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SC State extends Buddy Pough's contract one year

South Carolina State head football coach Oliver "Buddy" Pough has been granted a one-year extension, according to Bulldog athletics director Stacy Danley. The SCSU Board of Trustees approved the contract during a Wednesday meeting. 

Sun Belt Championship Game set for Noon ET

The No. 14 nationally-ranked Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (9-0, 7-0 Sun Belt) will host the No. 20/21 nationally-ranked Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns (8-1, 6-1 Sun Belt) in the 2020 Sun Belt Conference Football Championship game on Saturday, Dec. 19, at noon ET.

Darien Rencher earns 2020 Disney Spirit Award

This past offseason, he helped organize the Clemson Community Peaceful Demonstration and helped mobilize players nationwide to rally in support of playing safely during the pandemic.

Coastal's top-25 showdown set for 2 p.m. Saturday

Coastal Carolina, the 2020 Sun Belt East Division Champions and No. 14 nationally-ranked team, will make their ninth appearance on national television this season, as the Chants’ contest versus No. 25 Liberty (9-1) on Saturday, Dec. 5, will air on ESPNU.

Ernest Jones Named a Butkus Award Semifinalist

Jones, a 6-2, 230-pounder from Waycross, Ga., leads the Gamecocks with 86 tackles, 16 more than any other player on the squad, an average of 9.6 per game, fifth in the SEC.

Couisnard scores 20, South Carolina beats Tulsa 69-58

South Carolina trailed 51-49 with 10:47 left after Tulsa's 11-3 run. But the Gamecocks answered with a 15-0 spurt -with five points from AJ Lawson - to push their lead into double figures for the rest of the way.

Gamecocks drop season-opener to Liberty, 78-62

Kyle Rode scored 18 points and Liberty knocked off its second Southeastern Conference team in three days with a 78-62 victory over South Carolina on Saturday at the Hall of Fame Classic.

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