Anthony not even a formation out and dropped coverage on verlon hunter whos pleading with Jonathan Williams to deliver him the football. But he left the pocket already at that point. Paul remember Chester Rogers had an easy touchdown like that earlier. Behind the back end of that jaguar defense. Second down and ten now. Williams 28 out of 52. 416 yards passing. Off his back foot. You thought Chad Williams was going to run that close corner. And williams just wanted in front of it. Anthony its four down territory because of the remaining time in the game. But i dont think they have to throw this beyond. What its been is the balance of the formation, the receivers, youve seen multiple times now in this half. Coverage has been dropped by southern. Not being able to sift through the traffic. Paul third down and ten. Got to get to the 45 yard line to keep it going. A strike. Thats a first down grambling to kajandre domino. Anthony domino does a nice job. Jonathan williams delivers a football on the money for the first down. Paul williams doing the wide thing. Taking advantage of the soft corner. Thats verlon hunter. Speaking of doing the right thing, stop the clock after a gain of six. Anthony no need to be in too big of a hurry here for grambling state. Plenty of time here for just beyond the 42 yard line. Paul the tigers have not led in this game. They fell behind and are playing a furious game of catchup ever since. Incomplete. Will be third down and three. The intended receiver kajandre domino. Anthony i believe Jonathan Williams threw that one away on purpose. They tried to show the bubble screen short to hunter hoping that the secondary would bite on that and hed be able to get domino on the open pass. It was covered very well from the secondary so williams threw it out of bounds. Paul third down and three situation now. Jaguars threatening blitz. And the blitz makes the play. Batting that one down, martin henry the linebacker. Anthony deflected pass against the quarterback. Only 511. Jonathan williams and martin henry comes blitzing through the open part of the zone getting his hands on the football. Paul fourth down and three. Everything on the line here for grambling. Coming off backtoback onewin seasons. Seven points away from tying this point in the bayou classic with the winner moving on to the conference title game. Good pocket for williams. Stands and fires. And thats been his man all day long. Chester rogers. He now has 205 yards receiving. Anthony just enough to move the chains. Thats all youre looking for in that situation as grambling state now with the first down coming up, a check of the tempo. Jonathan williams carrying towards the sidelines. His offensive coordinator. Paul back to the air for williams. And that time hunter turned into a defensive back to knock that one away from deandre woodson. Anthony ended up being a dangerous pass. Williams should have been looking to deliver this more over the outside shoulder. Another oneonone opportunity between woodland and hunter. Hunter had to turn into a db. Making sure it didnt turn into an int. Paul two to his left, two to his right. Velocity and accuracy again to Chad Williams. He gets out of bounds to stop the clock with 1 07 left. Anthony Chad Williams came in leading this team on both yards and touchdown receptions. Hes gotten plenty of oneonone coverage to what now is the boundary side, the shorter side of the field. Paul the play clock continuing to run here now inside of ten seconds. The clock is stopped at 1 07. Anthony im sure perhaps the helmet came off. Thats a complete guess on my part. Not sure why the stoppage. But the center went off the field. Paul now back to 19. Most points ever in a bayou classic. Winner plays in the title game also here in the 41st the two teams are tied at 20. So the winner can claim an advantage in the overall series. A first down and then some for the tigers. Williams still on his feet. Down to the 11 yarline. 447 yards passing and a big 18yard run. Anthony williams talked about modeling his game after wilson. Another quarterback with a strong arm and wheels to threaten the defense. Paul first and ten. Williams out wide to rogers. Did not get out of bounds. Nice play by johnson to keep him inbounds. Anthony both the defense and the offense are just exhausted at this point. Normally it would be the defense looking for a timeout to try to regain their poise and breath here. But since grambling state is the team trailing, fobbs decides to take the timeout and regroup. Paul grambling now uses its third timeout. None left for the tigers. Think defensively here for southern. Do you play back and play zone and play coverage . Are you coming after williams with the blitz . Anthony you can have more confidence that your pass rush can heat things up in the pocket. Especially because of the formation that weve seen from grambling state throughout this fourth quarter. Sometimes looks to the wide side of the field. If you dont have the additional defenders who work on the side. If i were southern, knowing their head coach and last defensive coordinator, you allow that like theyve done so effectively throughout the game. Paul hawthorn state awaits the winner next weekend. The winner today claims the Western Division title and a spot next weekend in the title game. Anthony martin henry and demetreus carter, theyve both had positions where theyve been in to vie jon than williams. Paul williams to the end zone. Verlon hunter had a shot at it. Looked like it might have been touched by domino before it got to hunter. Anthony again, a bit of confusion between the Wide Receivers not being certain of who the football is actually intended for. The run routes have been with necessary and execution in running the route. Its so vital here inside the 10 yard line where spacing is more conden condensed. Paul to the end zone they go. Looking for hunter. Who has 12 catches already today. Cannot get to 13. Anthony williams was looking for hunter. Hunter was looking for a flag. Basically a box out move there from deandre woodland. Paul 24 seconds left, heres the game. And grambling can keep it moving without scoring a touchdown if they get inside the 2 yard line. This is fourth down and eight. 