JACKSONVILLE — One week after picking themselves up off the turf in Fargo, the Jacksonville State Gamecocks found their rhythm — and then some. Behind a career night from senior quarterback Caden Creel, Jax State exploded for 526 yards of offense to steamroll Eastern Kentucky 49-7 in Saturday night's home opener at AmFirst Stadium. Creel set career highs with 21 completions, 327 passing yards ...

JACKSONVILLE — Nothing helps sooth a savage loss like passing the bad times along to somebody else. Sorry, Eastern Kentucky, it was your day in the barrel. Jacksonville State, bruised and hurting from a rough loss last week at North Dakota State, took it out on the visiting Colonels 49-7 in Saturday's home opener. The Gamecocks beat EKU like they stole something. They whupped them like they ...

JACKSONVILLE — Jacksonville State’s offense a year ago wasn’t too far from the old joke that veteran coaches might tell: “We threw the ball twice — we threw it on the field once at the start and threw it off the field at the end.” Jax State leaned into the run game heavily on its way to a 9-5 record last season, rushing for 3,456 yards, which was fifth nationally and first in Conference USA. ...

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JACKSONVILLE — Jacksonville State's players knew the stakes for Thursday’s night’s spring game at AmFirst Stadium: steak dinners for the winners, beanie weenies for the losers. The White team earned the better meal, holding off the Black team for a 17-13 victory. Senior safety Caleb Nix sealed the win with an interception on the game’s final play. “Caleb made a really good play at the end of ...

JACKSONVILLE — College spring football games usually reveal as much as pedestrians in Canada in the dead of winter, and Jacksonville State's spring scrimmage Thursday wasn't much different. Like pretty much every college team in the country, the Gamecocks ran a vanilla offense against a vanilla defense. The team wearing white jerseys won 17-13 over the team wearing black shirts, if that means ...