I was sitting here watching Tulsa and Memphis and thought how far removed Southern Miss is since they played these teams. I know this has been said many times before but USM needs to do whatever it takes to get in the American or something else. Tulsa and Tulane really have nothing to offer that makes them better fits other than being in larger cities. East Carolina is almost a mirror image of USM. With the arrival of the Texas schools(UNT & T-SA) they are at a risk of being left behind again. FIU & FAU now have high profile coaches and that should help them recruit. I don't know if any of you have been around the South Alabama campus lately but they are putting a lot of money into that school. Once they build their own brand new stadium on campus it will be even more difficult to recruit in Mobile.
Maybe the administration did everything they could when CUSA was being robbed but I have my doubts. Being the only charter member of CUSA left means nothing. USM got beat last week by a team that hadn't even had a team the last 2 years. Maybe the AD can bring new energy to the program case in point the Adidas deal. Someone needs to before Hattiesburg High out draws them. USM has been its best in the past when they had a charismatic head coach(Collins, Hallman (He had Brett), a Young Bower, Fedora, even Monkin) but they have always followed up these coaches with one who may be a good coach but lacks personality(Carmody, Johnson and maybe Hopson).
I've been following USM athletics since Sammy Winder & Reggie Collier. It seems like they have made a career out of 1 step forward 2 steps back. Its way past time that all factions at USM come together to determine what is in the best interest of the USM football program. Otherwise, this precipitous decline will continue till they wind up in the Sun Belt.
Maybe the administration did everything they could when CUSA was being robbed but I have my doubts. Being the only charter member of CUSA left means nothing. USM got beat last week by a team that hadn't even had a team the last 2 years. Maybe the AD can bring new energy to the program case in point the Adidas deal. Someone needs to before Hattiesburg High out draws them. USM has been its best in the past when they had a charismatic head coach(Collins, Hallman (He had Brett), a Young Bower, Fedora, even Monkin) but they have always followed up these coaches with one who may be a good coach but lacks personality(Carmody, Johnson and maybe Hopson).
I've been following USM athletics since Sammy Winder & Reggie Collier. It seems like they have made a career out of 1 step forward 2 steps back. Its way past time that all factions at USM come together to determine what is in the best interest of the USM football program. Otherwise, this precipitous decline will continue till they wind up in the Sun Belt.