Brennan Sim News

South Alabama was a yard away from trailing for the first time this season -- and thus, for the first time ever -- when Huntingdon's Tyler Young took a pass from Justin Ridgeway 78 yards to the Jaguars' 2-yard line midway through the first quarter Thursday night.

South Alabama's Ken Barefield , linebacker Josh Chestang and linebacker Justin Dunn celebrate a recovered fumble in the first quarter on Thursday night at Ladd-Peebles Stadium.

South Alabama backup quarterback Brennan Sim completed all 9 of his passes for 130 yards and a touchdown against Fork Union last weekend.

"This is Courtney Smith's second 100-yard receiving game of the season," South Alabama sports information director Brian Fremund informed the press box at Ladd-Peebles Stadium on Saturday.

Twenty of the 30 players who accepted scholarships in the University of South Alabama's first football signing class live in the Mobile area, which isn't surprising given the fact that coach Joey Jones concentrates his recruiting along the Gulf Coast.

The University of South Alabama's first preseason depth chart released Monday revealed a glaring example of the experience deficit the Jaguars will have to deal with during their first football season, which begins Sept.

Linebacker Charlie Higgenbotham has transferred to South Alabama after three years at the University of Alabama.

Santuan McGee can count the days until South Alabama's first football game. Literally. It's on the university's athletic web site, ticking off the days, hours and minutes until the new program kicks off for the first time: 60, 59, 58.

Matt Saucier was the best of the quarterback bunch for South Alabama in the spring, accounting for two touchdowns in the spring game.