ORANGEBURG, South Carolina -- Labor Day is history and football season is at hand in a big way. High school teams have been going strong since late August, college football fans have a had a week to digest the first games and the NFL kicked off its season (for the teams and fantasy leagues) on Thursday night. For many, this is the best time of year.
For South Carolina State football, times are good after an off season of uncertainty about budget cuts. The Bulldog program got always-beneficial national exposure on Sunday when ESPN featured the MEAC/SWAC Challenge. Though the game was delayed by lightning and end of the contest was pushed off the primary ESPN network, there were still great moments for the Bulldog program.
S.C. State football legends Willie Jeffries and Donnie Shell, both of whom are today key ambassadors for the Orangeburg institution, were shown and their connections to the storied program were discussed. And S.C. State accomplished the best thing of all for those who had doubts that the school’s fiscal crisis was somehow going to give its team less prowess on the field: winning, and winning convincingly, against Arkansas-Pine Bluff.
The make matters even better for S.C. State, the Bulldogs come home this Saturday for ...
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