Ellington

Instant replay: Jackson State 31, Alcorn State 19: The Tigers win the SWAC East and their first trip to the championship game since 1999. Out-of-town papers: Vicksburg, Biloxi

LSU 41, Ole Miss 24: The Rebels let a chance to upset the top-ranked Tigers slip away.
Out-of-town papers: Vicksburg, Columbus, Biloxi

Arkansas 45, Mississippi State 24: The Bulldogs' waste a lot of offense in loss to Hogs.
Out-of-town papers: Memphis, Little Rock

Southern Miss 56, UTEP 30: The Golden Eagles keep their bowl hopes alive with abuse of Miners.
Out-of-town papers: Hattiesburg, El Paso, Texas, Natchez

Delta State 45, Shaw 7: The Statesmen romp in their playoff opener.
Out-of-town papers: Greenville, Raleigh, N.C.

Mississippi Valley State 28, Savannah State 3: The Delta Devils finally play a team that's worse than they are.
Out-of-town papers: Savannah, Ga.

Previous Comments

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118427

Comment

Great win for JSU, but I don't understand why Alcorn would fire Dr. Johnny Thomas. Before this season, he had six straight winning seasons. I felt that he should've been fired, it would've been after the 2000 season, when the Braves went 0-11. Reminds me of when David Cutcliffe was fired from Ole Miss for having one losing season after having winning seasons in each of his first five seasons (though the firing was more of him not doing what Pete Boone wanted him to do, and that was make changes on the coaching staff).

Author

golden eagle

Date

2007-11-20T11:34:16-06:00