Portland St. dismisses DC

[SouthDakotaGrizzly]

From the Missoulian:

PORTLAND, Ore. – Portland State coach Nigel Burton has dismissed defensive coordinator Eric Jackson effective immediately.

The Vikings opened with a victory over lower-division Carroll College but fell 45-37 at North Dakota last weekend.

Jackson joined Burton’s staff when he was named head coach in 2010. Before coming to the Vikings, he was secondary-special teams coordinator at Princeton for nine years.

Burton says he will begin the search for a replacement immediately.

Portland State travels to Washington to face the Huskies on Saturday.

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[JALMOND]

Did not see this coming...

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Not sure what happened as Burton would not talk about it, but some reports are that Burton took over defensive play calling in the second half of both the Carroll and UND games from Jackson.

[Screamin_Eagle174]

Did not see this coming...

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Not sure what happened as Burton would not talk about it, but some reports are that Burton took over defensive play calling in the second half of both the Carroll and UND games from Jackson.

Wasn't Burton the DC at Nevada?

[uofmman1122]

Maybe the DC wanted his team to stop targeting O-line players knees?

Or maybe told him to stop sending backup safeties in at WR to blindside DEs and take them out of the game.

[JALMOND]

Did not see this coming...

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Not sure what happened as Burton would not talk about it, but some reports are that Burton took over defensive play calling in the second half of both the Carroll and UND games from Jackson.

Wasn't Burton the DC at Nevada?

Yes he was, for two seasons before coming to PSU.

[Cap'n Cat]

Thinking there is a "Sandusky" thing happening here, mates.