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Delaware loses Conference USA showdown at Jacksonville State. 5 takeaways

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October 16, 2025

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Delaware loses Conference USA showdown at Jacksonville State. 5 takeaways

Delaware was among the top teams nationally in recent football seasons in turnover margin.

But that was at the FCS level.

Delaware’s move to Conference USA and the Football Bowl Subdivision means a faster, more physical game and now turnovers have cost the Blue Hens dearly in two straight losses, including the 38-25 defeat at Jacksonville State Oct. 15.

“We’re not a good enough team,” Delaware coach Ryan Carty told Blue Hens Radio after the game, “and we’re playing in too good of a conference and we’re on the road to spot somebody 14 points early with turnovers.”

That leads the five takeaways from Delaware’s loss in Alabama Wednesday night:

Turnovers tantamount

Two second-half turnovers doomed Delaware in its 27-24 loss to Western Kentucky Oct. 3.

This time they came early and helped put the Blue Hens in an early hole.

Tight end Elijah Sessoms fumbled on a 21-yard gain when he was hit hard and targeting was called, then called off after replay.

A 27-yard return put the Gamecocks 11 yards from the end zone and Cam Cook scored on a 6-yard run after a UD penalty.

Soon after, a fourth-and-4 Nick Minicucci pass from the UD 43 to Jake Thaw seemed to get the first down.

But JSU tore the ball away and Caleb Nix, Broncos quarterback Bo Nix’s brother, scurried 45 yards for a TD and a 14-0 lead.

“Those were tough plays,” Carty said. “One was targeting that got overturned and a really good shot that Elijah took.

“The other one was a fourth down that we converted. And the rules of engagement on a fourth down, you’re allowed to reach the ball out to make sure you got the first down, I think on the way down after forward progress or before forward progress. Who knows? I think both of them were really close calls.”

Penalties hurt Hens

Delaware had 18 penalties for 171 yards its first five games, fewest in CUSA.

The Hens had 10 for 83 yards at Jacksonville State though Carty suggested afterward that some of the calls may have been questionable.

“We’ve been one of the least penalized teams in the country and I thought we played similar to that tonight,” he said.

Third- and fourth-down struggles

Delaware was 4-for-14 on third downs and 1-for-5 on fourth downs, frequently unable to get first downs that certainly would have improved their chances.

One failure was especially critical as, behind 28-6 in the third quarter, Carty went for it on fourth-and-9 at the UD 35.

The Hens came up a yard short on Minicucci’s pass to Sessoms. The Gamecocks needed just three plays to score their final TD and go ahead 35-6.

On the run

Other than his 66-yard gallop, Cook was sometimes contained by Delaware’s defense. The nation’s leading rusher, Cook had 117 yards on 18 carries with three TDs.

Nine of those 18 carries netted two yards or less. He was averaging a best-in-the-nation 138 yards rushing entering the game.

Delaware managed just 34 rushing yards among its 456 total and averaged 1.5 yards per carry.

“I don’t think we ran the ball very well and I think they did a really nice job at having a plan to stop us up front,” Carty said.

“And, unfortunately, it took me a little too long to figure that out. We kind of got behind trying to be balanced.”

Long balls galore

Minicucci completed 31 of 49 passes for 410 yards and a TD but struggled early to hit timely pass plays that may have narrowed the gap sooner. That included several passes that were overthrown downfield in Delaware’s quest to cover ground. He actually completed 19 of his last 22.

Contact Kevin Tresolini at ktresolini@delawareonline.com and follow on Twitter @kevintresolini. Support local journalism by subscribing to delawareonline.com and our DE Game Day newsletter.

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Delaware history in News Journal March 1-7: Fire rescue, power rate jump

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February 28, 2026

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Delaware history in News Journal March 1-7: Fire rescue, power rate jump

Delaware history from The News Journal archives March 1-7 includes woman, baby and dog rescued from burning a home in 1926.
Prisoners sue state over conditions at Sussex Correctional Institution in 1976.
Jump in electric rates in 2006 sparks talks of reregulating the industry.

“Pages of history” features excerpts from The News Journal archives including The Morning News and The Evening Journal. See the archives at delawareonline.com.

March 1, 2006, The News Journal

Under plan, 59% electric rate hike to be phased in

Delmarva Power has proposed phasing in electricity rate increases to reduce the shock of a 59% price hike for residents scheduled to begin May 1.

If the proposal is approved by the state, the typical residential bill would go up slightly less than $18 a month on May 1. Then on Jan. 1, the typical bill would go up again by the same amount. On May 1, 2007, a last increase of $34 would be added, assuming no other change in the market price for electricity. …

Delmarva Power officials unveiled the proposal Tuesday as part of a response to an executive order issued last month by Gov. Ruth Ann Minner. She asked state agencies to study possible responses to the rate hike, including the option of reregulating the industry.

In 1999, state lawmakers removed controls on the price of wholesale electricity, reshaping the power market in the state. As part of the change, electricity rates were lowered by 7.5% until 2003.

