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<\/a>\nPerrymon Wright
\nStaff Writer<\/strong><\/p>\n
After last year\u2019s loss in the SWAC championship, the Jackson State University football program made a complete turnaround entering the 2013 season.
\nThis season\u2019s motto for the team is \u201cThis is More than a Game.\u201d
\nJackson State played its first game of the season Aug. 29th against the Tulane Green Wave. The Tigers put up a tough fight but it still was not enough to overcome the Green Wave.\u00a0 Red Shirt freshman quarterback, LaMontiez Ivy, threw an interception during the first drive of the game, resulting in five more turnovers and Ivy\u2019s injury during the third quarter of the game. The Tigers opened the season with a 34-7 loss to Tulane.
\nWith key losses to graduation and the NFL, including: Stephen Capler OL, Zion Pyatt, Jonathan Smith OL, Joseph LeBeau DL, Jonathan Billups DL, and ex star wide out Rico Richardson, JSU is in a building phase for the season.
\nHowever JSU does return eight starters on offense and seven on defense, one of those being star defensive back, Qua Cox. Senior quarterback, Clayton Moore, is coming off of injury and will be ready to play Saturday, Sept. 7th against Alabama State University.
\nMoore has developed into the offensive leader and guided JSU to five back-to-back wins last season. He accounted for 1,863 passing yards and 11 touchdowns, and rushed for an additional 633 yards, scoring 11 touchdowns on the ground.
\nWideout Zachary Pendleton is expected to be Moore\u2019s main target for the season, accounting for 33 receptions for 457 yards last season. Receiver\u2019s Tobias Singleton and DeSuan McKenzie each recorded for 15 catches last season and will help Pendleton fill a void with the departure of SWAC Offensive Player of the Year, Rico Richardson.
\nThe remainder of the schedule is full of tough conference teams like Alabama State, Tennessee State and the reigning SWAC Champions Arkansas-Pine Bluff.
\nSome of the teams the Tigers are projected to beat are Texas Southern, Southern, Grambling State, and Prairie View.
\nCoach Rick Comegy believes that his Tigers have some unfinished business with the SWAC Championship and the guys are working hard every day to prepare themselves to finish the season off with winning record and most importantly, \u201cThe SWAC Title.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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