Delaware State coach DeSean Jackson and Hornets running back Marquis Gillis were locked in a postgame embrace on the field at Alumni Stadium on Nov. 22.

Across the way, South Carolina State was hoisting the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference championship trophy, which its winner-take-all 28-17 victory over DSU had just secured.

Visually, these were two very different scenes, one in which despair was shared and the other in which a league title was celebrated.

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