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Perhaps Dr. S should quit while he’s ahead. Far, far ahead. It’s true, Dr. S achieved perfection in his football picks over the weekend, going 4-0. If the good doctor was a Euro, he would quit now.

But Dr. S failed to achieve perfection in all things: He said the Angels would win the World Series by beating the evil Giants in six games. Instead, the Angels won in seven. So Dr. S will stay on the job. You’re welcome.

Dr. S said Arkansas would beat Ole Miss 31-27. Dr. S overestimated the Elis: The Doobie Brothers won 48-28. Face it, UM can’t win outside of Oxford. And two of UM’s last four games are on the road.

Dr. S said Grambling would beat Jackson State 27-21. It was even uglier than that: the G-Men won 52-31. Even worse: Grambling coach Doug Williams beat up JSU offensive coordinator Darrell Asberry before the game. Asberry’s boss, Robert Hughes, is on his way out: maybe as soon as this week.

Dr. S said Jones would beat Hinds 24-20. Jones beat Hinds 17-14. And he correctly predicted that Valley would lose to Texas Southern.

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The Mississippi Free Press produced this story through the MFP Solutions Lab, supported by the Solutions Journalism Network. This series digs into Mississippi’s systemic issues and sheds light on responses to them in other communities. Beyond just reporting on problems, these stories interrogate their causes and inspect potential solutions.

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.