Thirty-eight seasons in, which Bayou Classic games mattered the most? I’m talking turning-point moments. Not just because that particular day was (or wasn’t) a big win, but because it had a lasting impact. Leading up to Saturday’s Bayou Classic XXXVIII, here’s our take … SIX: 1980 When Mike Williams walked off the Superdome carpet with [...]
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Book details rich history, lasting impact of Bayou Classic
Monroe, Louisiana-native Thomas Aiello explores the deeper meaning of the football rivalry between Grambling State and Southern in his book: Bayou Classic: The Grambling-Southern Football Rivalry. Paul J. Letlow, an occasional TDR correspondent, found it offered a rich history lesson behind the nationally televised game that brightens New Orleans annually on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. [...]
Two resurgent teams to meet in the always-emotional Bayou Classic
The Bayou Classic in-state rivalry game always means something to the fans at Southern and Grambling. This year, with a shot at a record seventh appearance in the SWAC Championship Game on the line for Grambling, it means a little bit more. That Grambling (6-4 overall, 5-3 Southwestern Athletic Conference) is in this position at [...]
Youth at the quarterback position means SWAC West is wide open
The preseason polls picked Grambling to win the Southwestern Athletic Conference’s Western Division. With so many new faces at quarterback, however, it’s really anybody’s game. All five programs in the West have used first-year starters, with Southern reinserting the lone second-season performer just this week. “That leads to a wide-open situation on this side of [...]
Already in this young season, we’ve had a fortune-shifting MEAC thriller
Brian Jenkins hasn’t lost much since becoming head coach at Bethune-Cookman, and never like this. Facing conference favorite South Carolina State, his team battled to a baseball score at halftime, 8-5, in a game that looked like it would be dominated by the defenses. Both Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference offenses rebounded, however, after the bands played, [...]
Much to applaud, despite Prairie View’s series stumble against Grambling
Sure, they got swept by reigning SWAC baseball champion Grambling last weekend. But things are on the uptick for a once-dominant Prairie View A&M program that’s been down in the dumps for a while. Third-year Panthers coach Waskyla Cullivan, an assistant for six seasons under Michael Robertson as Prairie View made back-to-back NCAA tournament appearances [...]
NCAA pairings didn’t do MEAC’s Cinderella any favors this year
If there was ever a No. 16-seed that was ready to shock the world, it should have been MEAC champion Hampton. Back in the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2006, the Pirates are battle tested. And, trust, it was a battle to get into that bracket. Hampton finished second in the MEAC regular [...]
Grambling men are an emerging threat in the SWAC
Grambling’s regular-season records under second-year coach Bobby Washington Jr. haven’t been anything to write home about but you’ve got to give him credit for getting his team ready come March. A year after shocking top-seeded Jackson State in the Southwestern Athletic Conference men’s basketball tournament, Grambling (12-22) topped the Mississippi Tigers again to reach its [...]
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