Friday, July 17, 2015

Grambling is pick to win SWAC West

GRAMBLING, Louisiana -- Not even two years removed from a 1-10 season and a player boycott that brought national media attention, Grambling is back in the conversation as one of the top teams in the Southwestern Athletic Conference.

Grambling was picked Friday as the preseason favorite to win the SWAC West Division as voted on by the league’s 10 coaches and sports information directors at the annual SWAC Media Day in Birmingham, Alabama.

The Tigers earned eight first-place votes and 93 total points to edge out defending SWAC West champion Southern, which came in at a close second with 91 total points.

The SWAC picked Grambling to finish last in the West in 2014, but the Tigers put together their best year since 2011 as Broderick Fobbs earned a 7-5 record in his first season as coach.
 
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