Southern University defense should be even better in 2014, LB Javon Allen said

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana  -- After the first three games of the 2013 season, the Southern University defense was shell-shocked. The Jaguars had allowed Houston, Northwestern State and Prairie View 1,806 yards and 176 points.

That's an average of 602 yards and 58.6 points, both numbers, at the time, near the bottom of theSWAC and FCS schools.

Southern came out of that stretch 1-2 as the Jaguars offense was able to outgun Prairie View, 62-59, in overtime.

But linebacker Javon Allen, a Karr graduate, said there was no panic on the defense. Head coach Dawson Odums didn't want to blow things up and continued to believe in his unit.

"The problem was that we were getting in position but just a step behind,'' Odums said.

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