SAVANNAH, Georgia – Earnest Wilson III holds his coaching “elders” in high regard.
The first-year head coach at Savannah State is preparing to play host this Saturday to South Carolina State, which is led by the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference’s co-longest tenured sideline leader Buddy Pough. He’s expecting nothing short of a difficult challenge awaiting his Tigers at Ted Wright Stadium.
“The old man Mr. Pough is coming to town,” Wilson said at Tuesday’s weekly MEAC teleconference. “Great coach, great team. He’s having a pretty good year. Their guys come off the football both offensively and defensively very well. I think, hopefully, we can play them tough and be around in the fourth quarter with a chance to win.
“Hopefully, they’re a potential (Football Championship Subdivision) playoff team for the MEAC. But we’re going to have to be on our game in order to win this. Like I said, he’s a great coach with a great staff. We have to be ready to play.”
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