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November 24th, 2008, 03:26 AM
It’s “High Noon in Boone” for the South Carolina State football team.
Sunday night at the Smith-Hammond-Middleton Memorial Center, the 13th-ranked Bulldogs learned their first-round opponent in the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs was none other than second-ranked and three-time defending champion Appalachian State. The contest will take place noon Saturday at Kidd Brewer Stadium.
“What do you say about an opponent that’s won three championship games in a row?” South Carolina State head coach Oliver “Buddy” Pough said. “It’s like you’re going to fight Ali. You need to get yourself ready to go. If you don’t, then you know he’s going to knock you out. At the same time, we know who we’re going to fight. So, get yourself ready to go.”
Many of the Bulldog players like MEAC rushing champion Will Ford (who along with ASU’s Armanti Edwards is a finalist for the Payton Award given to the top FCS player) and team co-captains center Raymond Harrison and defensive back Terrance Allen were neither surprised nor awed by the prospect of facing Appalachian State or playing in the high altitude of Boone.
“We’re not too surprised,” Harrison said. “We knew all along figured it would be either App. State or JMU (top-ranked James Madison), one of the top dogs in the nation.”
“It’s just like going to Death Valley or Central Florida,” said Ford, in reference to the Bulldogs’ two Football Bowl Subdivision games played this season against Clemson and Central Florida. “You’ve got to prepare for it like it’s a football game.”
“Basically, we’re just going to do like we’ve done all year - Just Shut Up and Play,”Allen said. “Basically, we’re going to listen to our coaches, figure out a gameplan, execute. Just go up there and try to put on a show.”
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Sunday night at the Smith-Hammond-Middleton Memorial Center, the 13th-ranked Bulldogs learned their first-round opponent in the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs was none other than second-ranked and three-time defending champion Appalachian State. The contest will take place noon Saturday at Kidd Brewer Stadium.
“What do you say about an opponent that’s won three championship games in a row?” South Carolina State head coach Oliver “Buddy” Pough said. “It’s like you’re going to fight Ali. You need to get yourself ready to go. If you don’t, then you know he’s going to knock you out. At the same time, we know who we’re going to fight. So, get yourself ready to go.”
Many of the Bulldog players like MEAC rushing champion Will Ford (who along with ASU’s Armanti Edwards is a finalist for the Payton Award given to the top FCS player) and team co-captains center Raymond Harrison and defensive back Terrance Allen were neither surprised nor awed by the prospect of facing Appalachian State or playing in the high altitude of Boone.
“We’re not too surprised,” Harrison said. “We knew all along figured it would be either App. State or JMU (top-ranked James Madison), one of the top dogs in the nation.”
“It’s just like going to Death Valley or Central Florida,” said Ford, in reference to the Bulldogs’ two Football Bowl Subdivision games played this season against Clemson and Central Florida. “You’ve got to prepare for it like it’s a football game.”
“Basically, we’re just going to do like we’ve done all year - Just Shut Up and Play,”Allen said. “Basically, we’re going to listen to our coaches, figure out a gameplan, execute. Just go up there and try to put on a show.”
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b155/andric_mcneil/45.jpg
http://www.thetandd.com/articles/2008/11/24/news/doc492a357253e6f157715209.txt