(07-12-2014 08:57 AM)AndreWhere Wrote:  

(07-12-2014 08:56 AM)AndreWhere Wrote:  

(07-11-2014 12:48 PM)eager eagle Wrote:  

(07-10-2014 08:18 PM)Blazer88 Wrote:  

(07-10-2014 07:51 PM)eager eagle Wrote:  I am sure everyone understands this isn't being done just to remain in the C-belt.

Lol yes it is.

Oh my gosh, the sky is falling. USM has entertained the likes of Louisville, Cincinnati, Va Tech, South Carolina, Ole Miss, Ms State, Houston, Tulsa, Va Tech, Fla State, etal at home and now you are saying we must upgrade in order to stay in the C-belt. I guess we just aren't elite enough thus that will make it much easier on everyone when we quietly slip away.

Don't forget Texas A&M and Nebraska.

Also, Cal, back when Aaron Rodgers was their QB. That was a good year for football at USM.

Now you can't afford to even play one of those schools ...at home. Now each of those schools can write a check and buy out a home game with S. Miss just as Nebraska did.

That a lone should tell you why S. Miss was not wanted as a conference mate. As for UofL ..up till 15 or 20 years ago their program was a doormat

It's been 20 years since VT played @S Miss

It's been 27 years since Fla St played @S Miss

It's been 37 years since Miss played @S Miss

It's been 15 years since Miss St played @S Miss

South Carolina has NEVER played @ S Miss

I think I see the problem here...

some of you are stuck in the 70's, 80's, & 90's and this is 2014 and S Miss is coming off back to back of almost win less football...

1-23

(07-12-2014 09:31 AM)WKUYG Wrote:  

(07-12-2014 08:57 AM)AndreWhere Wrote:  

(07-12-2014 08:56 AM)AndreWhere Wrote:  

(07-11-2014 12:48 PM)eager eagle Wrote:  

(07-10-2014 08:18 PM)Blazer88 Wrote:  Lol yes it is.

Oh my gosh, the sky is falling. USM has entertained the likes of Louisville, Cincinnati, Va Tech, South Carolina, Ole Miss, Ms State, Houston, Tulsa, Va Tech, Fla State, etal at home and now you are saying we must upgrade in order to stay in the C-belt. I guess we just aren't elite enough thus that will make it much easier on everyone when we quietly slip away.

Don't forget Texas A&M and Nebraska.

Also, Cal, back when Aaron Rodgers was their QB. That was a good year for football at USM.

Now you can't afford to even play one of those schools ...at home. Now each of those schools can write a check and buy out a home game with S. Miss just as Nebraska did.

That a lone should tell you why S. Miss was not wanted as a conference mate. As for UofL ..up till 15 or 20 years ago their program was a doormat

It's been 20 years since VT played @S Miss

It's been 27 years since Fla St played @S Miss

It's been 37 years since Miss played @S Miss

It's been 15 years since Miss St played @S Miss

South Carolina has NEVER played @ S Miss

I think I see the problem here...

some of you are stuck in the 70's, 80's, & 90's and this is 2014 and S Miss is coming off back to back of almost win less football...

1-23

At least we used to be a real football team once. You aren't now and you never will be, and 8-3 against our 1990 schedule means infinitely more than going undefeated in this conference (a result that wouldn't even get you into a third tier bowl game).

(07-12-2014 01:00 PM)AndreWhere Wrote:  

(07-12-2014 09:31 AM)WKUYG Wrote:  

(07-12-2014 08:57 AM)AndreWhere Wrote:  

(07-12-2014 08:56 AM)AndreWhere Wrote:  

(07-11-2014 12:48 PM)eager eagle Wrote:  Oh my gosh, the sky is falling. USM has entertained the likes of Louisville, Cincinnati, Va Tech, South Carolina, Ole Miss, Ms State, Houston, Tulsa, Va Tech, Fla State, etal at home and now you are saying we must upgrade in order to stay in the C-belt. I guess we just aren't elite enough thus that will make it much easier on everyone when we quietly slip away.

Don't forget Texas A&M and Nebraska.

Also, Cal, back when Aaron Rodgers was their QB. That was a good year for football at USM.

Now you can't afford to even play one of those schools ...at home. Now each of those schools can write a check and buy out a home game with S. Miss just as Nebraska did.

That a lone should tell you why S. Miss was not wanted as a conference mate. As for UofL ..up till 15 or 20 years ago their program was a doormat

It's been 20 years since VT played @S Miss

It's been 27 years since Fla St played @S Miss

It's been 37 years since Miss played @S Miss

It's been 15 years since Miss St played @S Miss

South Carolina has NEVER played @ S Miss

I think I see the problem here...

some of you are stuck in the 70's, 80's, & 90's and this is 2014 and S Miss is coming off back to back of almost win less football...

1-23

At least we used to be a real football team once. You aren't now and you never will be, and 8-3 against our 1990 schedule means infinitely more than going undefeated in this conference (a result that wouldn't even get you into a third tier bowl game).

