Deion Sanders obtained stiff-armed by an offended opposing coach when making an attempt to go in for a postgame hug.
Sanders, the top coach of Jackson State, noticed his crew spoil Alabama State’s homecoming weekend with a 26-12 win in Montgomery on Saturday. The Professional Soccer Corridor of Famer and Alabama State coach Eddie Robinson Jr. exchanged a handshake close to midfield however when Sanders tried so as to add a hug to the postgame festivities, Robinson rejected him. Robinson put his left arm into Sanders’ s chest and the aggressively swiped it away.
Sanders was stunned by the rejection and Robinson stated he felt Sanders was being disrespectful to the media within the week main as much as the sport.
“My precise phrases was, ‘Hey man, you had them able to play. Good recreation,'” Sanders stated of the on-field trade. “Shook arms and tried to embrace and he pushed off. That was it.”
The 2 didn't meet on the sphere previous to kickoff.
“It may very well be a plethora of issues,” Sanders added. “I feel he thought he was going to get a win. I don’t know why he would’ve ever thought that. Secondly, he stated that I didn’t come to greet him within the middle of the sphere. I don’t know if you happen to perceive however we obtained right here very late. In order that expedited our entire means of preparation. So then we have been in like, ‘let’s go get it [mode].”
Robinson informed reporters that Sanders walked via Alabama State’s finish zone throughout pregame warm-ups as an alternative of taking a extra direct path to the sideline. He additionally felt Jackson State ought to have taken a knee late within the recreation as an alternative of making an attempt so as to add to its lead. Robinson noticed “no want for an embrace.”
“I’m going to at all times be respectful and respect the sport,” Robinson stated. “You’ve obtained the good [coaches], W.C. Gorden, Eddie Robinson, these guys, Marino Casem, I’m dwelling on the shoulders of the SWAC.”
Whereas Jackson State completely dominated the sport, totaling 441 yards to Alabama State’s 177, it was a 17-12 recreation early within the fourth quarter earlier than two scoring drives by Jackson State put the sport away.
Jackson State quarterback Shedeur Sanders, Deion Sanders’ son, went 30-for-46 passing with 332 yards, three touchdowns, and an interception giving his dad his twentieth collegiate head teaching win. The victory improves the Tigers to 5-0 and drops Alabama State to 3-3.
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