The Golden Eagles kick off year 3 of the Will Hall era on Saturday evening.

Picked Number 8 in the conference.

8. Will Hall, Southern Miss
Despite a revolving door at quarterback due to injuries in his first two years at the helm, it's clear Hall has Southern Miss on the right track going into '23. After a 3-9 debut in '21, the Golden Eagles jumped to 7-6 overall and 4-4 in Sun Belt play last season to earn the team's first bowl trip since '19. Prior to this stop, Hall had successful stints as an assistant at Tulane (2019-20), Memphis ('18) and Louisiana ('17) to go with head-coaching opportunities at West Alabama (25-11) and West Georgia (31-9). He's a rising star to watch entering the '23 season.

Anyone with local hattiesburg stations. What are they saying about the weather for Saturday? Temp looks ok but my app is showing 55% chance of thunderstorms.

Southern Miss opens the season against Alcorn State in just a mere three days, and you could tell from practice today that the team is more ready to hit someone else than ever. Yesterday, we got a lot of feel on where the offense is going to be come Saturday, but today I took an in-depth look at the defense especially as we inch one hour closer to kickoff.

edit… apparently this message did the trick as I just got a call from the appropriate person. So I took down my rant.

Nick just pitched to Matt and had to throw only one pitch - Wallner popped out to the third baseman. It could be different the next time they meet.

Sandlin won this time with a pop-out by Wallner.

Southern Miss is playing football on Saturday. I repeat, Southern Miss is playing football on Saturday. It’s officially game week, and I don’t think anybody is more excited than head coach Will Hall and his players. It’s Hall’s third year, and I have covered Southern Miss all three seasons. And his excitement for game week in his face and composer in the post-game interview was at an all-time high. Even with the starting depth chart out (more later), the players still participated in their average competition on Tuesday.

Jocko has led the way on the predictions front, but I thought it’d be good to have a thread where everyone can put their regular season W-L pick that we can return to at season’s end.

Maybe me and Heath can put together a little prize for who picks it right.

We’ll call the tiebreaker a score prediction for MSU game.

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This was the day that they go through a mock game and Hall usually closes practice today. We really can't complain either. I was talking to some of my fellow SBC indiders at Rivals and it seems USM is the only team that allows media to attend for the dull length of every practice. Most only allow them to be there the first 20 minutes of practice to take pics amd then must return after practice for access to coaches and players. That is the balancing act. Sometimes we aren't allowed to write about certain situations so we don't lose the incredible access we have. It's a balancing act.

I was going to try and get a camp article out today but due to unforseen circumstances I was not able to. I actually injured myself doing physical therapy. I am pushing to get myself able to try and walk in The Rock this season. Sometimes I push myself too much. Never fear, we will be back tomorrow. Hope everyone is well!!!

We all know the woes of the OL in what seems like an eternity; I have an image embedded in my memory of linemen standing and looking around as our RBs were hit in the backfield. Has anything changed?

Toward the end of the season, the group seemed to improve significantly in the rush aspect. Have the Spring and Fall sessions led to a more dynamic and homogeneous line? From what I have pieced together, I believe the answer is yes. First of all, the coaching has improved. Secondly, the room has experience, and coaching has improved the techniques. Lastly, They are bigger and stronger with improvement in agility.

Again, this is what I inferred from Coach Hall over the last few months. The final question is, will the apparent improvements be effective against teams like Troy and South Alabama? We will know very soon. Improved, yes, great??

I promised my final predictions after the Fall session, so here we go.

The Cone- Alcorn State- WIN
Florida State- LOSS
Tulane- WIN
Arkansas State- WIN
Texas State- WIN
Old Dominion- WIN
South Alabama- LOSS
Appalachian State- WIN
UL Monroe- WIN
Louisianna- WIN
Miss State- LOSS
Troy- WIN

9-3

Just getting word that Southern Miss and Ole Miss will face off Dec 23, 2023 at the Coast Coliseum.

Billy Wiles!!! It was announced a few moments ago. There was no wrong answer here as both are an upgrade from last season. Billy limited his errors inbthe last few weeks of camp and IMO that is what won him the job.

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We are only nine days from when Southern Miss kicks off against Alcorn State on September 2. There have been 18 days of fall camp have been grueling; today was no exception, as it was blistering hot outside.....

Wallner anymore!

The roster has him listed as a Jr.

....on Davis Dalton? Last year it seemed as though he was being touted as a good prospect. This year, not so much.

With Habas gone the only two listed are Clemmons and Carr so who will be moved into the rotation?

Southern Miss was back in action after Saturday’s scrimmage on Tuesday with a no-pads practice. The practice was not very long, just under two hours with only nine periods. The biggest thing that happened at practice today was the announcement of Clemson transfer Billy Wiles as the starting quarterback......