NAIA Representatives Pleased with Championship Progress in Rome

July 23, 2008 - The countdown to Dec. 20 continues... Shorter College Athletic Director Bill Peterson, left, welcomed NAIA Director of Championship Services Dennis Green to Rome during the National Football Championship site visit on July 22. Also viewing the progress was Mike Feminis, NAIA Coaches Association president and St. Xavier head football coach, seen in red. Green and Feminis arrived for the site visit on July 21 and toured Barron Stadium on July 22. They were "pleasantly surprised" with the addition of new coaches boxes, a renovated press box and the re-graded and re-sodded field. “The people of Rome and Shorter College have done everything that needs to be done to make this a first class event,” Coach Feminis told a Rome News-Tribune reporter.

“It would be a huge understatement if I just said I’m pleased,” added Green.

The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics’ 2008 and 2009 National Championship games were awarded to Shorter College and Rome-Floyd County earlier this year. The 2008 title game will be played at Barron Stadium in Rome on Dec. 20.

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Photos From the Visit