Alabama A&M’s Sam Shade sees Arkansas loss as ‘opportunity game’

Although Alabama A&M lost its season opener to Arkansas, Sam Shade put the experience into perspective. The new Bulldog head coach didn't see the game as a “money game” but rather as an “opportunity game.”

“Well, the first thing is going into the ball game, I told I told our team, I said, ‘Look, people call this a money game, but I called it an opportunity game.'” he said on the SWAC Coaches Call. “So, you know, I got I've got guys on this team that have, you know, talked to me about, you know, possibilities of playing after after college, playing professional ball. And, you know, for those guys, I said, ‘Hey, this is an opportunity for you guys.' And then, you know, some of our guys felt like they they should have been recruited maybe by some bigger schools. And so, we looked at it a