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... believe it or not, there is only one home game left for The Citadel football team this year and continuing continuing with , The team held a pep rally thursday night, bonfire and all...

CHARLESTON, S.C.- The Citadel Basketball team completed an intrasquad scrimmage on Thursday afternoon at McAlister Field House, allowing fans a chance to preview the 2009-10 team. The 19th annual "Meet the Bulldogs" was highlighted by a 46-24 victory in favor of the White squad.

Charleston, S.C. - The Citadel Volleyball team hosts a pair of weekend matches with Georgia Southern and Davidson, looking to avenge road losses suffered in the first half of the schedule. Georgia Southern visits McAlister Field House on Saturday evening, at 8:05 pm, followed by an afternoon matinee against Davidson on Sunday at 2 p.m.

CHARLESTON, SC-They burned the Wofford flag, set piles of wood on fire, lit fireworks into the night sky and crammed pie after pie down their throats.  The Citadel football team knows how to have fun that’s for sure. They also know how to win, judging by their two game win streak heading into Saturday’s match up with the Terriers, the final home game of the season for Kevin Higgins and the Boys.

A battle flag that traveled to Iowa with a Union soldier at the end of the Civil War will soon be taking a $75,000 trip home to South Carolina.  This is believed to be the original 'Big Red,' the flag flown on Jan. 9, 1861, when Citadel cadets fired on the Star of the West.  The red palmetto flag -- believed to be the one that flew over Morris Island on Jan. 9, 1861, when a battery of Citadel cadets fired on the supply ship Star of the West -- will require special and expensive care, said Ted Curtis, a 1964 Citadel graduate and chairman of an alumni committee that researched the flag's authenticity.

The College of Charleston and Western Carolina were picked to win their respective divisions and College of Charleston junior guard Andrew Goudelock was named preseason player of the year in a vote by Southern Conference head coaches announced Thursday.  Charleston received eight first-place votes to lead the way in the South Division. Wofford, with three first-place votes, was second and perennial SoCon power Davidson was third in the voting and received one first-place vote. The Citadel was fourth, followed by Furman and Georgia Southern.

The Citadel Alumni Association has launched an ambitious fundraising campaign to bring Big Red home.  Big Red is the official spirit flag of the South Carolina Corps of Cadets. The original Big Red flew over Morris Island during the firing upon the Union cargo ship Star of the West by Citadel cadets. The Civil War-era flag with an inward facing crescent was recently discovered in an Iowa museum collection.

Sometime during the Citadel-Wofford game on Saturday, folks in the stands will be serenaded by piano music from the heavens. In more ways than one. Andy Solomon, El Cid's associate athletic director, says it probably will be the first time classical music has ever been played at a college football game. But even more interesting is the story behind the music...

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- A trucking executive is the newest member of the South Carolina Department of Transportation Board.  Ken Willingham takes over the at-large spot on the board from Tee Hooper of Greenville, who served for six years. 
Willingham is president of Thompson Trucking Company Inc. in Charleston. He has a civil engineering degree from The Citadel and worked for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and military police after college. He also has served on several Charleston-area transportation boards.

Spartanburg, S.C. - Bulldog soccer's head coach Bob Winch tabbed the 2009 SoCon Women's Soccer Coach of the Year, the Southern Conference announced on Wednesday.  Winch guided The Citadel to yet another historical season after winning their first SoCon game in program history in 2008. This season, Winch coached the Bulldogs to a school record of eight points and a ninth place finish in the SoCon, the highest SoCon finish in program history.

Charleston, S.C. - The Citadel Football will welcome the Wofford Terriers to Johnson Hagood Stadium for Homecoming on Saturday, Nov. 7. The game will kick off before a live televised audience at 3:05 p.m. and can be viewed on SportSouth. Bulldog fans can also listen to the game live on Bulldog Insider at www.CitadelSports.com or on ESPN Radio 910 The Team with the Voice of the Bulldogs Darren Goldwater and color analyst Walt Nadzak.

Charleston, S.C. - Bulldog football players Jeremy Buncum and Ryan Keiper were named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District Team for the 2009-2010 football season on Thursday. Both players made the First Team University Division in District 3 and will automatically advance to the national ballot as an opportunity for further recognition.

Charleston, S.C. - Cross town and Southern Conference rival College of Charleston ended a season-long three game winning streak by The Citadel by scores of 25-18, 25-16, 25-15 on Wednesday night at McAlister Field House.

--Citadel women's soccer coach Bob Winch was named the Southern Conference women's soccer coach of the year. 
This season, Winch coached the Bulldogs to a school record eight points (5-12-2, 2-7-2 SoCon) and a ninth-place finish in the SoCon, the highest SoCon finish in program history.

