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This story originally appeared in the Jackson Free Press. It was added to the Mississippi Free Press website in 2025.
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Boy, does Louisiana Tech suck or what? At least they got the satisfaction of losing on national TV. But Dr. S doubts that Maryland and Georgia Tech would agree. The ACC sucks, too. While you’re waiting for college football to kick off at 11 a.m., here’s columns by Jim Mashek of The (Biloxi) Sun Herald previewing Big 3 college football and this week in the SEC. Enjoy.

As long as you’re reading about football, check out one of Dr. S’ all-time favorites, Two Daves Pick The SEC.

Mississippi native Donna Ladd and partner Todd Stauffer founded the Jackson Free Press in 2002 in the capital city. The heavily awarded local newspaper did many investigations heralded across the state and nation and served as a paper of record due to its diversity, inclusion, in-depth reporting and deep connection to readers and dedication to narrative change in and about Mississippi. In 2022, the nonprofit Mississippi Free Press, founded by Ladd and JFP Associate Publisher Kimberly Griffin in 2020, purchased the journalism assets and archives of the Jackson Free Press. A Google grant through AAN Publishers enabled Newspack's integration of the JFP archives into the Mississippi Free Press website to become part of a more searchable archive of recent Mississippi history and essential journalism.