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"Leader of Kings"
Malveaux opening some eyes

By JOSEPH SCHIEFELBEIN
Advocate sportswriter
Published: Aug 13, 2006

The reason Southern didn?t need a goal line to do goal-line work Saturday morning at A.W. Mumford Stadium was because linebacker Johnathan Malveaux kept getting into the backfield ? with eye-opening ferocity ? to either smother a running back or submarine him.

?He can make some big hits because of his speed,? Southern coach Pete Richardson said. ?We have to have someone step forward on that defense to put some life in them when they get fatigued, make some plays to keep them going.?

Malveaux?s hits came among the seven ?goal-line? plays that finished a scrimmage that already had featured 60 plays from locations all over the field.

Unlike a scrimmage Thursday morning when the Jaguars concentrated heavily on the running game, this workout showed more balance. This time, there were 32 passes thrown. However, SU concentrated mostly on its short passing game.
 
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Southern receiver Del Roberts transferred from North Carolina
a year after a collarbone injury ended his freshman season.



Roberts brings excitement to SU

By JOSEPH SCHIEFELBEIN
Advocate sportswriter
Published: Aug 13, 2006

Del Roberts was in no position to celebrate North Carolina’s dramatic 31-28 upset over then-No. 4 Miami on Oct. 30, 2004.

Though he had kick-started a huge party in Chapel Hill, N.C., by returning the opening kickoff 39 yards to set up a touchdown and precious momentum, his freshman season was over by the time Connor Barth’s 42-yard game-winning field goal sailed through as time expired.

His 12-yard return to the 20-yard line with about two-and-a-half minutes to play set up that game-winning drive, but Roberts came away with a broken collarbone.

Following a medical redshirt season a year ago, Roberts transferred to Southern in the spring to rekindle his career.

“Del brings some excitement,” Southern coach Pete Richardson said. “He’s very crafty. Once he gets his hands on it, he’s going to make people miss.”

Roberts’ transfer is one of the reasons the future looks so bright for the wide receivers at Southern — even with the loss of four players from the program since spring.
 



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MightyDog said:
Just don't play anymore night games.
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:splat: :splat: :splat: :splat: :splat: This is an SU thread, why do you have to bring up a player from AAMU. You are worser then UAPBpower. You bring Johnny Baldwin's name up more then UAPBpower do with Mickey Dean.
 
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Jag-BR said:
:splat: :splat: :splat: :splat: :splat: This is an SU thread, why do you have to bring up a player from AAMU. You are worser then UAPBpower. You bring Johnny Baldwin's name up more then UAPBpower do with Mickey Dean.
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Do you know who JB is? And this should be moved to the Smack Board.
 
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SU's Brooks back to shine for Jaguars

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By JOSEPH SCHIEFELBEIN
Advocate sportswriter
Published: Aug 14, 2006

Consider the burden on Southern linebacker D.J. Brooks last season.

Asked to be the leader of the linebacking corps at the eagle (middle) position, Brooks had all of four tackles’ worth of experience to go by.

But that was four more than Maurice Runnels, who was trying to rekindle his collegiate career, or true freshmen like Johnathan Malveaux or Donald Steele.

“Anybody who plays eagle linebacker for me, it’s a tough, tough, tough assignment,” Southern defensive coordinator/linebackers coach Terrence Graves said. “And D.J. stepped up. He became a leader. He came into his own. He was a little reluctant at first, but as time went on, he saw I was going to keep the pressure on him to lead.

“In our system, He has to take charge, make other guys better. &hellip He progressively got better as the year went on, and it carried over (since then).”

Brooks returns this season after adding 63 more tackles — second on the team last season and the most of any returning tackler — to his résumé.
 
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Jaguars guard Tatum finds comfort zone

By JOSEPH SCHIEFELBEIN
Advocate sportswriter
Published: Aug 15, 2006

The foundation for Southern University senior left guard Wyatt Tatum?s solid preseason camp these days was set in March and April during spring practice.