... With the cool weather, it is a great time to visit our public parks, the College of Charleston campus or The Citadel and the historic plantations. You can adopt many good ideas from these landscapes.

Where did The Citadel's values go? The Citadel's values went to the boardroom and the battleground. They are on the front lines and front porches. From the bridges of ships and to the construction of highways and viaducts. They are in all facets of our daily lives.  Unfortunately, a few have forgotten their values and have brought discredit to themselves and their beloved institution. As always they will be dealt with in a manner consistent with the situation at hand by The Citadel.

When he left Sumter to attend The Citadel in Charleston in the early 19080s, he did so as Timmy Jones, a good — but self-admittedly — not great high school baseball player.  When his time was up at The Citadel in 1985, he left the military school as Tim Jones, a college All-American, a second-round draft pick of the St. Louis Cardinals — and future Major League Baseball player.

In preseason football practice, Citadel defenders are not allowed to hit the quarterback under any circumstances.  But defensive end Milford Scott was so eager to make an impact that whenever he got within two yards of a QB, he'd shout "Sack! Sack!"

SPARTANBURG, S.C. - College of Charleston and Western Carolina are the favorites to capture the Southern Conference's divisional men's basketball titles in 2009-10, according to a vote by the leagues head coaches. CofC junior guard Andrew Goudelock was also named the SoCon Preseason Player of the Year.

Charleston, S.C. - The Citadel Volleyball team will meet cross town rival College of Charleston on Wednesday night, with a three-game winning streak on the line when the Bulldogs take the court. Game time is set for 7 p.m. at McAlister Field House.

Charleston Southern placed 11th (304-625), led by Olivia Jordan-Higgins, who tied for third at 146 (72-74). The Citadel was 14th (330-669).

Charleston, S.C.-The Citadel Basketball team will host the 19th Annual "Meet the Bulldogs" on Thursday, Nov. 5 at 4:15 p.m. in McAlister Field House. The event allows fans to meet and greet the 2009-10 Citadel Bulldogs while catching the 20-minute Blue-White intrasquad scrimmage.

Inspired by his father, Dr. Benjamin Burris ('94) became an orthodontist. In return, Dr. A.G. "Skeet" Burris is carrying on his son's legacy. ...The younger Burris grew up in Beaufort then went to The Citadel for a degree in marine biology. After spending a year New Zealand following graduation, he decided to take a different career path -- orthodontics. He earned his degree from University of Tennessee in Memphis and settled just across the state line in Jonesboro. ...

The Citadel will take visitors on a journey to the center of our Galaxy when it unveils two unprecedented mural-sized images of the Milky Way’s core as seen by three of NASA’s space-based observatories.  The images are being released this month by NASA in observance of the International Year of Astronomy in 2009, which celebrates the 400th anniversary of Galileo turning a telescope to the heavens.

The only person to coach men's basketball and serve as athletic director at three different Division I schools said Tuesday that he has spoken to Coastal Carolina about the opening atop its athletic department.  Les Robinson, who has served in both capacities at N.C. State, The Citadel and East Tennessee State, has interest in becoming the next athletic director at Coastal. He was contacted through intermediaries about the position but has yet to have a formal interview, he said.

Spartanburg, S.C. - The Citadel wrestling team was picked to finish fourth by the Southern Conference coaches on Wednesday.  Odie Delaney, the reigning SoCon Champion and NCAA qualifier was named to the Preseason All-Conference Team for the 197-pound weight class. Delaney went 5-0 in SoCon play a year ago and won the SoCon Championships en route to competing at the NCAA Championships in St. Louis.

For those wondering, The Citadel's fourth-team quarterback is Brian Hill, a 5-10, 175-pound freshman from Irmo High School.  But after back-to-back games in which the Bulldogs' No. 2 and No. 3 quarterbacks have carried The Citadel to victory, football coach Kevin Higgins is hoping he won't have to dig deeper into the depth chart against Wofford this week.

Charleston, S.C. - The Bulldog Golf team has traveled to Pinehurst, N.C. for the Pinehurst Challenge hosted by Southern Conference opponent the College of Charleston. The two-day event, to be held Monday and Tuesday, will be played on 18-holes each by 15 teams.

CHARLESTON, S.C.--The release of the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll gives fans and alumni of The Citadel basketball program a unique opportunity in the 2009-10 season. Two teams on the Bulldogs slate, Michigan State and West Virginia, will begin the season ranked in the Top 10 of the poll.

Disgusted does not seem to be an adequate word. The recent conduct of Citadel cadets both downtown and in Watts Barracks deserves a more contemptible description, but it escapes this old grad. Such conduct might be expected of students attending a civilian college, but rarely at that.