Post by aggierattler on Sept 14, 2011 12:58:59 GMT -5
From the Orangeburg Times & Democrat: thetandd.com/sports/bulldogzone/article_0d2d2d5c-de85-11e0-b220-001cc4c03286.html
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Saturday is the first college meeting between South Carolina State and Indiana.
However, it's not the first time Hoosiers' head coach Kevin Wilson has crossed paths with the Bulldogs. Breaking into the coaching ranks first in 1987 as an offensive line coach at Winston-Salem State, then a year later as offensive coordinator for North Carolina A&T, Wilson quickly became cognizant of S.C. State's "storied" tradition.
It's one of many reasons why he does not expect his team to take the visiting Bulldogs lightly in a match up where, despite their 0-2 record, Indiana is expected to be a prohibitive favorite at Memorial Stadium.
"Coach (Willie) Jeffries back in the day was very good, and they played for a bunch of championships and won a bunch of games," Wilson said Tuesday. "Florida A&M University and Bethune-Cookman have been awfully good recently. It is a very athletic conference and in a great region and because it is FCS, they get a lot of `bouncebacks.' Whether they get disenchanted where they are or they don't like where they are at, they will sign with a Division I program and then transfer. And so if they transfer down to an FCS program, you can play right away without sitting out a year. The MEAC gets some bounce backs or some guys that didn't do well in school or had an issue or it didn't work out and he wanted to play right away. I saw the quarterback for Bethune-Cookman (Jamarr Robinson) when I was watching that game that was a Maryland guy that wasn't starting and graduated and is now getting a fifth year.
"It is very good football (in the MEAC) and very good athletes. Coach (Buddy) Pough has been in the SEC with (University of South Carolina) for a long time and was there (5) years. They have had a lot of success there at South Carolina State. I've been to Orangeburg before. It's a good place..."
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Saturday is the first college meeting between South Carolina State and Indiana.
However, it's not the first time Hoosiers' head coach Kevin Wilson has crossed paths with the Bulldogs. Breaking into the coaching ranks first in 1987 as an offensive line coach at Winston-Salem State, then a year later as offensive coordinator for North Carolina A&T, Wilson quickly became cognizant of S.C. State's "storied" tradition.
It's one of many reasons why he does not expect his team to take the visiting Bulldogs lightly in a match up where, despite their 0-2 record, Indiana is expected to be a prohibitive favorite at Memorial Stadium.
"Coach (Willie) Jeffries back in the day was very good, and they played for a bunch of championships and won a bunch of games," Wilson said Tuesday. "Florida A&M University and Bethune-Cookman have been awfully good recently. It is a very athletic conference and in a great region and because it is FCS, they get a lot of `bouncebacks.' Whether they get disenchanted where they are or they don't like where they are at, they will sign with a Division I program and then transfer. And so if they transfer down to an FCS program, you can play right away without sitting out a year. The MEAC gets some bounce backs or some guys that didn't do well in school or had an issue or it didn't work out and he wanted to play right away. I saw the quarterback for Bethune-Cookman (Jamarr Robinson) when I was watching that game that was a Maryland guy that wasn't starting and graduated and is now getting a fifth year.
"It is very good football (in the MEAC) and very good athletes. Coach (Buddy) Pough has been in the SEC with (University of South Carolina) for a long time and was there (5) years. They have had a lot of success there at South Carolina State. I've been to Orangeburg before. It's a good place..."
Read more: thetandd.com/sports/bulldogzone/article_0d2d2d5c-de85-11e0-b220-001cc4c03286.html#ixzz1Xx0l4waH
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