Jaguar Football Notes
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Re: Jaguar Notes
Sept 9th should be a pretty crunk game. I gotta make sure I get down there early. Good luck against BCC, SU.
Sept 9th should be a pretty crunk game. I gotta make sure I get down there early. Good luck against BCC, SU.
G-Man75
Active Member
Re: Jaguar Notes
The running game, the major point of emphasis in preseason camp, failed to impress. The protection on quarterback J.C. Lewis, which was shaky last year, was shaky again.
Even the conditioning, after two-and-a-half weeks of preseason camp, wasn?t up to snuff.
?We didn?t have any standouts,? Southern coach Pete Richardson said after the Jaguars ran about 105 plays in a morning session at A.W. Mumford Stadium.
?We?ve got a long way to go as a football team. We?ve got to work on our conditioning.?:shame: :dead: :splat: :lmao:
The running game, the major point of emphasis in preseason camp, failed to impress. The protection on quarterback J.C. Lewis, which was shaky last year, was shaky again.
Even the conditioning, after two-and-a-half weeks of preseason camp, wasn?t up to snuff.
?We didn?t have any standouts,? Southern coach Pete Richardson said after the Jaguars ran about 105 plays in a morning session at A.W. Mumford Stadium.
?We?ve got a long way to go as a football team. We?ve got to work on our conditioning.?:shame: :dead: :splat: :lmao:
JROCK
Preeminent
Re: Jaguar Notes
Dude.............In the battle for All Times 2003 Silver Anniversary: Quincy Richard mopped up the Dome with big boy........:lol: :emlaugh: In the process won SWAC MVP & BCF MVP. You are delusional. Eugene was good (don't get me wrong)..........However, I'm not prepared to say that he was any better than "Q" or Bama State's "T.J." ( I don't align the stars or decide when a total eclipse happen; it is out of my control) :lol: :emlaugh: He did throw the ball a hell of a lot more :lol: :emlaugh: Hell, I'm not prepared to say he was better than Kint. "Po" Kint just had the unlucky break of having Dumbbell (with the blessings of Get Ready who thought that he was a genius because he coached at a white school :lol: :emlaugh: ) coach him his senior year. Was Eugene a good one? Yes ....... If I had to pick an ALL SWAC 21st Century team the QB(s) would go as follows (thus far.......):
1st Team: Quincy Richard
2nd Team: Tavaris Jackson
3rd Team : Bruce Eugene
G-Man75 said:
Dude.............In the battle for All Times 2003 Silver Anniversary: Quincy Richard mopped up the Dome with big boy........:lol: :emlaugh: In the process won SWAC MVP & BCF MVP. You are delusional. Eugene was good (don't get me wrong)..........However, I'm not prepared to say that he was any better than "Q" or Bama State's "T.J." ( I don't align the stars or decide when a total eclipse happen; it is out of my control) :lol: :emlaugh: He did throw the ball a hell of a lot more :lol: :emlaugh: Hell, I'm not prepared to say he was better than Kint. "Po" Kint just had the unlucky break of having Dumbbell (with the blessings of Get Ready who thought that he was a genius because he coached at a white school :lol: :emlaugh: ) coach him his senior year. Was Eugene a good one? Yes ....... If I had to pick an ALL SWAC 21st Century team the QB(s) would go as follows (thus far.......):
1st Team: Quincy Richard
2nd Team: Tavaris Jackson
3rd Team : Bruce Eugene
G-Man75
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Re: Jaguar Notes
This is some funny siht, I know you don't really believe this.... But I don't expect anything more from you. You will lie to others, lie to yourself, fool yourself, and be dishonest with yourself in order to make anything/anybody from SU look like something.....:shame: :lmao: Eugene threw for 13,513 yards and 140 touchdowns (and ran for another 19 TDs) in his record-busting career.JROCK said:
bluedog
"Leader of Kings"
Re: Jaguar Notes
Bruh crack and that hen don't mix. :shame: Don't forget the 1999 meltdown was the biggest choke job in the history of collegiate football as the world watches Grambling give up a 28pt 1st half lead an goes on to lose to the eventual Inaugural SCG champs.
