Jackson, MS - It's become a tradition for Charles Bishop. As soon as Jackson State releases its football schedule each year, he picks up the phone, dials a Birmingham hotel and books his room for the weekend of the Southwestern Athletic Conference championship football game.
Nine times out of the last dozen years, JSU didn't qualify for the title game, and Bishop had to call back six or so months later to cancel. This year, he didn't have to wait nearly that long. "I had to call the other day," Bishop said earlier this week.
Jackson State's banishment from this season's league championship game has been a powerful punch in the gut to diehard fans like Bishop. It's been a disappointing shock wave to players who signed with the school in February. They're all feeling the sting of the SWAC's ruling last week to make the Tigers ineligible for the 2011 title game - a decision that conformed with the NCAA's postseason ban, placed on JSU for low academic performance.
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2011-2012 JACKSON STATE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
Date Opponent / Event Location Time
09/03/11 Concordia (Selma, AL) *MVMS 1:30 p.m. CT
09/10/11 vs. Tennessee State Memphis, TN 6:00 p.m. CT
09/17/11 at Southern Baton Rouge, LA TBA
09/24/11 vs. Alabama State *MVMS 4:00 p.m. CT
10/01/11 vs. Texas Southern *MVMS 4:00 p.m. CT
10/08/11 vs. Arkansas - Pine Bluff *MVMS 4:00 p.m. CT
10/15/11 at Mississippi Valley State Itta Bena, MS 2:00 p.m. CT
10/29/11 at Prairie View A&M Shreveport, LA 4:00 p.m. CT
11/05/11 vs. Grambling State *MVMS 2:00 p.m. CT
11/12/11 at Alabama A&M Huntsville, AL 1:00 p.m. CT
11/19/11 vs. Alcorn State *MVMS 1:00 p.m. CT
*MVMS (Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium)
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