Thursday, September 1, 2011

South Carolina State Bulldogs: ‘Thorn in our side’

Orangeburg, SC - Buddy Pough is tired.

Tuesday evening, the best coach in black college football - all arguments invited however, over the last half decade or so, few can claim the consistency and overall excellence of Pough's program - told his team as much.

Five Septembers ago, Pough loaded his Bulldogs on to an airplane and flew off to Colorado to face Air Force. The excitement of playing that first FBS opponent was undeniable. There was lots of talk about Appalachian State, which had just done the unthinkable, knock off Michigan at Michigan.

The Bulldogs, like every other FCS college in American, wanted to be like the Mountaineers and pull off a shocker. But for all that excitement, the Bulldogs were handled with ease by the Falcons, 34-3. Two weeks later, South Carolina pounded the Bulldogs 38-3. S.C. State showed more against Central Florida to open the 2008 season but still lost, 17-0. Three weeks later, Clemson beat the Bulldogs so bad that the University's Board of Trustees argued the merits of playing FBS teams.

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