ATLANTA – Almost perfect.
That’s not the way Deion Sanders figured to go out as Jackson State’s marquee mover and shaker, but it happened again inside Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Saturday: The Tigers lost "The Big One."
For the second year in a row, Sanders brought his SWAC-champion squad to his old stomping grounds for the purpose of winning the Black College National Championship with a victory in the Celebration Bowl.
And once again, the Tigers crapped out. This time, North Carolina Central – feeling disrespected as the undercard in Coach Prime’s HBCU farewell performance – upstaged Sanders and his team in an overtime thriller.