Southern University coach Dawson Odums to fans: Be loud and obnoxious
By Trey Iles, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune NOLA.com
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on September 15, 2015 at 5:15 PM, updated September 15, 2015 at 6:03 PM
Southern University coach Dawson Odums had a succinct message for Jaguars fans regarding the team's home opener against Jackson State this Saturday. Bring your A game.
"Be loud and obnoxious,'' Odums said during his weekly press conference Tuesday. "I've been at some places where we had home field advantage and when (the opposing team) got off the bus they were already down 14 points. That's the kind of atmosphere we have to create (Saturday) at A.W. Mumford Stadium. We have the kind of fans to create that.''
Southern and Jackson State meet Saturday at A.W. Mumford Stadium at 5 p.m. in a SWAC contest. That's the innocuous pronouncement of what will transpire.
In reality, this game means more to the fans, the players, the universities than most people know.
When the casual sports fan thinks of Southern football, it usually associates it with Grambling and the Bayou Classic.
The teams have squared off since the middle 1970s in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome the Saturday after Thanksgiving. It's a rivalry noted by American football fans as much as Alabama-Auburn, Michigan-Ohio State or USC-UCLA. It's shown on NBC so there's national television coverage.
And the battle of the bands along with the halftime show is worth the price of admission.
But if you ask Southern fans, you might get a surprising answer to whom they think is their chief SWAC rival. Many believe it's Jackson State.
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By Trey Iles, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune NOLA.com
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on September 15, 2015 at 5:15 PM, updated September 15, 2015 at 6:03 PM
Southern University coach Dawson Odums had a succinct message for Jaguars fans regarding the team's home opener against Jackson State this Saturday. Bring your A game.
"Be loud and obnoxious,'' Odums said during his weekly press conference Tuesday. "I've been at some places where we had home field advantage and when (the opposing team) got off the bus they were already down 14 points. That's the kind of atmosphere we have to create (Saturday) at A.W. Mumford Stadium. We have the kind of fans to create that.''
Southern and Jackson State meet Saturday at A.W. Mumford Stadium at 5 p.m. in a SWAC contest. That's the innocuous pronouncement of what will transpire.
In reality, this game means more to the fans, the players, the universities than most people know.
When the casual sports fan thinks of Southern football, it usually associates it with Grambling and the Bayou Classic.
The teams have squared off since the middle 1970s in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome the Saturday after Thanksgiving. It's a rivalry noted by American football fans as much as Alabama-Auburn, Michigan-Ohio State or USC-UCLA. It's shown on NBC so there's national television coverage.
And the battle of the bands along with the halftime show is worth the price of admission.
But if you ask Southern fans, you might get a surprising answer to whom they think is their chief SWAC rival. Many believe it's Jackson State.
http://www.nola.com/southern-university/index.ssf/2015/09/southern_university_coach_daws_5.html
