Jeremy Anderson
Associate Editor
The Tigers of Jackson State University will host the Tigers of Grambling State University this Saturday on Oct.3 in Jackson.
This will be the second year of GSU’s mandate to visit Jackson three consecutive years following the Homecoming fiasco of 2013.
For those who don’t remember, GSU was scheduled to be JSU’s opponent for the 2013 Homecoming game, but due to a boycotting from the football players, the game never happened.
Complaints about mold on the shoulder pads, a decrepit weight room, and extremely long bus rides led to the Grambling players refusing to travel to Jackson.
Grambling was fined an undisclosed amount and was forced to travel to Jackson for three consecutive years as a result of the forfeit.
Last year, GSU gained its first win of the season in Veterans Memorial Stadium against Jackson State. The GSU victory sparked a win streak of seven games, including a conference game against the eventual champions of the Southwestern Athletic Conference, Alcorn State University.
GSU was one game away from an appearance in the SWAC Championship last year and was picked in the preseason polls to find a spot in Houston this year.
So far this year, Grambling looks poised for another strong season.
Similar to many teams in the SWAC, GSU opened up their season with a loss to a Football Bowl Division opponent, the California-Berkley Golden Bears.
GSU then lost 56-53 to the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats, a formidable opponent from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.
GSU then opened conference play with a 34-10 win against Alabama State and 70-54 win against Prairie View A&M in the State Fair Classic in Dallas. Against Prairie View, GSU quarterback Jonathan Williams passed for 429 yards and seven touchdowns
Jackson State picked up its first win last week against Texas Southern.
In a closely contested matchup, JSU won its fifth consecutive game against TSU by a score of 34-30.
Quarterback La Montiez Ivy passed for 370 yards and three touchdowns to lift JSU to the win.
Of Ivy’s three touchdowns, receivers Devin Fosselman and Dan Williams each caught one of them while hauling in over 100 receiving yards for the night.
Ivy and his receivers will need to have another big game on Saturday against one of the SWAC’s best offenses in Grambling.
Although Grambling does score a lot, they are also giving up an average of over 48 points a game.
Look for a high-scoring game with heavy passing attacks this Saturday at 6 p.m. in Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium.
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