September 26, 2025
DISTRICT OPENER
Denham Springs HS Football travels to East Ascension HS tonight as District play commences. You can catch all the action on YouTube—please subscribe @dsjacketvision, on the air at 91.9 FM and on the internet at JonFineProductions.com
Sport N Center Yellow Jackets Warmup opens things up at 6 pm
Josh Ward on play-by-play, with Mitch Covington on color commentary. Darren Ferrante is the Producer, with Chris Ledoux the Camera Operator
Go Jackets!!!!!
TONIGHT’S GUEST INTERVIEWS
We will be interviewing 2024-2025 DSHS Athletic HOF inductee Big Mike O’Neal during Sport-n-Center Yellow Jackets Warmup. The Whistle Stop Half-Time Report will include an interview with Livingston Parish Clerk of Court and former DSHS athlete Jason Harris
TODAY’S COLUMN
The Wizardry of Os discusses future SEC Football scheduling. Please scroll down below for Scott Osborne’s column.
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THE WIZARDRY OF OS
What I am about to say might sound crazy, but the Saints
The Saints? You thought I was going to write about the Saints? I think it is all pretty obvious and what we expected, so no. The Saints will not be the topic to cover this week.
Instead, how about the SEC moving at iceberg speed and finally releasing a football scheduling formula with three permanent opponents?! The SEC accomplished something that myself and every other SEC fan/writer created with tiny variations years ago.
Under Roy Kramer, the SEC used to be on the cutting edge. Now, the Big Ten is on the cutting edge and the SEC is bogged down by a fear of not making everyone in the conference happy? Moving to nine SEC games should have happened two years ago. I am not in the know enough to know what the issue is, but there is an issue.
I am done whining about that and now I want to reminisce on the good old days. The SEC is doing the right thing, but the right thing does away with the divisions that brought some wonderful memories of yearly rivalries.
Back in the late 90s and early 2000s, I was always annoyed that CBS had the US Open and we would go the first two weeks of the season without the 2:30 SEC on CBS game. After suffering the first two weeks of the season, I was always extremely excited for the third week when LSU played Auburn and Florida played Tennessee. Florida and Tennessee usually got the CBS game and those games featured Spurrier vs Manning and other must see talents.
With the Gators and Vols taking the afternoon start, LSU and Auburn were typically on ESPN, which was just fine by me. Those games at night in Jordan-Hare and Tiger Stadium were classics with great names.
Some LSU fans might not agree, but I already miss the Mississippi State game. First of all, it was usually a win for LSU. Second, it was a short drive and an easy game to attend. Third, we often saw some tremendous performances from LSU players. Chad Jones’ 93 yard punt return at State. Eddie Kennison’s 100 yard punt return in Tiger Stadium. Cecil Collins running through the Bulldogs with one shoe. Kevin Faulk and Rondell Mealey running wild are just some of the great memories.
While the LSU/Florida series had some of the lowest moments as Tiger fans, they also produced the highest of highs because Florida was always so good. Therefore, beating them took great performances. Donaldson’s two INTs in 1997 including one for a TD. The fake FGs, including the bounce pass in 2010. Five fourth down conversions in 2007, on the same night that USC lost to Stanford and Tiger Stadium went crazy during the timeout when it was announced. Finally, the bizarre, shoe toss and fog game. It was a great rivalry series because they featured quality teams and both teams took turns winning.
All of these series that will not be yearly now, obviously take a back seat to losing the LSU and Alabama series. Certainly, I would have been happy to lose the series when Saban was the coach and pummeling LSU. Being the primetime game on CBS with the whole nation watching and either getting completely stuffed on runs up the middle or blowing the game at the end was not fun. Still, the last couple of years are a reminder that just being in The Game and losing, is better than NOT being in The Game that everyone is talking about and watching.
Don’t get me wrong. I believe the SEC is doing the right thing and these changes will bring new great memories and must see football. It will be fresh, new, and I look forward to these changes. I just thought, out of respect for a great 30 years of divisional football, the right thing to do was to remember what made those years special and put the SEC, and for a short time, LSU, on the top of college football.
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DENHAM SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL IS BACK ON THE AIR!
The 2025 school year marks the 29th season that Jon Fine (Sports) Productions will have the privilege of producing and calling play-by-play for Denham Springs HS Football broadcasts. In 2025, the broadcast slate will include the Jamboree, all 10 regular season Denham games, and every playoff game. Broadcasts can be seen on YouTube, @dsjacketvision (please subscribe) and can be heard on Family Radio-91.9 FM Baton Rouge and on the Internet at JonFineProductions.com (click Listen Live on the Denham Springs Football PBP page). “Sport-n-Center Yellow Jackets Warm-Up” gets the broadcasts underway at 6:00 pm. The first broadcast is Friday, August 29 when the Jackets play host to Walker HS in the Denham Springs Jamboree.
Josh Ward returns as the play-by-play announcer of the Jackets. Ward will, once again, be joined by Mitch Covington as the color commentator. Jon Fine will contribute to the pre-game and half-time programming. Darren Ferrante is back as the Producer, with Chris Ledoux joining the team in the capacity of @dsjacketvision Camera Operator.
“Sport N Center Yellow Jackets Warm-Up” will feature an interview with Jackets Football Coach Brett Beard conducted by Josh Ward. Jon Fine will speak with a prominent Denham Springs community and/or sports figure. Ward and Covington will also offer a preview of that night’s game and other pertinent information.
“The Whistle Stop Half-Time Report” will include Fine interviewing another Denham Springs personality. In addition, Ward and Covington will provide a recap of the first half and a look ahead at the second half of action.
During the “Ralph Sellers Chevrolet Post-Game Show”, there will be an extensive game recap, final stats and a look ahead.
“The James Drug Store Starting Lineup” appears in “Sport N Center Yellow Jackets Warmup”. When Denham Springs picks up a first down, they’ll achieve a “Big Mike’s Sports Bar & Grill First Down”. When the Jackets score, the scoring drive will be recapped on the “Brandy Robertson State Farm Insurance Scoring Drive”. When the Jackets have secured a victory, Ward will indicate such and it will be brought to you by Bank Plus.
Jackets play-by-play announcer Josh Ward, a Denham Springs HS graduate, was a Yellow Jackets assistant basketball coach. He is an executive at Guaranty Broadcasting.
Mitch Covington, a 3-sport star at Denham Springs HS, would later serve as a Jackets assistant football coach. He is presently the head football coach at Denham Springs Junior High School. He is a graduate of McNeese State, where he played baseball.
Jon Fine co-hosted and produced daily 2-hour drive-time radio sports-talk programs in the Greater Baton Rouge area for close to 20 years. His programs (first SportsTalk, which changed its name to SportsGumbo), aired, at times, in New Orleans, Lake Charles, Monroe and Alexandria, in addition to the Baton Rouge market. His company, Jon Fine Productions, has produced numerous Denham Springs HS and area HS sports programming on television, radio and internet. Fine owns an EBay store—ArrestedDevelopmentMediaGuides, which sells sports publications. He is a native of Valley Stream, New York and a graduate of Penn, where he majored in Marketing.
Ferrante is a graduate of Brother Martin HS and UNO. Ledoux is a graduate of Opelousas HS and USL. He presently serves Doyle Middle School as their offensive line coach.
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