Bethune-Cookman fall football camp kicks off

DAYTONA BEACH, Florida - There is one game film that Bethune-Cookman head football coach Brian Jenkins keeps going back to. The game does not feature the Wildcats and predates his time at B-CU. But Jenkins said he keeps watching South Carolina State's 37-21 playoff loss to Appalachian State in 2008.

The Bulldogs led that game 14-10, before the Mountaineers pulled away. If they just could have held on, Jenkins reckons, the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference may be viewed in a different light as it pertains to the Football Championship Subdivision title picture.  Instead, the league is winless in the playoffs since 1999 -- 0-for-14.

"They were right there," Jenkins said of S.C. State. "If they would've done that, we wouldn't have these conversations about schools in the MEAC and (the FCS title)."

In his first two seasons at B-CU, Jenkins produced a solid 18-5 record. Season 3 under Jenkins is slated to kick off with the start of fall camp around 9 a.m. today at New Smyrna Beach Sports Complex. Bethune-Cookman will spend its first two weeks of practice in New Smyrna Beach while its on-campus practice facilities undergo renovations.



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