QB Bostick leads SSU in spring game

SAVANNAH, Georgia  --  Antonio Bostick thinks Savannah State’s football team can win the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference in 2013, and that’s exactly the attitude third-year coach Steve Davenport wants his players to have.

The Tigers concluded spring practice on Saturday with a controlled scrimmage and practice at TA Wright Stadium in front of a supportive crowd hungry for the taste of victory on Skidaway Road.  Davenport said Bostick established himself as the starting quarterback during spring practices, and the rising senior responded by completing 5-of-10 passes for 74 yards and a touchdown during the orchestrated offense vs. defense game on Saturday.

“Every coach in America is thinking they just want to get to the end of spring and be in good shape injury wise, and I can do that,” said Davenport, who has a 2-20 record at Savannah State. “We have a lot of kids who have come to understand our mentality and our expectations. Now that the kids understand what we expect, I hate to say it this way but they’re understanding what I’ll call the Davenport way and that took time.

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