Jackson State looks for fresh start after bye

JACKSON, Mississippi -- Jackson State's bye week couldn't have come at a better time.

The Tigers (3-4, 1-3 Southwestern Athletic Conference) are coming off a painful loss at the hands of their former coach Rick Comegy, who was fired in December and hired shortly after at Mississippi Valley State.

The 27-23 fourth-quarter homecoming fall to MVSU — a team JSU hadn't lost to since 1994 — seemed the tipping point in a season that appeared in trouble since its 35-7 beating from Tennessee State in Game 3.

Then Saturday's loss featured an all-in-one combination of the struggles JSU has seen in the first portion of the Harold Jackson era: second-half slumps, turnovers, penalties, offensive imbalance, red zone scoring and lack of depth in the offensive and defensive lines, just to name some.

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