Grambling’s proud football program is back to its winning ways.
One year after a messy player boycott called attention to the school’s shoddy facilities, caused a forfeit of a conference game and embarrassed the university, the Tigers (7-4, 7-1 Southwestern Athletic Conference) are playing for a spot in the league championship game when they face Southern (8-3, 7-1) on Saturday in the Bayou Classic in New Orleans.
Senior defensive back Tyree Hollins said the quick turnaround is the product of a changed attitude.
“We just made the decision that we don’t look back,'” Hollins said. “What’s important is now. We just keep progressing and looking forward and focusing on what we can become.”
Grambling, which is located in north Louisiana just off Interstate 20, has long been one of the nation’s most recognizable historically black universities, largely because of the success of its football program under the late Eddie Robinson.