Southern outlasted Mississippi Valley State 34-29 in Itta Bena, Mississippi on Saturday. Here's our quick takeaways from the game:

Too close for comfort

Southern should have won this game much easier than it did. The Delta Devils are better than the 1-11 team from last year, but it’s a program with a new coach in Terrell Buckley and a revamped roster that should have more kinks to work out than Southern. The Jaguars returned more talent and had one game already under their belt. MVSU’s lack of cohesion showed, but so did Southern’s lack of focus in some stretches on offense and defense.

Southern needs turnovers

The Southern defense showed early signs of repeating one of its biggest issues from last year: dropping interceptions. The Jaguars had at least five opportunities to pick off Mi

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