Southern head football coach Dawson Odums joined Baton Rouge journalists for a Zoom style news conference on Tuesday, July 21, to respond to the SWAC’s decision to move the football season from the fall to the spring.
Officials at Southern University, including the director of the Human Jukebox, are reacting to Monday’s SWAC decision to postpone the fall football season.
The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Council of Presidents and Chancellors held a meeting via Zoom and has decided to postpone the fall sports schedule until spring.
College football reporter Brett McMurphy reported Friday, July 17, that sources told him the SWAC will announce Monday that it is canceling fall sports.
Former Southern baseball head coach Roger Cador is set to receive a great honor. The legendary skipper will be inducted into the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Hall of Fame next January.
Former LaGrange High School star Colton Frank IV announced he’s transferring from UL Lafayette to Southern University to the play for Jaguars. Frank announced the move on his Twitter account.
Less than a month after announcing the addition of Florida A&M to the conference, the SWAC now says Bethune-Cookman is also joining. Officials said Bethune-Cookman will be added as a full member effective with the 2021-22 academic year.
Southern University has officially canceled the first two football games of the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Athletic director Roman Banks confirmed the changes to the Jaguars’ schedule.
While many college football fans are getting excited about Florida A&M joining the SWAC in 2021, a report by the New York Times has cast large doubt on the Rattlers visiting Mumford Stadium on September 12.
The Southern Heritage Classic is the first college football casualty of COVID-19. While Southern doesn’t play in the game, the two teams that do are both on the Jags’ schedule.
According to Southern University Athletic Director Roman Banks the Bayou Classic will not be played in New Orleans this year, and possibly will not be played in 2021. However, organizers called the statement "premature."
LSU executive deputy athletic director Verge Ausberry and Southern athletic director Roman Banks both spoke with WAFB-TV this week, saying the Tigers and Jaguars finally playing each other in football is great for both the community and the state.
As student-athletes around the country return to campus to begin summer workouts, Southern University has decided to wait a little while longer before making the move.
LSU announced Monday, June 1, it has added Southern and Grambling to its future football schedules. The move marks the first time the Tigers will face the two historic in-state opponents, according to athletic director Scott Woodward.
Athletes for Hope (AFH) have announced its Team of the Year and Student-Athlete of the Year winners and the recipients are from Southern University and LSU.
Family and close friends of former Southern football coach and athletic director Marino Casem celebrated his life with a funeral ceremony Saturday, May 2.
Southern University announced Friday, March 13 that it has suspended ALL games for its winter and sports teams in response to COVID-19, also known as the coronavirus.
The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) is joining other conferences and has announced the cancellation of its men’s and women’s basketball tournaments due to the coronavirus.
Southern came out on fire and built a double-digit lead against Prairie View but it evaporated before halftime and the teams traded blows the rest of the way.
The Southern women’s basketball team went back and forth against Texas Southern, but in the end, was able to pull out the win on Thursday, March 5 at the F.G. Clark Activity Center.
The Southern baseball team suffered its first losses of the season Sunday, Feb. 16, falling to Alabama State and Grambling in the Andre Dawson Classic.
Southern showed that Friday’s prowess swinging the bat wasn’t a fluke as the Jags had another impressive day at the plate against Alcorn State on Saturday, Feb. 15 in the Andre Dawson Classic.
The Southern men’s basketball team jumped out to a nine-point halftime lead on Grambling but the Tigers clawed back and handed the Jags a conference loss on Saturday, Feb. 8.
The Southern men’s basketball team picked up its sixth conference win on the season Saturday by outlasting Alcorn State at the F.G. Clark Activity Center.
The Southern women’s basketball team jumped out to a big lead early against Alcorn State on its way to a win Saturday evening in the F.G. Clark Activity Center.
The Southern women’s basketball team stayed close against Alabama A&M for most of the game and then surged to the win with a little more than 9:00 left.
The Southern Jags will face the Alcorn State Braves in the SWAC championship game one week after defeating the Grambling State Tigers 30-28 in the Bayou Classic in New Orleans to claim the SWAC West title.
Southern is facing Alcorn State in Lorman, Miss. Fans are hopeful the Jags will bring home a win from the SWAC Championship game. However, winning is not only thing on some fans’ minds.
For fans hoping to follow LSU to the SEC championship and Southern to the SWAC championship, you’re in luck because organizers have announced ticket/travel packages.
A Southern University Jaguars offensive lineman was surprised at the Bayou Classic by someone in uniform: his older brother whom he hadn't seen in four years.
Ladarius Skelton passed for two touchdowns and Southern blocked a field goal with 5 seconds left to clinch the Southwest Athletic Conference West Division title with a 30-28 win over Grambling in the Bayou Classic
It’s hard to top the tradition of a Bayou Classic weekend in the Crescent City and this could be another true classic that goes down to the wire between Southern and Grambling.
