BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- The intimacy of SWAC Media Day does not allow for distance to smooth out any awkwardness, which is why Jackson State's Harold Jackson and Mississippi Valley State's Rick Comegy spent 35 minutes Friday sitting next to each other on a stage inside a Marriott banquet room.Their respective schools' tables were also placed caddy-corner to each other, which meant the two could have watched the other talk about the Tigers and Delta Devils all morning long. They were fine, shaking hands and appearing to be at least cordial. But it's still a bit odd since we're only into Year 2 of this weirdness, in which Jackson State fired Comegy, hired Jackson and then watched as the perennially-struggling Valley program brought Comegy to Itta Bena.
It was a heck of a hire: Comegy had a 55-35 record in eight years at Jackson State, winning four West division championships and the entire SWAC in 2007. And while MVSU won only two games in 2014, one of them was against Jackson State. Jackson said he believes JSU fans are not ...
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