Alabama State's mental fatigue proves costly

MONTGOMERY, Alabama -- It's a game they had prepared for all summer.

Alabama State head coach Brian Jenkins said there were so many people who asked him if his team was ready for weeks.

The opponent: Tuskegee. The mission: win.

The Hornets couldn't complete that mission, taking what was for them a shocking 14-6 loss to the Tigers on Saturday.

The Hornets dominated the stat sheet, except for perhaps the most important number on the contest besides the final score. Alabama State committed 17 penalties for 156 yards.

Jenkins kept asking the same question following Saturday's game: "How?"

"I told my guys that the team that would win this game would be the one with the most discipline and played with detail," Jenkins said. "We didn't do that. That's the thing. Look at the stats. We're not making any excuses. We just didn't get it done."



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