Southern vs Grambling St. (LA)
Record: 27-26-0 SU leads
The History of the Bayou Classic
Unquestionably the most colorful manifestation in the annals of Black College Football, the annual gridiron clash between Louisiana rivals Southern and Grambling State, affectionately known to the world as the State Farm Bayou Classic, has become one of the most anticipated events in the nation.
This event is an exhibition of the high standards of academic achievement deeply embedded in the traditions of the two institutions. The State Farm Bayou Classic is more than just a football game. It is a unique family fellowship that exists within a football game, which has become in its colorful and glorified history, the greatest, most distinguishable sporting event in all of Black America.
The gridiron match-up between Southern University and Grambling State University, two great Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) rivals, represents the best that collegiate sports have to offer: teamwork, tradition, passion and fierce competition.
The first ever Bayou Classic was played in New Orleans' Tulane Stadium in 1974. There were 76,753 fans in attendance to witness the birth of a unique and treasured pastime. Grambling defeated SU in that contest, 21-0. Southern leads the series 16-14, and Southern University posted an eight-game winning streak that ended in 2001 (the longest in the Bayou Classic Series).
With the game's expansion over the years from Tulane Stadium to the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, LA, the State Farm Bayou Classic, including over 200,000 fans who descend upon the city to take part in the festivities, pumps more than $30 million into the New Orleans economy, annually. From the excitement of a sensational football competition, crowd favorite Battle of the Bands, to the gospel brunch, the event seeks to serve each and every one of its patrons, while assisting future graduates of higher education in locating postgraduate work via the State Farm Bayou Classic Super Job Fair.
State Farm enters its tenth year as title sponsor of the Classic, which only serves to reiterate the pleasure, pride and continued growth of Black College Football's most legendary event.
G-Man75 said:
Bruh crack and that hen don't mix. :shame: Don't forget the 1999 meltdown was the biggest choke job in the history of collegiate football as the world watches Grambling give up a 28pt 1st half lead an goes on to lose to the eventual Inaugural SCG champs.
Southern vs Grambling St. (LA)
Record: 27-26-0 SU leads
The History of the Bayou Classic
Unquestionably the most colorful manifestation in the annals of Black College Football, the annual gridiron clash between Louisiana rivals Southern and Grambling State, affectionately known to the world as the State Farm Bayou Classic, has become one of the most anticipated events in the nation.
This event is an exhibition of the high standards of academic achievement deeply embedded in the traditions of the two institutions. The State Farm Bayou Classic is more than just a football game. It is a unique family fellowship that exists within a football game, which has become in its colorful and glorified history, the greatest, most distinguishable sporting event in all of Black America.
The gridiron match-up between Southern University and Grambling State University, two great Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) rivals, represents the best that collegiate sports have to offer: teamwork, tradition, passion and fierce competition.
The first ever Bayou Classic was played in New Orleans' Tulane Stadium in 1974. There were 76,753 fans in attendance to witness the birth of a unique and treasured pastime. Grambling defeated SU in that contest, 21-0. Southern leads the series 16-14, and Southern University posted an eight-game winning streak that ended in 2001 (the longest in the Bayou Classic Series).
With the game's expansion over the years from Tulane Stadium to the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, LA, the State Farm Bayou Classic, including over 200,000 fans who descend upon the city to take part in the festivities, pumps more than $30 million into the New Orleans economy, annually. From the excitement of a sensational football competition, crowd favorite Battle of the Bands, to the gospel brunch, the event seeks to serve each and every one of its patrons, while assisting future graduates of higher education in locating postgraduate work via the State Farm Bayou Classic Super Job Fair.
State Farm enters its tenth year as title sponsor of the Classic, which only serves to reiterate the pleasure, pride and continued growth of Black College Football's most legendary event.
bluedog
"Leader of Kings"
Re: Jaguar Notes
Richardson frustrated with Jaguars
By JOSEPH SCHIEFELBEIN
Advocate sportswriter
Published: Aug 20, 2006
Southern closed its first major preseason scrimmage Saturday, and it was just as well.
This one was a flop.
