TexasTerror
January 13th, 2007, 10:14 AM
Norfolk State has announced a game against #12 Rutgers this coming season. Best of luck to Norfolk State in this game. I'm surprised they are only making between $275,000 and $300,000.
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NSU football steps up in class by challenging No. 12 Rutgers
By TRIS WYKES, The Virginian-Pilot
If it's true that ambition bites the nails of success, then Norfolk State football may soon be missing a hand.
Wednesday, the Spartans announced their 2007 schedule, including their first game with a big-time opponent when they visit Big East power Rutgers on Sept. 15.
The Scarlet Knights, who finished No. 12 in the 2006 Associated Press and USA Today/Coaches' polls, play in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, formerly known as Division I-A. Norfolk State plays in the NCAA Division I Championship Subdivision, formerly known as Division I-AA.
Whatever the nomenclature, it adds up to the Spartans tackling a monstrous challenge, but for a payday worth between $275,000 and $300,000, according to NSU sports information director Matt Michalec.
Norfolk State football coach Pete Adrian said that the match-up was four or five months in the making, but that he didn't have any regrets as he watched Rutgers race up the 2006 national polls en route to an 11-2 record and a 37-10 rout of Kansas State in the Texas Bowl.
Another 2006 Rutgers victim was Howard, like Norfolk State a member of the MEAC. The Bison lost 56-7 at Rutgers and beat the Spartans 13-10 later in the season.
http://content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=117416&ran=16443
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NSU football steps up in class by challenging No. 12 Rutgers
By TRIS WYKES, The Virginian-Pilot
If it's true that ambition bites the nails of success, then Norfolk State football may soon be missing a hand.
Wednesday, the Spartans announced their 2007 schedule, including their first game with a big-time opponent when they visit Big East power Rutgers on Sept. 15.
The Scarlet Knights, who finished No. 12 in the 2006 Associated Press and USA Today/Coaches' polls, play in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, formerly known as Division I-A. Norfolk State plays in the NCAA Division I Championship Subdivision, formerly known as Division I-AA.
Whatever the nomenclature, it adds up to the Spartans tackling a monstrous challenge, but for a payday worth between $275,000 and $300,000, according to NSU sports information director Matt Michalec.
Norfolk State football coach Pete Adrian said that the match-up was four or five months in the making, but that he didn't have any regrets as he watched Rutgers race up the 2006 national polls en route to an 11-2 record and a 37-10 rout of Kansas State in the Texas Bowl.
Another 2006 Rutgers victim was Howard, like Norfolk State a member of the MEAC. The Bison lost 56-7 at Rutgers and beat the Spartans 13-10 later in the season.
http://content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=117416&ran=16443