Tuesday, September 22, 2015

JSU’s Jackson ignores critics, focuses on next game

JACKSON, Mississippi -- The first season of Harold Jackson’s tenure as Jackson State coach was so tumultuous there was a change.org petition, which called for the firing of Jackson and then-athletic director Vivian Fuller.

The petition had 831 supporters.

Another petition, which had 424 supporters as of 3 p.m. on Monday, calling for Jackson’s job popped up following the Tigers’ 50-31 loss to Southern in their SWAC opener this past weekend.

“Harold Jackson Has (sic) turned Jackson State Universities (sic) football team into a laughingstock,” wrote Tim Jones, who created both petitions.

That’s some of the outside noise Jackson is trying to drown out after JSU, which hosts Texas Southern this weekend, fell to 0-3 for the first time since 2009 this past weekend.



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