NEW ORLEANS -- The Next Level: The last play of last year’s Bayou Classic has been on the minds of Grambling players for a year.The Tigers trailed Southern 52-45 when they lined up inside the Jaguars’ 1-yard line with 8 seconds left and no timeouts. Johnathan Williams tried a quarterback sneak, but Southern noseguard Gabe Echols blocked his path and the Jaguars stopped Williams inches short of the goal line.
“I think about it every day,” Grambling defensive lineman Donovan McCray said. “It wasn’t a good feeling losing that game by that many yards — inches, not even yards. I’ll never forget that feeling that we as a team felt.
“It was like somebody stabbed you and took something from you.”
The Jaguars did take something from the Tigers: the Southwestern Athletic Conference West division championship.
“It ended in a tragic way for them and an exciting way for us,” Echols said.
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