JSU football returns to The Vet this month
The Tigers open their season at home on Aug. 30
SLOGAN TO THE I WIN BECAUSE JACKSON STATE FOOTBALL DID PLENTY OF THAT LAST SEASON, BUT NOW IT’S TIME TO TURN THE PAGE IN. COLLEGE FOOTBALL BEGINS THIS MONTH. TODAY, HEAD COACH TK TAYLOR, SPEAKING TO MEDIA FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS SEASON AS THE TIGERS BEGAN WEEK TWO OF TRAINING CAMP. NOW, THERE ARE VERY HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR JSU AFTER WINNING THE SWAC AND CELEBRATION BOWL LAST YEAR, THEY WERE PICKED AS THE CONFERENCE’S PRESEASON NUMBER ONE SQUAD. BUT THIS ROSTER IS A BIT DIFFERENT FROM LAST YEAR FOR TK. THAT GIVES SOME FRESH FACES AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A NAME FOR THEMSELVES. >> I THINK FOR US, WE’RE JUST TRYING TO GET THESE GUYS IN HERE AND THE MAIN THING IS JUST MISH, YOU KNOW, WE’VE GOT QUITE A FEW NEW FACES, A GOOD GROUP COMING BACK FROM LAST YEAR, BUT I THOUGHT THE FIRST WEEK WAS REALLY INTENSE. GUYS WAS FLYING AROUND AND YOU KNOW, AND THEY’RE DEVELOPING YOU KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT IT. THAT BROTHERHOOD THAT’S GOING TO BE NEEDED THIS SEASON. SO WE’RE LOOKING FORWARD TO NOT BEING ON THE ROAD THIS YEAR. YOU KNOW THE FIRST GAME. SO WE’RE EXCITED ABOUT IT. WE TALKED ABOUT IT IN THE TEAM MEETING THIS MORNING. YOU KNOW IT IS AUGUST. WE PLAY IN AUGUST ABOUT TWO AND A HALF WEEKS. SO WE GOT A LOT OF WORK OUT IN FRONT OF US THOUGH. SO WE JUST GOT TO TAKE IT ONE DAY AT A TIME. >> ALL RIGHT. WELL YOU JUST HEARD COACH JUST UNDER THREE WEEKS AWAY FRO
JSU football returns to The Vet this month
The Tigers open their season at home on Aug. 30
Updated: 10:18 PM CDT Aug 4, 2025
It’s August, which means the college football season will begin this month.After an impressive 2024 campaign that saw the Jackson State Tigers win the SWAC and the school’s first-ever HBCU National championship, head coach T.C. Taylor and his squad are ready to kick off the new season. The expectations are high for JSU: they were voted as the conference’s preseason No. 1-ranked team, and they’ll have to take the field this year without some key contributors from last year’s squad. “The main thing is just mesh,” Taylor said. “We’ve got quite a few new faces, a good group coming back from last year. But I thought the first week was really intense.” The Tigers will open up the 2025 season at home on Aug. 30 against Hampton.
JACKSON, Miss. —
It’s August, which means the college football season will begin this month.
After an impressive 2024 campaign that saw the Jackson State Tigers win the SWAC and the school’s first-ever HBCU National championship, head coach T.C. Taylor and his squad are ready to kick off the new season.
The expectations are high for JSU: they were voted as the conference’s preseason No. 1-ranked team, and they’ll have to take the field this year without some key contributors from last year’s squad.
“The main thing is just mesh,” Taylor said. “We’ve got quite a few new faces, a good group coming back from last year. But I thought the first week was really intense.”
The Tigers will open up the 2025 season at home on Aug. 30 against Hampton.