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Thursday, November 27, 2008
Tuskegee’s streak snapped by rival Alabama State
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Tuskegee had its 26-game winning streak ended Thursday in a 17-13 loss to rival Alabama State in the Turkey Day Classic in Montogmery.
The Golden Tigers hadn’t lost since October 2006 and was within a game of completing back-to-back unbeaten seasons. The win salvaged an otherwise down year for the Hornets (3-8), who won for the first time in the last four years of the longstanding Thanksgiving Day matchup.
Tuskegee, the champion of the SIAC and the top-ranked team in the Sheridan Broadcast Network black college poll, defeated Alabama A&M of the SWAC earlier this season, but lost Thursday to a team near the bottom of its division in the SWAC. Was the loss an indicator that Tuskegee of Division II can’t compete with the big boys of the Football Championship Subdivision (formerly I-AA) or was it a case of a rival stepping up to defeat another rival, regardless of classification?
Let me know what you think.
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