How is it that a team that went 4-7 in 2011, with just two Southern Conference wins, can not only win its first two league games this season but beat Georgia Southern and Appalachian State back to back?
That’s what The Citadel (3-1, 2-0 SoCon) did and this weekend the No. 15-ranked Bulldogs are looking for their first 3-0 SoCon start since 1992. They will try for that third win Saturday night at Johnson Hagood Stadium against the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (1-3, 0-1).
The simple answer to the Bulldogs’ fast start is that they’re better, Mocs coach Russ Huesman said.
“They’re doing a great job with their offense, they know what they want to do and after the third year in [the triple option] I think they have better athletes than I’ve seen in a long time at The Citadel,” Huesman said.
The Citadel’s SoCon wins last season were its 28-27 come-from-behind victory at UTC, rallying from 27-0 down, and a 36-7 thumping of Western Carolina. Bulldogs coach Kevin Higgins said the win over the Mocs last season had a lasting effect.