ORANGEBURG, South Carolina - Darius Drummond looks toward the skies in frustration. What draws the preseason All-American South Carolina State defensive back and kick returner’s ire is the outside wall of the Oliver C. Dawson Stadium pressbox.
“There’s not even an ‘11’ up there!” said Drummond, in reference to the year missing from those posted on the press box signifying Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference championships won.
Last season, for the first time in three years, S.C. State did not win or share the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference title. For the first time since the 2007 campaign, the Bulldogs were on the sideline for the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs.
That feeling was not enjoyable for head coach Buddy Pough and his staff, and neither did it sit well with the Bulldog players. All involved hope to regain the spotlight enjoyed by Norfolk State for 2011.
Pough’s team came within a couple of field goals of a third straight MEAC title and an undefeated league campaign. S.C. State’s conference losses were both by three points, 17-14 at Norfolk State and 27-24 to Florida A&M.
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