Delmarva Power says the coming 59% increase is mainly caused by price hikes in the cost of the fuels that generate electricity, such as natural gas and coal.

Under deregulation, Delmarva must buy about one-third of its total power needs on the wholesale market every year. If the wholesale market is lower next year, customers could save some money. If the wholesale market is up, then rates could go even higher than they are currently expected to go….

Deregulation was expected to reduce electricity prices by bringing competition to the electric market, but only the largest power customers in the state are able to shop for power. Residents do not have a choice about who supplies their electricity.

Some lawmakers are calling for the state to reregulate the industry….

Reregulating part or all of the electricity market is unlikely to have any impact on the 59% rises in bills, experts say, but could prevent dramatic price spikes in the future….

March 3, 1976, The Morning News page

Sussex prison dilemma prompts judicial warning

If the General Assembly doesn’t do something soon about the crumbling Sussex Correctional Institution, he will, a federal judge strongly hinted yesterday.

Judge Murray M. Schwartz said he frankly hopes lawmakers will come up with the extra $1.6 million needed for a thorough overhaul of the Georgetown prison this month.

If they do, he said, it probably will “wash out” the inmates’ suit to close the prison. Schwartz is hearing the suit now, but isn’t expected to make a ruling for several months.

Should he find that the “legislature has abdicated its responsibilities [to the prison],” Schwartz warned, “then that has opened up a hole the federal court will have to fill.”

The state earmarked $2 million from a bond issue for Sussex prison renovation, but the base construction bid opened in January was $2.8 million. With alternate improvements officials want, the cost would rise to $3.4 million.

Acting Correction Commissioner Paul Keve, a defendant in the inmates’ suit, said it “looks very hopeful” that $1.6 million originally appropriated for another prison project will be reallocated to the Sussex work….

Several times yesterday, Schwartz expressed puzzlement over the state’s defense to the suit which seemed to be, “Yes, Sussex is bad, but we’re going to improve it,” the judge remarked.

The improvements are part of the defense, replied Deputy Atty. Gen. John Willard. But he said he would also contend the prison’s deficiencies aren’t an unconstitutional denial of due process or cruel and unusual punishment, as the inmates claim.

The prison’s 45-year-old main building “defeats efforts to improve it in a superficial way,” Keve said, and demands instead a “drastic, complete, comprehensive” renovation.

He said a new kitchen is most urgently needed, but the plans also call for complete replacement of the plumbing, electrical and heating systems, construction of a gymnasium, medical-dental suite and space for classrooms and group discussions.

Prisoners have complained of a lack of rehabilitation programs….

March 6, 1926, The Evening Journal

Woman, baby, dog rescued from burning home

Mary Anderson … and a year-old baby were carried from the burning house at 4 W. 12th St. in Wilmington this morning. …

The fire, which originated in the chimney of the house, caused a spectacular blaze that destroyed the roof and damaged the interior of the dwelling, and drew a large crowd.

Trolley traffic on Market Street was tied up for 20 minutes or more. Long lines of cars from the Boulevard, Washington, Shellpot and Darby lines blocked both tracks for two squares or more, owing to the lines of fire hose that were stretched across Market Street.

The fire was first discovered by Mrs. Anderson who was in the house with the year-old baby of Margaret Thomas who was at work. Smelling smoke, Mrs. Anderson went to the second floor and seeing a flame around the stove pipe hole in the chimney, threw water on it. Thinking she had extinguished the fire, she started downstairs.

In the meantime, the blaze broke out around the edge of the roof and the smoke was seen by John Wright and Stanley Pletuszka, who were in the office of the Pittsburg Independent Oil Company at 12th and Market streets.

Wright ran to the fire alarm box at 13th and King streets and turned in an alarm to which Engine Companies 1,7 and 10 and Truck Company 1 responded.

Pletuszka ran to the house where he was joined by Lloyd Smith of West 13th Street. Finding the door fastened and knowing that Mrs. Anderson and the baby were in the house, they broke down the door.

They met Mrs. Anderson coming downstairs and when an attempt was made to get her to leave, she refused, insisting that the fire was out. The rescuers had to carry the woman from the burning building, then returning they found the baby in the lower part of the house and carried it to the home of a neighbor where the baby and the woman were cared for.

Herbert Johnson, son of Mrs. Anderson of Orange Street, hearing that his mother’s home was on fire, hurried there and with other men saved practically all of the furniture in the house. A small dog, owned by Mrs. Anderson, was rescued by Johnson, but a larger dog defied the efforts of other men to take it from the house. …

The firemen prevented the spread of the fire by deluging the building with water, the chemical streams first used being found insufficient to check the fire. …

The loss is estimated at $800.

Reach reporter Ben Mace at rmace@gannett.com.

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Elon Musk-Led Overhaul of Delaware Business Law Upheld by State Court

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February 27, 2026

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Elon Musk-Led Overhaul of Delaware Business Law Upheld by State Court

The Delaware Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of an Elon Musk-inspired overhaul of state law that governs most major US corporations, handing a win to company founders, insiders and private equity owners who sought less restrictive business rules.

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