bosshogg
February 16th, 2010, 06:54 AM
It’s not about rankings for the South Carolina State football team.
Whether it’s getting into the top 25 in the Football Championship Subdivision or historically black college polls, Bulldog head football coach Oliver “Buddy” Pough takes them all with a grain of salt. At the end of the day, such recognition is appreciated but comes a distant second when compared to wins, losses and championships.
So when Rivals.com ranked S.C. State’s 2010 recruiting class as the second-best among FCS schools with Richmond and Boxtorow.com placed it first among HBCUs, the reaction was as low key as expected.
“It’s a nice honor, but as recruiting classes go, you’re only as good what actually arrives on your campus and if they turn out to be what they thought they were,” Pough said. “These things don’t hold a whole lot of water, especially on our level.”
Signing four players (defensive linemen Kegan Funderburk, Curtis Hill and Kendrick Frazier of Denmark-Olar and wide receiver Antwuan Blue) rated as three-star players by CollegeRivals.com helped earn the Bulldogs their high recruiting standing. Yet, according to running backs coach and recruiting coordinator Danny Lewis, it’s how the student-athlete fits into the program rather than his star rating which receives higher consideration during the recruiting process.
“When we recruit a young man, we never even talk about whether or not he’s got a star or two stars, that never comes into play,” Lewis said. “What we’re looking for is just to identify a young man that we fell like can find those needs for us and if he ends up being a three-star guy, then great. So be it. But it’s all about identifying guys who can compete for us.”
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Whether it’s getting into the top 25 in the Football Championship Subdivision or historically black college polls, Bulldog head football coach Oliver “Buddy” Pough takes them all with a grain of salt. At the end of the day, such recognition is appreciated but comes a distant second when compared to wins, losses and championships.
So when Rivals.com ranked S.C. State’s 2010 recruiting class as the second-best among FCS schools with Richmond and Boxtorow.com placed it first among HBCUs, the reaction was as low key as expected.
“It’s a nice honor, but as recruiting classes go, you’re only as good what actually arrives on your campus and if they turn out to be what they thought they were,” Pough said. “These things don’t hold a whole lot of water, especially on our level.”
Signing four players (defensive linemen Kegan Funderburk, Curtis Hill and Kendrick Frazier of Denmark-Olar and wide receiver Antwuan Blue) rated as three-star players by CollegeRivals.com helped earn the Bulldogs their high recruiting standing. Yet, according to running backs coach and recruiting coordinator Danny Lewis, it’s how the student-athlete fits into the program rather than his star rating which receives higher consideration during the recruiting process.
“When we recruit a young man, we never even talk about whether or not he’s got a star or two stars, that never comes into play,” Lewis said. “What we’re looking for is just to identify a young man that we fell like can find those needs for us and if he ends up being a three-star guy, then great. So be it. But it’s all about identifying guys who can compete for us.”
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http://thetandd.com/articles/2010/02/16/....00151555520.txt