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NORFOLK — Talking season officially began in the MEAC on Tuesday with the conference’s annual media day.
Representatives from all six teams in the conference — including Norfolk State head coach Dawson Odums and tight end Ikeem Wright and defensive back Devon Allen — all gathered to meet with the media and discuss their outlooks on the 2024 football season.
The Spartans finished 3-8 last season, but Odums believes his team is in the right spot after a good spring and summer.
“It went well,” Odums said of Norfolk State’s summer workouts. “Guys got a chance to come in and bond together. We got ahead with install and it makes it kind easier for us that we got a lot of guys that have played coming back. We thought we picked up right where we left off from spring football. (We’re) just gelling as a team and really working on what is it going to take for us to be successful and just trying to hone in on that over the summer.”
After Norfolk State’s spring game in March, Odums said he felt the Spartans were “just a couple guys away” from being in a spot where they could have lots of success. Ahead of fall camp, which opens Wednesday, Odums feels his roster is “on the right path”.
“We’re still trying to put this puzzle together,” Odums said. “ … If we can keep guys in our locker room together and we can develop, I think that’s the calling card of what I bring to college football and what my history and my legacy has been about — is developing players. It takes time to develop. We’ve been blessed, we’ve kept a lot of our guys and we’ve went through some things together. Now I think guys can draw from those experiences and I think that’s what’s gonna propel us going forward.”
The Spartans were picked to finish fifth in the MEAC preseason poll for the second year in a row on…
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Author : Virginian Pilot
Publish date : 2024-07-23 17:32:00
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