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Weekly Look Back & Look Forward: Heading to Week 10
Last week was a tough week for the college football teams in Mississippi. Nearly every team lost but Ole Miss and Belhaven. It was the type of week you just want to forget about but if you missed any of last week's action you can pick up the current issue of the JFP and read the round up or [follow this link][1]. Things don't get any easier this week for college football teams in Mississippi. Southern Miss is still searching for win one, Mississippi State faces a tough test in Texas A&M and Ole Miss will look to avoid a blowout against Georgia.
Bowl Hopes & Undefeated Tests with Week 10 Picks
The quest for six wins for 70 teams continues this week. Currently there are 42 teams that are bowl eligible and five of those teams are undefeated and still in play for the national championship. Ohio State is also undefeated but unable to play for the title due to NCAA sanctions. Speaking of teams not able to play in a bowl game, there are 25 teams unable to play in a bowl game currently due to seven losses, NCAA sanctions or moving from FCS to FBS transition.
Clarion-Ledger Punts on Election Coverage
If Mississippians read the Sunday edition of the state's allegedly largest newspaper two days before the presidential election, you get nothing of substance about how the election affects our state.
Group Rallies to Demand Bryant Retract Statement on Voter ID
Members of Voting Rights for All MS and the state chapter of the ACLU gathered on the second-floor rotunda inside the Capitol today at 1 p.m. to demand Gov. Phil Bryant retract recent comments about voter ID that the group believes could mislead voters. A petition at Signon.org has received …
Eagles Hope to Put Another Nail in the Saints Playoff Coffin
Monday night football, tonight, will end the debate of who has been more underachieving in the NFC this season. New Orleans (2-5) faces Philadelphia (3-4) in a game many would have thought before the season was a playoff preview. That was before the Saints stumbled out of the gate losing their first four games and the Eagles lost four of their last five games. Now both of these teams come into this game knowing that loss could damage their their playoff hopes beyond repair.
Stinker Quote of the Week: Election Edition
One could assume that given the GOP's fervor in pursuing voter ID laws across the nation, the party would trumpet "substantiated" cases from the rooftops. But, alas, no one can seem to find them.
JFP Guide to Watching the Results Tonight
Nate Silver at Five Thirty Eight gives Obama a 91% chance of winning tonight; PPP, a left-leaning pollster, predicts over 300 electoral votes for Obama. But others show the race closer, and the Electoral College race could be nail-biter, based on all sorts of factor such as weather, long lines, …
Banks: 'My Taxes Are Paid'
Don't trust everything you hear. Make sure "reliable sources" are actually reliable.
Black and Brown Vote Suppression in Scott County?
Bill Chandler, the director of the Mississippi Immigrant Rights Alliance, is reporting that the Scott County Circuit Clerk's office may have mishandled the voter registration forms of approximately 200 people, mostly Latinos and African Americans. Chandler said MIRA, a which advocates from immigrants in Mississippi, registered 320 new voters in …
Live Blog: Obama Re-Elected
6:00 p.m. Final polls in Indiana/Kentucky. Polls close in Virginia. (They also close in Georgia, South Carolina and Vermont.) Bernie Sanders has won re-election in Vermont; Virginia Senate race too close to call. NBC calls Indiana for Romney; Democrat Joe Donnelly has slight lead with 7% reporting. 6:42 p.m. West …
Siemens Brings Playtime to Stewpot House
Siemens helped to bring a little ray of sunshine to the children of Stewpot’s Flowers House.
What inspires you?
For our Question o' the Week this week, we asked a simple question in social media. We got an amazing line-up of answers in 24 hours. Please feel free to log in and post your answers below as well. Lindsey Lee My kids. So cheesy, but true... Jason Stanfield Great …
Are You Having Mortgage Troubles?
Attend a free event to help distressed homeowners at risk of foreclosure.
Jackson State meets Arkansas-Pine Bluff for 2012 SWAC Football Championship Saturday
When [Jackson State][1] (7-4)meets Arkansas-Pine Bluff (9-2) in the SWAC Football Championship Game this Saturday the Tigers will be looking for their first conference title since 2007 and to add to their 16th conference titles. Only [Southern][2] with 17 titles and [Grambling State][3] with 23 titles have more SWAC titles than JSU.
Women's Progress Nonexistent at the Top
"Once again the needle barely budged for women aspiring to top business leadership."
Doug Anderson Resigns Hinds Board
Hinds County District 2 Supervisor Doug Anderson has resigned from the board. Anderson, who has been in poor health since suffering two small strokes over the summer, often missed board meetings and rarely spoke when he did attend. A former state lawmaker in the Mississippi House and Senate, Anderson joined …