Newswise — Talk about motivation. Columbus State University's 1-year-old club football team this week faces a team from the U S Army that was formed in 120-degree heat of Iraq, with the promise that anyone who made the team was able to come home a month early to prepare for the game.
Thursday, Oct. 28, Columbus State's club tackle football team will face the U.S. Army's 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Soldiers in a game that's being billed as the Doughboy Classic, set in the historic Doughboy Stadium on Fort Benning.
(See a story about the game from the US Army public affairs office at http://www.army.mil/-news/2010/10/22/47000-coaching-heroes/)
Doughboy Stadium has a rich history. It's where Dwight Eisenhower coached a championship team, and notable others have dressed out there, including Pat Dye, who went on to legendary coaching status at nearby Auburn. Major college football teams played the Fort Benning Doughboys before World War II.
Thousands are expected to come out for this game as it's part of a Soldier and Family Appreciation Day with free food (donated to help welcome back the soldiers), music, games and more starting 3.5 hours before the 6:30 p.m. kickoff. The Silver Wings parachute team is flying in with the game ball at 6 p.m.
The US Army soldiers prepared a YouTube for the game at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FC5fxM9QnWs. Columbus State University players saw it and did their own video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6qc80Nozqg
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