Penalties hindered establishing any offensive continuity. The defense gave up too many big plays on third-and-long, a problem the unit had a year ago. The running game, the major point of emphasis in preseason camp, failed to impress. The protection on quarterback J.C. Lewis, which was shaky last year, was shaky again.
Even the conditioning, after two-and-a-half weeks of preseason camp, wasn?t up to snuff.
?We didn?t have any standouts,? Southern coach Pete Richardson said after the Jaguars ran about 105 plays in a morning session at A.W. Mumford Stadium.
?We?ve got a long way to go as a football team. We?ve got to work on our conditioning.?
Unlike the previous two light-weight scrimmages, the first going about 30 plays and the second lasting around 60 on an unlined field, this one had the Jaguars trying to advance down a marked field, with down and distance kept and officials in attendance for the second half of the workout.
Richardson frustrated with Jaguars
By JOSEPH SCHIEFELBEIN
Advocate sportswriter
Published: Aug 20, 2006
Southern closed its first major preseason scrimmage Saturday, and it was just as well.
This one was a flop.
Penalties hindered establishing any offensive continuity. The defense gave up too many big plays on third-and-long, a problem the unit had a year ago. The running game, the major point of emphasis in preseason camp, failed to impress. The protection on quarterback J.C. Lewis, which was shaky last year, was shaky again.
Even the conditioning, after two-and-a-half weeks of preseason camp, wasn?t up to snuff.
?We didn?t have any standouts,? Southern coach Pete Richardson said after the Jaguars ran about 105 plays in a morning session at A.W. Mumford Stadium.
?We?ve got a long way to go as a football team. We?ve got to work on our conditioning.?
Unlike the previous two light-weight scrimmages, the first going about 30 plays and the second lasting around 60 on an unlined field, this one had the Jaguars trying to advance down a marked field, with down and distance kept and officials in attendance for the second half of the workout.
G-Man75
Active Member
Re: Jaguar Notes
Anybody can twist a story and add words with todays technology........ And get off the BC and focus on the GSU/su series. So what you are saying is that only Classic W's and L's count when playing a team regardless of how many times a team has played each other. So I guess PV should just focus on the W's and L's in the State Fair Classic and say to hell with the times back in the day that they beat Grambling?:lmao: Boy I tell you. You SU people with your Georgr W. Bush fuzzy math........ Its funny as hell. Are you, J-Rocks, and PaperJag-BR brothers?:lol:bluedog said:
G-Man75
Active Member
Re: Jaguar Notes
I'm through until the season starts!! Yawl have fun. Remember what happened the last time we got silent on here, and let you su people continue to put your damn foot in your mouths....:lol: Good luck with Radio this year. And, oh yes, an offensive line is essential for running an offense. Hope yawl can get it together in two weeks. Remember you guys are playin BCC not Grambling, so stop implementing GSU plays in your practice sessions already!! And, that real........:shh:
I'm through until the season starts!! Yawl have fun. Remember what happened the last time we got silent on here, and let you su people continue to put your damn foot in your mouths....:lol: Good luck with Radio this year. And, oh yes, an offensive line is essential for running an offense. Hope yawl can get it together in two weeks. Remember you guys are playin BCC not Grambling, so stop implementing GSU plays in your practice sessions already!! And, that real........:shh:
bluedog
"Leader of Kings"
Re: Jaguar Notes
Confident Turner thinking big for SU
By JOSEPH SCHIEFELBEIN
Advocate sportswriter
Published: Aug 21, 2006
Consider the year Southern?s A.J. Turner had.
He established himself all season as one of the best kick return specialists in Division I-AA. Then with the team in a pinch late in the season, he changed spots at wide receiver, and showed, even at 5-foot-7 and 155 pounds, he could be a starter and an every-down player. And he finished the school year by making the semifinals in the 400 meters at the NCAA outdoors national championships.
There might not be a more confident athlete on Southern?s campus this school year. Coaches have found a new level of confidence in Turner, and he?s found a new level in himself in so many different ways.
?By him going to the nationals in track, it elevated his level of play when he got on this field,? Southern wide receivers coach Eric Dooley said. ?He was excited and ready to go for another football season.?
