A Look Back at the Warriors’ Fantastic Season (Part Two)

Tremors from Clinton
While victories over the likes of Belhaven, Southeastern University, and Tougaloo had caused some eyebrows to be raised, virtually no one expected Wesley College of the NCCAA division II to walk away from the campus of Mississippi College with a win. The closest Wesley had come to besting the Choctaws was the thirty point defeat of 2005. The fallout from the 2006 match-up was massive by Wesley College standards. The game was covered by several local television news crews, and the outcome was in the Clarion Ledger. Because of the win over MC, Wesley began to receive attention and recognition. When the first NCCAA rankings were released a short time later, Wesley would find itself holding the #1 position in the land – a position it would hold for the majority of the season.