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EPJr
September 22nd, 2010, 09:21 AM
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The Jags saw many firsts on Saturday. Their first Division I-AA (FCS) opponent and their first deficit were cheif among them. However, the one first that Coach Jones and the Jaguar faithful were most proud and grateful to see what the teams reaction was going to be to those two firsts. I will definitely be among the first to say, I was pleased.
http://videos.al.com/mobile-press-register/2010/09/time_lapse_video_see_entire_us.html
Last seasons finale saw the closest any team had come to leading the Jaguars and they fell about two or three yards short. The Jags then responded to them with a 98 yard drive to open up the scoring against Huntingdon. On Saturday, Coach Charlie Stubbs and the Nicholls State Colonels succeded in being the first team to lead the Jags.

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The Jags received the ball to begin the game, but only gained 19 yards in four plays before being forced to punt. Nicholls State started their possession on their own 21 yard line. After getting down to the Jaguar 33 yard line, Nicholls State faced a fourth and one situation. The Colonels would score on a 33 yard run by Jesse Turner on that fourth down play, to put the Jags in their first deficit of the football programs’ short history. The drive covered 79 yard over five plays and 2:26 off of the game clock.

http://www.thunderjags.com/2010/09/19/south-alabama-downs-nicholls-state-39-21/

GoAgs72
September 22nd, 2010, 10:27 AM
South Alabama has an ambitious time line - playing an all FBS schedule, I believe, in 2013.

TexasTerror
September 22nd, 2010, 10:30 AM
South Alabama has an ambitious time line - playing an all FBS schedule, I believe, in 2013.

Let's keep in mind that they have been playing some form of football for awhile and really building up their program. It is not ambitious in the least bit. They want to be competitive in the Sun Belt in '13 as in having a chance to win the league. They are not playing around.

Sly Fox
September 22nd, 2010, 11:07 AM
USA is tough to compare to any of the other startups. But by all indications they are clicking on all cylinders quickly.

PS - The time lapse of the game would've been much better if the camera had been mounted on the other side of the stadium so we could see a crowd instead of a bunch of empty bleachers. Yeah, I know he shot it from the pressbox. Just sayin'.