Confident Turner thinking big for SU
By JOSEPH SCHIEFELBEIN
Advocate sportswriter
Published: Aug 21, 2006
Consider the year Southern?s A.J. Turner had.
He established himself all season as one of the best kick return specialists in Division I-AA. Then with the team in a pinch late in the season, he changed spots at wide receiver, and showed, even at 5-foot-7 and 155 pounds, he could be a starter and an every-down player. And he finished the school year by making the semifinals in the 400 meters at the NCAA outdoors national championships.
There might not be a more confident athlete on Southern?s campus this school year. Coaches have found a new level of confidence in Turner, and he?s found a new level in himself in so many different ways.
?By him going to the nationals in track, it elevated his level of play when he got on this field,? Southern wide receivers coach Eric Dooley said. ?He was excited and ready to go for another football season.?
bluedog
"Leader of Kings"
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SU eager to wash away losing season
By JOSEPH SCHIEFELBEIN
Advocate sportswriter
This isn?t really about starting over. This is more about a transition that started somewhere as Southern University lost players at an even higher rate than the Jaguars lost games.
The attrition of more than two dozen players in a season that saw two games canceled in the wake of hurricanes. The first losing season ? 4-5 ? in 13 years of the Pete Richardson dynasty. The growing pains of first-year players forced into action, with the hope against hope that the ripening would happen quickly.
Somewhere in all that, Southern was getting better, testing that youth, remolding its effort and casting aside plenty of dead weight, players who lived on the laurels of others.
This fall, there?s a renewed vigor. You hear it. You see it. You sense it.
?We went 4-5 last year. We gave up like 600 yards (657, including 418 through the air) in the Bayou Classic,? junior strong safety Glenn Bell said. ?If that game and last season doesn?t stand out and make you want to get better, I don?t know what will.?
SU eager to wash away losing season
By JOSEPH SCHIEFELBEIN
Advocate sportswriter
This isn?t really about starting over. This is more about a transition that started somewhere as Southern University lost players at an even higher rate than the Jaguars lost games.
The attrition of more than two dozen players in a season that saw two games canceled in the wake of hurricanes. The first losing season ? 4-5 ? in 13 years of the Pete Richardson dynasty. The growing pains of first-year players forced into action, with the hope against hope that the ripening would happen quickly.
Somewhere in all that, Southern was getting better, testing that youth, remolding its effort and casting aside plenty of dead weight, players who lived on the laurels of others.
This fall, there?s a renewed vigor. You hear it. You see it. You sense it.
?We went 4-5 last year. We gave up like 600 yards (657, including 418 through the air) in the Bayou Classic,? junior strong safety Glenn Bell said. ?If that game and last season doesn?t stand out and make you want to get better, I don?t know what will.?
bluedog
"Leader of Kings"
Re: Jaguar Notes
By George, he’s back
By JOSEPH SCHIEFELBEIN
Advocate sportswriter
Jarmaul George never was that far away.
He kept tabs. He came to games. He made phone calls.
Last season’s slide, with defensive backs pulling down just two interceptions and Southern finishing 4-5, hurt the free safety, even if he wasn’t on the team.
“It felt different,” George said. “The younger guys weren’t coming together. Nobody was leading the right way. The older guys didn’t push. It’s chemistry.”
George, the 2003 Southwestern Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year, was just a few hours drive away at Copiah-LincolnCommunity College.
Being at Co-Lin wasn’t where George wanted to be. He had wanted to be the shepherd to the new unit, which had all new starters last season. But after being ruled ineligible in 2004 at Southern, he transferred from the school a year ago when he feared he wouldn’t be cleared to play.
By George, he’s back
By JOSEPH SCHIEFELBEIN
Advocate sportswriter
Jarmaul George never was that far away.
He kept tabs. He came to games. He made phone calls.
Last season’s slide, with defensive backs pulling down just two interceptions and Southern finishing 4-5, hurt the free safety, even if he wasn’t on the team.
“It felt different,” George said. “The younger guys weren’t coming together. Nobody was leading the right way. The older guys didn’t push. It’s chemistry.”
George, the 2003 Southwestern Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year, was just a few hours drive away at Copiah-LincolnCommunity College.
