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Dr. S is running late, so he will make this quick (and remember, don’t use these for anything but entertainment purposes unless you want to be a millionaire … in Iraq):
Grambling will beat Alcorn
Belhaven will beat Louisiana College
Delta State will beat Cumberland
Valley will beat Pine Bluff
Mississippi State won’t play, but will still give up 28 points in the first quarter

P.S. Them damn Saints will lose on Sunday.

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.