ORANGEBURG, South Carolina -- Saturday’s 27-20 overtime win over Florida A&M did more than lift South Carolina State head football coach Buddy Pough’s spirits for the first time in two weeks.
While a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference title and postseason appearance are not in the picture, the Bulldogs still have a purpose in trying to extend a streak of 11 consecutive winning seasons with three games remaining.
At his weekly press conference Monday, Pough said a loss would have been “devastating” to the program’s morale and left the players dispirited for having the distinction as the first S.C. State team since 2000 to post a losing season.
“I’ve got to be happy for our team in the fact that we were able to stave off the losing record deal, because at this point, we didn’t have much of a chance to survive the year with a winning record past that game,” Pough said. “So that was a big part of our weekly preparation in the fact that we were trying to really say our backs were against the wall and the guys went down and played really well I thought.”
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