Being at Co-Lin wasn’t where George wanted to be. He had wanted to be the shepherd to the new unit, which had all new starters last season. But after being ruled ineligible in 2004 at Southern, he transferred from the school a year ago when he feared he wouldn’t be cleared to play.
bluedog
"Leader of Kings"
Re: Jaguar Notes
Gerard uses vast knowledge to lead SU offensive line
By JOSEPH SCHIEFELBEIN
Advocate sportswriter
Published: Aug 22, 2006
The adjustment from center to tackle is, oh, about 50 pounds.
That?s how much Southern University senior Lance Gerard had to put on in the past year, as he made the transition from center or guard to the outside position.
And though his frame took the extra weight well, yes, there are days in this heat when he feels that girth.
?That (weight) helped me a great deal, but I have to work through the heat,? Gerard said.
Gerard is the leader on Southern?s line. He?s also the unit?s ?X? factor because of his intimate knowledge of every spot on the line ? a Swiss Army knife, if you will, for a unit that always likes to cross-train its personnel.
Gerard was recruited out of East St. John High School to play center, and started there in the 2004 Southwestern Athletic Conference Championship with Brandon Jones out with an injury, and he also played guard for the longest time. Then, with last season?s attrition sapping the line, he moved all the way outside to tackle and started on both the right side and left side before going out in mid-October with an injury, a tear of the right pectoral muscle.
Gerard uses vast knowledge to lead SU offensive line
By JOSEPH SCHIEFELBEIN
Advocate sportswriter
Published: Aug 22, 2006
The adjustment from center to tackle is, oh, about 50 pounds.
That?s how much Southern University senior Lance Gerard had to put on in the past year, as he made the transition from center or guard to the outside position.
And though his frame took the extra weight well, yes, there are days in this heat when he feels that girth.
?That (weight) helped me a great deal, but I have to work through the heat,? Gerard said.
Gerard is the leader on Southern?s line. He?s also the unit?s ?X? factor because of his intimate knowledge of every spot on the line ? a Swiss Army knife, if you will, for a unit that always likes to cross-train its personnel.
Gerard was recruited out of East St. John High School to play center, and started there in the 2004 Southwestern Athletic Conference Championship with Brandon Jones out with an injury, and he also played guard for the longest time. Then, with last season?s attrition sapping the line, he moved all the way outside to tackle and started on both the right side and left side before going out in mid-October with an injury, a tear of the right pectoral muscle.
Blacknbengal
Well-Known Member
Re: Jaguar Notes
Weather alters Southern practice
By JOSEPH SCHIEFELBEIN
Advocate sportswriter
Published: Aug 23, 2006
Advocate file photo by Mark Saltz
Southern coach Pete Richardson said quarterback J.C. Lewis looked sharp despite the alterations in the practice schedule caused by the weather.
Afternoon thunderstorms disrupted the Southern University football team’s practice for the second straight day, and precautionary adjustments to today’s schedule are already in the works.
The Jaguars missed about 45 minutes of practice time Monday. Then Tuesday, after the team waited for the rain to turn to a light drizzle, several nearby lightning strikes convinced Southern coach Pete Richardson to call the workout and the team instead broke for dinner and came back later for an indoors walkthrough.
“It hurts as far as installation, but psychologically it’s going to help, because we had a number of people who were beginning to drag and some minor bumps and bruises,” Richardson said as the Jaguars are a week-and-a-half from their Sept. 2 season opener against Bethune-Cookman College in Jacksonville, Fla.
Because afternoon rain has been a mainstay in the area forecast, Richardson said he’s moved today’s scrimmage from a 4 p.m. start to a 6 p.m. start.
“Hopefully, we can get it in tomorrow,” Richardson said.
Richardson said he expects today’s scrimmage to go about 60 plays, with the emphasis on two-minute offense and defense and getting the first units sharper.
“Hopefully, if we can get 60 plays, we’ll be lucky, because out of those 60 plays, some of those individuals are going to be going around 45 plays,” Richardson said.
Avoiding the penalties on both sides of the ball, a bugaboo in Saturday’s major, 105-play scrimmage, is also a concern.
“We have to sharpen up,” Richardson said.
