COLUMBIA — Shawn Elliott won’t have to guess what The Citadel’s players will be thinking when they arrive at Williams-Brice Stadium this weekend. South Carolina’s interim head coach will know it from firsthand experience.
WHO: The Citadel at South Carolina
WHEN: Saturday, noon
WHERE: Williams-Brice Stadium, Columbia
RADIO: WWIK 98.9-FM
RECORDS: The Citadel 7-3, USC 3-7
Elliott was a defensive end at Appalachian State when the Mountaineers were Southern Conference stable mates with the Bulldogs, and a national power in what is now called Football Championship Subdivision. And he’s well familiar with the mindset a smaller-college player takes into a game against a major-conference foe.