TexasTerror
November 11th, 2010, 08:29 AM
Good luck to the Texas Southern Tigers... this has been a great few years for the SWAC teams in Texas. PVAMU has completed a turnaround under HF3 and now the TSU bunch may be doing the same under J-Cole...
Texas Southern football coach Johnnie Cole has the year 1968 stamped in his memory.
It's a reminder of the prize that has eluded his program for more than four decades. For Cole, it has been far too long since TSU won its last Southwestern Athletic Conference championship.
The 1968 Tigers, who split the title with Alcorn State and Grambling State, were of an era when TSU was a perennial contender in the SWAC. The accomplishments of those teams from 1950s and '60s have been overshadowed by the disparaging label placed on the program in recent years.
From 2004-07, the Tigers went 4-40, including two 0-11 seasons, under the direction of former coach Steve Wilson. Recruiting had become stagnant, fan support was crumbling and the university was undergoing a major shake-up in both the administration and athletic department.
Under Cole, however, the Tigers have quietly turned around their once-downtrodden football program.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/college/7289335.html
Texas Southern football coach Johnnie Cole has the year 1968 stamped in his memory.
It's a reminder of the prize that has eluded his program for more than four decades. For Cole, it has been far too long since TSU won its last Southwestern Athletic Conference championship.
The 1968 Tigers, who split the title with Alcorn State and Grambling State, were of an era when TSU was a perennial contender in the SWAC. The accomplishments of those teams from 1950s and '60s have been overshadowed by the disparaging label placed on the program in recent years.
From 2004-07, the Tigers went 4-40, including two 0-11 seasons, under the direction of former coach Steve Wilson. Recruiting had become stagnant, fan support was crumbling and the university was undergoing a major shake-up in both the administration and athletic department.
Under Cole, however, the Tigers have quietly turned around their once-downtrodden football program.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/college/7289335.html