After assessing the film from the scrimmage Saturday, Richardson sounded more upbeat than he was immediately after the workout.
“It always seems a lot worse than it actually is,” Richardson said. “When we looked at the film, we saw some positive things. The first 50 or 60 plays, we played well in spots. We got off to a slow start offensively, but then we started to come on. I was impressed with our third-and-long offense.
“They were able to make up for their silly mistakes, as far as penalties,” Richardson said. “I thought we played well on our short-yardage defense. We’re going to have to improve our short-yardage offense. I was kind of surprised that we didn’t miss a lot of tackles. Of course, I thought our quarterback (J.C. Lewis) was sharp, especially as the scrimmage went on, because we had almost a makeshift (offensive) line.”
Weather alters Southern practice
Seems like Pete has been frustated alot lately.
Weather alters Southern practice
By JOSEPH SCHIEFELBEIN
Advocate sportswriter
Published: Aug 23, 2006
Advocate file photo by Mark Saltz
Southern coach Pete Richardson said quarterback J.C. Lewis looked sharp despite the alterations in the practice schedule caused by the weather.
Afternoon thunderstorms disrupted the Southern University football team’s practice for the second straight day, and precautionary adjustments to today’s schedule are already in the works.
The Jaguars missed about 45 minutes of practice time Monday. Then Tuesday, after the team waited for the rain to turn to a light drizzle, several nearby lightning strikes convinced Southern coach Pete Richardson to call the workout and the team instead broke for dinner and came back later for an indoors walkthrough.
“It hurts as far as installation, but psychologically it’s going to help, because we had a number of people who were beginning to drag and some minor bumps and bruises,” Richardson said as the Jaguars are a week-and-a-half from their Sept. 2 season opener against Bethune-Cookman College in Jacksonville, Fla.
Because afternoon rain has been a mainstay in the area forecast, Richardson said he’s moved today’s scrimmage from a 4 p.m. start to a 6 p.m. start.
“Hopefully, we can get it in tomorrow,” Richardson said.
Richardson said he expects today’s scrimmage to go about 60 plays, with the emphasis on two-minute offense and defense and getting the first units sharper.
“Hopefully, if we can get 60 plays, we’ll be lucky, because out of those 60 plays, some of those individuals are going to be going around 45 plays,” Richardson said.
Avoiding the penalties on both sides of the ball, a bugaboo in Saturday’s major, 105-play scrimmage, is also a concern.
“We have to sharpen up,” Richardson said.
After assessing the film from the scrimmage Saturday, Richardson sounded more upbeat than he was immediately after the workout.
“It always seems a lot worse than it actually is,” Richardson said. “When we looked at the film, we saw some positive things. The first 50 or 60 plays, we played well in spots. We got off to a slow start offensively, but then we started to come on. I was impressed with our third-and-long offense.
“They were able to make up for their silly mistakes, as far as penalties,” Richardson said. “I thought we played well on our short-yardage defense. We’re going to have to improve our short-yardage offense. I was kind of surprised that we didn’t miss a lot of tackles. Of course, I thought our quarterback (J.C. Lewis) was sharp, especially as the scrimmage went on, because we had almost a makeshift (offensive) line.”
Weather alters Southern practice
Seems like Pete has been frustated alot lately.
bluedog
"Leader of Kings"
Re: Jaguar Notes
Southern defense shines in scrimmage
By JOSEPH SCHIEFELBEIN
Advocate sportswriter
Published: Aug 24, 2006
Here?s how the scrimmage went for the Southern University offense Thursday night at A.W. Mumford Stadium:
Clevon White, a walk-on wide receiver, makes an easy catch in the middle of the field and races for an 80-yard touchdown, only to have that nullified because of his own false start.
Kendall Addison, a walk-on running back who recently returned from missing time with an ankle injury, breaks a long run up the right sideline, but cornerback Marcus Wilkerson runs him down at the 5-yard line after the 75-yard jaunt. Then, after a false start backs the unit up 5 yards to the 10, the defense stuffs Addison twice, with Addison fumbling and cornerback Kendall Aguillard scooping up the ball and racing to the other red zone. The reason for the offensive struggles? The defense turned in all the highlights Thursday, as that unit showed dramatic improvement, not just from the final spring scrimmage, but a major scrimmage Saturday.
