Sanders has been pushing for change from the moment he arrived in the SWAC. There are questions about Sanders’ coaching etiquette, but it’s not altogether bad that he has been an unconventional personality in the SWAC. We don’t play that disrespect, especially towards pops ! Nah we not going for that- Shedeur Sanders October 9, 2022 Gorden, Eddie Robinson, those guys, Marino Casem, I’m living on the shoulders of the SWAC. “I’m going to always be respectful and respect the game,” Robinson said. Sanders is 20-5 since taking the job in 2020. Jackson State is 16-2 since the start of last season and has won 12 straight SWAC games. “… Tell me something, as a coach, when the other team is trying to score on you, you’re not supposed to try to score on them?” “I got a running back who just into the game and he’s cold and they’re coming. They had nine in the box and they were blitzing,” Deion Sanders said.
On first down for Jackson State, Andrade tried to connect on a pass from the Jackson State 33. A 30-yard field goal by Gerardo Baeza pushed the lead to 26-12 with 2:38 left.Īlabama State called a timeout with 1:13 after a third-and-25 incompletion.
Martin with 6:44 left gave Jackson State a nine-point lead. Quarterback Shedeur Sanders passed for 332 yards with three touchdowns and an interception.Ī 16-yard touchdown pass to J.D. Jackson State, which trailed 6-0 after the first quarter, led 10-6 at halftime and 17-12 entering the fourth quarter. I thought I should be applauded, really.” Related Story Jackson State football team navigates challenges of city’s water crisis Read now Did we sell the game out? Did we sell the game out, yes or no? Had they ever been sold out here? “I was a darn good salesman leading up to the week. “I heard him also spew out comments about what did I say leading up to the week,” Sanders said after Saturday’s game. The Hornets had not drawn more than 16,000 spectators in their previous five homecoming games at their 26,500-seat stadium. 4 during his weekly availability with the local media.Īlabama State announced the game was a sellout during the week. He mentioned it during the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) teleconference on Oct. Sanders used Alabama State’s selection of the Tigers as their homecoming opponent as a motivational tool for his players during the week. Jackson State had outscored its first four opponents 190-37, including 118-7 in the second half of games. With 1:27 left in the game, Robinson walked up to Sanders on the sideline and said he wanted players to go straight to the locker room after the game instead of shaking hands to avoid a potential incident. Jackson State head coach Deion Sanders said during a teleconference that he used Alabama State’s selection of Jackson State as its homecoming opponent as motivation leading up the game. It wasn’t to provoke any riotous act against them. All of the people that have been with me for years - even playing in the NFL - know that’s what I do. “I did hear his interview where he said I ran around the field.
I don’t know why he would’ve ever thought that. When asked why he thought Robinson reacted angrily, Sanders said, “I think he thought he was going to get a win. “I tried to embrace him and he pushed off,” Sanders said.
Sanders, surrounded by Jackson State athletic director Ashley Robinson, associate athletic director Duane Lewis, his personal assistant and a member of the support staff, listened to a tape of Robinson’s comments before speaking to the media. You try to run a hitch and go, so we started blitzing.” I never called him and he ain’t never called me … I got a lot of respect for him as a coach, but you can’t do that stuff all week, put your backup quarterback in and run a hitch and go to put more points on the board. There’s no need for an embrace, we ain’t friends. “I was just pulling away,” Robinson said. A post shared by Jackson State Football asked about the incident, Robinson, who isn’t related to Grambling coach and Hall of Famer Eddie Robinson, spoke angrily.
0 kommentar(er)
