ORANGEBURG, South Carolina -- Time will tell if South Carolina State will regain the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football title this season. From an overall physical health standpoint, team strength and conditioning coach Trumain Carroll is ready to declare the Bulldogs championship-ready.
“The team is in a lot better shape actually than they were last year,” Carroll said. “The volume has increased dramatically. We took those guys up. They’re doing probably 30 percent more work in probably 20 percent shorter time. They just responded to it great.”
A total of 78 returning players and incoming freshmen participated in the monthlong workouts held during the Summer II session at S.C. State. Four times a week — two days in the weight room and two days on Willie Jeffries Field at Oliver C. Dawson Stadium — the players were put through the rigors physically in preparation for the upcoming season.
Donations raised from the “Lift-The-Bulldog” campaign made the workouts possible for the third straight year. Yet for the investment to pay dividends, Carroll said ...
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