Alcorn Athletics Gears Up for the 2013 Football Season

ALCORN STATE UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL

LORMAN, Mississippi  -- With only five days remaining until the Braves kick off the 2013 season vs. Edward Waters at Jack Spinks-Marino Casem Stadium, Alcorn Athletics promises to give the fans more excitement than ever before.

After his first season as the Braves head coach, Jay Hopson is going to break down game by game on the new and thrilling "Jay Hopson Show" which can be heard on WPRL 91.7 FM Radio every Monday at 6 p.m. beginning August 26 for the entire 2013 football season. Braves fans will have the opportunity to ask Coach Hopson questions by calling 601.877.6595. and sending an email to football@alcorn.edu. You can also follow the "Jay Hopson Show" on twitter @BRAVESSPORTS #CoachHopsonShow.

Our opponents and future opponents should be intimidated by the noise made in Spinks-Casem Stadium. Football Noisemakers will be handed out to the first 1,000 fans during the home opener next weekend. So don't hang around in tailgating too long, get in line early to receive a free noisemaker courtesy of Alcorn Athletics.

Each week following the previous game, fans can go to www.alcornsports.com and read information about the upcoming game, view videos of the offensive and defensive players of the week, and get the opportunity to meet the "New Braves on the Reservation," and much more. The weekly schedule is listed below:

Monday: "Coach Hopson Show"
Tuesday: "Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week and Play of the Week
Wednesday: "One-on-one interviews with position coaches and players
Thursday: "New Braves on the Reservation" and "Throwback Thursday"
Friday: Preview of the Saturday's game
Saturday: Game Day Central
Sunday: Recap of Saturday's Game

So don't miss out on all of the action this 2013 football season as Coach Hopson and his team strive to earn a bid to the SWAC Football Championship Game in Houston.

Game one is only five days away and with classes starting on Monday the Braves will turn their attention to the classroom and Edward Waters this Saturday at 4p.m. Keep up with the Braves day-by-day going into Saturday's game vs. Edward Waters at www.alcornsports.com, on twitter @BRAVESSPORTS #Alcorn Football2013, and instagram ALCORNSTATESPORTS.

ALCORN STATE BRAVES 2013 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

8/31/2013	4:00 PM	Edward Waters	Lorman, MS	H
9/7/2013	TBA	Mississippi State	Starkville, MS	A
High School Day
9/14/2013	2:00 PM	Mississippi Valley State	Lorman, MS	H	*
9/21/2013	6:00 PM	Arkansas Pine-Bluff	Pine Bluff, AR	A	*
9/28/2013	5:00 PM	Alabama State	Montgomery, AL	A	*
Homecoming
10/5/2013	2:00 PM	Warner University	Lorman, MS	H
Circle City Classic
10/12/2013	3:00 PM	Grambling State	Indianapolis, IN	N	*
10/19/2013	2:00 PM	Texas Southern	Houston, TX	A	*
10/26/2013	5:30 PM	Southern	Baton Rouge, LA	A	*
11/2/2013	4:00 PM	Alabama A&M	Lorman, MS	H	*
11/7/2013	6:30 PM	Prairie View	Lorman, MS	H	*
11/16/2013	2:00 PM	Jackson State	Jackson, MS	A	*

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