JOHNSON: Grambling reminded everyone why it is the best of the best in the SWAC

NEW ORLEANS -- It is true as it is cliché: To be the best, you have to beat the best.

Grambling — hands down, bar none — has staked its claim as the best program in the Southwestern Athletic Conference by executing that cliché precisely. The Tigers have staked their claim so far down into the Mercedes-Benz Superdome turf that it might be sprouting roots.

Southern tried mightily to rip that stake out and end Grambling’s stranglehold on SWAC supremacy. And, for a moment, there appeared to be some light — a Southern lead in the fourth quarter, a gap between the stake and the ground.

And then — WHAM! — the staggering reality set in. It took all of 85 seconds for that gap to close.

It was frighteningly fast, Grambling’s reminder to Southern that it truly is boss.

A big kick return led to a quick touchdown. Eighty-five seconds after Southern took its only lead, Grambling stole it right back.



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