?Guys played with a lot of intensity,? defensive coordinator Terrence Graves said. ?We knew those guys were going to be fired up, from the locker room. Those guys came out and showed we could play that type of football.?
Southern defense shines in scrimmage
By JOSEPH SCHIEFELBEIN
Advocate sportswriter
Published: Aug 24, 2006
Here?s how the scrimmage went for the Southern University offense Thursday night at A.W. Mumford Stadium:
Clevon White, a walk-on wide receiver, makes an easy catch in the middle of the field and races for an 80-yard touchdown, only to have that nullified because of his own false start.
Kendall Addison, a walk-on running back who recently returned from missing time with an ankle injury, breaks a long run up the right sideline, but cornerback Marcus Wilkerson runs him down at the 5-yard line after the 75-yard jaunt. Then, after a false start backs the unit up 5 yards to the 10, the defense stuffs Addison twice, with Addison fumbling and cornerback Kendall Aguillard scooping up the ball and racing to the other red zone. The reason for the offensive struggles? The defense turned in all the highlights Thursday, as that unit showed dramatic improvement, not just from the final spring scrimmage, but a major scrimmage Saturday.
?Guys played with a lot of intensity,? defensive coordinator Terrence Graves said. ?We knew those guys were going to be fired up, from the locker room. Those guys came out and showed we could play that type of football.?
bluedog
"Leader of Kings"
Re: Jaguar Notes
Southern holds injured RB Nichols out of practice
By JOSEPH SCHIEFELBEIN
Advocate sportswriter
Published: Aug 25, 2006
Southern University junior running back Larry Nichols, who has a groin injury, did not participate in contact drills at practice Thursday after being held out of Wednesday’s scrimmage.
However, Southern coach Pete Richardson said, Nichols should be ready by next week, when the Jaguars open the season against Bethune-Cookman College on Sept. 2 in Jacksonville, Fla.
“He’s still a little ouchy,” Richardson said.
With game week approaching next week, SU wants to take precaution with its top returning running back.
Southern holds injured RB Nichols out of practice
By JOSEPH SCHIEFELBEIN
Advocate sportswriter
Published: Aug 25, 2006
Southern University junior running back Larry Nichols, who has a groin injury, did not participate in contact drills at practice Thursday after being held out of Wednesday’s scrimmage.
However, Southern coach Pete Richardson said, Nichols should be ready by next week, when the Jaguars open the season against Bethune-Cookman College on Sept. 2 in Jacksonville, Fla.
“He’s still a little ouchy,” Richardson said.
With game week approaching next week, SU wants to take precaution with its top returning running back.
bluedog
"Leader of Kings"
Re: Jaguar Notes
Schiefelbein: SU’s Williams ready to take the next step
By JOSEPH SCHIEFELBEIN
Advocate sportswriter
Published: Aug 25, 2006
Michael Williams always had this air of maturity about him, visible pretty much from the first day he arrived on Southern University’s campus. And three years later, it’s hard to think of him as still just a sophomore.
Yep, just a sophomore.
Last season — with 49 tackles, four pass breakups and one interception — confirmed the promise Williams showed as he redshirted in 2004.
This season is all about building on that experience.
“Mike is coming along fine. He has his confidence,” said Southern coach Pete Richardson, also the team’s defensive backs coach. “He went through the process last year, so he’s a different type of football player this year.”
Schiefelbein: SU’s Williams ready to take the next step
By JOSEPH SCHIEFELBEIN
Advocate sportswriter
Published: Aug 25, 2006
Michael Williams always had this air of maturity about him, visible pretty much from the first day he arrived on Southern University’s campus. And three years later, it’s hard to think of him as still just a sophomore.
Yep, just a sophomore.
Last season — with 49 tackles, four pass breakups and one interception — confirmed the promise Williams showed as he redshirted in 2004.
This season is all about building on that experience.
“Mike is coming along fine. He has his confidence,” said Southern coach Pete Richardson, also the team’s defensive backs coach. “He went through the process last year, so he’s a different type of football player this year.”