Armani Fryer
MC Contributor/Staff
Coming off of a road win against University of Arkansas Pine Blue, the 1-3 Jackson State University Tigers will face off against he 0-4 Mississippi Valley State University Devils at the Veterans Memorial Stadium in Jackson, Miss. on Oct. 1.
Jackson State leads the Southwestern Athletic Conference East Division, while Mississippi Valley sits in 4th place.
After starting the season 0-3, the Tigers won their 1st game 32-20 against the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. Those previous three games, the Tigers struggled.
Hughes heads into the match-up against the Devils with the confidence of winning his first game as a Tiger and head coach.
For Mississippi Valley Devils will look to pull off their first win of the season against a team that has a long history of bad blood. Led by former head coach Rick Comegy.
Valley enters the game defeated by their last four opponents: Prairie View A&M University (21-56), Texas Southern University (0-31), Alabama A&M (16-35), and Eastern Michigan University (14-61). This should be an interested battle for the two struggling schools.
JSU’s main problem has been their lack of effort on the defensive end during the 2nd half of games, allowing too many points and displaying poor body language. Their wishes are probably that MVSU continues to struggle to score. JSU allowed a total of 121 points through their 1st four games this season.
MVSU has had major problems scoring the ball, which is the exact opposite of JSU’s issues. Only coming to a total of 51 points through their 1st four games, only managing to score at least 20 points in one game, and going scoreless in a game through the 1st four games this season, there’s no secret in what they need to improve.
Last season the JSU tigers defeated the MVSU devils 26-16 on MVSU’s home field in Itta Bena, Miss.
The game will be broadcasted on ESPNU and JSUTV, also live streaming on 95.5 FM on Oct 1s at Veteran Memorial Stadium in Jackson, Miss. at 6 p.m.
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