Southern University football has put aside its 2013 championship season and is ready for 2014

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana  --  The 2013 SWAC football championship trophy still shines brightly on the campus of Southern University. But to Jaguars coach Dawson Odums and the 2014 squad, it's ancient history.

When the Jaguars arrived back from winning the SWAC title in Houston in December of 2013, Odums let the players enjoy it until the end of the semester. But he told them before the Christmas break that when they returned for the spring semester to start preparing for 2014 and put the 2013 season in the rearview mirror.

With the 2014 campaign at the doorstep, mission accomplished, said Odums, who led Southern to the SWAC title in his first full season as the head coach.

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