A better roadway between the Mississippi Coast and Hattiesburg might improve Southern Miss game attendance even though the purpose is for military readiness. I was down on the Mississippi Coast and Hattiesburg about a week ago and Highway 49 is still a terrible road to drive by modern Intrastate standards.

1.) Who opted out for Covid-19 related reasons last fall? And who from that list has decided to come back this season?

2.) Where in the wide wide world of the intraweb can I find a depth chart for this years football season. I know Patrick Magee would occasionally post on one via paid content. Short of me scouring endless google searches is there one available? Heath, do you normally post one or have plans to?

Thank you, living on the coast I am unable to attend practice. I’m interested to see where Crawford, Mays, Stanley, Daniel Cunningham and Edwards are fitting into the mix. Aka the portal landings into Hattiesburg. Not having a depth chart makes things difficult when conversing with others, i for one want to sell the portal the way Coach Hall does. A benefit, but I really need to know how things are stacking up on paper to feel a little more confident.

We can call it the "transfer portal" but it in all reality free agency. Here is the OK coach's take on recruiting less high school kids to leave positions open for free agents. I also believe this will lead to players that haven't meet expectations being asked to transfer in order to open up spots for transfers. As I said previously this will have an impact on us when we have an outstanding player show out.

With no make up weeks a missed game is a loss and missing a big game like Alabama could result in losing a million plus dollars. Has CUSA developed testing protocols for this season as of yet? I hoped and thought this was all behind us but now it is a very real concern.

Thanks

Our guest this week is ESPN play-by-play announcer for Southern Miss Football, Jason Baker! #SMTTT #AIE
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Tonight was his first game. He has been in the Orioles rookie camp. He went 0 for 3 tonight with 2 walks and 1 rbi playing left field. The Shorebirds won 10-1.

Rushing
3 – Frank Gore, Jr. 8-77
7 – Darius Maberry 9-27
2 – Da’Quan Bailey-Brown 1-(-2)
6 – Dajon Richard 8-15
9 – Tee Webb 4-9
5 – Ty Keyes 7-18
24 – Jake Lange 2-(-15)
23 – Dee Baker 3-3
33 – Cole Cavallo 2-3, TD (2-yard TD rush)
8 – Trey Lowe 5-(-4), TD (1-yard TD rush)
38 – Naricuss Driver 1-4
28 – Jimmie Haywood 1-2

Passing
8 – Trey Lowe 12-20-1, 231 yards 2 TDs (35 yards to Frank Gore, Jr. and 10 yards to Darius Maberry)
9 – Tee Webb 12-24-2, 115 yards
5 – Ty Keyes 7-13-0, 126 yards

Receiving
1 – Jason Brownlee 2-84
3 – Frank Gore, Jr. 3-68, TD (35-yard TD from Lowe)
86 – Jeremiah Robinson 1-15
6 – Dajon Richard 2-17
87 – Jacob Prince 1-1
15 – Jakarius Caston 4-107
48 – Ray Ladner 1-7
88 – Luke Baker 2-8
85 – Brad Dennis 3-35
2 – Da’Quan Bailey-Brown 1-(-1)
0 – Demarcus Jones 2-18
19 – Richard Mays 2-21
89 – Grayson Gunter 1-5
80 – Matt Pleasant 1-10
13 – Antoine Robinson 1-24
82 – Jalen May 1-15
16 – Brandon Hayes 2-35
7 – Darius Maberry 2-13, TD (10-yard TD from Lowe)

Extra Points/Field Goals
40 Briggs Bourgeois – 2-for-2 extra points; 3-for-3 field goals (28, 28, 38)
98 Andrew Stein – 2-for-2 extra points; 2-for-3 field goals (46 missed; 32, 21 good)

Defense
Interceptions – 8 Josh Perry (29-yard return for a TD); 49 – Josh Carr; 45 – Caleb Garner
Sacks – 46 Averie Habas 3; 84 Mitchell Sellers; 96 Austin Todd; 24 Tyrese Hopkins; 55 Devin Thomas
Fumble Recovery – 1 Rachuan Mitchell

Gabe Shephard is hanging up the cleats. I have heard nothing about his future plans.

Southern Miss football held its first scrimmage of fall camp Tuesday morning, and it wasn’t the prettiest outing ever witnessed inside The Rock to say the least.

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In anticipation for the first scrimmage of fall camp, Southern Miss had its defense and tight end unit bringing ‘the juice’ to M.M. Roberts Stadium.

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Every year at this time I go up to the delta. I carry schedules and place in businesses in greenville, clarksdale and a few more towns on the way up. Leaving friday but no schedules to carry. Somebody done dropped the ball or marketing is sitting on their back sides.

Forecasted rain moved out of the way for a steamy Saturday fall camp practice for Southern Miss. On the turf of M.M. Roberts Stadium, Will Hall and staff emphasized special teams, 3rd down sets, and red zone situations – all in full pads.

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If this event in Hattiesburg is as remotely as motivating as the one I went to in Huntsville, AL a few weeks ago it will be well worth attending.

Quez showed out tonight. Looks pretty explosive and got some nice comments during the game.

Mullens struggled just a bit with 2 ints…

It was a shoulder pads only day of work on Friday morning for fall camp practice number 9. NCAA rules prevent back-to-back days of full pad work during preseason training. The Eagles will return to full gear tomorrow.

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Has been placed on 10-day injured list with a shoulder strain.

Day one of full pads was a success, according to Will Hall. “It was extremely physical," Hall said. "Good to see some guys tackling.” The heat offered continued opportunity to earn the label of “tough” that is so highly valued by this coaching staff. The flow of practice was largely the same Thursday morning – with a rotating mix of individual and team drills. Let’s take a look at some things that stood out.

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A great Golden Eagle, Jim Warren, has died. I believe Jim was still in his 50’s. He was Student Body President at USM, and became Mike Moore’s Chief of Staff. He later became a prominent lawyer in Jackson and was a supporter of athletics and academics. A terrific loss for our school.

It has been a busy summer for Madison Central senior tight end Blake Gunter.

It took over a year, but the NCAA recruiting dead period caused by the COVID-19 pandemic finally ended and allowed prospects to take in-person visits June 1.

"It was chaos from there," Gunter said. "It was visits, camps and just a busy June. It was a lot of fun, but it was really busy."

Some of the campuses he visited were Tulane, LSU, Ole Miss, TCU, Southern Miss and Memphis among others. Gunter said Arkansas, Memphis, Southern Miss, Tennessee and Tulane are currently recruiting him the hardest.

"I actually haven't released a top schools as of now, but I'd probably say Arkansas, Tulane, Southern Miss, Memphis - those are some of the schools that I'm keeping in mind the most," Gunter said.
At 6-foot-3 and 230 pounds, Gunter is a three-star recruit and the No. 18 senior in Mississippi, according to the 247Sports Composite rankings.

But with summer in the rear view, Gunter said he expects to have fun this upcoming season in the Jaguars' new offense.
Madison Central brought Toby Collums from Northwest Rankin to take over as its coach. Last season, Collums and the Cougars had a surprising 9-4 season and had two playoff wins.

"His work ethic's unparalleled," Collums said of Gunter. "Whether it's on the field or in the weight room, whatever he's doing, he's doing it full speed. I don't know where he's going to play next year, but he's going to play at a high level."
Madison Central is set to open the season Aug. 27 at home against West Jones.

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We’ll miss him. I know he had his detractors, but he gave great coverage to the Eagles at the Sun Herald.

There will be no practice report today. We will have one tomorrow which is the first day jn full pads.