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HBCU Sports Live: Odums leaving for Norfolk State leaves Southern looking for new football coach

Kenn Rashad and Kendrick Marshall discuss Dawson Odums leaving Southern University to become the new head football coach at Norfolk State and the candidates that could potentially fill SU’s vacancy.

Other discussions included the SWAC’s decision to move the championship football game to Jackson, Mississippi, and the social media comments that went viral as a result. Rashad provided details on why Grambling football is in its predicament, and Marshall delivered a key reason why HBCU are looking to make celebrity hires.

And with a new twist, the two entertained live phone calls from the viewers.

Video Chapters:
0:00 – Intro
3:29 – Reason why SWAC Championship Game was moved to Jackson
6:02 – Corey Fuller takes issue with Alabama A&M coach’s tweet
13:04 – Grambling football program’s rough spring season
19:27 – Connell Maynor interviews for Southern’s head coaching vacancy
27:35 – Dawson Odums “pay their dues” comment
38:58 – Name rumored to be Grambling’s new offensive coordinator
46:03 – Will FAMU and Bethune-Cookman have an advantage entering the SWAC this fall?
56:28 – Caller talks about HBCUs on an equal playing field
1:02:43 – BJ Jones calls: Talks about Southern’s coaching candidates
1:10:06 – Caller asks if there are similarities of Deion Sanders to Jackson State with Doug Williams to Grambling

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