Thursday, October 18, 2012

Southern University ready for pivotal SWAC football game

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana  --  Southern University interim football coach Dawson Odums said he knew Saturday’s game against Arkansas-Pine Bluff was big when he noticed the number of players filtering in and out of the football complex Sunday and Monday. The Jaguars (3-3, 2-2 Southwestern Athletic Conference) play host to Pine Bluff (4-2, 3-1) in a game for first place in the West Division on Saturday at 6 p.m.

It’s quite a change from last month, when the Jaguars fell to 0-2 after a loss to lowly Mississippi Valley 6-0. The next day, Southern forced Stump Mitchell to step down as head coach and promoted Odums, the defensive coordinator.

Since then, Southern is 3-1 and finds itself in the thick of the SWAC race.

“I take my hat off to the staff and the young men who have rallied to get to this point,’’ Odums said. “This is the first time I’ve seen so many guys come up to do extra film work and get extra information. But winning does that. We’re excited about where we are and we’re excited about where the young men are with their focus.’’

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