Jaguars head coach grew up in Baton Rouge
South Alabama head coach Major Applewhite grew up in Baton Rouge and attended several LSU games as a youth. He'll coach his first game at Tiger Stadium on Saturday night. South Alabama’s Major Applewhite will coach his first game at LSU on Saturday night, but it will be far from the first time he’s experienced Tiger Stadium.
“I spent every Saturday that I could there over in the South end zone, watching every LSU game that I could,” Applewhite said Monday. “I didn’t grow up an LSU fan, but I pulled for LSU any time they weren’t playing Alabama. In his typical understated style, Applewhite downplayed his trip “home” on Saturday. He said he’s treating it as just another game, albeit one in which his team is a three-touchdown underdog against a brand-name opponent in a 102,000-seat stadium.
One member of the South Alabama program who has made multiple trips to Tiger Stadium is offensive coordinator Rob Ezell, who played twice in Baton Rouge during his career at Alabama. Ezell was also a graduate assistant at his alma mater when the Crimson Tide won 10-0 over LSU in 2016. “And at night, it’s a little different. It’s loud regardless. My senior year , we played them in a 2:30 kickoff and they ended up getting us in the fourth quarter. But at night it’s a totally different atmosphere. We played a night game there and won the game, but it was rocking.”
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