Sims, B-CU look to stay in title hunt with win over Morgan State

DAYTONA BEACH, Florida -- Terry Sims might be in his first season as the head coach at Bethune-Cookman, but when it comes to leading the Wildcats against Morgan State he has some seasoning.

When the Bears visited Daytona Beach for the teams’ game two years ago, then B-CU coach Brian Jenkins was ejected early in the second quarter.

Sims replaced him at the helm and guided the Wildcats to a 24-13 win.

“We have a great staff, so it was not a hard transition for me to step in that day, and we did what we had to do,” Sims said at his weekly press conference Wednesday.

What the Wildcats have to do in this year’s game against Morgan, slated for 4 p.m. Saturday at Municipal Stadium, is keep right on rolling if they hope to win a conference title.

B-CU (7-2, 5-1 in the MEAC) entered into the FCS Coaches’ Poll at 25th this week, and by closing out the season with a pair of wins, could punch a ticket to December’s Celebration Bowl in Atlanta against the SWAC champ.

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