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Grambling players go AWOL in protest

Advocate staff report

October 16, 2013

Less than two years ago, it was turning out better than even Doug Williams could have imagined.

He was back at his alma mater, beginning his second stint as Grambling’s coach.

His son D.J., the starting quarterback, carved up archrival Southern in the Bayou Classic, throwing three touchdown passes as the Tigers cruised to a 36-12 victory.

And they capped a memorable season by winning another Southwestern Athletic Conference championship.

Less than two years later, one of the proudest programs in college football — Eddie Robinson’s school, the one with 22 SWAC titles and four Pro Football Hall of Famers — appears to be in total chaos.

That became more clear Wednesday afternoon when, according to The Shreveport Times, the entire team failed to show up for practice, fed up over an epic losing streak, the September firing of Williams and a perceived lack of support.

The Tigers are 0-7 overall and 0-4 in SWAC play.

They’ve dropped 13 consecutive conference games, including last week’s 48-0 loss to Alcorn State at the Circle City Classic in Indianapolis.

Alcorn flew to that game, while Grambling traveled via bus — one of the many things that irked players in a year that started ugly and has only gotten worse.

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The sponsors for the Circle City are supposed to pay the school's travel expenses.. So, if ASU flew to Indy,then GSU should've been flown to Indy as well.. The school probably pocketed the airfare,and got buses to cut cost... Still,they are supposed to be treated with more respect than that...

ChuckTaylor said:

GSU's entire athletic department should just go D2. Basketball & Football is embarrassing. Multiple seasons without winning a game. Pathetic. Their football players aren't being fed meals. That's some sad sh*t. Grambling football is what valley used to be. Blame it on a bootleg & stupid president and them budget cuts. I honestly think their players are trying to prove a point but they'll make that trip to Jackson because the administration will give them some false apology to make them feel better just to kill the negative attention they're receiving nationally. C'mon now, not feeding your football team? WTF?
But Grambling football players dumb as f*ck if they think Grambling can afford to fly them to football games. They need their scholarships pulled just for complaining about having to take long bus trips.

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Joe Moore October 17, 2013 at 1:26am

Grambling's football team will be there Saturday, they're just venting.
tony October 17, 2013 at 2:21am

Joe Moore said:
Grambling's football team will be there Saturday, they're just venting.

Just gmen are not use to losing this many games and or even not scoring to any team. But gsu in head to head combat can have three losing seasons and still be ahead every swac schoolbut SU who is behind by one or two..but gsu is going through what every hbcu has been through once or twice or five times im sure next season will be better..a good coach will.get hired next season who want this team! funny thing is other teams love it no matter how good or bad gsu is if they beat gsu its like A superbowl. At least the band doing well!!

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ChuckTaylor October 17, 2013 at 3:03am

GSU's entire athletic department should just go D2. Basketball & Football is embarrassing. Multiple seasons without winning a game. Pathetic. Their football players aren't being fed meals. That's some sad sh*t. Grambling football is what valley used to be. Blame it on a bootleg & stupid president and them budget cuts. I honestly think their players are trying to prove a point but they'll make that trip to Jackson because the administration will give them some false apology to make them feel better just to kill the negative attention they're receiving nationally. C'mon now, not feeding your football team? WTF?
But Grambling football players dumb as f*ck if they think Grambling can afford to fly them to football games. They need their scholarships pulled just for complaining about having to take long bus trips.
tony October 17, 2013 at 4:51am

GSU TWO LOSING SEASONS THEY STILL ARE ABOVE ANY SWAC SCHOOL IN ANY WINS AND HEAD TO HEAD!! JSU TEAM JUST GOT BETTER N 07 MUST U FORGET TO HE REAL GSU STILL OWNS JSU IN FOOTBALL PAST AND PRESENT PV TEAM WAS WORSE IN NCAA FOR A LONGG TIME YET NOW THEYRE WINNING SHIT HAPPENS WITH PROGRAMS DONT ACT AS GSU IS KNOWN FOR LOSING WHICH THEY ARE NOT LAST TEN YEARS GSU HAS BEEN A CONSISTENT TEAM UNLIKE OTHERS MIGHTY FUNNY YOURE NOT COMMENTING UNLESS ITS BASHING OTHERS! plus ASU FLEW THEY WERE HOME! ALOT OTHER TEAMS BUS TOO BUT GSU TEAM AN BAND IS KNOWN FOR FLYING TO FAR GAMES. BUT TWO SEASONS NOT NOTHING THEIR RECORDS STILL OVER THE SWAC ALL BUT SU HEAD TO HEAD WISE! by one or two.
tony October 17, 2013 at 5:04am

