Monthly Archives: August 2011

“Camp Stump: The Sequel” is closed. The fall semester has begun. The Nation is finalizing travel plans … and come to think of it, I don’t know a whole lot about Nashville, Tenn., so if you’ve got some good restaurant … Continue reading →

Aside from teenage girls, is there anyone out there who could actually enjoy a two-hour phone conversation? Actually, yes. If you take part in the SWAC’s weekly football teleconference, you’ll be informed. Entertained. Riveted, in fact. In yet another sign … Continue reading →

Stump Mitchell’s weekly television show will start taping at 7 p.m. each Monday at DJon’s Restaurant, 5255 Florida Blvd. The show airs several times throughout the week: -9 p.m. Monday, Cox Cable Ch. 4 -9:30 p.m. Monday, Pelican (Cox Ch. … Continue reading →

Want to know how football season is here? Friday afternoon, as the Southern football team wrapped up practice in 100-degree weather (it was 106 with the heat index, in case you weren’t there to sweat it out with everyone else), … Continue reading →

Stump Mitchell said Monday that with less than two weeks to go before Southern’s season opener, he and his staff were close to hammering out a depth chart — one that would look very, very close to what the team … Continue reading →

Unofficial stats from Southern’s second scrimmage Saturday afternoon: PASSING Dray Joseph: 14 of 21, two TDs J.P. Douglas: 5 of 17, one TD, two INTs Jeremiah McGinty: 1 of 5, one TD Hasoni Alfred: 0 of 2 RUSHING Brandon Rice: … Continue reading →

Camp Stump: The Sequel hasn’t been all perfect. No training camp is perfect, unless this is the early 1980s and you’re at SMU and your name is Ron Meyer. (Meyer, the oh-so-charming old coach, once said that his 1981 team … Continue reading →

Southern’s first preseason scrimmage is in the books. On a hot, muggy Saturday afternoon, a few dozen fans turned out to watch the Jaguars muscle their way through 110 plays. What did we learn? Here’s a random sampling. THE GOOD … Continue reading →

Maybe it was because Wednesday marked the first session of two-a-days. Maybe it was because Southern practiced at 2 p.m. instead of 3:30, its usual afternoon start time. Whatever the reason, it certainly seemed like it was blazing hot. I … Continue reading →

Yes, it’s still early in preseason camp. No, when it comes to kickers and punters, we don’t exactly know what’ll happen at Southern between now and the Sept. 3 season opener at Tennessee State. But for now, the nuttiness continues. … Continue reading →