The Citadel Bulldogs football

maybe not the voice of the Citadel Bulldogs, but maybe some of the most energy I could be able to take credit for.

Lucas Ferrer bringing you here beyond the barracks with, of course, head coach Marie Strait and the Citadel football team coach.

Pleasure to be aboard with this show here.

So,

obviously in this first segment, recapping the trip down to Macon with a ranked Mercer team leading at the half, but unfortunately dropping at 28-19.

Just your general takeaways from the performance in the Bulldogs down in Macon.

Yeah, well, it started with the week of preparation.

We had a good week of preparation.

And we're back with more of Beyond the Barracks after this.

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Brian Giffin, the radio voice of the Citadel.

That's Citadel football right now.

Right.

The Bulldogs got to figure out a way not to beat the Bulldogs.

Honestly.

Johnson, hey, good stadium.

Take it on the Citadel.

Citadel's been one of the stranger teams all year because obviously they just played A&M, but they have an FBS win against Charlotte back in week two.

They also beat South Carolina State and Chennis Berry, who I just said is the number one defense in the country.

They're all over the place this year.

They're catching 18 and a half against Tennessee Tech.

Give me the points in the Citadel.

They got pride.

They haven't done that in decades, Elko said in his press conference.

Those two shutouts came against Missouri State and the Citadel, who certainly the last time they pitched multiple shutouts were both FCS teams.

Missouri State actually is not an FCS team.

They play like one, but they're not.

Citadel definitely is.

And I thought it was a fun matchup.

The fake Army Bowl, Citadel versus the Corps of Cadets.

Obviously, Citadel a far more real Army matchup.

It is Monday, and we are back at Buffalo Wild Wings in Mount Pleasant for another edition of Beyond the Barracks.

Brian Giffin, the radio voice of the Citadel Bulldogs, and, of course, the head coach of the Citadel Bulldogs, Maury Strayton, sitting right across from me now.

Just got back from, obviously, a pretty eventful trip out to Texas.

These games, you know, the game against Texas A&M, these games kind of are a different cut than what you're playing most weeks.

We pumped in crowd noise.

And we executed it during the week, and we were able to execute it on game day.

So the Dogs lose that one 41-0.

And, again, it's not overly shocking.

What is going on, everybody? Tony Catalina here, live from Kyle Field, alongside Cade Drawn, gig him 24-7, just after Texas A&M's big-time win over the Citadel.

A game that kind of we saw a little bit of everything, whether it was offense, defense, some young guys, some old guys, people making plays.

Ultimately, I think it's a game that we all thought was going to go the way it did.

What are your thoughts, Cade, in this game?

Yeah, I mean, it was definitely good vibes today.

I don't think you can really take like a big statement out of this game, both on the offensive and defensive side, just because of the opponent, the FCS opponent that they played today in the Citadel.

Obviously, you know, with the talent that Texas A&M has, whether they're a good or bad SEC level team, you should, you know, every single year when you play a opponent like this, you should see this results, putting up 41 points, pitching a shutout, getting some of your important starters, some rest, some guys that were banged up a little bit, dealing with some nagging injuries, get them a chance to kind of rest a little bit heading into Tuscaloosa next week.

And then also see some of your younger guys who don't get a lot of chances to go out there and play.

Yeah, they're bad.

Um, this is a team that lost to The Citadel, um, a, an FCS team, and not a real great FCS team.

Um, it's a rough go of it, uh, for I believe T- who is it? Tim Albin down there in Charlotte.

Just no talent.

Uh, this next team, we, I cannot figure out.

It is ETSU picking up a win against The Citadel.

Two teams that really you can't figure out, but hey.

Number 24, ETSU now 5-2, 3-0 in the Southern Conference.

They overcame a 30-minute weather delay and early 10-point deficit on Saturday afternoon at Sansom Field in Johnson Haygood Stadium, rattling off 34 unanswered points to defeat The Citadel, who are now 2-4 and 0-3 in the SoCon, 34-16.

The victory marks the Buccaneers' seventh consecutive Southern Conference victory dating back to last season, their longest conference winning streak since the '95-'96 campaign.

The ETSU defense was fantastic.

They recorded a se- season high five sacks, forced two fumble recoveries, one return for a touchdown, a blocked punt for a score as well, only allowing 120 yards on the opening quarter.