BATON ROUGE, Louisiana -- Late in the fourth quarter of last season’s Bayou Classic, the Southern University football team had two chances to ice the game and secure the win.
Grambling was threatening in the red zone with just more than two minutes remaining. Having already racked up more than 300 yards through the air, the Tigers opted to pass the ball on both first and second down.
Southern had a chance to snag both balls out of the air and all but end the contest. Instead, the Jaguars committed pass interference and gave up a touchdown, allowing to the Tigers to pull within five and eventually face a game-winning drive.
Luckily for Southern, the Jaguars held on to secure the 38-33 win the Bayou Classic, but the incident was just one example of a season full of headaches in the secondary for Jaguars coach Dawson Odums.
“If you watch the Grambling game from last year, we had a chance to end the game — we dropped two picks, and they end up scoring seven,” Odums said. “So we were looking for playmakers. We’re looking for guys that will hit people back there, and we’re looking for attitude. We think we got that.”
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