Southern Jaguars open camp focused on the future

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana -- The Southern University football team reports to camp Wednesday exactly 248 days since the Jaguars walked off the field at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome following a 34-23 loss to Grambling State.

The loss put to rest arguably one of the most frustrating seasons since coach Dawson Odums took over the team in 2013 with Southern winning consecutive games just once all year.

Since then, there’s been little relief from the memory.

Odums said he doesn't yet know what this team is capable of after spending another spring under the thumb of NCAA sanctions due to insufficient Academic Progress Rates

But the past is the past and Odums and the Jaguars are ready to start focusing on the future.

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