I had a chance to go out to practice yesterday.  The guys are looking good and are fired up for the game on Saturday.  They will leave today around 1:00 p.m. or so to go to Petersburg, VA.  They'll check into the hotel about 3:30, get settled and leave to go to practice at 5:00 p.m.  They will practice (walk through) for about 45 minutes, come back to the hotel, change then head out to dinner.  They will have about 30-minute offensive and defensive team meetings, be in their rooms by 10:30 and in the bed by 11:00 p.m. The guys will wake up at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday, eat breakfast at 9:00 and the buses will leave for Virginia State at 10:30 a.m.

Again this is a very exciting time.  If the Bears win they'll be in the CIAA Championship on November 6 in Durham.  There will be a caravan leaving from Raleigh tomorrow at 9:00 a.m.  If you can't make it to the game, you can listen to it on the Shaw Bear Sports Radio Network beginning with the pre-game show at 1:00 p.m. 

Congratulations goes out to offensive coordinator Fred Farrier, who was selected to participate in the NCAA’s Coaches Academy.  This is a big deal, because he was one of 20 coaches selected out of 300 applicants and he was one of only three from a non-Division I-A school.  The women's cross country team finished runner-ups in yesterday's CIAA Championships out at SAS Park in Cary, while the men finished fourth.  Patricia Beckham, Lisa Stewart and Maurice Styles, Jr. were named All-CIAA for the second-straight year after finishing in the top 10.

Hopefully, I'll see some of you at the game tomorrow.  GO BEARS!!!!!