Alcorn State running back Jacorian Sewell (28) is brought down by the Southern defense during the Southern vs. Alcorn State University football game on Saturday, October 19, 2024. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Southern football team's victory last week against Alcorn State was its most complete performance of the season and a long time coming.
The feeling around the Southern locker room is to continue a slow, steady build to become the Jaguars' “best selves.” That’s the mission when Southern hits the road to tackle reigning Black college national champion Florida A&M at Bragg Stadium in Tallahassee, Florida, at 6 p.m.
Saturday. The game will stream on ESPN+. The confidence boost Southern (4-3, 3-0 SWAC) received is being treated as a means rather than an end.
With five conference games remaining, a measured response is better than a headlong rush. “Yes (we feel confidence growing), but I don’t want us to get too complacent,” Southern linebacker Vincent Paige said. “(We want to) stay hungry.
People giving us pats on the back now are the same ones who were saying we need to fire coach Graves and the staff. We remember that.” The Jaguars have emerged as a West Division favorite, but the race is far from over and the Rattlers are way more than a simple stumbling block.
They dropped a frustrating 35-21 loss to Jackson State last week in a game they led until the four-minute mark in the fourth quarter. “They’re a well-coach.
