Saturday, October 28, 2017

from THE EDITOR Dwight Floyd: MEAC/SWAC: Coaches in the Hot Seat

DWIGHT FLOYD
GAME REPORT
TALLAHASSEE, Florida -- Last week the South Carolina State University Bulldogs and head coach Buddy Pough experienced an all-time low, losing to Delaware State and giving the Hornets their first win of the season. Buddy Pough is the elder of MEAC coaches and one of the winningest coaches in the MEAC. 

In 2017, he is facing one of the worst seasons he has ever had as a head coach with a 2-5 record overall, and 1-4 record in the conference. Pough entered this his 16th season with an 117-57 overall record and needs just 10 more wins to become the winningest head coach in South Carolina State history.

In his first news conference of the season he stated that he thought he had a good team, but would not know until the team plays. He made a point to say that high school and the NFL coaches have an advantage that college teams don’t because unlike college teams they get to scrimmage against other teams before the season starts. Suffice it to say that this is not the team he imagined. 

My guess is that after ...

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