For weeks, University of South Alabama head football coach Joey Jones has wondered how his team would respond to its first deficit, how it would handle the initial signs of adversity. The program's mentor had to like what he saw on Saturday. The Jaguars twice recovered from a seven-point deficit in the opening 15-plus minutes, and when Nicholls State drew within six after the break answered with a touchdown drive to earn a 39-21 victory over the Colonels Saturday in front of an announced crowd of 23174 at at Ladd-Peebles Stadium. "It speaks to the character of our kids and our coaching staff with the way they coach them. We try to work on that in practice where they don't feel pressure in games," he stated. "I thought that was a great way to respond. Had we not responded like that and they scored another touchdown, then the ball starts to roll their way." Down 14-7 with two-and-a-half minutes to go in the opening quarter, USA scored 20 unanswered points in the second quarter. Myles Gibbon rushed for 16 yards to pick up a first down, but left with an injury following the next play from scrimmage. Brennan Sim entered, and after a rush for nine yards he found Richard Ross down the middle for a 47-yard touchdown pass on the initial play of the second quarter, capping a six-play, 80-yard march. "I felt real comfortable with this team, and I feel like the guys up front made it easy for me to go out and execute," said Sim, who completed 10-of-12 attempts for career-high 185 ...
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