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Have any of you good JSU people checked on poor Asberry? I know you care. Hell, he just made Bruce-Bruce mad.
Whopper of a QB flattens JSU
By Rusty Hampton
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GRAMBLING, La. ? Grambling State won both quarterback battles Saturday on its way to putting Jackson State's hopes of a SWAC championship in serious jeopardy.
In the preliminary bout, featuring a pair of former QBs, Grambling coach Doug Williams got the best of JSU offensive coordinator Darrell Asberry, landing the only blow in a ridiculous pre-game fight.
Then, Grambling's Bruce Eugene made like a super-sized version of Michael Vick, passing AND running the G-Men past the Tigers 52-31 in a game that might have sealed Robert Hughes' tenuous fate as the JSU coach.
More on that later.
First, a little on Eugene, who turned out to be way too much for JSU to handle. Call him the Round Mound of Touchdown.
A 6-1, 250-pound sophomore from New Orleans, Eugene accounted for all seven Grambling touchdowns, throwing for four and rushing for three more.
Defensive coordinator Greg Johnson said the plan was simple. Flood the passing lanes and force Eugene, who had run for a total of 179 yards in the first seven games, to beat the Tigers on the ground.
"We thought we had a good game plan," said a sullen Johnson, shaking his head. "We made him run the football, and he hurt us."
Actually, he destroyed the Tigers, who seemed profoundly surprised that such a large person could be that nimble and quick on a squishy field.
"He's pretty athletic for his size," said JSU linebacker Elgin Andrews. "I didn't know he could move like that."
The first time Eugene tucked it and ran, he got 18 yards, faking Andrews into the next parish in the process. Then came a QB draw for 19 yards, followed by a 14-yard scramble and another first down. The tone was established.
He mixed in just enough first-half completions to keep the Tigers on their heels an d help stake Grambling to an insurmountable 31-0 lead.
Overall, he ran for 135 yards (on 18 carries) and passed for 373 more. That's a 508-yard whoopin' applied by a guy who guesses he could run the 40-yard dash in about 4.8 seconds but obviously has an extra gear on Saturdays.
"I would say I have game speed," said Eugene, breaking into a grin. "When I'm being chased, I know how to get away from them."
Or run over them. Just ask JSU cornerback Michael Cooley. Early in the fourth, from the JSU 4-yard-line, Eugene circled left end on a bootleg and appeared to be hemmed in by the 5-9, 185-pound Cooley. No problem. The big QB made like a bulldozer, lowered his shoulder and plowed Cooley across the goal-line and into the muck some 5 yards outside the end zone.
Said Eugene: "I can't let one guy stop me when I'm that close to the goal line."
Eugene had six runs and 19 completions that covered 10 yards or more.
"They big-played us to death," Johnson said. "That's been the story all year long. The big play. It's something you can't give up and expect to win."
The loss makes it nearly impossible for JSU to win the SWAC East. It's also more ammo for the faction of JSU fans who are tired of losing to Grambling and are ready for a coaching change.
Athletic director Roy Culberson did nothing to stop the rumor mill, declining to comment on Hughes' future.
The guess here is that the fans advocating change will have things their way, sooner than later. And they can thank one whopper of a QB for lending a hand to the process.
Have any of you good JSU people checked on poor Asberry? I know you care. Hell, he just made Bruce-Bruce mad.
Whopper of a QB flattens JSU
By Rusty Hampton
[email protected]
GRAMBLING, La. ? Grambling State won both quarterback battles Saturday on its way to putting Jackson State's hopes of a SWAC championship in serious jeopardy.
In the preliminary bout, featuring a pair of former QBs, Grambling coach Doug Williams got the best of JSU offensive coordinator Darrell Asberry, landing the only blow in a ridiculous pre-game fight.
Then, Grambling's Bruce Eugene made like a super-sized version of Michael Vick, passing AND running the G-Men past the Tigers 52-31 in a game that might have sealed Robert Hughes' tenuous fate as the JSU coach.
More on that later.
First, a little on Eugene, who turned out to be way too much for JSU to handle. Call him the Round Mound of Touchdown.
A 6-1, 250-pound sophomore from New Orleans, Eugene accounted for all seven Grambling touchdowns, throwing for four and rushing for three more.
Defensive coordinator Greg Johnson said the plan was simple. Flood the passing lanes and force Eugene, who had run for a total of 179 yards in the first seven games, to beat the Tigers on the ground.
"We thought we had a good game plan," said a sullen Johnson, shaking his head. "We made him run the football, and he hurt us."
Actually, he destroyed the Tigers, who seemed profoundly surprised that such a large person could be that nimble and quick on a squishy field.
"He's pretty athletic for his size," said JSU linebacker Elgin Andrews. "I didn't know he could move like that."
The first time Eugene tucked it and ran, he got 18 yards, faking Andrews into the next parish in the process. Then came a QB draw for 19 yards, followed by a 14-yard scramble and another first down. The tone was established.
He mixed in just enough first-half completions to keep the Tigers on their heels an d help stake Grambling to an insurmountable 31-0 lead.
Overall, he ran for 135 yards (on 18 carries) and passed for 373 more. That's a 508-yard whoopin' applied by a guy who guesses he could run the 40-yard dash in about 4.8 seconds but obviously has an extra gear on Saturdays.
"I would say I have game speed," said Eugene, breaking into a grin. "When I'm being chased, I know how to get away from them."
Or run over them. Just ask JSU cornerback Michael Cooley. Early in the fourth, from the JSU 4-yard-line, Eugene circled left end on a bootleg and appeared to be hemmed in by the 5-9, 185-pound Cooley. No problem. The big QB made like a bulldozer, lowered his shoulder and plowed Cooley across the goal-line and into the muck some 5 yards outside the end zone.
Said Eugene: "I can't let one guy stop me when I'm that close to the goal line."
Eugene had six runs and 19 completions that covered 10 yards or more.
"They big-played us to death," Johnson said. "That's been the story all year long. The big play. It's something you can't give up and expect to win."
The loss makes it nearly impossible for JSU to win the SWAC East. It's also more ammo for the faction of JSU fans who are tired of losing to Grambling and are ready for a coaching change.
Athletic director Roy Culberson did nothing to stop the rumor mill, declining to comment on Hughes' future.
The guess here is that the fans advocating change will have things their way, sooner than later. And they can thank one whopper of a QB for lending a hand to the process.
