1989 Alcorn St Braves vs Jackson St Tigers

[@yuwonder80]

Thank you MR. We need to get back to this Lord knows we do.

[@w1hines]

Yes we do. The crowds are not as hype as they use to be.

[@kennethfields408]

Wow!!! What memories... I was at that game.

[@w1hines]

Glad you enjoyed it. I remember watching this game when it came on.

[@MiracleSportsPodcast]

I was at this game! A junior in the classroom.

[@Bey11ktb]

We need more of these games posted. This is out history and I love it. If I won the lotto part of my work would be restoring our stories and innovations.

[@w1hines]

So would I. I have been reaching out to try to get more. I have a couple of more that for some reason, the disc is not working.

[@MrCarlmorrow]

i remember this well, i was in the 7th grade, television has gone down dramatically, as my mother and grand mother use to say, nothing stay the same, everything eventually changes in time, it may take a while, but it will

[@w1hines]

I was out of High Cchool when this came on. And you are right, television is not good any more!

[@LuvingMan]

The 1st Air McNair!!! I was at this game!

[@w1hines]

Glad that it brought back memories

[@dwightlove3704]

@@w1hines Never knew Steve had a older brother until he started talking about Fred during interviews with the media.

[@w1hines]

@@dwightlove3704 Yes, Coach McNair was the first original Air McNair! Could throw it and should have been in the NFL!

[@mikedavis3393]

​@@dwightlove3704he had 2 brothers, one was a qb , Fred and the other was a wr,Tim.they from Mount Olive Mississippi

[@dwightlove3704]

@@mikedavis3393 Yes I knew about Tim they played together of course but I learned about Fred when he started getting media attention.Fred was the reason for Steve attending Alcorn St.

[@Bey11ktb]

Didn't know Alcorn had similar helmets to FSU. JUS had the red accent which looks good.

[@w1hines]

They sure did and I miss the Jackson St. helmet.

[@ericmcgowan1993]

No wonder my uncle likes fsu

[@StrangeVoodooTV]

Hi, Bud! Great stuff.. thank you for the uploads and your work in preserving football history! I'm sure you would have posted them already if ya did... but do you have anything from the 1990 or 1991 Jackson State Football seasons? I've been trying to find them.. but can't.. it's a shame that some of that seems to be lost to history. If ya do (or don't), please let me know asap, if ya don't mind. Thank you, Alex!

[@w1hines]

You are welcome and I am still hunting for them.

[@StrangeVoodooTV]

@@w1hines Gotcha. Thank you for the quick response. I hope you find them at some point.. I'd love to see a prime JSU Jimmy Smith and the gang. Good luck in your search, and keep doing whatcha do. Thank you for your time, Bud.

[@dwightlove3704]

Torrence Small was the deep threat for Alcorn.

[@mikedavis3393]

And Cedric Tillman,who played for Denver and Small for the Saints

[@dcpsujag]

the end of the game wow!

[@w1hines]

The end was exciting.

[@benji7587]

Thanks for posting! I also have this game on VHS at home and often would pull it out and watch the halftime show and last 5 minutes of the game when I needed something to put a big smile on my face! lol!

[@w1hines]

I watched the entire game and I can watch this over and over.

[@jaquayhills6577]

Did you have any grambling footage where Eddie Robison was head coach?

[@w1hines]

At one time I did.

[@dwightlove3704]

@@w1hines The '93 Bayou Classic

[@dwightlove3704]

Alex Hines Is Jimmy Smith in this game playing for JSU.

[@w1hines]

I will watch again to see.

[@dwightlove3704]

@@w1hines Thanks

[@ericmcgowan1993]

Yes he is #7

[@dwightlove3704]

@@ericmcgowan1993 Watched the '92 draft forgot that Smith was drafted by Dallas.Darian Conner was nearly drafted by Giants in 1st round by Bill Parcells but they took Rodney Hampton in '90 draft.Smith was a legit 4.40 speed demon.

[@dwightlove3704]

@@w1hines There was a game with Jackson St vs.Northwestern St(La.) Can you find footage in '91?????Saw it on ESPN.

[@ericmcgowan1993]

Back when it was just Jackson state and Alcorn. None of this corny "soul bowl" jargon. If you wanna promote the game as a classic then play it at a neutral site

[@SonicBoomC98]

I'm fine with it as a Classic. It doesn't take anything away from the game

[@ericmcgowan1993]

@@SonicBoomC98 no it wouldn't but it was never a classic. Classics are played on neutral fields

[@SonicBoomC98]

@@ericmcgowan1993 Maybe but you can still do some of the same things you would do for a Classic. Plus, it's hard to decide to go to a neutral site when you have a stadium as great as the Vet to play in

[@ericmcgowan1993]

@@SonicBoomC98 then don't lie and claim it's a classic. Plus, every so called "soul bowl" isn't played at the Vet. It's played at the Vet every other year the same as any other game

[@SonicBoomC98]

@@ericmcgowan1993 The Soul Bowl isn't official just like the BoomBox Classic isn't official. And it was a Classic in a sense when it was in Jackson every year. It jut happened to be in the city where one of the schools played. If there were a better stadium it would have been used. Did anyone say stop calling it the SWAC Championship when we moved it from a neutral site. I really don't see it as something to get upset about. I mean we did find sponsors for it. That's not something that usually happens in a regular game nor parades and concerts outside of homecoming