Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Southern University football ready to renew rivalry with Jackson State

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana -- The Bayou Classic pitting Southern University and Grambling is still more than a month away. But to Southern coach Dawson Odums, the top rivalry in the SWAC isn't that one, despite all the fanfare and that it's a nationally televised game.

That comes this week when the Jaguars travel to face Jackson State at historic Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium.

"This is an environment you love to coach in,'' Odums said. "There won't be another environment like this. From my take, this is probably the biggest rivalry in the SWAC. When you look at these two teams playing against each other, it's what makes SWAC football SWAC football.

"It's one of those games, more ...



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