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.  Click here to find out which station you can pick up the game in your area.

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!!!!!