Heating Up: S.C. State holds first scrimmage of preseason

ORANGEBURG, South Carolina -- In an effort to prepare the team for possible hot weather in the 3:30 p.m. season-opening kickoff in Orlando’s Citrus Bowl on the first Sunday of September, the South Carolina State Bulldogs coaching staff held the first scrimmage of the preseason in the heat of the afternoon on Saturday.

As is normally the case early in the preseason, the defense had the upper hand most of the afternoon. But, the Bulldogs' offense found ways to move the ball and score a few times, both with first-string redshirt junior quarterback Adrian Kollock Jr. behind center and with freshman quarterback Caleb York calling signals.

“In the first scrimmage, you always get some good, you get some bad and you get some ugly,” S.C. State head coach Buddy Pough said afterwards. “We had a little bit of all three.

“You can see some potential there. We’ve got to get our ...



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