This would’ve been A&T’s third consecutive Thursday prime-time game on ESPNU.

“I wish we could’ve played Thursday night,” Aggies coach Rod Broadway said, “but the game has been moved to the weekend. We’ll have a couple more days to prepare, and hopefully we can go down and play well. We’ll need to. … Bethune has lost games they normally win, but they’re still a talented football team. This isn’t a typical Bethune record, but it is a typical Bethune team.”

The speedy Wildcats were picked No. 2 behind only A&T in the MEAC’s preseason coaches poll, getting three first-place votes.

Cohen's record

Senior running back Tarik Cohen is the all-time leading rusher in the MEAC, a league formed in 1970.

Cohen ran for 200 yards on 23 carries against Norfolk State — his second consecutive 200-yard game and school-record sixth — and has 4,701 career rushing yards.

“It means a lot,” Cohen said. “It’s an expression of all the hard work I put in during the season and in the offseason. And it says a lot about our defense.”

Do what? What does the defense have to do with the rushing record?