Louisiana
Jax State takes overtime thriller over Louisiana Tech for sixth straight win, bowl eligibility
In Jacksonville State’s third game of the season, a double-overtime loss to Eastern Michigan handed the Gamecocks their third straight loss and left questions about what the future may hold.
On Saturday in Ruston, Louisiana, Jax State left an overtime thriller with a statement made.
The Gamecocks outlasted Louisiana Tech in overtime with a 44-37, come-from-behind victory to clinch its sixth straight victory and remain atop the Conference USA standings.
The victory for Jax State made the team bowl-eligible for the second straight season and gave the program its longest win streak since the 2017 season when it won seven straight.
With the final play of regulation and Jax State down 37-31, Tyler Huff threw a Hail Mary pass to the end zone looking for a receiver. Cam Vaughn remained behind the rest of Louisiana Tech’s receivers to catch the ball from 49 yards out.
Kicker Garrison Rippa missed the extra point to force overtime with the score tied at 37 points apiece.
Tre Stewart ran the ball on Jax State’s third overtime play to take the lead, with the defense forcing a three-and-out capped off by a sack from J-Rock Swain.
“We’re very fortunate,” Jax State coach Rich Rodriguez said. “You’ve got to have a lot of luck involved, and we did that at the end. We played so poorly in the second half, particularly on offense, and just gave us enough time. Going tempo is easy for us, so that wasn’t a big deal. But I thought Tyler made a great throw, and Cam Vaughn continues to impress, but I’m really proud of the guys.
“Louisiana Tech, you’ve got to give them a lot of credit. They played hard, they outcoached us, but we made just enough plays at the end to win. So, we’re happy.”
Jax State didn’t score in the fourth quarter until a 40-yard field goal from Rippa with 5:55 left to play, with the host Bulldogs rattling off 23 points started by a touchdown with 23 seconds left in the first half.
The Gamecocks led by as many as 14 points in the second quarter.
“All wins are good,” Rodriguez said. “We didn’t do a good job. I didn’t do a good job as a head coach. I thought our guys were ready to play, but we didn’t have the same kind of energy or intensity that we normally have, and I think that’s a lesson that we’ve all got to learn. I’ve got to do a better job going forward.”
Tre Stewart had his fifth straight 100-yard game on the ground, piling up 166 yards and two touchdowns on 34 carries in the win; he also had a 15-yard reception and became Jax State’s first 1,000-yard rusher since Roc Thomas ran for 1,065 in the 2017 season.
Tyler Huff and Andrew Paul also ran for touchdowns.
Vaughn, who hauled in the touchdown pass that would force overtime, finished with 130 of the team’s 130 receiving yards and had two touchdown catches.
Swain, a redshirt senior and Oxford High graduate, finished with six tackles (two solo), a sack and 2.5 tackles for loss in the win.
“He’s one of the best leaders I’ve had, period, of my entire career, and he continues to help us lead,” Rodriguez said of Swain. “We were fortunate to win this, but hey, you’ve got to keep playing until the last play. And we did, then we were all excited, and we missed the extra point, and then overtime, it’s like, “What’s going to happen?’ But, we hung in there.”
Fred Perry also keyed the team with 14 tackles (seven solo), a sack, 2.5 tackles for loss and a forced fumble; Jawaun Campbell recovered the forced fumble and returned it 38 yards to set up a touchdown.
Jax State (6-3, 5-0 CUSA) will host Florida International on Saturday.
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ALEXANDRIA, La. (KALB) – The federal government is building a nationwide standard as the United States competes in a global A.I. race, much the same as the Space Race of the 20th century.
Last week, President Trump signed an executive order aimed at establishing a uniform federal regulatory framework for artificial intelligence in the United States.
The order emphasized a need for AI companies to be allowed to innovate without hinderance from excessive regulations, so that the system would not become fragmented.
Marva Bailer is the CEO and founder of Qualaix, which works to improve productivity and innovation with AI through conversations. She said this framework a step towards realizing an untapped potential in the United States for innovation and productivity through AI.
“We are leading the AI race,” said Bailer. “What is getting people’s attention is there are areas that we could be a lot stronger and lean in a lot faster.”
We spoke with KALB political analyst Greg LaRose to learn how this new framework might impact Louisiana’s development.
Since 2024, the construction of multiple AI data centers has been announced across the state, with each new center estimated to be worth billions of dollars and promising new jobs and growth for Louisiana.
According to LaRose, the executive order should not realistically confine any of the state’s major AI projects.
“Through the Louisiana lens at that executive order from President Trump, I’m not really seeing anything that really confines what’s going on in the state.”
The majority of the state’s laws are concerned with deep fakes.
In October, Louisiana governor Jeff Landry issued his own executive order which banned, “Communist Chinese AI platforms’ from systems within state government.”
While it is unclear how Louisiana will enforce Landry’s order, LaRose said the state does face other concerns.
“I think they’re more concerned about giving China access to the data that is used to create, say, a Louisiana-based deep fake or any type of issue,” said LaRose. “For example, like transcription software that people are increasingly using to make record-keeping a lot easier. I think the idea is that that type of information be kept out of hands that we don’t want it in.”
This, as the global AI race heats up heading into 2026.
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The last of two inmates who had been on the run since escaping from a jail in the southern Louisiana city of Opelousas earlier this month has been caught, officials said Friday. A third inmate who was also part of the escape died by suicide after being caught by police, authorities previously said.
Keith Anthony Eli II, 24, was taken into custody in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby Guidroz said in a news release. Opelousas is located about 25 miles north of Lafayette.
Guidroz said Eli was captured by narcotics detectives and a SWAT team thanks to a tip.
At the time of his escape, Eli was held on an attempted second-degree murder charge.
The three men had escaped the St. Landry Parish Jail on Dec. 3 by removing concrete blocks from an upper wall area, Guidroz said at the time.
Authorities said the inmates then used sheets and other materials to scale the exterior wall, climb onto a first-floor roof and lower themselves to the ground, Guidroz said.
Escapee Jonathan Joseph, 24, was captured on Dec. 5. He is in custody on multiple charges, including first-degree rape.
Joseph Harrington, 26, faced several felony charges, including home invasion. On Dec. 4, one day after the escape, he was recognized by a tipster while pushing a black e-bike. Police found the e-bike at a neighboring home and heard a gunshot while trying to coax him to leave the building. He had shot himself with a hunting rifle, Port Barre Police Chief Deon Boudreaux said by telephone to The Associated Press.
The escape came more than seven months after 10 inmates broke out of a New Orleans jail. All ten of since been captured.
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