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Jackson State University Tigers (official thread)

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Interesting story about "Coach Prime" and the Jackson State University Spring football season:

Deion Sanders and Jackson State primed to open their season Sunday

‘Coach Prime’ era begins in Jackson, Mississippi, amid high expectations, national spotlight

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Entire article: https://theundefeated.com/features/...son-state-primed-to-open-their-season-sunday/
 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/spor...eion-sanderss-debut-jackson-state-head-coach/

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Alleged robbery mars Deion Sanders’s debut as Jackson State head coach
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Jackson State Coach Deion Sanders instructs his team during a game against Edward Waters. (Barbara Gauntt/Clarion-Ledger/AP)
By
Des Bieler
Feb. 22, 2021 at 6:00 a.m. EST
Known for an exuberant personality, Deion Sanders should have been in an ebullient mood Sunday at a postgame news conference following a win in his debut as the head coach of Jackson State.

Instead, the Pro Football Hall of Famer began the media session by telling reporters he was “p---ed off” about having been robbed during the game. That left Sanders with “mixed emotions” after a lopsided victory against Edward Waters, an NAIA program.

“For one, the kids played really well,” Sanders said, “but while the game was going on, someone came in and stole every darn thing I have in the coaches’ office. Credit cards, wallet, watches. Thank God I had on my necklaces.”

“How?!” he angrily exclaimed.

A subsequent clarification from the school, per reports, that Sanders’s belongings “were misplaced and have been found” did little to improve his mood.

“Whomever putting out the lie that my belongings wasn’t stolen is LYING,” Sanders tweeted. “My belongings were taken out of a zipped bag in my office and more items were taken as well from my office. We have retrieved them since being reported. My Staff member witnessed the crime. #Truth.”


After Sanders’s tweets Sunday evening, Jackson State Athletic Director Ashley Robinson addressed the situation, saying in a statement: “Immediately following our win today, several items belonging to Coach Prime were taken from the locker room. Those items were quickly recovered and returned.”

“While we consider this an isolated incident,” the statement continued, “we are thoroughly reviewing security protocols to ensure this does not happen again. However, we refuse to let this dampen the victory for our JSU Tigers, who have worked hard for this moment.”

What turned into a 53-0 JSU win began on a happy note for Sanders, who got a surprise visit from former Dallas Cowboys teammate Troy Aikman at Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium. The pair shared a hug and chatted as players warmed up.


Sanders, 53, and Aikman won a Super Bowl with the Cowboys in the 1995 season, a year after Sanders won it all with the San Francisco 49ers. In addition to the pair of NFL titles, the cornerback nicknamed “Prime Time” won 1994 NFL defensive player of the year honors, and he earned eight Pro Bowl nods over a 14-year career.

Sanders then worked as an NFL analyst, among other media appearances, before spending the past several years helping coach high school players in Texas. At an introductory news conference in September, he said “God called me to Jackson State.”

His head coaching debut had to wait, however, until February, after the coronavirus pandemic forced the postponement of fall sports. In January, Sanders revealed his truck was broken into, with a boombox stolen, but he quickly got it back following an appeal for the return of an item with great “sentimental value.”

“If we can come together over a darn boombox I know we can come together for issues like senseless murders, kidnapping, Financial literacy, education, Teenage pregnancy, family breakdown, drugs & alcohol abuse and crime!” Sanders wrote on social media at the time. “We can do this Jackson Mississippi and EVERYWHERE ELSE! I love y’all and y’all proved me right. I bet on y’all and y’all came thru.”

On Sunday, Sanders was in a less happy fame of mind.

“When I talked about quality and raising standards, that goes for everyone — not just the people on the field, not just the coaches, and not just the teachers, not just the faculty, but everybody — security, and everybody,” he said at his news conference.

“So how do you think I feel, coming back, after just teary-eyed because the guys presented me with the game ball?” Sanders continued. “One of the best moments I ever had in my professional sports career, emotionally, and then you go into your coach’s room and you don’t even have a phone to call your mama, to call your girl, to call your kids, because it’s been stolen.”

In an Instagram post later that evening, Sanders included a clip of him smiling widely at the news conference as part of a montage celebrating the win.

“Please believe me,” he wrote, “when I tell u I LOVE THESE KIDS, THIS CITY AND THIS CALLING.”
 
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Jackson State coach Deion Sanders: Alabama State's postgame scoreboard stunt 'childish'

Alabama State didn’t pull any punches Saturday after handing Jackson State football coach Deion Sanders and his Tigers a 35-28 loss in Montgomery, Alabama.

After the Hornets (2-1, 2-1 SWAC) handed the Tigers (3-1, 2-1) their first loss, a photo of Sanders from his draft day in 1989 was placed on the video scoreboard at ASU Stadium.

Sanders had a response of his own to the supposed jab from the Tigers’ conference rival.

“Childish,” Sanders said in reference to the photo. “It is what it is. They know they messed up.”

According to Sanders, Alabama State didn’t furnish tickets for the Jackson State fanbase or allow the team into the locker room to unpack until Saturday morning, as well.

“I’m going to call them out on it,” Coach Prime said. “That’s what it was. They tried to respond with a bit of foolishness. We’ve got to keep it on the field and make it about the kids, make it about the fans. It’s not about me.”



Entire article: https://sports.yahoo.com/jackson-state-coach-deion-sanders-025421706.html
 
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Jackson State coach Deion Sanders: Alabama State's postgame scoreboard stunt 'childish'

Alabama State didn’t pull any punches Saturday after handing Jackson State football coach Deion Sanders and his Tigers a 35-28 loss in Montgomery, Alabama.

After the Hornets (2-1, 2-1 SWAC) handed the Tigers (3-1, 2-1) their first loss, a photo of Sanders from his draft day in 1989 was placed on the video scoreboard at ASU Stadium.

Sanders had a response of his own to the supposed jab from the Tigers’ conference rival.


“Childish,” Sanders said in reference to the photo. “It is what it is. They know they messed up.”

According to Sanders, Alabama State didn’t furnish tickets for the Jackson State fanbase or allow the team into the locker room to unpack until Saturday morning, as well.

“I’m going to call them out on it,” Coach Prime said. “That’s what it was. They tried to respond with a bit of foolishness. We’ve got to keep it on the field and make it about the kids, make it about the fans. It’s not about me.”



Entire article: https://sports.yahoo.com/jackson-state-coach-deion-sanders-025421706.html

That's an ironic quote from him...
 
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I don't envision many FBS schools lining up to schedule them... Once they announced Deion as their head coach, they got a few 3-4 star recruits... Granted one was his kid...

Most FBS schools have literally no reason to schedule an HBCU unless it's in their state. Miami usually schedules FAMU, I think some of the Tennessee schools schedule Tennessee St, and LSU may schedule Southern or Grambling occasionally but other than that there's no point(I went to Hampton in VA and the closest we got to playing a P5 school in anything, was Old Dominion in basketball). I don't envision Leach or Kiffin lining up to play Jackson St, they have no reason, and there's a safety issue. JSU doesn't have an entire roster to keep up, and Coach Prime can only run his mouth but for so long. I like that he's bringing some exposure to the school that many would've never paid attention to, though they have 2 Hall of Famers from the school...
 
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