East: Things looking up for Southern — yes, really

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana -- As the Southern football team reports Sunday for the start of preseason camp, things are looking up around campus.

Yeah, several players are academically ineligible.

Yeah, it’s unclear who will be in the athletic director’s office when the first practice takes place Monday.

And, sure, it’s not certain where that first practice will be.

But things really are looking up when you put the start of this camp in the context of the recent past surrounding the Jaguars, who generally have responded well to adversity.

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