Is seeing TQ Newsome move from RB to LB. He worked out with the defense last Spring before everything was shut down but he can also be an option at wildcat on offense. Man, is it nice to talk about football again.

According to the article, practice will start Monday.

https://www.wdam.com/2020/07/17/usm-basketballers-turn-barn-into-weight-room-amid-pandemic/

https://www.vinu.edu/web/athletics/sports/-/blogs/fess-hawkins-earns-njcaa-all-american-honors?_com_liferay_blogs_web_portlet_BlogsPortlet_redirect=https://www.vinu.edu/web/athletics/sports?p_p_id=com_liferay_blogs_web_portlet_BlogsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&_com_liferay_blogs_web_portlet_BlogsPortlet_cur=1&_com_liferay_blogs_web_portlet_BlogsPortlet_delta=5

https://southernmiss.com/news/2020/...iss-completes-signing-class-with-hawkins.aspx

It is on right now and will repeat in the early AM tonight.

https://www.secsports.com/tv-schedule/_/date/20200701

Ghislaine Maxwell Dead
https://www.thewhitehouseinsider.com/2020/07/epstien-co-conspirator-ghislaine.html

According to the article, practice will start Monday.

https://www.wdam.com/2020/07/17/usm-basketballers-turn-barn-into-weight-room-amid-pandemic/

The Phil Steele college football preview is the best one every year in my opinion.

https://philsteele.com/

This is not my list as I took it from Zems Gems, a mostly McNeese State centric site that frequently has good sports info in general. What percentage does Southern Miss have from Student Fees and state money of the total athletic budget?


OTHER PROGRAMS

ULL $32.5 million 58% subsidized from students and state

LA Tech $24.9 million 42% subsidized

Sam Houston $19.2 million 75% subsidized

SFA $18.7 million 80% subsidized

ULM $15.5 million 55% subsidized

UCA #14.2 million 73% subsidized

SLU $13.9 million 60% subsidized

Northwestern State 13.2 million 66% subsidized

McNeese $12.7 million 52% subsidized

Nicholls St. $9.5 million 60% subsidized


https://zemsgems.wordpress.com/

Hattiesburg, Petal and Forrest Co. approved to move forward with river district

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - Hattiesburg, Petal and Forrest County can move forward with creating a river district after the passage of House Bill 1649 by the Mississippi Legislature.

The development district will be located along the Bouie and Leaf rivers where the two cities connect.

“We want both sides of the river to be an economically viable destination,” Hattiesburg Mayor Toby Barker said. “We both have a shared interest in what happens either on the Hattiesburg side and the Petal side.”

The decision comes just as each city is planning their budget for the next fiscal year.

“The next step will be when each entity sets their budget for the next fiscal year, which begins October 1st,” Barker said. “So the Forrest County Board of Supervisors, City of Hattiesburg and the City of Petal will decide how much of the ad valorem that comes from that area will be invested into that area.”

The first project along the river will be the re-purposing of the East Hardy Street bridge after a new bridge is built to the south.

“A lot of structural integrity, a lot of character to that bridge, turning that into a pedestrian way that can connect the two cities as well as possibly a destination of itself that can be seen right there on the river,” Barker said.

Barker says Hattiesburg will look to extend the Longleaf Trace along the river and that Petal is interested in improvements to the River Park.

“We tried to get parcels on both sides of those, tried to listen to both the county and City of Hattiesburg stakeholders, City of Petal stakeholders, so I think there’s something there that over time can benefit both cities,” Barker said.

Barker added that a combination of residential, recreational and commercial projects will happen within the district.