You are 2 years of losing football away from every recruit in the nation of only knowing S Miss because of their losses.

Brett Favre is no longer QB at S. Miss...1990 was light years ago and for the record S. Miss was 8-4 (including post season) but that 8-3 record record vs that great schedule was good enough to get you what?

a bowl game in the prestigious All-American Bowl a bowl that was so respected it lasted 5 years. A bowl game vs a 6-5 North Carolina State

Also for the record any of us can pimp our self out for a pay check...

S. Miss did it in 1990 by playing 8 road games and 5 of those were for a pay check. Real programs don't have to do that..

This "not a real" football team handed S. Miss a 3+ TD loss. I would rather be looking at Western's future than living off of something that happen 20 or 30 years ago

(07-12-2014 02:02 PM)WKUYG Wrote:  

(07-12-2014 01:00 PM)AndreWhere Wrote:  

(07-12-2014 09:31 AM)WKUYG Wrote:  

(07-12-2014 08:57 AM)AndreWhere Wrote:  

(07-12-2014 08:56 AM)AndreWhere Wrote:  Don't forget Texas A&M and Nebraska.

Also, Cal, back when Aaron Rodgers was their QB. That was a good year for football at USM.

Now you can't afford to even play one of those schools ...at home. Now each of those schools can write a check and buy out a home game with S. Miss just as Nebraska did.

That a lone should tell you why S. Miss was not wanted as a conference mate. As for UofL ..up till 15 or 20 years ago their program was a doormat

It's been 20 years since VT played @S Miss

It's been 27 years since Fla St played @S Miss

It's been 37 years since Miss played @S Miss

It's been 15 years since Miss St played @S Miss

South Carolina has NEVER played @ S Miss

I think I see the problem here...

some of you are stuck in the 70's, 80's, & 90's and this is 2014 and S Miss is coming off back to back of almost win less football...

1-23

At least we used to be a real football team once. You aren't now and you never will be, and 8-3 against our 1990 schedule means infinitely more than going undefeated in this conference (a result that wouldn't even get you into a third tier bowl game).

You are 2 years of losing football away from every recruit in the nation of only knowing S Miss because of their losses.

Brett Favre is no longer QB at S. Miss...1990 was light years ago and for the record S. Miss was 8-4 (including post season) but that 8-3 record record vs that great schedule was good enough to get you what?

a bowl game in the prestigious All-American Bowl a bowl that was so respected it lasted 5 years. A bowl game vs a 6-5 North Carolina State

Also for the record any of us can pimp our self out for a pay check...

S. Miss did it in 1990 by playing 8 road games and 5 of those were for a pay check. Real programs don't have to do that..

This "not a real" football team handed S. Miss a 3+ TD loss. I would rather be looking at Western's future than living off of something that happen 20 or 30 years ago

You are exactly right. I'm just glad I got to enjoy the ride when it happened during those times. Things are different for all of us now on the outside looking in.

When you guys rack up a 16-yr consecutive winning seasons streak in "this" conference be sure to remind us. Everyone hits a tough patch every now and then; ours are just fewer and much more far between than yours as history shows.

I guarantee if you ask 100 of the coaches of those current "recruits" you referenced, at least 90% of them will still pick USM as a much more respected program than WKU - even those coaches in KY. Just saying-

(07-12-2014 02:02 PM)WKUYG Wrote:  

(07-12-2014 01:00 PM)AndreWhere Wrote:  

(07-12-2014 09:31 AM)WKUYG Wrote:  

(07-12-2014 08:57 AM)AndreWhere Wrote:  

(07-12-2014 08:56 AM)AndreWhere Wrote:  Don't forget Texas A&M and Nebraska.

Also, Cal, back when Aaron Rodgers was their QB. That was a good year for football at USM.

Now you can't afford to even play one of those schools ...at home. Now each of those schools can write a check and buy out a home game with S. Miss just as Nebraska did.

That a lone should tell you why S. Miss was not wanted as a conference mate. As for UofL ..up till 15 or 20 years ago their program was a doormat

It's been 20 years since VT played @S Miss

It's been 27 years since Fla St played @S Miss

It's been 37 years since Miss played @S Miss

It's been 15 years since Miss St played @S Miss

South Carolina has NEVER played @ S Miss

I think I see the problem here...

some of you are stuck in the 70's, 80's, & 90's and this is 2014 and S Miss is coming off back to back of almost win less football...

1-23

At least we used to be a real football team once. You aren't now and you never will be, and 8-3 against our 1990 schedule means infinitely more than going undefeated in this conference (a result that wouldn't even get you into a third tier bowl game).

You are 2 years of losing football away from every recruit in the nation of only knowing S Miss because of their losses.

Brett Favre is no longer QB at S. Miss...1990 was light years ago and for the record S. Miss was 8-4 (including post season) but that 8-3 record record vs that great schedule was good enough to get you what?

a bowl game in the prestigious All-American Bowl a bowl that was so respected it lasted 5 years. A bowl game vs a 6-5 North Carolina State

Also for the record any of us can pimp our self out for a pay check...

