SC State vs. UCF knights SEASON OPENER

In the season opener, South Carolina State took their talents to "the city beautiful" or as most people think of it "the home of Disneyworld" the one and only Orlando, Florida. On September 3rd SC State was set to play the University of Central Florida, home of the knights.

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Perhaps the turn out of this game came as a surprise to most. UCF went completely defeated last season, ending with a record of 0-12, (yes that's right I said 0-12) literally a season that I'm sure no fan would ever forget. However, changes were made on and off the field for the knights, being a native of Orlando, Florida I was able to see first hand how things we working behind the scenes with stremuous summer workouts for the players, on top of an intense pre-season, also changes among the leadership and coaching staff took place as well. so the knights for sure cleaned up their mess to be sure not to have another season like their last.

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In the matchup between SC State and UCF, the bulldogs fell, putting no points at all on the board to a 38-0 loss against the knights, what you would call a complete shutout. However, although the bulldogs didn't have much to show for it on the scoreboard, they actually did a hell of a job defending the knights, especially in the first half. The knights points added up on the scoreboard due to field goals because the SC State defense just would let up and let them into the end zone.
Leading in stats for SC State was Caleb York, SC State first string QB finishing with 15-35 for a total of 134 yards passing and 10 carries for 38 yards, its evident that offense needs much help. Leading for UCF was J. Holman in passing yards who was 14-28 for a total of 193 yards and 2 TD's (just as bad as C. York, besides the TD's in my opinion) and T.Smith with 4 receptions totaling for 65 yards and a TD.


Final Point: I feel as though SC State could have done better, this team was the bottom of the barrel last season and SC State is re- building the foundation as well on both sides of the ball after losing many senior players last season but I feel as though, if It was a later season game the bulldogs would have pulled it out. They would've had more time to get the feel of how chemistry works amongst themselves and had a better handle out on the field, just overall better results. So that's all for now, catch next weeks coverage as SC State takes their talents to Ruston, Louisiana to face the bulldogs of Louisiana Tech.