Postseason Dreams, far and few Southern swamped by Western Division

Two home game losses, stuck in second place tie and a lopsided win condition has left Southern mathematically struggling to capture postseason play.
After their 48-7 loss against Alcorn State in the heavy downpour of A.W. Mumford Stadium, the Jaguars’ postseason dreams were left in the playbooks. The third consecutive trip to Houston for the SWAC title game was perceived to be feasible, but now is somewhere out of sight.
This struggle blinded fans when sending Mississippi Valley State and Jackson State into losing percentages with the hyper offensive strategy of 50 points or more. This is the only time Southern has been consistent this season. Southern has had a difficult schedule battling Louisiana Tech and the University of Georgia, in which Southern has had wide receiver, Devon Gales inactive for the rest of the season, due to injury. It all happened after sailing past Alabama State 45-34 which Southern ventured back home for homecoming, fumbling to Prairie View 42-47 when became their first Southwestern Athletic Conference loss of the season. This caused Southern to fall from second place in the Western Division to barely clinching third.
Southern cleansed their palette after winning by a large margin against Texas Southern 40-21 in horrible weather conditions followed by the loss this past Saturday.
There has always been a barrier for Southern in their fifth consecutive loss, the Alcorn Braves. Head Coach Dawson Odums didn’t sound upset at all.
“We didn’t play like a postseason team,” said Odums.
Odums as a coach was on a roll to sending the Jaguars to their third consecutive Judgment Day visit.
“You’ve got to play consistent football and when you don’t play consistent football, then you really can’t consider yourself a postseason team.”
Now the team has to contend against Arkansas-Pine Bluff on November 7, 2015 after a rollercoaster of the past game and have its home finale against Alabama A&M to finish the season.
However Arkansas-Pine Bluff is winless in SWAC play.
“If you’re a good football team,” said Odums, “you’ve got to get off that roller coaster.”
The opportunity is up for grabs for the Jaguars to get back on track before the Bayou Classic on November 28 against the now undefeated Grambling. By that time, it’s wobbly that Grambling or Prairie View will have grasped the Western Division championship already, something Southern put absolute pride in for the past two years.
Grambling is 6-0 while standing above the Western Division before it gets chance to enter the Bayou Classic by finishing Texas Southern and Arkansas-Pine Bluff. It could clinch and ruin Southern’s hopes by beating Texas Southern on Saturday.
Only if Prairie View loses to Alcorn.
The only help Southern would need was one loss from Prairie View and Alcorn waiting in the rafters.
A Southern victory by Alcorn, which hasn’t happened since 2012 would have made it a once again winner take all matchup in the Bayou Classic in which there’s more than pride on the line because it’s a ticket to the SWAC Championship and also to the SWAC vs. MEAC challenge in Atlanta.
There’s always a silver lining in the clouds but if you’re looking for hope, it’s almost not feasible.