Southern University football faces Texas Southern in key SWAC game

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana -- Texas Southern found itself in the role of spoiler last weekend when the Tigers traveled to play Grambling. The focus on the college football world was on the Grambling football team, which was coming off a players’ boycott of its game with Jackson State the previous week.

The players returned to the field last week and were sort of the sentimental favorites because of the stand they had taken.

But Texas Southern threw cold water on that, taking down Grambling, 23-17, in overtime.

“We knew there were going to be a lot of emotions in this game,’’ Texas Southern coach Darrell Asberry said. “When we walked into the stadium you could feel a different type of atmosphere and a different Grambling football team. They came out and played hard.

“Both teams played hard and the game could have gone either way. It was a good win for the program and it’s over now. We have to move on.’’

The Tigers can again play spoilers this week but ...

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