I get that USM is struggling and the talent level is down. Yes UNT was moving the ball in the 1st half but they were down 14-7. USM moved the ball early and then it did nothing the rest of the game. What I want to know is: What adjustments, if any, were made at the half? UNT did not come out in the 2nd half and change things up. Why would they, they just needed to continue what they were doing. USM made little if no adjustments on either side of the ball.

We are all aware that the talent level on this team is not where it needs to be. It is going to take an overhaul of the current roster to get this team where it can start winning games. With that said, I think Hall is making those tough decisions. The team next season will see a 35% overhaul from this season's roster. With 14 spots already filled, the remainder will be filled with JUCO and Portal. 30 new players with 15 being JUCO will help next season. (Give or take 1 or 2) The question will be how many of these will be here for the Spring. So with 30 new players and then getting the 2021 signees we haven't seen play yet, 1/2 of the team in the Spring will be virtually new. Will that help? It remains to be seen, but overhauling this roster is a start.

Just a statement.

...did it take SMU to overcome the death penalty? Whatever it was, we will take as long to rebuild this program. I'm guessing 7-8 more years and a couple more hc's. It will take 5 years just to get de-stigmatized.

The highlights are included in the article.

They will compte for the 2023 season:
Sam Houston State
Jacksonville State
Liberty
New Mexico State

I can feel how excited La Tech, FIU, and UTEP is over this. Thank God USM is getting out of this circus.

We shall see. SMTTT

1. The offense was not good. There is room to improve and it does help to have actual point guards. However, if they continue to miss open shots this team will not win many games.
2. This team is much deeper. Ladner was able to play 10 guys last night and the case can be made that the 2nd group that subbed in was somewhat better than the starters. Ladner will continue to tinker with the starting 5 until he gets a group that he likes.
3. Pinkney is better off he bench. He shot the ball much better and was active on defense. 20 points is a nice night. He was 4-6 behind the arch.
4. Bolden was a suprise. He ran things well at the point and can make open shots. Like any Freshman, he will have his ups and downs but he has a presence that you don't see from many Freshmen.
5. Stevenson struggled to shoot the ball. He is a slow starter. This season he will need to pick it up because Ladner has guys who can fill his role with depth on the bench.
6. I am interested to see how much improvement can be made from game 1 to game 2.
7. Moore gives this team athleticism in the paint that Ladner has not had since he got here. At 6'10, he is quick and can jump out of the gym. He will have problems with bigger guys in the post but there aren't too many of those in C-USA.
8. Pierre is streaky, if he makes 2 in a row, keep feeding him until he misses.
9. No one played over 26 min last night. Last season, some guys were playing 35 plus minutes and were wore down by the end.

Even though it wasn't pretty it was a win and there were glimpses of what this team might be. There were times the Eagles would get up by 8 or 10 then allow DSU to get back in the game. That will have to get better.

Seth Littrell's Mean Green stand in second to last place in the CUSA West, above only Southern Miss. Littrell was once thought of as one of the rising stars in the D1 HC ranks, but is standing on his last leg in Denton. Since Mason Fine graduated (after playing what felt like 14 years for UNT), Littrell's teams have taken a step off the proverbial cliff.

As far as common opponents go, the Green's lone conference win came last weekend in the form of a 30-24 win at Rice. UAB bludgeoned UNT in a similar way as they did the Golden Eagles - 40-6.

North Texas is not a good football team, to say the least. The trouble is, and I don't need to educate the board on this one, neither is Southern Miss. This appears to the first of 2 games left on the schedule that are winnable for Hall & Co.

Here's how I look at it. Lose to North Texas today, and the Golden Eagles likely will head into the offseason 1-11. Road matchups vs. a top 20 UTSA and a mediocre Louisiana Tech will likely be a pair of losses. At this point, Southern Miss would come back to MM Roberts to face an awful FIU group in the final game of the season on Thanksgiving weekend. The home crowd will be sparse and confidence won't be able to found anywhere on the football field that day.