That?s when Tatum got moved from the left side to the right side. His task was to fill the void left at a spot dominated for three-plus seasons by Lunda Wells.

In the spring, Tatum, who started a handful of games at right guard last season in his first year after transferring from Pearl River Community College, had to begin the process of finding a comfort zone, starting with getting used to the left-handed stance.

?Last year, I was a little rocky,? Tatum said. ?But I came in during the spring and did a lot better. I hit the weights hard. I?m doing a lot better. I worked on my technique and skills. There?s always room for improvement.?

Being in better shape has helped. A year ago, Tatum reported at 306 pounds. After getting down to 274 in the spring, he?s about 290, looking strong, in preseason camp.
 
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bluedog said:
Jaguars guard Tatum finds comfort zone

By JOSEPH SCHIEFELBEIN
Advocate sportswriter
Published: Aug 15, 2006

The foundation for Southern University senior left guard Wyatt Tatum?s solid preseason camp these days was set in March and April during spring practice.

That?s when Tatum got moved from the left side to the right side. His task was to fill the void left at a spot dominated for three-plus seasons by Lunda Wells.

In the spring, Tatum, who started a handful of games at right guard last season in his first year after transferring from Pearl River Community College, had to begin the process of finding a comfort zone, starting with getting used to the left-handed stance.

?Last year, I was a little rocky,? Tatum said. ?But I came in during the spring and did a lot better. I hit the weights hard. I?m doing a lot better. I worked on my technique and skills. There?s always room for improvement.?

Being in better shape has helped. A year ago, Tatum reported at 306 pounds. After getting down to 274 in the spring, he?s about 290, looking strong, in preseason camp.
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I'm glad to see that the RB is in the process of being with us. :eek: :eek:
 
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Richardson likes early chemistry
Competitions heating up at SU

By JOSEPH SCHIEFELBEIN
Advocate sportswriter
Published: Aug 16, 2006

Camp Richardson XIV will continue all the way through next week, but today signals an important change.

First, school begins and the student-athletes will have to be students again. Second, Southern has now been in preseason camp a full two weeks.

“We still have a ways to go as far as installation,” Southern coach Pete Richardson said. “We’re still in the process of getting through camp, getting the right people in the right spots.”

Even so, what’s the assessment thus far?

What coaches have liked: Added depth on the offensive and defensive lines, better competition, solid chemistry.

What coaches haven’t liked: Lack of depth at linebacker, which has been taxed by injuries lately; the inconsistency and sometimes slow progress of young players.
 
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Still, no fullback. :shame: :shame: :shame:

No mention of ball control offense with a fullback and tight ends.......
 
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Jaguar94 said:
Still, no fullback. :shame: :shame: :shame:

No mention of ball control offense with a fullback and tight ends.......
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SU has never reallyhad a bonified fullback that I can remember during the Richardson era. SU will not be a team that is going to pound the ball, because that isn't their game. They usually win by capitalizing on the opponents mistakes and the big play. Don't think we will be seeing a bruising back at SU this year.
 
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G-Man75 said:
SU has never reallyhad a bonified fullback that I can remember during the Richardson era. SU will not be a team that is going to pound the ball, because that isn't their game. They usually win by capitalizing on the opponents mistakes and the big play. Don't think we will be seeing a bruising back at SU this year.
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Well you should remember the guy on the front row in the middle. He must have ran over at least eight different Grambling DB's during his career.

Then again I wouldn't want to remember him either.


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St. Helena Central High
Head Coach: Alden Foster AKA "Bull"
 



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G-Man75 said:
SU has never reallyhad a bonified fullback that I can remember during the Richardson era. SU will not be a team that is going to pound the ball, because that isn't their game. They usually win by capitalizing on the opponents mistakes and the big play. Don't think we will be seeing a bruising back at SU this year.
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:lmao: :lmao: You will see! :nod:
 
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Southern defensive line making progress

By JOSEPH SCHIEFELBEIN
Advocate sportswriter
Published: Aug 17, 2006

One of the biggest concerns Southern had going into this preseason camp — and, indeed, will still have all this season — rests in its defensive line.

