How to watch: East Tennessee State Buccaneers at Jax State Gamecocks

HIGHLIGHTS OF WEEK ZERO IN JACKSONVILLE. YES, WELCOME BACK HERE TO JACKSONVILLE STATE WHERE THE GAMECOCKS OPENED UP THEIR SEASON HERE IN WEEK ZERO, BUT ALSO SPARKED THE BEGINNING OF A NEW ERA FOR THE PROGRAM IN FBS, ALL WHILE PLAYING A NEW CONFERENCE OPPONENT THAT WOULD BE FELLOW CONFERENCE USA TEAM UTEP, WHO WAS IN TOWN FOR ANOTHER HOT DAY OF FOOTBALL HERE IN CENTRAL ALABAMA AS RICH RODRIGUEZ LED JACK STATE INTO HIS SECOND YEAR. BUT A YEAR OF FIRSTS. BUT ONE THING THAT ISN’T NEW ABOUT THIS TEAM, THE DOMINANT DEFENSE HOLDING UTEP ON FOURTH DOWN HERE AND KEEPING THEM SCORELESS THROUGH THE FIRST QUARTER, BUT LATER IN THE SECOND QUARTER, JACKSONVILLE’S OWN RON WIGGINS SCORING THE FIRST TOUCHDOWN IN JACK’S FBS ERA WIDE OPEN GAP THERE IT’S TEN NOTHING JAX STATE ALTHOUGH NOT CONVERTING INTO POINTS JACK STATE CONTINUED TO REMIND EVERYONE JUST HOW RELENTLESS THIS DEFENSE IS WITH THREE TOTAL TURNOVERS AS WE’LL GET TO THE LAST ONE IN A BIT. BUT JACK STATE OPENS UP THE SECOND HALF WITH A TEN SEVEN LEAD. MALIK JACKSON, THOUGH, DARTING IN FOR THE GAMECOCKS SECOND TOUCHDOWN OF THE DAY IT IS 17 SEVEN JSU EUTAW WOULD THROW A LATE FOURTH DOWN TOUCHDOWN TO GET WITHIN REACH 17 TO 14 AND AS THEY MARCHED DOWN THE FIELD IN THE FINAL MINUTES AND GOING FOR IT HERE ON FOURTH DOWN JACK MAYA HARRIS SAYS IT’S TIME TO SHUT THIS GAME DOWN PICKS IT OFF AS JACK STATE WINS IT 17 TO 14 RIGHT NOW THAT IS MY FAVORITE PLAY THAT I ALWAYS DREAMED THE GET IN THE GAME WITH THEIR INTERCEPTION SO WE GOT A LONG SEASON SO I REALLY DON’T KNOW YET INSTANT RELIEF FOR A TEAM EAGER TO PROVE IN GAME ONE OF THIS NEW ERA THAT THEY ARE PREPARED FOR THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF D1 FOOTBALL. ONE THING COACH RICHARD PREACHED ALL WEEK AND EVEN ALL SUMMER WHEN IT’S TOO HOT FOR OTHER TEAM, IT’S JUST ABOUT RIGHT FOR US. SO I MEAN, WE WANTED TO GET HOTTER. AS HOT AS IT CAN, IT MEANS TONIGHT I’LL HAVE A COLD REFRESHMENT AT THE HARD EDGE BAR AND GRILL. IF WE LOST, I PROBABLY WOULDN’T. AND MISS REED WILL TELL YOU I’M MISERABLE TO BE AROUND. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? MISERABLE. ABSOLUTELY MISERABLE. AND I WON’T BE THAT MISERABLE TONIGHT. I’LL BE HAPPY. AND CHEERS TO RICH ROD, WHO WAS ALL SMILES AFTER THIS GUTSY WIN AND MARKING THE PROGRAM’S FIRST EVER FBS WIN IN PROGRAM HISTORY. NEXT UP FOR JACK STATE, THEY’LL BE BACK AT HOME ON SATURDAY, HOSTING EAST TENNESSEE STATE. THAT GAME KICKS OFF AT 1:00 AND HOPEFULLY IS NOT AS HOT AS THIS ONE HERE IN JACKSONVILLE, KARI