Saturday, September 4, 2010

Offseason of change leads SU to new look, era


Baton Rouge, LA - Neckties. When it came to neckties, the man decided he wouldn’t budge. In the eight months since Stump Mitchell drove to Southern University in his black SUV, he concerned himself with so many changes to the Jaguars football program. Then, in the final days of this hard, boiling-hot preseason at SU, the first-year coach had one more change in mind. He made men’s fashion a top priority.

Friday morning, the Jaguars boarded a plane for Orlando, Fla., site of the MEAC/SWAC Challenge. They begin their first season under Mitchell against Delaware State at 11 a.m. Sunday in Citrus Bowl Stadium, with a national audience watching along on ESPN.

But before they left town, Mitchell notified his players of one more change: No one, he said, is allowed to travel unless...

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