East: Forgot those FBS blowouts — Southern had as good of an opening month as anyone could hope for

ATHENS, Georgia — Realistically, September couldn’t have gone any better than it did for Southern.

Sure, it began with a lopsided loss (62-15 at Louisiana Tech) and ended with another (48-6 at No. 7 Georgia on Saturday).

But this month and this season were never going to be judged by the outcome of those games, which earned the Jaguars a cool $1 million combined.

That’s a big boost to Southern’s bottom line, and the football bottom line is looking pretty good, too.

That’s because the Jaguars sandwiched two Southwestern Athletic Conference victories — 50-13 at Mississippi Valley State and 50-31 against Jackson State in the lone home game to date — between those games against Football Bowl Subdivision foes.

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