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Until Hornets beat Tuskegee, Comegy rules
12/20/01
Alabama State's L.C. Cole makes a pretty good living as a small college head football coach.
His base pay is $130,000. Throw in some incentives built into his new contract, and his income increases by several thousand dollars.
Outside of Alabama, Auburn and UAB, there probably isn't a state head football coach making what Cole makes.
After resurrecting the Hornets' program the past two years ASU lost to Grambling in the Dec. 1 SWAC Championship Game to finish 8-4 he probably deserves what he's being paid.
Now, if he can just beat in-state rival Tuskegee.
Until he does, his program will always take a back seat to Tuskegee and its coach, Rick Comegy.
Comegy owns Alabama State.
In his six years at Tuskegee, the Division II Golden Tigers have defeated Division I-AA ASU five times, including this season.
Whatever Tuskegee is paying Comegy, it's not enough.
A year ago, Tuskegee went 12-0, won the Pioneer Bowl and the national black college championship.
This year's team is 10-1 and plays in its fourth Pioneer Bowl Saturday in the Georgia Dome against Virginia Union (8-2).
Tuskegee fans would like to think a win over Virginia Union means another national black college title, but that may not be the case this year.
Grambling is already claiming the title after finishing the season 10-1 with its 38-31 victory over Alabama State in the SWAC title game at Legion Field.
Running over the Dec. 22 game:
Pioneer:
Tuskegee (10-1) vs. Virginia Union (8-2): Senior running back Bobby Wilson gives Tuskegee, the Southern Intercollegiate Association Conference champion, the ability to control the clock. He set the school single-season rushing record this year with 1,771 yards and 21 rushing TDs. Virginia Union, the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association champ, relies heavily on senior quarterback Jasun Thompson. Both teams finished strong, winning their last six in a row.
Tuskegee 35,
Virginia Union 28.
Sports News
Until Hornets beat Tuskegee, Comegy rules
12/20/01
Alabama State's L.C. Cole makes a pretty good living as a small college head football coach.
His base pay is $130,000. Throw in some incentives built into his new contract, and his income increases by several thousand dollars.
Outside of Alabama, Auburn and UAB, there probably isn't a state head football coach making what Cole makes.
After resurrecting the Hornets' program the past two years ASU lost to Grambling in the Dec. 1 SWAC Championship Game to finish 8-4 he probably deserves what he's being paid.
Now, if he can just beat in-state rival Tuskegee.
Until he does, his program will always take a back seat to Tuskegee and its coach, Rick Comegy.
Comegy owns Alabama State.
In his six years at Tuskegee, the Division II Golden Tigers have defeated Division I-AA ASU five times, including this season.
Whatever Tuskegee is paying Comegy, it's not enough.
A year ago, Tuskegee went 12-0, won the Pioneer Bowl and the national black college championship.
This year's team is 10-1 and plays in its fourth Pioneer Bowl Saturday in the Georgia Dome against Virginia Union (8-2).
Tuskegee fans would like to think a win over Virginia Union means another national black college title, but that may not be the case this year.
Grambling is already claiming the title after finishing the season 10-1 with its 38-31 victory over Alabama State in the SWAC title game at Legion Field.
Running over the Dec. 22 game:
Pioneer:
Tuskegee (10-1) vs. Virginia Union (8-2): Senior running back Bobby Wilson gives Tuskegee, the Southern Intercollegiate Association Conference champion, the ability to control the clock. He set the school single-season rushing record this year with 1,771 yards and 21 rushing TDs. Virginia Union, the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association champ, relies heavily on senior quarterback Jasun Thompson. Both teams finished strong, winning their last six in a row.
Tuskegee 35,
Virginia Union 28.
