Orangeburg, SC – SC State will begin preparing for the 2012 football season Thursday (Aug. 2) when players report to the campus for orientation, team seminars and physicals. The Bulldogs will conduct their first practice Friday (Aug. 3) – in shorts and helmets -- at 7 p.m.
Coach Buddy Pough's team will hold its annual “Press and Picture Day” Saturday (Aug. 4), beginning at 9 a.m. at O.C. Dawson Stadium before conducting its second preseason workout at 7 p.m. The team will take Sunday off before resuming practice Monday (Aug. 6) at 7 p.m. Single workouts in shorts and helmets will also be held Tuesday (Aug. 7) at 7 p.m. and Wednesday (Aug. 8) at 9 a.m.
Two-a-day practices, on an alternating basis, begin Thursday (Aug. 9), with the morning workout set for 9. That workout will be the first in full pads. Thursday's evening practice will begin at 7:30. The first preseason scrimmage will be held Saturday, Aug. 11, at 7 p.m. and will be preceded by a walkthrough earlier in the day at 10 a.m.
The team's annual “Meet the Players Day,” sponsored by The STATE Club, will be held August 18th at 12:30 p.m. and will be preceded by the second preseason scrimmage at 10 a.m.
The Bulldogs open their 11-game 2012 schedule Aug. 30 in a 7:30 p.m. Thursday night contest at Georgia State in Atlanta. It marks the second straight Thursday night season opener for Pough's team, which has been picked to finish second in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference in a preseason poll of head coaches and sports information directors. SC State's home opener is Sept. 8 against Bethune-Cookman, beginning at 6 p.m.
2012 Bulldog Preseason Football Information
Thursday Aug. 2 Players report/Orientation/Seminars/Physicals
Team Meeting/Sports Information – 7:30 p.m.
Friday Aug. 3 Practice #1 – 7 p.m. (shorts & helmets)
Saturday Aug. 4 Media & Picture Day – 9 a.m. O.C. Dawson Stadium
Practice #2 (shorts & helmets) – 7 p.m.
Sunday Aug. 5 No Practice
Monday Aug. 6 Practice #3 (shells) – 7 p.m.
Tuesday Aug. 7 Practice #4 (shells) – 7 p.m.
Wednesday Aug. 8 Practice #5 (shells) – 9 a.m.
Thursday Aug. 9 Two-a-day Practices Begin
Practice #6 (full pads) -- 9 a.m.
Practice #7 (shells) – 7:30 p.m.
Friday Aug. 10 Practice #8 (full pads) – 9 a.m.
Saturday Aug. 11 Practice #9 (walk thru) – 10 a.m.
Practice #10 (scrimmage 1– full pads) – 7 p.m.
Sunday Aug. 12 No Practice
Monday Aug. 13 Two-a-day Practices
Practice 11 (full pads) – 6:50 a.m.
Practice 12 (shells) – 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday Aug. 14 Practice #13 (full pads) – 9 a.m.
Wednesday Aug. 15 Two-a-day Practices
Practice 14 (full pads) – 6:50 a.m.
Practice 15 (shells) – 7:10 p.m.
Thursday Aug. 16 Practice 16 (full pads) – 9 a.m.
Friday Aug. 17 Two-a-day Practices
Practice #17 (full pads) – 6:50 a.m.
Practice #18 (shells) – 7:30 p.m.
Saturday Aug. 18 Practice #19 (Scrimmage 2 – full pads) – 10 a.m.
“Meet the Players” Day – 12:30 p.m.
Sunday Aug. 19 No Practice
Monday Aug. 20 Two-a-day Practices
Practice #20 (full pads) – 6:50 a.m.
Practice #21 (shells) – 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday Aug. 21 Classes Begin, No Practice
Rally on the Square (Downtown Orangeburg) – 6:30 p.m.
*In-season practice schedule begins Aug. 22 (times vary
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