Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Excitement building as Bayou Classic nears

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana  -- Southern football coach Dawson Odums said it’s easy to tell when Bayou Classic week arrives.

“It’s the requests for tickets and the interest from fans,” he said. “Now that it’s here, I can start dealing with that. I try not to until it’s here.”

It is here, and the 40th Bayou Classic between the Jaguars and Southwestern Athletic Conference West Division rival Grambling looms at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.

“You can sense it,” defensive end Kadeem Lewis said. “It’s the Bayou Classic. A lot of people think the Bayou Classic is the championship in the SWAC.”

It’s not, but the Jaguars will be in that game, too — a Dec. 7 matchup with East Division champion Jackson State in Houston.

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