SC State Deals With Injury

ORANGEBURG, S.C. (SCSU SID) — South Carolina State continued preseason football workouts Wednesday with two practices – a 6:50 morning drill in shells and a 7:30 evening session in full pads. In both workouts, the Bulldogs concentrated on special teams, mainly punts and punting situations. Coach Buddy Pough‘s teams also continued to work on techniques and some “how to‘s” on offense and defense. In the evening workout, the Bulldogs also devoted some time to different phases of the kicking game. The late session ended with an enthusiastic goal line standout between the offense and defense. “I thought we got off to a good start today,” Pough said. “We continue to see some progress and we are making strides in getting our players to understand the things they need to do if we are going be a good, cohesive football team. “We put in some goal line offense and defense near the end of our evening practice to see just who‘s tough and who we can depend on when we get down close,” Pough said. “Too many times last year, we were unable to convert in those kinds of situations.” Pough did express some concern that several players were a bit banged up and unable to practice. “We have started to see a number of guys ‘on the shelf,‘” Pough said. We have 10-12 guys in blue jerseys and that‘s far too many. It‘s causing us some concern but we hope to have some of them back by Saturday for our scrimmage.” SC State‘s only Thursday workout will begin at 9 p.m.