Friday, November 23, 2012

Odums, Williams need Bayou Classic victory

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana  --  Dawson Odums and Doug Williams chowed down on shrimp and oyster po-boys in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome Tuesday looking like a couple of men who didn’t know where their next meal was coming from.

Which, in Odums’ case is actually true, because the Southern interim coach’s future might be riding on the result of Saturday’s Bayou Classic, if it hasn’t already been decided.



Odums could even joke at Tuesday’s press conference promoting the event — saying that the thing he was most nervous about was driving SU Athletic Director William Broussard back to Baton Rouge safely.

Williams presumably has more job security.

But the second year of his second stint as Grambling’s coach has been a 1-9 nightmare, and according to Williams, at least one prominent alumnus is very restless: himself.

“People forget that I’m an alumnus, too,” he said. “This has been a tough year, one that nobody at Grambling is used to.

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