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TOP PICK SCSU READY TO PLAY, NOT TALK

 

“Shut Up and Play!”
It’s more than just a rallying cry for the South Carolina State football team. For every coach and player, the slogan is how the Bulldogs plan to approach another season filled with high expectations from fans and media.

 

 

EXPERIENCED LINE ANCHORS BULLDOG D


The S.C. State starting defensive line will be an experienced group led by All-MEAC second-team selection Cedric Lloyd (6-5, 225) and fellow ends junior Markus James (6-2, 240) and Xavier Littleberry (6-5, 260).

 

BULLDOGS PICKED ON TOP IN PRESEASON POLL FORD NAMED OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR


South Carolina State’s Will Ford and Endor Cooper of Howard earned the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference’s top football preseason awards, as announced by the league. Ford was selected as the preseason Offensive Player of the Year and Cooper was named the Defensive Player of the Year by the MEAC head football coaches and sports information directors.

 

CLEMSON READY TO PUT QUESTIONS ASIDE


CLEMSON — Clemson coach Tommy Bowden shares his dad’s folksy style and his dogged penchant for landing the country’s best players. He’s also inherited something else Florida State coach Bobby Bowden battled for years — a reputation as a coach who can’t win the big one.


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SPURRIER MOVES AHEAD WITH TURNAROUND


COLUMBIA — He’s disappointed but not despondent; guarded, yet full of hope; enthusiastic but careful enough not to set himself up for another large crash.

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SC COLLEGE OUTLOOK


The Citadel
2007 — 7-4, tied for third in Southern Conference
Coach — Kevin Higgins, fourth season (16-17).
Outlook — Higgins has improved the Bulldogs’ victory totals in each of his first three seasons, including the school’s first winning campaign in a decade. The


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CLEMSON IN NEW ROLE: FAVORITE FOR CROWN


Someday, Tommy Bowden says, the fortunes of the Atlantic Coast Conference are going to change.


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DAWGS, GATORS SHARE TOP BILLING


Georgia and Florida are rivals with much in common.
Both have a talented junior quarterback, a dynamic playmaker and a youthful-looking coach with a ridiculous career winning percentage.
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