14th play of the drive. Williams out to his right. Keeps it himself. Did not get into the end zone. But he is inside the 1. Clock continuing. Anthony it appears he at least has a first down. So the clock did continue to run for a moment. But once it was ruled a first down clock stopped there for a moment. Grambling state out of timeouts. I think it was the proper call on the field. Paul it is a first down. Got to get up and get this one snapped. Anthony odums trying to figure did someone call a timeout. Referee ruling was the runner was short of the goal line. The Previous Play is under review. Paul you had to get inside the 2 yard line for the first down. He did make it that far. I dont believe he made it into the end zone, anthony, as we can see right here. Anthony youve got to respect the effort of Jonathan Williams and the grambling state offense. Should be confirmed as williams lays out between two different defenders. You see there, that confirms to me that the call on the field was correct. But what this will give first down inside the 1. Either way the clock is going to stop with the first down. But once the ruling comes in from the official, they need to be in position to kill the football. Or just have a play called. So they can set themselves. Paul and the ball sets there inside the 1 yard line. 12 seconds left. No timeouts remaining for grambling. And the complete lack of running success. You would expect them to look to the air, Jonathan Williams is also the leading rusher with 50 yards. He doesnt have a running back whos totaled over ten. Anthony so both those men, Broderick Fobbs on the left, dawson odums on the right, they talked about here in new orleans for the bayou classic with everything on the line to try to face the opponent in the swac championship game. The recruiting we referenced early, this is why players go to southern. These games at these moments are why players go to grambling state university. Paul time for two plays in the passing game. Potentially three if you go quickly. Youre probably counting on two. For grambling. Inside the 1 yard line. 12 seconds left. Again, no timeouts remaining for the tigers. Anthony tigers offense already out over the football preparing themselves for what we anticipate will be the call of a first down. Heres Jonathan Williams under center. Obviously very important here. As we talked about, no real need to run a clock play here. But that appears the position that grambling state is in right now. Referee after further review, the ruling on the field is confirmed. The runner was down inbounds short of the goal line. The clock will start ready for play. Anthony it is a good thing grambling on the line ready to roll because the clock is about to start. 12 seconds on down. Pau referee timeout southern university. This is their first timeout of the half. Paul dawson odums wants to talk it over with his defense. He is also the defensive coordinator. Whats your plan here defensively now inside the 1 yard line . Anthony defensively i want both linebackers up into the a gap. Not necessarily to bring a blitz, but to have presence there and i believe you pinch the defensive line and odums now has the dry erase board to draw this up for his defensive front. I believe you pinch the defensive line into the inside and then your linebackers have to know when youre running that type of referee eight seconds. Anthony when youre running that type of movement, the linebackers have to be in position to immediately trigger. Paul no timeouts in a running game thats failed today. Jonathan williams expected to look to the air. He has two receivers who have come through for him so far today. Chester rogers and verlon hunter. Doesnt have another receiver with more than two receptions today. Doesnt have one with more than 30 yards receiving. Anthony they appear to be getting the clock straight as far as the remaining time in the game. As its jumped back and fourth a couple of time there is. Paul we just went from 12 seconds to 8. Anthony and it was 6 just a moment ago. Then it went up to 150. Now were back to 8. Paul Broderick Fobbs thinking about two plays. Would certainly like to just run one. And have it bring them to within one point before an extra point. Robert fobbs told me before the game, he always tried to keep an eye on the bayou classic. And the former honor student, twotime captain here, running back, now seeing if his offense can punch it in. Jonathan williams on the quarterback sneak. Clock is still running. And thats how it ends the tigers did not have a timeout remaining, but still chose to keep it on the ground. They didnt get in, and thats how it ends. Anthony pad level. Hand placement is what these inches are made of in a goaltogoal scenario. A defensive front from the southern jaguars that has absolutely dominated this ball game. Came up huge yet again. You see there as we talked about with the Tense Movement up front, linebackers in position to trigger carter in there. Martin henry right there helping to move the pile. Brian mccain making sure at the end that Jonathan Williams does not cross the stripe. Well executed inside. Getting underneath the pads of the center. Paul you see the grambling offense still out on the field. And thats it. The tigers may have believed they had one timeout remaining. Anthony or they may have thought they scored. There was due process that appeared to go in place there. Anthon paul on the score board it said one timeout left for grambling. That happened after the official said they used their final timeout. So they may have looked up at the official clock and seen that it says one timeout remaining. It still says that on the board. But after they called a timeout late in that drive, the announcement came the tigers used their third and final timeout. So Broderick Fobbs in his first bayou classic as the grambling head coach sees it come to an end. Southern hangs on 5245. Heres dawson odums, the head coach of southern with our own lewis johnson. Lewis what a scene out here. What do you make of the way the game ended there . I mean, both teams had a will to win today. A lot of big plays. A lot of game changers. But, you know, were going back to hout. I mean, it came down to the wire. A lot of points to score. Take your hat off to these guys, man. Anthon lewis it seemed as though the First Quarter was a saving grace. You jumped out to a big lead. But how did you weather the storm . Everything weve been through, i like this group with they back against the wall. You