Jackson State Facing Sanctions- Look For A Waiver

The Jackson State University football program is facing possible sanctions from the NCAA, including a ban from postseason play this season, according to the Jackson Clarion-Ledger.

The program's Academic Progress Rate ((APR)), the four-year figure that calculates academic performance, is below a critical benchmark for the third straight year.

In addition to the possible postseason play exclusion, the report said the JSU's NCAA membership may be restricted next year if the NCAA doesn't grant a waiver request from the school pleading for relief.

The report added that Jackson State filed a waiver request back in December seeking relief from the postseason ban and asking for a "slowed progression" toward future restrictions.

The NCAA granted nine waivers to other schools facing similar sanctions last year.

Jackson State, coached by Rick Comegy, finished 8-3 last season.

Ross Dellinger's excellent work is here in full...

And here's a mix of Comegy's big moment from the 2010 season... his rant after the Alabama State game in November...
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Conventional Wisdom from the HQ thinks JSU is another school in deep doo-doo...

Jackson State Head Coach Suspended For One Game

Because of four f-bombs in 14 seconds as part of a postgame interview in a rough 32-30 loss from Arkansas Pine-Bluff that Rick Comegy and Jackson State got last Saturday.

Comegy, also fined $1,000 by the league, is the first SWAC coach to receive a suspension since 2007, when Prairie View A&M's Henry Frazier was suspended also for questioning officials.

He is not appealing the decision...

"I thought they (expletive) cheated that game," Comegy said walking off the field. "They took that (expletive) game away from these (expletive) kids. That's what the (expletive) I've got to say."

The reporter then tries to ask a follow-up...

"I'm done. I'm done with it," Comegy said.

In a statement, the SWAC said Comegy violated conference policy banning "inappropriate/derogatory comments to the media about officials."

Comegy's rant has even been turned into a dance mix tune...
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What Is It About Nut Shots and the NIT...???

Further down the page, you'll see one of the reasons that contributed to Seton Hall's Firing of Bobby Gonzalez...

Here's another NIT game with another nutshot...

Jackson State and Mississippi State... JSU's Phillip Williams pops MSU's Dee Bost with a downhill right cross...

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The HQ guesses that one of these teams just wasn't all that "all that" about playing in the Nutshot Invitational Tournament...