ORANGEBURG, South Carolina -- The heat was on Saturday for the South Carolina State football team and not just from the sweltering weather conditions.
With temperatures for the opening preseason practice reaching 99 degrees, the Bulldog players were pushed through more than two hours of intense, high-paced drills from the coaching staff.
Coming off the first losing season in 13 years, the team was determined to set a more serious, no-nonsense tone and tempo for the upcoming season.
“We’re trying to set a tone for a sense of urgency,” SCSU head coach Buddy Pough said. “We’re trying to make our guys understand how much it’s important that we change for us to be better. These guys are trying to make sure they set the pace at a place in the very beginning that’s going to be high enough — set that bar high enough — that’s going to give us an opportunity to be successful.”
The return of Joseph Blackwell as offensive line coach/offensive coordinator and the arrival of Steve Bird as wide receivers’ coach served to provide ...
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