Sapakoff: James Robinson's 'rigorous' car pulling workout will lift SC State - Charleston Post Courier
James Robinson pulled his car into the parking lot at Goose Creek’s Sedgefield Middle School and put it in neutral. One of the most difficult workouts in college football began as S. C. State’s senior defensive end stepped outside into the steamy heat. “I pushed myself to my limits,” said Robinson, who is 6-4, 230. “Pushing the car uphill, bear crawling with the car. A heavily slashed S. C. State budget finally was approved June 30 after months of cost-cutting following a February vote in which a Statehouse subcommittee voted to close South Carolina’s only state-funded historically black university. “I was raised to keep your head down and keep working and let God handle the rest,” he said. “I figured if it was meant for us to play football, we would play. I didn’t read a lot about what was going on at S. C. State, didn’t watch the news on TV. I just kept working. The work ethic comes from Robinson’s father, also named James Robinson, a St. John’s High School graduate who was a 1983 Clemson co-captain and All-Atlantic Coast Conference defensive tackle while playing for Danny Ford. Clemson/USFL dad The elder Robinson played for the Los Angeles Express in the U. S. Football League with eventual Pro Football Hall of Famers Steve Young and Gary Zimmerman (and former Clemson teammate Kevin Mack) in 1984 and 1985. Competition... Source: www.postandcourier.com
