Bayou Classic coaches Broadway, Mitchell ready for showdown

The 37th annual State Farm Bayou Classic football game featuring Grambling State University and Southern University will take place at the Louisiana Superdome with kickoff scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday in New Orleans. The game will be televised nationally by NBC.

The Bayou Classic series is tied at 18-18 and the overall Southern-Grambling series is led by Southern, 29-28. Grambling has a 8-2 overall record and a 7-1 record in the SWAC Western Division under 4th year Head Coach Rod Broadway. Southern is 2-8 and has...

House, Southern reflect on lost 2010

A simple, narrow tunnel stretches between the playing field at A.W. Mumford Stadium and Southern’s locker room inside the field house. On one side is the equipment room, where players receive their practice gear every afternoon. On the other side is a set of three meeting rooms, separated by folding walls. At the north end, near the locker room, is a set of long, wooden benches.

Players who need medical treatment often sit there, waiting for treatment. This season, free safety Jason House has seen more of those benches than he ever cared to. A preseason All-American who led the nation with 10 interceptions last year, House has missed the last seven games with...

Championship wealth spread throughout SWAC

You want parity? For years — no, decades — the Southwestern Athletic Conference was the wrong place to look for it. Not all teams were created equal, and by Thanksgiving weekend, that was plainly obvious.

Now, however, when it comes to parity, the SWAC is your one-stop shop. Consider this: Over a 27-year stretch from 1977-2003, one of three teams — Jackson State, Southern or Grambling — won or shared the SWAC title 24 times.

No titles at stake in Bayou Classic

There was a time when the winner of the Bayou Classic would play in the SWAC Championship Game. Not this year. Grambling (8-2, 7-1) could have gone to the SWAC title game, but the Tigers lost their last game to Texas Southern and TSU defeated Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Saturday to wrap up the Western Division title.

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