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The Kevin Higgins Radio Show Debuts Wednesday
Wednesday night at 7pm on ESPN Radio 910, join Kevin Higgins and Darren Goldwater for an hour of Bulldogs highlights, conversation and phone calls.
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Matt Thompson – SoCon Freshman of the Week
Thompson connected on a 34yd touchdown strike to Alex Carr on his first collegiate pass attempt and finished the game as the 'Dogs leading rusher and passer.
FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK: Matt Thompson, The Citadel, Fr., QB
Thompson came on in relief of starting quarterback Ben Dupree and promptly threw a 34-yard touchdown pass to Alex Carr on his first career pass attempt. Thompson finished the day 5-of-6 passing for 127 yards and three touchdowns. His longest completion of the day was a 42-yard strike to Domonic Jones. Thompson also ran the ball eight times for 70 yards with one touchdown. Thompson helped the Bulldogs build a 49-0 halftime lead over Chowan, a modern day first half scoring record for The Citadel.
Other Nominees: Kierre Brown (Elon), Robert Brown (Georgia Southern), Quin Roberson (Samford), D.J. Key (Chattanooga), Deja Alexander (Western Carolina) and Mike McCrimon (Wofford).
For all other SoCon Players of the Week, click here.
Bulldogs dominate Hawks – Highlights and More!
- Alex Sellars waits for the deflection off the helmet of Chowan’s Leon Eason, resulting in Sellars’ lone reception of the game.
Freshman quarterback Matt Thompson and senior safety Demetrius Jackson shine in the season opening win over Chowan. Click below for all the highlights courtesy of The Citadel Sports Network.
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Listen Live and FREE as ‘Dogs kickoff 2010 season
The Bulldogs open the 2010 season with the debut of the new triple option attack. Our coverage on our statewide network begins at 11:30 with kickoff at 1.
Not by a radio? Click the listen live link on the right side of the page to follow all the action LIVE AND FREE!
Tolu Akindele: Life’s losses mold a leader
- Junior captain Tolu Akindele
When Tolu Akindele was about 10 years old, he lost his younger sister. She drowned in a swimming accident.
When he was in ninth grade, his father died of brain cancer.
And just before Akindele’s senior year in high school, his football teammate and good friend was shot and killed in a Houston parking lot.
“I always tell people, don’t call me a boy, call me a young man,” said Akindele, a 20-year-old junior linebacker at The Citadel. “Because I think I’ve been through enough to establish myself. But just because you go through tough times doesn’t make you tough. It’s how you handle it.”
Continue reading Jeff Hartsell’s piece here.
Quarterbacks continue to be the focus of the first stages of camp
The five QB's vying for the starting gig (L-R): Ben Dupree, Sam Martin, Matt Thompson, Blane Woodfin and Steven Ballentine
During his senior year in high school, Citadel freshman Ben Dupree had a memorable reading assignment.
The book was “My Losing Season” by Pat Conroy, the famed author’s memoir of his senior basketball season at The Citadel.
“The book made it sound like the school was tough,” Dupree recalled Sunday at the Bulldogs’ football media day. “It told all about the knob year and how hard it is.”
Yet another good read from the Bulldogs beat reporter Jeff Hartsell continues here.
Quarterback competition begins as camp opens
Blane Woodfin
Preseason practice opened yesterday on The Citadel’s campus. Not surprisingly, the competition at quarterback was one of the most closely monitored battles during day one. Redshirt sophomore Blane Woodfin (left) is one of five quarterbacks vying for the starting job. True freshmen Ben Dupree and Matt Thompson, along with redshirt freshman (and star of last year’s spring game) Sam Martin, are among the other signal callers competing for the top spot.
For more on Woodfin’s journey to The Citadel, check out this piece from Jeff Hartsell in Saturday’s Post and Courier.
Football Returns
Camp opens this morning for the 2010 campaign. Ready or not...football is back!
With new schemes on offense and defense and seven new coaches on staff, The Citadel’s Kevin Higgins is essentially starting over in his sixth season as the Bulldogs’ football coach.
Gone along with All-America receiver Andre Roberts is the balanced spread-option attack in favor of a run-oriented triple option. On defense, new coordinator Josh Conklin is charged with simplifying a 4-3 scheme that Higgins felt had the Bulldogs thinking too much and not hitting enough during last year’s 4-7 season.
Continue reading Jeff Hartsell’s preview of the upcoming season here!
The triple option returns
Jack Douglas (left) led the Bulldogs to the '92 SoCon Title while Georgia Tech QB Josh Nesbitt successfully operates the Yellow Jackets triple-option attack. Photo Courtesy of the Post and Courier
In 2006, Georgia Southern’s new head coach filmed a TV commercial touting his vision of Eagles football.
“There is no option,” intoned Brian VanGorder, declaring his intention to abandon the triple-option offense that had carried the Eagles to seven Southern Conference championships and two national titles under previous coaches Paul Johnson and Mike Sewak.
Continue reading Jeff Hartsell’s article about the new offense here!
Driesell brings hometown product back to Charleston
Former Pinewood Prep star, Kenny Manigault Jr. is returning to his lowcountry roots as a member of The Citadel. The 6'4 point guard will have to sit out the 2010-11 season due to NCAA transfer rules but still has three years of eligibility remaining.
Charleston, S.C.- Head Coach Chuck Driesell grabbed this second NCAA Division I transfer on Thursday with the addition of Kenny Manigault Jr. to The Citadel after one season at Wichita State. Manigault, a 6-foot-4 point guard from nearby Pinewood Prep School, will redshirt the upcoming 2010-11 season due to NCAA transfer guidelines.
Manigault wrapped up a high school career, which included four consecutive South Carolina Independent School Association (SCISA) titles, three All-Region selections and two All-State selections before choosing Wichita State.
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