Indeed it was!!! Some bad blood was boiling leading up to the game, were your boys competitive in their other games?
In my honest opinion, yes they were. On paper, we looked horrible last season, but if you look closely at that paper, you'll see that the majority of our games (SWAC)were
very close losses:
UAPB vs. Alabama State (loss by 1 point)-we were trailing the Hornets 0-21 (at home in PB) in the 1stQ and made a huge comeback. I wasn't able to make that game but it didn't stop me from crying when we lost!
(yes, I cried when we lost that game):bawling: UAPB 39 vs. Alabama State 40
UAPB vs. Alcorn- again, at home, we lost by 5 points......UAPB 16 vs. Alcorn 21
UAPB vs. Jackson-you were there; it seems like my boys just ran out of steam....lost by 9 points.........UAPB 33 vs. JSU 42
UAPB vs. Southern-our homecoming; we were doing very well when we fumbled the ball with less than 1 minute left in the game; SU capitalized on our mistake and won. I wasn't there for that game (it was my Daddy's 70th bday celebration)......UAPB 21 vs. SU 29
UAPB vs. MVSU-Itta Bena (their homecoming). It was our first win for the season and our boys played very well. I had a good time there. UAPB 38 vs. MVSU 18 (but they may get their revenge on us this season).
UAPB vs. GSU-in Pine Bluff. That game was a back-and-forth offensive game. The coach for GSU was one of our former defensive coaches (Dirt Winston). We outscored GSU, but barely...........UAPB 45 vs. GSU 42
UAPB vs. AAMU-in Normal, AL. Another offensive game, but my folks just couldn't get it done. Another disappointing loss by 8 points........UAPB 42 vs. AAMU 50
So, as you can see, we had some close games. Even our game against McNeese, our boys started off very well and were hanging in there with McNeese. The only 2 SWAC schools that totally shut us out were the 2 Texas schools (UAPB 28 vs. TXSU 41 and UAPB 23 vs. PVAMU 43 in Texas........I thought I was going to freeze at that game.....rain, cold, and windy).
We didn't have any defense last season. If our boys had gone to class and not caused us to become ineligible, I'm sure we would have won more than 2 games. I just hope they've learned their lesson and that we win at least half of our games this year.