Could Southern Miss lose today and find one more win in the final three? Sure. But another ding in the failing armor at this point will make it all that more difficult to get back in the win column in 2021.

On the other hand, a win today would go a long way. North Texas is average to below average on the offensive and defense line, but do have some skill guys who can hurt the Southern Miss defense. The Mean Green defense has given up an average of about 37 points per game in their most recent six games. This is a chance for the Southern Miss offense to find some breakthrough and give itself a chance to win at the end of the ballgame.

The key today is avoiding the big mistakes - punt blocks, turnovers, breakdowns in the secondary, basically everything we saw against MTSU that kept USM out of the game in the end.

Another factor that I'll be looking for is at the quarterback position. Sure, the depth at QB is as scarce as Coors Light in a teetotaler's fridge, but having one quarterback playing the majority (or all) of the game would go a long way in building some consistency all the way around.

Celebrating the 2011 CUSA championship in front of the last non-holiday home crowd, not to mention more great weather in Hattiesburg, gives this battered version of Southern Miss football an opportunity to grab some positive momentum in the final stretch. It's not the last such opportunity, but it could be the best one Southern Miss has before hitting the road for two tough contests.

1. How do the young Eagles play. We will see many more Freshman play than normal. This season is a wash, it is time to scuff the tires in preparation for 2022 and beyond. We will know how good of a recruiter Hall and his staff are by the end of the season.

2. If they play well, the chances of the Eagles winning against FIU will be really good. UNT has played teams tough, a win tomorrow will be tough. However, FIU at the end of the season is a winnable game.

It will be great to see Fedora and the guys at The Rock tomorrow. What a team that was and what a bad job Elloss did the next year.

Good article about two baseball signees.

15:14 Eagles trail 8-7. This is a much more athletic team

Who is this Coach? She has been supremely successful at PCS and Jones College.


Played at Pearl River, USM degree ‘01 ; ties to the area. Married to a local football coach.
She has “Leader of Winners” stamped all over her brand.

USM has 14 commitments at this time. I was informed that there are 5 scholarships that are pushed forward from last season. So add 14+5=19 scholarships already promised for 2022. That leaves 10 possibly 12 (someone may earn a scholly, etc. That would take one more away). Those schollys left over will mostly be used for, JUCO and Portal OL and maybe a RB if it drops in their lap. That is what Hall and staff are focusing on the rest of this recruiting cycle.

I wasn't a big fan of Jay Hopson as he always seemed to be distant to the fan base. I understand why folks are running Jay down like he was the death of our program. But I ran across a statistic today (fact) that caused me to pause and think some. Jay and Larry Fedora (who folks love to brag about) had the same conference winning percentage of 0.625. Yep I know the conference changed some for the worse but it's an interesting stat. Another stat from the same page had Jeff Bower with a 0.74 winning percentage in conference play. Jay did very well at Alcorn but failed to have that same success at USM. Fedora had one great season at USM but failed at UNC. The point of all this is that it is, like many say, about the players more so than coaching sometimes. We don't have to have 5* talent, just the best talent in our conference. And maybe a coach that can coach that talent. Right now it's had to tell which is the most lacking. Hopefully we have the right coach and he'll get the right talent. Next year will have to be noticeable different to not loss the remainder of the fan base.

Did the MBB scrimmage happen? Anybody got any updates ahead of the nov 4th first game? Football results making me ask…

This is not official, but have done some digging, and this is what I found out. (All rumors as of now) So yes, practices were moved to morning which would make LPS have to miss practice and supposedly if you miss practice you can't be on the team. However, this was fixed and LPS was going to be able to miss that practice and it was not an issue. I was told that LPS then decided that he was just going to go ahead and focus on his education and not worry about football anymore. This is the account I was told. As I say, this is not official, but wanted to give you all an update of what I had found out.

FSU backup QB Chubba Purdy has entered the portal. Playing time likely the issue.