Grambling heads into conference play at 0-3

GRAMBLING, Louisiana  -- With all the off-the-field discussion surrounding Grambling and Jackson State from 2013, there’s still an actual football game to be played.

Both coaches — Grambling’s Broderick Fobbs and Jackson State’s Harold Jackson — were peppered with questions about Grambling’s boycott last season that put a dent in JSU’s homecoming plans last October.

Saturday’s SWAC opener will be the earliest meeting for the two teams since 2008 when they also met in the fourth game of the season. Grambling won the contest amid a seven-game win streak against Jackson State from 2005-2011.

Jackson State’s last win over Grambling before 2012 and the 2013 boycott came in 2004 when its program was a lot like Grambling’s now, entering the game with three wins in two seasons.

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