Coach Prime’s Dominance Prediction Becomes a Reality
During the Friday press conference at Hard Rock Stadium, Coach Deion “Prime Time” Sanders and his players, Shedeur Sanders and Devanta Davis, each spoke about dominating the Orange Blossom Classic against FAMU in every phase of the game, not in a haughty, braggadocios way but by exuding supreme confidence in the talent, preparation and character developed by the JSU Tigers throughout fall camp. However, based on the Rattler’s performance against Power 5 opponent North Carolina of ACC affiliation, in spite of the compliance and ineligible player issues, and last year’s closely fought battle (JSU 7- FAMU 6), the odds of a dominant performance by either team seemed completely far fetched. Surely, the talent gap could not have widened that much in a year. Boy, was I mistaken, misled or misinformed, and I’ll bet you 10-1 odds that I was not alone in my assessment. […]