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Total Revenue
OD $46,956,655
Charlotte $40,866,430
NT $40,758,582
FIU $37,018,133
UAB $36,494,381
FAU $36,297,004
UTSA $33,657,739
UTEP $33,481,654
MT $35,834,204
Marshall $32,905,904
WKU $30,770,123
USM $25,687,189
LT $24,948,474


Ticket Sales
OD $3,789,906
Marshall $3,567,444
USM $2,419,414
UTSA $2,337,825
WKU $2,296,623
FAU $2,008,773
NT $1,761,878
UTEP $1,610,612
UAB $1,592,015
LT $1,557,146
Charlotte $1,428,436
MT $1,313,937
FIU $1,238,789


Contributions
LT $7,441,990
OD $6,781,492
FAU $5,874,830
Charlotte $5,484,455
UAB $4,864,553
USM $4,620,463
Marshall $3,865,412
UTSA $3,345,587
WKU $2,979,324
UTEP $2,824,632
NT $2,682,814
MT $1,715,277
FIU $1,362,550


Student Fees
OD $28,784,075
FIU $22,366,985
Charlotte $22,162,361
UTSA $13,369,717
FAU $12,999,163
NT $12,613,611
UTEP $8,503,895
MT $8,483,594
USM $8,367,930
UAB $7,259,568
Marshall $6,440,363
WKU $3,972,710
LT $0


Students
FIU 50,552
NT 39,330
UTSA 32,792
FAU 31,454
Charlotte 29,615
UTEP 25,177
OD 24,176
UAB 22,080
MT 21,721
WKU 18,183
SM 14,133
Marshall 13,204
LT 12,467


School Funds
WKU $17,323,251
UAB $15,849,232
NT $15,489,411
MT $15,461,859
UTEP $12,293,232
LT $10,957,979
Marshall $9,283,238
FAU $7,702,314
UTSA $7,242,499
FIU $6,191,013
Charlotte $5,625,145
USM $3,153,688
OD $0


Student Fees + School Funds
OD $28,784,075
FIU $28,557,998
NT $28,103,022
Charlotte $27,787,506
MT $23,945,453
UAB $23,108,800
UTEP $20,797,127
FAU $20,701,477
UTSA $20,612,216
WKU $21,295,961
Marshall $15,723,601
USM $11,521,618
LT $10,957,979

That the first game of the season vs USA will be moved to Thursday instead of Saturday.

We are way behind all of the teams in conference USA except UTEP in recruiting.
What is the problem? Have our coaches quit, we don't have the money to recruit or are we waiting to to see who is left after after all teams have recruited their limit.

MHSAA Executive Committee has voted that the start of fall sports be delayed two weeks. Practices for volleyball, swimming and cross country will begin on Aug. 10 with first meets/matches beginning Aug. 24. Football practice will begin Aug. 17 with first games on Sept. 4.

Deion’s son, committed to FAU.

Inquiring minds want to know

to spring?

Rising Laurel SR WR Kanarious Johnson commits to Tulane Green Wave Football team. Johnson had 42 catches for 714 yards and 8 TD catches during the 2019 season.

look for basketball to be revamped.

Mark Hudspeath resign at Autin Peay after wining 11 games,in his first season and winning the conference to"spend more time with the family"
I would think we can afford him.
Just in case you still care about football

If a P5 team like Stanford, with all of the millions coming in from TV and bowls, 40 plus million a year is dropping that many sports to save money and because of lack of money coming in and with an Endowment of 27.7 Billion dollars , ( a tad bit more than USM) Ha, then we are really in trouble as are a lot of G5 and P5 schools, like both schools up north. Both the schools up north have made big investments, such as new basketball arena , remodeling baseball stadium and still owe for enlarging the football stadium at both. They depend on the 40 plus million each year to pay on all of these things and more. Boise just cut two programs and they are in much better shape than us. It is time and it is now for us and others to redo our conferences to cut expenses. The model that came out the other day, in SI , by Pat Forde, was and excellent example of reorganization of all due to closeness and to help save on expenses. I know that it won't happen, but with the economy like it is and the virus, it just might be the thing to help keep us all afloat.

They'll be ready to play football.

Off the top of my head, my 1st 4 picks are, Watson, Mills, Flowers, and Craig. I am having trouble deciding on #5.


https://southernmiss.com/news/2020/7/6/mens-basketball-all-decade-voting-open.aspx