a black institution led by eddie robinson, one of the greatest coaches in the game.yers to the nfl. what is your reaction to this? what is going on? is this team unraveling? >> caller: you know, i'm proud of the players on that football team for standing up for several things. number one, you know, let's be frank. if you talk about to most people about hbc school an historically black college or university, most of the people know grambling, eddie robinson has a long history there. we are talking these guys getting on the bus to play in football games riding 14, 16, 17 hours to get somewhere. essentials from the university were taking a flight. remind you, they are on a bus for 14, 15 hours to go to a game. the president and whoever, other people high up in the university are flying there. but you have to physically go out and take what has appeared, not appeared but butt whippings. there was difficulty with williams being fired. it's not unusual. universities can't ask student athletes what they think of the next coach but he rubbed them the wrong way. another great

a black institution led by eddie robinson, one of the greatest coaches in the game.l. what is your reaction to this? what is going on? is this team unraveling? >> caller: you know, i'm proud of the players on that football team for standing up for several things. number one, you know, let's be frank. if you talk about to most people about hbc school an historically black college or university, most of the people know grambling, eddie robinson has a long history there. we are talking these guys getting on the bus to play in football games riding 14, 16, 17 hours to get somewhere. essentials from the university were taking a flight. remind you, they are on a bus for 14, 15 hours to go to a game. the president and whoever, other people high up in the university are flying there. but you have to physically go out and take what has appeared, not appeared but butt whippings. there was difficulty with williams being fired. it's not unusual. universities can't ask student athletes what they think of the next coach but he rubbed them the wrong way. another greater issue, mold

. >> grambling was put on the map by the coach h eddie robinson. who has sent 200 play ishes to the n.f.l. gram bl ling president says the university is in emergency mode. close to kle to declaring finanl oxygensy. he is trying to turn a black eye caused by the student protest into a green. >> if there is one very good out come right, of receiving national attention it's it has given us an opportunity to talk about the financial plight the fact that we have last 60% of our state funding in the past years. grambling is the jewel of the sew 5 clack college and university. many of which are on the edge of extension. the main reason 90% of black students choose to not attend black colleges. since the pu pub publicity he is receiving hundreds of phone calls. they know they can leave behind be a legacy but also a better conditions for the future of the university. >> joining us now is long time football writer who is authoring a book on black college and universities. we appreciate the time tonight. let me ask you this. what are the most pressing issues

but this is not eddie robinson's school right now.porter: be boycotted a game and made national headlines. but members of the grambling state football team say they have no regrets. >> if no one says anything, nothing because of our institution. >> reporter: on monday, they said the team will take the field this saturday, a week after refusing to play jackson state. >> we did not quit or our university. >> reporter: this twitter account belonging to the -- it shows broken equipment and flooring. their caption, see our struggle. the tweets seem to highlight the details in this letter. it lists a series of concerns will the university's football program. it also cites the firing the head coach. >> the conditions within the grambling state university athletic department are pretty dire. >> reporter: he says he toured the weight room tuesday afternoon and saw first hand some of the problems noted by the athletes. >> the gap between the haves and have knots have certainly exacerbated by a lot of cuts. >> reporter: they've seen a 37% drop i

the football program which reached national prominence under eddy robinson has been hit hard by reductions. they traveled to games in kansas city and indianapolis. last night 8th-ranked louisville playing central florida. that is a run by the knight's william stand back, tied 28. they scored three tds in 7 and a half minutes, a 31-28 lead. cardinals on that run by dominic brown go on top. that is your game winner, under 30 seconds left. blake borlingdzs, a 2-yard tb toss. teddy bridge water, the hail mary into the end zone and it's batted down. louisville suffers the first loss of the season in stunning fashion, 38-35. >>> death valley in clemson tonight. the third-ranked tigers host 5th ranked florida state. josh got to talk about this showdown which features two heisman trophy contenders as quarterback. >> jamis winston and saj boyd are two prominent heisman contenders. only one will be left standing. winston is a red shirt freshman who has played unbelievable all year, kept his team in games. taj is a wiley veteran. he has been in a match-up like this, with georgia at the beginning of t