The newsmaker of the year in college football has undoubtedly been Colorado coach Deion Sanders, who has led the Buffaloes to a 4–3 start while marshaling his celebrity to draw enormous television audiences.
However, little has been written about the program Sanders left behind—Jackson State. The Tigers have gotten off to a decent 5–3 start, and trail Florida A&M by two games in the race for the SWAC’s East Division title.
The new boss in Mississippi's capital, T.C. Taylor, was candid about Sanders's impact on Jackson State in a feature published by The Athletic Thursday on the Tigers’ post-Sanders existence, and divided opinions on Sanders’s legacy at the school.
