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Jackson State football coach Deion Sanders was rejected after shaking hands with Alabama State's Eddie Robinson Jr., when he tried to give him a hug.

Jerell Rushin is a recruiting reporter for the Tuscaloosa News and the USA TODAY Network. "I think he thought he was going to get a win. "You got the 'W' great job," Robinson added. "If I ain't SWAC, then who is SWAC," Sanders repeated three times, more animated each time. ... You're not going to come here and disrespect me and my team and my school and then want to bro hug me, shake my hand and get the hell on." "We didn't talk in the pregame I was out there the whole time at the 50-yard-line. Robinson felt Sanders was disrespectful in the media leading up to the game and pregame on the field during pregame, he said. "I thought there was a lot of disrespect the whole week and so your not going to be disrespectful all week in the media," Robinson said. Sanders wore a surprised look on his face and opened his palms after Robinson Jr. rejected Sanders attempt in a moment that captured the tenor of the Southwestern Athletic Conference rivalry. Good game,'" Sanders said. played spoiler to Sanders after the game.

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"And I pray they put us for their damn homecoming." Who is SWAC if I ain't SWAC?" He defended his pregame routine, saying he always ran around the field before NFL games and arrived too late to greet Robinson at midfield before kickoff. Robinson, who isn't related to Grambling coach and Hall of Famer Eddie Robinson, then added of Sanders: "He ain't SWAC. He added that Jackson State should have taken a knee in the final minute of the game rather than trying to score more points with its backup quarterback. "You've got the great [coaches], W.C.

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“He ain’t never called me, I ain’t never called him. So, he’s in the conference doing a great job. In the postgame, I’m not about to give you the [Barack] Obama bro hug. “I’m living on the coaches in the SWAC,” Robinson said. He came the long way around to get to his side of the field in pregame. Instead of Robinson returning the favor in the embrace, he pushed away Sanders’s hand and walked away with an Alabama state trooper.

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“I think he thought he was going to get a win. “Baby, who is?” “I thought there was a lot of disrespect the whole week and so your not going to be disrespectful all week in the media,” Robinson said. … You’re not going to come here and disrespect me and my team and my school and then want to bro hug me, shake my hand and get the hell on.” “We didn’t talk in the pregame I was out there the whole time at the 50-yard-line. “He ain’t SWAC.

Alabama State coach felt slighted by Deion Sanders before and during Saturday's game against Jackson State.

Why do you wanna shake my hand after the game? ... I'm living on the shoulders of the SWAC. You didn't shake my hand before the game. Came the long way around to get to his side of the field in the pregame. I'm always gonna be respectful and respect the game. In the post game, I'm not about to give you the Obama bro hug.

Jackson State outscored Alabama State 26-6 over the final three quarters to move to 5-0 and 3-0 in SWAC play. While it was a hard-fought game until the ...

"So he's in the conference doing a great job, can't knock that, got a great team. "In the post-game, I'm not about to give you the Obama bro-up. Period, you got the W, great job." So, we not going to be disrespectful the whole week in the media," Robinson Jr. I'm going to shake your hand and I'm going to go home," Robison Jr. and Sanders] didn't talk in the pregame, I was out there the whole time at the 50-yard line. He walked through our whole huddle in our end zone and came the long way around to get to his side of the field in pregame. "Me being up front, I thought it was a lot of disrespect the whole week. He ain't never call me, I ain't never call him," Robinson Jr. But, you can't do all that stuff all week and then come back, put your backup quarterback in and run a hitch and go to try and put more points on the board." Jackson State outscored Alabama State 26-6 over the final three quarters to move to 5-0 and 3-0 in SWAC play. "We hand-shaked and that was it.

Alabama State head coach Eddie Robinson Jr. shoved away Deion Sanders during their postgame handshake after a Jackson State win.

But there seems to be no love lost between these two men, and Robinson is hoping Sanders is back with Jackson State next season for a rematch instead of Robinson was also upset at the Tigers trying to run up the score. Gorden, Eddie Robinson, those guys, Marino Casem, I’m living on the shoulders of the SWAC. Things got a bit testy between Jackson State head coach Deion Sanders and Alabama State coach Eddie Robinson Jr. While Robinson took Sanders’ hand, he denied the hug and then used his other hand to shove a shocked Coach Prime away. As the two men met at midfield, Sanders extended Robinson his hand and tried to give him a hug.

The Jackson State coach's son took to Twitter to weigh in on the testy postgame exchange between his father and Hornets coach Eddie Robinson Jr.

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Jackson State football coach Deion Sanders was rejected after shaking hands with Alabama State's Eddie Robinson Jr., when he tried to give him a hug.

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