Southern Univ. and Jackson State game featured on ESPN

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Southern Univ. and Jackson State game featured on ESPN

Southern University Athletics announced Tuesday that its football team, the Jaguars, would face off against the Jackson State Tigers. According to a report from The Advocate in Baton Rouge, the April 3 matchup will be the first time that Southern University (SU) would 'be televised on ESPN,' according to a report from The Advocate in Baton Rouge. 'This is a great opportunity for our student-athletes to showcase their talents to a national television audience as well as the Southwestern Athletic Conference, so fans can see the pageantry of HBCU football,' said SU Director of Athletics Roman Banks in a release […]

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