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Mississippi football roundup: JSU hangs on; Delta State rolls – The Vicksburg Post
Mississippi football roundup: JSU hangs on; Delta State rolls
Published 10:35 pm Saturday, October 5, 2024
- Jackson State running back Irv Mulligan (5) carries the football Saturday against Alabama A&M. Mulligan rushed for 86 yards and two touchdowns as Jackson State won 45-38. (Jackson State University Athletics)
MOBILE, Ala. — Jackson State dominated for 2 1/2 quarters Saturday — which was good, because Alabama A&M owned the last 1 1/2.
Jacobian Morgan threw for 226 yards and three touchdowns, and Jackson State built a 28-point lead before hanging on to beat Alabama A&M 45-38 in the Gulf Coast Challenge in Mobile.
Alabama A&M (2-3, 0-1 Southwestern Athletic Conference) scored 21 unanswered points in the last 16:14 of the game. DJ Moffett’s 4-yard touchdown run with 2:46 left got the Bulldogs to within 45-38.
Jackson State then picked up two first downs on its final drive to seal it.
Irv Mulligan finished with 86 rushing yards and two touchdowns for Jackson State (4-2, 2-0). Joanes Fortilien caught six passes for 83 yards and two TDs, and Travis Terrell Jr. had a 96-yard kickoff return touchdown.
Alabama A&M quarterback Xavier Lankford was 21-of-42 for 245 yards and three touchdowns. He also ran for a touchdown.
In other SWAC games on Saturday, Alcorn State beat Arkansas-Pine Bluff 38-28 on homecoming; Florida A&M beat Alabama State 28-13; Texas Southern topped Virginia Lynchburg 28-10; Nicholls State knocked off Southern University 51-7; and Incarnate Word beat Prairie View A&M 56-28.
Huntingdon 45, Belhaven 31
Dorian Smith threw three touchdown passes during a 35-point second quarter that propelled Huntingdon (2-2, 2-0 USA South) past Belhaven (1-3, 1-1).
Smith finished 13-of-19 passing for 226 yards. He started the big second quarter with a 55-yard TD pass to RJ White on the first play, then added a 23-yard TD to Brody Covington and an 8-yarder to White with seven seconds left for a 35-17 halftime lead.
Belhaven never got closer than 11 points in the second half.
Blake Kirby was 15-of-31 passing for 257 yards and one touchdown for Belhaven. He threw two interceptions and was sacked three times.
West Florida 31, Mississippi College 0
Kyriee Lewis scored on a 52-yard interception return, Virgil Lemons on a 58-yard punt return, and West Florida (2-2, 1-1 Gulf South Conference) shut out Mississippi College (0-5, 0-3).
Jay Sharp rushed for 133 yards and a touchdown for West Florida, which totaled 266 yards as a team on the ground.
Mississippi College had minus-27 rushing yards, seven total yards, and two first downs as its offensive woes continued. The Choctaws have scored a total of 44 points this season and been held to seven or less in four of their five games.
Delta State 54, Chowan 9
Cole Kirk threw three touchdown passes, and Delta State (4-1, 1-0 Gulf South Conference) ran for 248 yards as a team as it rolled over Chowan (1-3, 1-1).
Kelvin Smith led the Statesmen’s rushing attack with 80 yards and two touchdowns on only 10 carries. He got the rout started with scoring runs of 18 and 7 yards in the first quarter.
Kirk added 42 yards and one TD rushing to go with his 163 passing yards. Two of his passing touchdowns went to Jaylen Green for 48 and 2 yards.
Mississippi
It’s 2,350 miles long, spans 31 US states and is home to a 100kg animal with a tongue that looks like a worm | Discover Wildlife
The Mississippi River flows for around 2,350 miles through the heart of the US. It drains an area of 1.2 million square miles – that’s roughly 40% of the country – and at certain points is 11 miles wide. It is North America’s second longest river, behind the Missouri River.
Rising from Lake Itasca in Minnesota, the Mississippi winds southwards through a range of environments, draining water from 31 US states before reaching its delta at the Gulf of Mexico in Louisiana.
The sheer size of the river and the diversity of habitats it passes through make it a refuge for a huge range of animal species, including more than 260 fish, 326 birds, 50 mammals and at least 145 amphibians and reptiles, according to the National Park Service.
There are many weird and wonderful animals living within the Mississippi’s vast waters, but surely one of the strangest is the alligator snapping turtle.
This prehistoric-looking reptile is massive. It can weigh up to 100kg and males can grow well over half a metre long, making it the largest freshwater turtle in North America.
And as if its size wasn’t enough, the alligator snapper has a host of other characteristics that make it one of the Mississippi’s most striking creatures, including a dark, spiky shell (known as carapace), a brick-like head and a sharp, hooked beak. With such a formidable appearance, it’s easy to see how the turtle got its ‘alligator’ name.
But perhaps the turtle’s most curious feature is a worm-like appendage found on its tongue, which it uses as a lure to catch prey, such as fish, amphibians and invertebrates. Alligator snappers are also quite happy scavenging for food.
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NIL money comes with a price. More specifically, a tax bill.
The Mississippi legislature is trying to reduce that burden for college athletes who play there.
Via Bea Anhuci of the Mississippi Clarion Ledger, the Mississippi House of Representatives has passed a bill that would exempt NIL earnings from state income tax.
It’s a recruiting tool for Ole Miss and Mississippi State, one that would put the Mississippi schools on equal footing with other states that host SEC universities. Florida, Tennessee, and Texas have no state income tax, and Arkansas carved out NIL earnings from the state’s income tax burden in 2025.
Mississippi currently charges a four-percent tax on anyone making more than $10,000 per year.
NIL earnings remain subject to federal income tax.
The bill will have to also pass the Mississippi Senate, and the governor would then be required to sign it into law.
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