Along the defensive front four, the Jaguars have two converted linebackers at the ends, Lionel Howard and Vincent Lands, and have a host of other promising, but unproven, tackles in the middle.

So far in preseason camp the unit has made substantial progress.

The competition inside at the tackles has been strong, with players swapping almost by the day if not by the drill. And the improvement of former offensive lineman Allen Hauer and the addition of true freshman Jowelle Bullock has given Southern much-needed depth at the ends.

The defensive line had six seniors, including end Joe Sykes, a Washington Redskins free-agent signee, among eight players in its two-deep chart at the close of last season. The top returning sack specialist is sophomore safety Toyin Akinwale, who had 3 1/2 off blitzes.
 
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Schiefelbein: Newcomers make their mark quickly

By JOSEPH SCHIEFELBEIN
Advocate sportswriter
Published: Aug 17, 2006

Landing a player like Ramon Chinyoung is already paying dividends at Southern.

First, he’s eligible. Second, he’s good. Third, he came to preseason camp ready to compete.

Even if this cartoon-loving true freshman doesn’t start, he’s making the Jaguars better.

Junior center Demarcus Stewart said as much the other day when he talked about how he started coasting at the end of spring practice, knowing he was the team’s main option, but now how he could feel the push of Chinyoung, an all-stater from Texas.

The coinciding elements of depth and competition — both from fresh faces and from veterans who have returned in better shape, with better knowledge and better resolve — will make Southern a better football team.

The element of players buying into the team was sorely lacking a year ago, when the Jaguars went 4-5.

“The individual knows if he sloughs off, the other individual is going to take over,” Southern head coach Pete Richardson said.
 
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bluedog said:
The top returning sack specialist is sophomore safety Toyin Akinwale, who had 3 1/2 off blitzes.
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Interesting!
 
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bluedog said:
...the future looks so bright for the wide receivers at Southern — even with the loss of four players from the program since spring.
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Riveting!
 
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bluedog said:
Lack of depth at linebacker, which has been taxed by injuries lately; the inconsistency and sometimes slow progress of young players.
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Intriguing!
 
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bluedog said:
SU's Brooks back to shine for Jaguars

SUBROOKS.jpg


By JOSEPH SCHIEFELBEIN
Advocate sportswriter
Published: Aug 14, 2006

Consider the burden on Southern linebacker D.J. Brooks last season.

Asked to be the leader of the linebacking corps at the eagle (middle) position, Brooks had all of four tackles? worth of experience to go by.

But that was four more than Maurice Runnels, who was trying to rekindle his collegiate career, or true freshmen like Johnathan Malveaux or Donald Steele.

?Anybody who plays eagle linebacker for me, it?s a tough, tough, tough assignment,? Southern defensive coordinator/linebackers coach Terrence Graves said. ?And D.J. stepped up. He became a leader. He came into his own. He was a little reluctant at first, but as time went on, he saw I was going to keep the pressure on him to lead.

?In our system, He has to take charge, make other guys better. &hellip He progressively got better as the year went on, and it carried over (since then).?

Brooks returns this season after adding 63 more tackles ? second on the team last season and the most of any returning tackler ? to his r?sum?.
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I was watching the highlight tape of Ab Kuuan and noticed him running in a linebacker's chest during the BC last year. Was that Brooks?
 
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MikeBigg said:
I was watching the highlight tape of Ab Kuuan and noticed him running in a linebacker's chest during the BC last year. Was that Brooks?
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Very funny MB............If you would actually attend some games you would have seen that for yourself. LOL
 
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Once again, some of you idiots don't know the difference between smack talk and sports talk...if your dissatisfaction with Southern University is so grand, whyTF are you here? This thread is titled, Jaguar Notes. Take your assinine comments to the smack board, where they may be deemed appropriate. This is the final warning...the HNIC will be notified next and your user name will be banned.
 
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