End of an Era

This week, a sports legend Eddie Robinson died. He coached the Grambling University football team for over 50 years and became is the second winningest coach in college football history. One thing that was made clear long before he died was the kind of man, leader, and pioneer he was. And to make it even bigger the accomplishments that he made were that he did the at a HBCU. He made people look and a conference, the SWAC, that probably would have paid it no attention. When a black coach has nationally known leaders speak of him after his death, you know he was large, not to mention that he sent over 200 players to the NFL and has 7 players in the football hall of fame. Damn, just imagine what would have happened if he was at one of those big name white folk schools.