Thursday, October 8, 2015

SCSU Bulldogs take on B-CU Wildcats in ESPNU primetime main event tonight


ORANGEBURG, South Carolina -- If you only look at the Bethune-Cookman University athletics website this week, you might think you are reading about a major wrestling event that is taking place tonight at the B-CU football stadium in Daytona Beach, Fla.

With headlines like “Blackout as Cats host Dogs at The Cage,” it sounds more like a nationally televised WWE pay-per-view event!

Instead, it is a college football meeting at 7:30 p.m. between two Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference rivals, South Carolina State (2-2 overall, 1-0 in MEAC play) and Bethune-Cookman (4-1 overall, 2-0 in MEAC play), in a game that will be shown live on ESPNU.

The host Wildcats do play in Municipal Stadium, which they call The Cage, and BCU athletics is asking for all B-CU supporters to wear black clothing for a unified blackout look in the stands.

So the headlines do make sense. In fact, with the two teams having split (3-3) when playing in Daytona Beach during the last 14 seasons, the game could have the feel of a back-and-forth wrestling match that could end with one team jumping off the top rope to take the win in the final seconds.

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