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September 17th, 2010, 10:34 AM
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Nancy King, senior women's administrator of Kennesaw State University Athletics, presents coaching legend Vince Dooley with a football helmet.
By Ken Sugiura
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Vince Dooley, the legendary football coach who led Kennesaw State's football exploratory committee for the last 10 months, provided unwitting explanation Wednesday why the school will pursue fielding a team.
Said the coach, speaking to hundreds of expectant students and faculty at the school convocation center, "[The committee's] recommendation was overwhelmingly positive in favor of starting football at Kansas State University." (Watch the video.)
http://www.ajc.com/video?bcpid=97471435001&bclid=1717763724&bctid=609841851001
Dooley paused as students in the convocation center reminded him of his whereabouts. He then sank in embarrassment. But a point was made. The school wants its name out there and believes a football team is the way to get there.
A football team, school president Daniel Papp said, will "increase and expand national recognition of the institution, highlight important work taking place on campus in teaching, research, scholarship, creative activities and service."
The plan is for the school to begin play in 2014. It will play in the FCS (formerly Division I-AA), the same level that Georgia State is playing in its first season. The team will play in KSU Soccer Stadium, which until now has been known as the home of the Atlanta Beat and has been billed as the largest gender-specific soccer stadium in the country.
Nancy King, senior women's administrator of Kennesaw State University Athletics, presents coaching legend Vince Dooley with a football helmet.
By Ken Sugiura
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Vince Dooley, the legendary football coach who led Kennesaw State's football exploratory committee for the last 10 months, provided unwitting explanation Wednesday why the school will pursue fielding a team.
Said the coach, speaking to hundreds of expectant students and faculty at the school convocation center, "[The committee's] recommendation was overwhelmingly positive in favor of starting football at Kansas State University." (Watch the video.)
http://www.ajc.com/video?bcpid=97471435001&bclid=1717763724&bctid=609841851001
Dooley paused as students in the convocation center reminded him of his whereabouts. He then sank in embarrassment. But a point was made. The school wants its name out there and believes a football team is the way to get there.
A football team, school president Daniel Papp said, will "increase and expand national recognition of the institution, highlight important work taking place on campus in teaching, research, scholarship, creative activities and service."
The plan is for the school to begin play in 2014. It will play in the FCS (formerly Division I-AA), the same level that Georgia State is playing in its first season. The team will play in KSU Soccer Stadium, which until now has been known as the home of the Atlanta Beat and has been billed as the largest gender-specific soccer stadium in the country.