BATON ROUGE, Louisiana -- Darrius Coleman is team-oriented. Selfless. Without a personal agenda. He wants the best for others, not just himself.
To that end, here was Coleman, a senior running back, with his final opportunity to play college football, on the sideline Friday night at Reliant Stadium in Houston. Again, just where he was during so many games last season.
Nevertheless, Coleman hoped his teammate Kylum Favorite would keep an early drive against FBS opponent Houston going. But after the freshman had a devastating fumble early in the first quarter, Coleman got the call to take over.
“Me and Ky were working on high and tight (ball protection drills) as our main thing this summer, so when it happened I was kind of disappointed — but then again just excited to get in the game and play football,” Coleman said.
In a 62-13 loss, Southern had ...
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Instead, because of lightning in the area, the Jaguars were forced to practice on the third floor of the football operations building.
“We’ll put the guys through a walk-through today,” Odums said.
“We’ll have meetings with the offense and defense and just make it a mental work-day for the guys.”
Odums and his staff have placed particular emphasis on the defensive lineman and outside linebackers in this week’s practice, with Odums working extensively on how to defend the Demons’ read-option offensive attack.
“We expect to see ...
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