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Bethune-Cookman Wildcats 2018 Football Preview

BCU’s best player, quarterback Akevious Williams might not even play due to injury. This game has all the makings of a big mismatch.

Admit it. A month ago, you didn’t know much of anything about Bethune-Cookman University. A handful knew about their award-winning band, especially with the Netflix series “Marching Orders” debuting this fall, but the football program? Probably not.

Bethune-Cookman is considered a Historically Black College and University, playing football in division 1-AA’s Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). BCU has won the MEAC football championship five times this decade, including four straight from 2012 through 2015. This season, BCU is 4-4 with wins against Virginia-Lynchburg (79-16), Savannah State (35-20), Mississippi Valley State (41-27) and South Carolina State (28-26). The Wildcats have lost to Tennessee State (34-3), Florida Atlantic (49-24), Howard (41-35) and North Carolina A&T State (35-10).

Against BCU’s only one division 1-A opponent this season, the Wildcats quickly fell behind Florida Atlantic 29-0 by the end of the first quarter, giving up four touchdowns on the ground. FAU rushed for 376 yards that day; they are tied with Nebraska in terms of rushing yardage with 1,539 yards rushing in FAU’s seven games this season. It sounds as if Bethune-Cookman plans to treat this week as if it were an exhibition game to get some younger players some experience.

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