Grambling series record versus current conference teams
*AAMU............17-7
*Alabama St...29-11
*Alcorn...........41-19-1
*UAPB............29-15-2
*JSU...............40-22-1
*MVSU............47-6-2
*PV.................48-18-1
southern.......30-30
*Txsu..............44-18-3
*overall record gsu can have five losing seasons and still be head 9/10 teams.
Joe Moore October 17, 2013 at 7:57am

The majority of Grambling's wins occurred during the Eddie Robinson era.

tony said:

Grambling series record versus current conference teams
*AAMU............17-7
*Alabama St...29-11
*Alcorn...........41-19-1
*UAPB............29-15-2
*JSU...............40-22-1
*MVSU............47-6-2
*PV.................48-18-1
southern.......30-30
*Txsu..............44-18-3
*overall record gsu can have five losing seasons and still be head 9/10 teams.

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tony October 17, 2013 at 8:05am

Joe Moore said:
The majority of Grambling's wins occurred during the Eddie Robinson era.

tony said:

Grambling series record versus current conference teams
*AAMU............17-7
*Alabama St...29-11
*Alcorn...........41-19-1
*UAPB............29-15-2
*JSU...............40-22-1
*MVSU............47-6-2
*PV.................48-18-1
southern.......30-30
*Txsu..............44-18-3
*overall record gsu can have five losing seasons and still be head 9/10 teams.

SWAC CHAMPS/HBCU CHAMPS 00.01.02.05.08.2011 mind you good recordz in 03.07.09 2010. Many was during this era too!

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Tommy J90 October 17, 2013 at 8:40am

Damn.. That's foul..I don't blame the players for standing up to the administration.. They(admin.) only care about the $$$$$ that the football program is bringing in.. Administration doesn't give a damn about those players on the team.. THEY SHOULD STAND STRONG UNTIL THOSE JACKASSES(ADMIN.) TREAT THOSE PLAYERS WITH SOME DIGNITY.. FIGHT THE POWER!!!!!!!!
Tommy J90 October 17, 2013 at 8:45am

The sponsors for the Circle City are supposed to pay the school's travel expenses.. So, if ASU flew to Indy,then GSU should've been flown to Indy as well.. The school probably pocketed the airfare,and got buses to cut cost... Still,they are supposed to be treated with more respect than that...

ChuckTaylor said:

GSU's entire athletic department should just go D2. Basketball & Football is embarrassing. Multiple seasons without winning a game. Pathetic. Their football players aren't being fed meals. That's some sad sh*t. Grambling football is what valley used to be. Blame it on a bootleg & stupid president and them budget cuts. I honestly think their players are trying to prove a point but they'll make that trip to Jackson because the administration will give them some false apology to make them feel better just to kill the negative attention they're receiving nationally. C'mon now, not feeding your football team? WTF?
But Grambling football players dumb as f*ck if they think Grambling can afford to fly them to football games. They need their scholarships pulled just for complaining about having to take long bus trips.

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boomsop October 17, 2013 at 9:48am

That's sad that they're being treated like that and I feel the players on the standing up together. I remember not long ago when we (JSU) had James Bell as our coach and went through 2 losing seasons. Our players definitely weren't used to that and you could tell on the field at some games they were just going through the motions but as soon as they hired the current coach we went straight to Bham so I can understand how such a traditionally strong program such as Gram could be upset,it's going to get better for them. And you are so right,at some point all hbcus have or will go through this. Stay up G men!!!

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