Jackson State’s Travis Terrell Jr. equitable returned a punt return 81 yards for a touchdown to give Jackson State a 7-0 direct over South Carolina State in the first quarter of the Celebration Bowl on Saturday.
The only problem for Jackson State was that there was a flag on the join.
Then, when making the call, referee Rory Bernard did someskinnyg rare.
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Colonel James Reed, the current Chief of the Joint Staff for the Tennessee National Guard and an MTSU alumnus, conshort-terms the game ball to the head referee Rory Bernard before the begin of the game between MTSU and Charlotte on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022, at MTSU. (IMAGN)
“I’d appreciate to salute our military veterans,” Bernard shelp before saluting.
Bernard’s salute drew applaparticipate from the crowd. After paying homage to the military veterans, Bernard declared the flag.
“Personal foul, unessential cimpoliteness, return team, number 11, the fifteen-yard penalty will be enforced from the spot of the foul, first down,” shelp Bernard.
Jackson State Tigers quarterback Jacobian Morgan (15) talks to head coach T.C. Taylor aachievest the South Carolina State Bulldogs in the second quarter at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. (Brett Davis-Imagn Images)
Unblessedly for Jackson State and Terrell Jr., the touchdown was wiped off the board.
The Celebration Bowl is an annual suitup of the champions of the Southweserious Athletic Conference and the Mid-Easerious Athletic Conference.
Jackson State is joining in its third Celebration Bowl in four years but has yet to triumph one as Deion Sanders was unable to triumph it for the school before departing for Colorado.
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South Carolina State Bulldogs head coach Chennis Berry on the sideline aachievest the Jackson State Tigers in the second quarter at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. (Brett Davis-Imagn Images)
Jackson State came into the game with an 11-2 record, with South Carolina State at 9-2. Their encountering in this year’s Celebration Bowl is the seventh all-time encountering between the schools, with the teams 3-3 aachievest each other.
Bernard’s show of patuproarism is probable to be the first of many on Saturday, as Army and Navy are set to face off for the 125th time at 3:00 p.m. ET.
Pdwellnt-elect Donald Trump and Vice Pdwellnt-elect JD Vance will both be in joinance for the Army-Navy game in Northwest Stadium, Landover, Maryland, on Saturday afternoon.
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