know, its outstanding. They work hard. They dont complain. They stay positive. We score, they score. What a resilient bunch. Lewis can you put a couple sentences together for Austin Howard . He was really lights out today in this bayou classic. I mean, true freshman. Like i tell them, the next guy got himself up. We lost joseph. But he stepped up. And im just happy for him, man. Youll never be able to understand what this felt like. Lewis they call it a brother brotherly quarrel down here every year. What did you have to say to fobbs during your words of condolences there . Its tough on them. They work so hard. They had a great year. At the end of the day, they have to make plays. And we did a great job of keeping them out of the end zone. It came down to the wire. This is the state of louisiana bayou classic. Grambling and southern. The fans today had a treat. Lewis incredible game. And good luck next week. Thank you. Take care. Lewis wow. What a scene down here. Paul amazing, lewis. Eight seconds left on the clock and the tigers choose to go with a running play that was stopped short of the goalline. And the seconds just ticked away and southern hangs on to win 5245. The last two years in october and november they moved to 131. Theyll go to the conference championship for the second Consecutive Year. Austin howard the true freshman there. 237 yards passing and 3 touchdowns. And it feels like a long time ago, but it started with this to willie quinn. Mike jones had a monster first half. Both catches going for touchdowns. But grambling would not go away even when they were down by 21 points in the second half. They kept coming back. Lenard tillery went over a thousand yards today. Had 169 yards rushing. And a couple of touchdowns. More mike jones. There was his second of two touchdowns. Jonathan williams for the arm strength late in the first half to cut that lead to 14. And then tillery at this point it looked like it was going to be all southern in the second half. That put them up by three touchdowns early in the third quarter. But the tigers just wouldnt go away. Anthony there was a puzzle that could not be solved for the grambling state. But also brought them back to the forefront of an opportunity to win this game. Kajandre domino with a huge touchdown. And a response there from shorts getting into the end zone. But Jonathan Williams was spectacular all throughout the game. Even through the Wide Receivers. Through a monster pass rush from southern. He continued to respond and show the leadership that this Grambling State Team needed. But really the turning point of the game, the special teams play made in the second half. With the kick return touchdown responding to those kicks. The arm strength running to his left all the way down the field. Deep and alone in the secondary. Going score for score. Then the play that decided to gain. Underneath the pads of the offensive blocker. Paul going for the quarterback sneak with no time left. That ended it. And Jonathan Williams after 499 yards of offense, on the field with our lewis johnson. Lewis what a battle it was. Nobody understands this more than you do. Having to concede to southern. What are your emotions at this time . Well, sad we lost. Southern played a great game. We missed out on some opportunities. But now its back to the drawing board. Just got to start over. Lewis you also played a great game almost 500 yards of passing. Talk about how you were able to move the ball down the field. Just our coaches preparing us and being on our side at those moments. Just timing with the receivers and my oline out there blocking giving me time to get the ball to the receiver. Lewis jonathan, you are a red shirt sophomore if im not mistaken and you will be coming back again. What do you take from this moment to drive you to be on this field next year . Just got to come out with it on our minds not just this game, every game. Weve got to have fast starts. And when it really count, we got to dig down deep. Its all about who wants it more. Lewis all right. You played a heck of a game. Thanks for your time. Thank you. Paul lewis, thank you very much. Jonathan williams 499 yards of total offense. 449 yards passing with 4 touchdowns. But not quite enough. They jaguars win 5245. For the second Consecutive Year they go from a victory in the bayou classic to the swac championship game. Anthony an outstanding alcorn state team. See the final standings in the Western Division. Southern yet again Western Division champion. Grambling state led by Broderick Fobbs whos up for outstanding coach at the fcs level. So it would appear with aww son odums and now Broderick Fobbs bringing grambling state back to the forefront of the swac that each of these programs i believe is back. Paul what is comeback for grambling the last couple of seasons. Southern celebrating right now. But grambling has to feel good once it gets away from the disappointment of not scoring with eight seconds left and just having those seconds tick away. They won one game last year. They won one game the year before. 221 the last two years of the teams in division one. Only five teams to the brink of the conference title. And only two losses in the conference this year. What a job by Broderick Fobbs. But its going to be Jonathan Williams right there with three touchdowns, its his jaguars that move on to play one more game. And that game for the right to call themselves conference champions for the second Consecutive Year. Anthony this is really what the bayou classic should be. Its always a fun atmosphere and great event. But a game with two championship level teams playing at their best. Such fun. Such excitement. The pageantry that is the bayou classic. Paul southern now leads the alltime series 2120. Remember, sunday night is football night. Americas game of the week will have the broncos in kansas city taking on the chiefs. The 41st bayou classic, the most points ever. 5245. The southern jaguars hang on against their arch rival grambling tigers. They will play in the title game one week from today. 5245 the final. Im paul burmeister. Thanks for being with us this afternoon. So long from new orleans. News 4 at 6 00 begins with breaking news. Holiday shopping gets disrupted from the district to virginia. Hundreds of shoppers get mixed up with protesters. 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