Tag: Jacksonville State Gamecocks

Former Alabama assistant to reportedly become head coach at FBS program

The former Alabama assistant has reportedly landed a FBS head coaching job.

According to multiple reports, former Alabama Crimson Tide assistant  Charles Kelly will be named the next coach of the Jacksonville State Gamecocks.

Kelly, who replaces former Jacksonville State coach Rich Rodriguez, spent the 2024 season with the Auburn Tigers as safeties coach and co-defensive coordinator. This was the lone season for Kelly at Auburn.

Prior to Auburn, Kelly served as the defensive coordinator with the Colorado Buffaloes for a season. Before that, he spent four seasons (2019-22) at Alabama as an assistant on Nick Saban’s staff. At Alabama, Kelly served as assistant defensive coordinator and safeties coach.

Kelly also served as an assistant coach with the Florida State Seminoles, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and Tennessee Volunteers as well as two Alabama high schools, Central-Phenix City and Eufaula.

Jacksonville State gets Hail Mary, misses PAT, triumphs in overtime

Jacksonville State missed a PAT after a Hail Mary touchdown but downed Louisiana Tech in OT

Talk about swings of emotions.

Jacksonville State trailed Louisiana Tech by seven points with seconds left in Conference USA play on Saturday.

The Gamecocks’ Tyler Huff launched a Hail Mary that said over everyone and into the hands of Cam Vaughn.

All JSU needed was the PAT to win the game. Ooops.

The PAT was missed by Garrison Rippa, who was five of six on them in the game.

The contest went to overtime where the Gamecocks Tre Stewart capped a 156-yard game with a touchdown run of 11 yards.

Jacksonville State stopped Louisiana Tech and wound up winning the hard way, 44-37 in overtime.

Social media reacts to the report that Zac Alley will be Oklahoma’s next defensive coordinator

The Oklahoma Sooners appear set to hire Zac Alley as their next defensive coordinator and here’s how social media reacted.

The Oklahoma Sooners made news on Thursday when it was announced they had mutually agreed to part ways with defensive coordinator Ted Roof. But it didn’t take long for news to surface that the Sooners have found their replacement.

According to a report from 247Sports Matt Zenitz, the Sooners are expected to hire Jacksonville State defensive coordinator Zac Alley.

Alley spent the last two years with the Gamecocks, helping them win nine games in their first season at the FBS level. He’s also spent time with Louisiana-Monroe and Boise State. He also spent time with Brent Venables as a student and grad assistant at Clemson.

It’s yet to be officially announced, but based on reports from several outlets, the Sooners have their next defensive coordinator in Zac Alley.

Here’s how social media reacted.

Jacksonville State defeats Louisiana in last-minute comeback to take R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl

The Gamecocks trailed Louisiana by seven points with two minutes left, but a late touchdown and an overtime field goal saved the game.

Jacksonville State won the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl in stunning fashion on Saturday, defeating Louisiana 34-31 in overtime after a late touchdown.

The Gamecocks and Ragin’ Cajuns traded touchdowns early, but it felt more like Jacksonville State versus the Louisiana cornerback Jalen Clark. Clark returned a fumble for a touchdown on the game’s opening drive. After a Gamecocks touchdown tied the game, he intercepted a pass from quarterback Zion Webb and ran it back for his second score of the first half.

Despite the early offensive mistakes, Jacksonville State continued to bounce back. They scored a touchdown on the ensuing drive after Clark’s pick-six, and 10 third-quarter points nudged the Gamecocks ahead again.

The game stood tied at 24 in the final six minutes before Louisiana’s defense came through again. Cajuns defensive back Tyree Skipper jumped in front of a Gamecocks pass and raced 33 yards to the end zone. With 5:32 left in the game, it looked like Louisiana might have found the game-winning score.

After trading punts, the Jacksonville State offense found life. The Gamecocks marched 70 yards on just eight plays, capped off by an 18-yard pass from Webb to wide receiver Perry Carter for the game-tying touchdown inside the last two minutes.

After the Cajuns missed a field goal on their first overtime possession, Jacksonville State kicker Garrison Rippa knocked a 27-yard field goal through the uprights for the walk-off win.

Here are the best images from the Gamecocks’

season-ending win.

College football is back! Your Week 0 viewing guide

Notre Dame vs. Navy in Ireland. USC and Caleb Williams back on the field. And hello Rich Rodriguez! College football is back! Week 0 viewing guide.

College football fans have long been awaiting this weekend. The start of a brand new college football season officially kicks off with what is the appetizer to the grand opening of the sport’s 2023 season coming up next weekend. The Week 0 lineup of games is light on the menu, as it customarily is, but any amount of college football on our screens this weekend will be welcomed as we bring a close to the summer.

Penn State fans may have to wait one more week to join in the festivities, but the Week 0 schedule will help set the mood for the routine many of us will be diving into for the rest of the fall.

Notre Dame and USC are the only power conference programs in action this weekend, but anytime you can have a rivalry game played and a returning Heisman Trophy winner take the field, that helps make for a fun opening weekend of college football.

All games referenced below will take place on Saturday, Aug. 26.

Jacksonville State vs Auburn NCAA Tournament First Round odds, tips and betting trends

The No. 2 seed Auburn Tigers (27-5) and the No. 15 seed Jacksonville State Gamecocks (21-10) will meet in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday at 12:40 PM. Auburn is favored by 15.5 points in the contest. Here’s everything you need to …

The No. 2 seed Auburn Tigers (27-5) and the No. 15 seed Jacksonville State Gamecocks (21-10) will meet in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday at 12:40 PM. Auburn is favored by 15.5 points in the contest. Here’s everything you need to know about this 2-15 matchup when filling out your brackets.

