(Stats Perform) - It's right there on South Carolina State's athletics website for all to see - the football schedule includes the Celebration Bowl on Dec. 17 in Atlanta.
The Bulldogs don't seem to be worried about it possibly motivating the MEAC competition.
That SCSU was installed as a prohibitive favorite in the MEAC preseason poll at Friday's media day in Norfolk, Virginia, reinforced it will be hard for anybody to stop a title repeat. The Bulldogs return a veteran lineup from last year's squad, which swept through the conference before it hammered coach Deion Sanders' Jackson State squad 31-10 in the Celebration Bowl.
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