Savannah State football team gets back to work

SAVANNAH, Georgia  --  Quarterback Antonio Bostick looked leaner, stronger and swifter, and he wasn’t the only Savannah State football player who underwent a transformation this summer.

“The kids are in good shape,” said second-year head coach Steve Davenport as the Tigers opened preseason camp Wednesday morning with 95 players on the field. “Bostick had a tremendous off-season.”

Coming off a 1-10 season that included seven straight losses to end the year, Davenport is not dwelling on the past. And he’s not dwelling on season-opening games at Oklahoma State and Florida State, which figure to push the losing skein to nine straight.

In Davenport’s world, the days ahead for the Tigers are going to do nothing but get better.

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