03-29-2020, 03:44 PM
Well done documentary of a little known (but integral to the South’s CFB history) stadium. Some people called Jackson the capital of college football back in its heyday.
Didn’t know Ole Miss and Mississippi St at one point played majority of their home games in Jackson. Jackson would host SEC day-night doubleheaders like Tennessee/Ole Miss & LSU/MSU.
The Vet hosted classics such as Mississippi St toppling top-ranked Alabama and 64k SWAC sellouts like Alcorn/Valley that featured Jerry Rice or Walter Payton’s Jackson St era.
Surprised Jackson never jumped into the bowl foray after the Rebels and Bulldogs ditched them in the 90s.
Didn’t know Ole Miss and Mississippi St at one point played majority of their home games in Jackson. Jackson would host SEC day-night doubleheaders like Tennessee/Ole Miss & LSU/MSU.
The Vet hosted classics such as Mississippi St toppling top-ranked Alabama and 64k SWAC sellouts like Alcorn/Valley that featured Jerry Rice or Walter Payton’s Jackson St era.
Surprised Jackson never jumped into the bowl foray after the Rebels and Bulldogs ditched them in the 90s.