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Jax State 49, Ole Miss 48

Posted on | September 4, 2010 | 11 Comments

In double overtime!

Down 48-41 in double overtime, Jacksonville State found itself in a fourth-and-long situation. After a few seconds of mad scrambling, quarterback Coty Blanchard flung the ball to Kevyn Cooper in the end zone, over 30 yards away. Cooper barely got one foot in bounds for the score.
And then, Jacksonville State coach Jack Crowe elected to go for it all, calling a two-point conversion that paid off. And all of a sudden, Jacksonville State, ranked No. 17 in FCS, has pulled off a major upset of a storied football school, and in dramatic fashion.

Ladies and gentlemen, I present the Jacksonville State University Marching Southerners:

“Courage, pride and honor will lead you on to victory!”

Why does this feel like an omen?

Category: Alabama, Football

Comments

11 Responses to “Jax State 49, Ole Miss 48”

  1. Mike LaRoche
    September 4th, 2010 @ 11:49 pm

    Why does this feel like an omen?

    Isn’t it funny how those who “can’t win” seem to find a way? So goes the Chinese proverb: “The wise man said it could not be done, the fool came and did it.”

  2. Mike LaRoche
    September 4th, 2010 @ 7:49 pm

    Why does this feel like an omen?

    Isn’t it funny how those who “can’t win” seem to find a way? So goes the Chinese proverb: “The wise man said it could not be done, the fool came and did it.”

  3. Wondering Jew
    September 4th, 2010 @ 11:54 pm

    Coty Blanchard will play in the NFL one day.

  4. Wondering Jew
    September 4th, 2010 @ 7:54 pm

    Coty Blanchard will play in the NFL one day.

  5. Doug Craig
    September 5th, 2010 @ 12:53 am

    That was great. Tech played them a couple of times and they play great ball I visted the campus last year to watch my cousin get her degree from there it seemed like they were bigger a bigger field then

  6. Doug Craig
    September 4th, 2010 @ 8:53 pm

    That was great. Tech played them a couple of times and they play great ball I visted the campus last year to watch my cousin get her degree from there it seemed like they were bigger a bigger field then

  7. willis
    September 5th, 2010 @ 9:25 am

    They said by golly it couldn’t be done and with a smile he went right to it. And he rolled up his sleeves and tackled the thing that couldn’t be done and by golly he couldn’t do it.

  8. willis
    September 5th, 2010 @ 5:25 am

    They said by golly it couldn’t be done and with a smile he went right to it. And he rolled up his sleeves and tackled the thing that couldn’t be done and by golly he couldn’t do it.

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