HBCU fans will be glued to their television screens, tablets and phones watching Southern University vs Prairie View A&M to see if the Jaguars can beat the Panthers that will put Alcorn State in the drivers seat to win the SWAC West Division.
Regardless of Southern University winning the game or not, Alcorn State University must come in and handle business against Texas Southern University. Texas Southern has gone through their own adversity this season with starting quarterback Andrew Body getting a medical redshirt from re aggravating an injury he sustained last season.
Throughout it all Texas Southern Tigers Football has shown itself to be a resultant bunch of athletes that will give any team they face a hard time week in and week out. Coming off back-to-back losses against Southern University 17-23 and Jackson State 19-21. Texas Southern has found themselves in games but have not been able to find a way to finish with the team leaving with a win. Look for Texas Southern University to come into this game and give Alcorn State problems all game long. Texas Southern beat Alcorn State last season 28-27 messing up the Braves homecoming.
The Alcorn State Braves will come into this game having won 4 straight and look to keep things going. The question will they be able to do that against this scrappy team. If Alcorn State wins, they will be in the drivers set to play Florida A&M in SWAC Championship. If not, HBCU fans will be watching closely to see who wins the Alcorn State vs Jackson State game next week. But first we must see how the Alcorn State vs Texas Southern game plays out that was rescheduled from November 11th to November 12th at 3 pm EST.