigers have an undefeated 9-0 conference season. The Braves are 5-5.

Joining Fobbs at the morning news conference were defensive back Guy Stallworth and offensive lineman Justin Miller.Joining Fobbs at the morning news conference were defensive back Guy Stallworth and offensive lineman Justin Miller.  The players are pumped and looking forward to a good game.

“From going to winning one game a season to the position where we are at now is amazing and also a blessing,” said Miller, 22, a graduate student majoring in sports administration from Ruston, Louisiana. Stallworth, 22 a senior from Gulfport, Mississippi, majoring in criminal justice, said he has seen success by “surrounding myself with such positive people and positive coaches and teammates to keep pushing forward…” and he will take that into Saturday’s game.

Grambling President Rick Gallot has witnessed a lot of greatness as a youth, as a GSU student and as an adult when it comes to Grambling football. In his first few months as president, he’s seen an undefeated season, and now a championship game.  “I just thank God for this opportunity,” he said. “Coach Fobbs does such a wonderful job, and the tiger team does a tremendous job both on the field and off.”

Interim Athletic Director Obadiah Simmons said this weekend is full of expectations and exciting experiences for GSU alums, students, faculty, staff and supporters, and “it means another opportunity to earn another championship for Grambling State University.”

The game is not the only SWAC activity this weekend. There was a SWAC Hall of Fame Dinner Thursday night, and there is a college expo at the stadium before the game. The game will be hosted by radio and television personalities Big Tigger and Traci Steele, affiliated with BET.

GSU Judgment Day Gallot Fobbs Dec 12/16

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