Sunday, August 12, 2012

S.C. State gets in first scrimmage on rainy evening

ORANGEBURG, South Carolina - Playing inside the Georgia Dome in Atlanta will keep rainy weather from being a factor in the Aug. 30 season opener for South Carolina State.

The wet conditions did almost prevent the Bulldogs from holding their first scrimmage Saturday at Oliver C. Dawson Stadium. However, head coach Buddy Pough pressed forward with the 100-play, two-hour scrimmage and came away with a valuable assessment of his team.

“It was more important than anything else to get it in,” he said. “The fact that we play on the same kind of surface (as Georgia State) and we got as much work as what we got done, which was most important. So, I’m extremely happy with the fact that we got a lot of work done tonight and, of course, we got a lot of film and it gives you a chance to get a lot of guys an opportunity to get out here and kind of show a little bit. So it gives us now some information for further consideration down the road.”

Both the offenses and defenses had their share of highlights during the scrimmage. Returning quarterbacks Richard Cue and Derrick and TeDarius Wiley all had ...

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