"Having sushi on game day is tradition for me and [teammate] Jaime Marzocchi," said Krebs, a 6-foot senior from Liberty High. "Now, coach [Margie Knight] makes us do it. But we don't need to be pushed. We love it."
Salisbury's only loss was a season-opening defeat to Juniata, the nation's No. 1 team in Division III.
Helping hands
It has been a bumpy road for Bowie State's football team, 2-2 after four games away from home. Gone are the five-hour bus trips to backwater towns. The Bulldogs host Lincoln University (Pa.) in their home opener at 1 p.m. Saturday.
"It has taken until October for us to wake up in our own beds on game day and play on our own field," Bowie coach Mike Lynn said. "It was taxing, physically and mentally, to spend the first month traveling - those were long bus rides - but our guys did it."
Bowie's players handled themselves with aplomb on the road, the coach said. Last week, en route to Shaw University (N.C.), the team stopped at a Golden Corral in Colonial Beach, Va.
"I'm sitting there, eating," Lynn said, "when this lady comes over and says, "Coach, your gentlemen are very respectful. They helped my 80-year-old mother at the buffet and even carried her plate for her.' "
Lynn thanked the woman.
"The world's perception of young African-American males - and football players - is not very positive," he said. "But that [incident] was typical of my guys."
