With area Division I teams not set to debut for another week, it's left to the Division II teams to kick off the college football season. The Bowie State Bulldogs will be in Pennsylvania this Saturday for a non-conference game at fellow D-II school Slippery Rock.
Bowie State comes into play with new head coach Damon Wilson, a 2000 graduate of the school and a former assistant coach at Prairie View A&M. Wilson has found a defense largely intact from last season but an offense now turned over to sophomore quarterback Andre Johnson and running back Tariq Jones.
A Bulldog that Slippery Rock won't have to contend with is running back Issac Redman, already familiar to professional football fans in western Pennsylvania as the early wunderkind of the Pittsburgh Steelers preseason.
The Bulldogs were ranked the 7th of 12 teams in a preseason poll of CIAA conference coaches. Slippery Rock gained about the same midlevel result in its comparable conference so a close game could be in the offing. Start time is set for 7 p.m. with game audio available courtesy of Slippery Rock on MSASportsNetwork.com.Labels: bowie state bulldogs, college football, sports