Rankings courtesy of the Ferris Mowers Coaches Poll powered by USA TODAY Sports.

Auburn has compiled a 19-13-1 record against the spread this season, while Jacksonville State is 17-12-0. A total of 18 out of the Tigers’ 33 games this season have hit the over, and 14 of the Gamecocks’ 29 games have gone over. The two teams score an average of 152.6 points per game, 14.1 more points than this matchup’s total. Over the past 10 games, Auburn has a 2-7-1 record against the spread while going 5-5 overall. Jacksonville State has gone 5-5-0 against the spread and 7-3 overall in its last 10 matches.

Before watching this matchup, here’s what you need to know about Friday’s college hoops action.

Jacksonville State at Auburn odds, spread and lines

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  • Spread: Auburn -15.5
  • Total: 138.5
  • Moneyline: Auburn -1898, Jacksonville State +986

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Jacksonville State at Auburn odds, spread, & more

Prediction

Auburn 79, Jacksonville State 63

Moneyline

  • The Tigers have won 86.7% of the games this season when they were the moneyline favorite (26-4).
  • Auburn has played in four games as a moneyline favorite with odds of -1898 or shorter and won each of them.
  • The Tigers have a 95.0% chance to win this contest based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
  • The Gamecocks have been underdogs in six games this season and won three (50%) of those contests.
  • Jacksonville State has played as an underdog of +986 or more once this season and lost that game.
  • The implied probability of a win by the Gamecocks based on the moneyline is 9.2%.

Against the spread

  • The 78.7 points per game the Tigers record are 11.9 more points than the Gamecocks give up (66.8).
  • Auburn is 18-7-1 against the spread and 24-2 overall when scoring more than 66.8 points.
  • Jacksonville State is 15-8 against the spread and 16-8 overall when giving up fewer than 78.7 points.
  • The Gamecocks put up an average of 73.9 points per game, 6.9 more points than the 67 the Tigers allow to opponents.
  • Jacksonville State is 12-4 against the spread and 16-2 overall when it scores more than 67 points.
  • Auburn is 17-9 against the spread and 24-2 overall when it gives up fewer than 73.9 points.
  • The Tigers have totaled 374 more points than their opponents this season (11.7 per game on average), and the Gamecocks have scored 221 more points than their opponents (7.1 per game).

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Over/Under

  • The Tigers have an average implied point total equal to their implied total in Friday’s game (77).
  • This season, Auburn has outscored its implied point total for this matchup (77) 19 times.
  • The average implied point total on the season for the Gamecocks (72.4) is 10.4 more points than the team’s implied total in this matchup (62).
  • So far this season, Jacksonville State has scored more than 62 points in a game 24 times.

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A dumb NCAA rule is the reason Bellarmine won’t make March Madness despite winning the ASUN tourney

A weird rule is keeping the Knights from the Big Dance.

The Bellarmine Knights defeated Jacksonville University in the ASUN Conference championship game, 77-72. They won’t, however, be going to the NCAA tournament thanks to a weird rule. Bellarmine made the jump to Division I on July 1 of 2020, moving all 22 varsity programs up from the lower division.

Since the men’s basketball team is within the four-year window of making the change up to D1, the Knights are not eligible for postseason play in the NCAA tournament this year.

Bellarmine stunned Liberty in the ASUN semifinals, and Jacksonville upset top-seeded Jacksonville State to set up Tuesday night’s title game. The Knights held off a late push by the Dolphins with strong free throw shooting, but they won’t get to celebrate like we’d all hope.

In the weirdest twist possible, the representative for the ASUN isn’t even Jacksonville. It’s Jacksonville State. Since the Dolphins fell in the championship to an ineligible team, the Gamecocks — which won the ASUN regular season — will take the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Bellarmine will finish with 20 wins at 20-13 overall in just their second D1 season.

According to the ESPN2 broadcast, they do get to claim the title and trophy that comes with being ASUN champs, just not the coveted auto-bid.

Come on, NCAA. Let Bellarmine dance.

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Jacksonville State floors Florida State on Hail Mary

Jacksonville State shocks Florida State on Hail Mary to end the game

Florida State football isn’t close to what it used to be. Still, there is no excuse for what happened Saturday against Jacksonville State in Tallahassee.

The Seminoles, who lost Sunday to Notre Dame in overtime, were up three points against the Gamecocks, who are based in Alabama not the Sunshine State.

The fact Florida State only had a three-point lead over Jacksonville State after 59 minutes and 54 seconds is troubling. The Seminoles came into their home game a 27-point favorite.

What happened next is stunning:

The final play of the game was good for 59 yards and it went from quarterback Zerrick Cooper to Damond Philyaw-Johnson to give the Gamecocks a 20-17 victory.

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The Gamecocks were full of themselves after the upset, planting their flag on the Seminole logo at Doak Campbell Stadium.

The Seminoles led 17-7 in the fourth quarter only to see the Gamecocks score the game’s last 13 points.

(AP Photo/Phil Sears)

To give you an idea of how bad a loss this is, Jacksonville State came into the game 0-1, having lost its opener to UAB, 31-0.

UAB was shredded by Georgia 56-7 on Saturday in Athens.

Florida State had beaten Jacksonville State, 41-24, in its season opener in 2020. The Gamecocks led 24-21 in that one before the Seminoles scored the final 20 points.