Who is Savannah State? (67.5 dogs to OKST tomorrow)

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OSU hosts Savannah State on Sept. 1, and there is no pleasant way to put this. Savannah State will be the worst opponent the Cowboys have ever played, at least going back to World War I. I can’t speak for some of the teacher colleges of the Woodrow Wilson era. But Savannah State will be the worst in at least 90 years.

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Savannah State is a Division I-AA program in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Savannah State joined the MEAC for the 2010 season and was independent the eight years before that. Before 2002, Savannah State was NCAA Division II, the level at which Central Oklahoma and Southwestern State play.

Here are Savannah State’s season records going backwards from 2011: 1-10, 1-10, 2-8, 5-7, 1-9, 3-8, 0-11, 2-8, 0-12, 1-9, 2-7, 2-8. That’s 12 seasons in the 2000s, with 20 total victories.

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Savannah State has beaten Morris Brown, Miles, Edward Waters, Livingstone and North Carolina Central twice. Savannah State has beaten Winston-Salem State, Clark Atlanta, Concordia College, Webber International, Johnson C. Smith, Morehouse, Norfolk State, Allen, South Carolina State and Fort Valley State once each.

In 2011, Savannah State lost 59-3 to Bethune-Cookman, 45-3 to Norfolk State, 47-7 to Florida A&M, 44-17 to Morgan State, 41-6 to Appalachian State and 63-6 to Southeastern Louisiana.

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