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October 15th, 2007, 11:57 AM
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Tiger's stay focused dispite all the distractions surrounding game. (http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071014/SPORTS030101/710140386/1073)
BATON ROUGE - The Jackson State football team was seemingly oblivious to various distractions leading into Saturday night's game against Southern University.
First the Sonic Boom was coming. Then it wasn't. Then it was again.
Coach Rick Comegy was given a written reprimand from the Southwestern Athletic Conference on Wednesday for comments concerning the atmosphere around Southern football games.
But the Tigers didn't blink.
Never was that resolve more evident than when JSU weathered comeback after comeback by the Jaguars en route to a 32-26 victory before an announced 24,600 at A.W. Mumford Stadium
JSU Defense steal's show. (http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071014/SPORTS030101/710140390/1073)
SWAC Commish cancel's trip to UAPB/GRAM to check out SU/JSU atmosphere personally. (http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071014/SPORTS030101/710140371/1073)
BATON ROUGE — Duer Sharp just had to see for himself.
The Southwestern Athletic Conference interim commissioner was scheduled to be in Little Rock, Ark., to watch Arkansas-Pine Bluff host Grambling on Saturday. But then came the situation with Jackson State coach Rick Comegy calling the environment around Southern football games "hostile" and expressing concerns over bringing family.
Sharp ended up giving Comegy a written reprimand, but decided to attend the Jackson State-Southern game to see if there was any truth to the statements.
"You hear so many things, but to actually have first-hand experience and actually be at the game ... ," Sharp said, "I just wanted to be here. After everything ... it's probably best that I be here."
Tiger's stay focused dispite all the distractions surrounding game. (http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071014/SPORTS030101/710140386/1073)
BATON ROUGE - The Jackson State football team was seemingly oblivious to various distractions leading into Saturday night's game against Southern University.
First the Sonic Boom was coming. Then it wasn't. Then it was again.
Coach Rick Comegy was given a written reprimand from the Southwestern Athletic Conference on Wednesday for comments concerning the atmosphere around Southern football games.
But the Tigers didn't blink.
Never was that resolve more evident than when JSU weathered comeback after comeback by the Jaguars en route to a 32-26 victory before an announced 24,600 at A.W. Mumford Stadium
JSU Defense steal's show. (http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071014/SPORTS030101/710140390/1073)
SWAC Commish cancel's trip to UAPB/GRAM to check out SU/JSU atmosphere personally. (http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071014/SPORTS030101/710140371/1073)
BATON ROUGE — Duer Sharp just had to see for himself.
The Southwestern Athletic Conference interim commissioner was scheduled to be in Little Rock, Ark., to watch Arkansas-Pine Bluff host Grambling on Saturday. But then came the situation with Jackson State coach Rick Comegy calling the environment around Southern football games "hostile" and expressing concerns over bringing family.
Sharp ended up giving Comegy a written reprimand, but decided to attend the Jackson State-Southern game to see if there was any truth to the statements.
"You hear so many things, but to actually have first-hand experience and actually be at the game ... ," Sharp said, "I just wanted to be here. After everything ... it's probably best that I be here."