MBC-TV To Televise The N.C. A&T-Wofford Game In Spartanburg
November 24, 2003
GREENSBORO, N.C. - North Carolina A&T State and Bethune-Cookman will
represent the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference in the field of 16 teams for
the 2003 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship, the NCAA I-AA Football
Committee announced Sunday.
North Carolina A&T State (10-2) received the MEAC’s automatic bid for
winning the 2003 MEAC Championship. They will play at #3 Wofford (10-1) in
Spartanburg, S.C. on Saturday, November 29 at 1 p.m. The game will be
televised by MBC. Charlie Neal (play-by-play), Jay “Sky” Walker (color) and
Rob Jones (Sideline) will provide the commentary for the game.
This marks the fourth time the MEAC had two teams compete in the I-AA
playoffs. Florida A&M received At-Large bids in 1997 (Hampton), 1998
(Hampton) and
1999 (North Carolina A&T).
“We are very pleased to have two teams in the Division I-AA playoffs,”
Commissioner Dennis Thomas said on Monday. “It shows the strength of the
MEAC conference to have two members selected. I’m sure they will represent
us well,” he added.
“We are overjoyed to be amongst the field of 16,” said Charles Davis,
Athletics Director at North Carolina A&T. “After last year and the
turn-around we had this year it’s easy to see how excited we are at A&T. “I’
ve been extremely impressed with the quality and depth of our football
programs in the MEAC. Now the other people around the nation are beginning
to see the type of talent we have in the MEAC.”
The Aggies, who finished 4-8 overall and 2-6 in the MEAC in 2002, enjoyed
only the second 10-win season in the school’s 80-year history. They finished
10-1 in 1999.
Bethune-Cookman (9-2) becomes only the second MEAC team to host a playoff
game, as they play host to Florida Atlantic (9-2) in Daytona Beach, Fla at 1
p.m.
on Saturday. Florida A&M host Troy State the first round of the playoffs in
1998.
“This is exciting,” said B-CC Athletics Director Lynn Thompson. “Not only
for Bethune-Cookman but for the conference. To have two teams in the
playoffs is great and to be in a position to host a game adds credibility
and an entire new level of respect for our teams.”