S. Miss did it in 1990 by playing 8 road games and 5 of those were for a pay check. Real programs don't have to do that..

This "not a real" football team handed S. Miss a 3+ TD loss. I would rather be looking at Western's future than living off of something that happen 20 or 30 years ago

WKUYG talkin' football smack to S. Miss fans.

(07-12-2014 03:42 PM)GatorEagle Wrote:  

(07-12-2014 02:02 PM)WKUYG Wrote:  

(07-12-2014 01:00 PM)AndreWhere Wrote:  

(07-12-2014 09:31 AM)WKUYG Wrote:  

(07-12-2014 08:57 AM)AndreWhere Wrote:  Also, Cal, back when Aaron Rodgers was their QB. That was a good year for football at USM.

Now you can't afford to even play one of those schools ...at home. Now each of those schools can write a check and buy out a home game with S. Miss just as Nebraska did.

That a lone should tell you why S. Miss was not wanted as a conference mate. As for UofL ..up till 15 or 20 years ago their program was a doormat

It's been 20 years since VT played @S Miss

It's been 27 years since Fla St played @S Miss

It's been 37 years since Miss played @S Miss

It's been 15 years since Miss St played @S Miss

South Carolina has NEVER played @ S Miss

I think I see the problem here...

some of you are stuck in the 70's, 80's, & 90's and this is 2014 and S Miss is coming off back to back of almost win less football...

1-23

At least we used to be a real football team once. You aren't now and you never will be, and 8-3 against our 1990 schedule means infinitely more than going undefeated in this conference (a result that wouldn't even get you into a third tier bowl game).

You are 2 years of losing football away from every recruit in the nation of only knowing S Miss because of their losses.

Brett Favre is no longer QB at S. Miss...1990 was light years ago and for the record S. Miss was 8-4 (including post season) but that 8-3 record record vs that great schedule was good enough to get you what?

a bowl game in the prestigious All-American Bowl a bowl that was so respected it lasted 5 years. A bowl game vs a 6-5 North Carolina State

Also for the record any of us can pimp our self out for a pay check...

S. Miss did it in 1990 by playing 8 road games and 5 of those were for a pay check. Real programs don't have to do that..

This "not a real" football team handed S. Miss a 3+ TD loss. I would rather be looking at Western's future than living off of something that happen 20 or 30 years ago

You are exactly right. I'm just glad I got to enjoy the ride when it happened during those times. Things are different for all of us now on the outside looking in.

When you guys rack up a 16-yr consecutive winning seasons streak in "this" conference be sure to remind us. Everyone hits a tough patch every now and then; ours are just fewer and much more far between than yours as history shows.

I guarantee if you ask 100 of the coaches of those current "recruits" you referenced, at least 90% of them will still pick USM as a much more respected program than WKU - even those coaches in KY. Just saying-

OK so what's your point? Western is knew to FBS football so that means nothing. It still doesn't change the fact S. Miss is closer to being a "who"? than being a program other schools want to be in the same conference with..

not one other school had anything to do with that. It's all on S. Miss and the only thing you had going for the program, winning ...

is quickly fading away from peoples minds

There's not one thing I said in this topic that wasn't the truth. You might not like it but it's the truth...your fanbase is living off something that happened 10, 15, 20, 30 years ago and other than fans of your school...

other people only care about today and today S. Miss is 1-23 over the last 2 seasons. If that doesn't change quickly those high school coaching are going to change their views. The schools that left you behind didn't care about what S. Miss did in 1990 hell they didn't care about what you did 3 or 4 years ago.

So why in the hell do you fans think any of us want to listen to a fan of a school that's 1-23 talk down to us? It's not your history thathas us concern...

it's your future and to be honest that's not looking very bright

(07-12-2014 04:19 PM)WKUYG Wrote:  

(07-12-2014 03:42 PM)GatorEagle Wrote:  

(07-12-2014 02:02 PM)WKUYG Wrote:  

(07-12-2014 01:00 PM)AndreWhere Wrote:  

(07-12-2014 09:31 AM)WKUYG Wrote:  Now you can't afford to even play one of those schools ...at home. Now each of those schools can write a check and buy out a home game with S. Miss just as Nebraska did.

That a lone should tell you why S. Miss was not wanted as a conference mate. As for UofL ..up till 15 or 20 years ago their program was a doormat

It's been 20 years since VT played @S Miss

It's been 27 years since Fla St played @S Miss

It's been 37 years since Miss played @S Miss

It's been 15 years since Miss St played @S Miss

South Carolina has NEVER played @ S Miss

I think I see the problem here...

some of you are stuck in the 70's, 80's, & 90's and this is 2014 and S Miss is coming off back to back of almost win less football...

1-23

At least we used to be a real football team once. You aren't now and you never will be, and 8-3 against our 1990 schedule means infinitely more than going undefeated in this conference (a result that wouldn't even get you into a third tier bowl game).

You are 2 years of losing football away from every recruit in the nation of only knowing S Miss because of their losses.

Brett Favre is no longer QB at S. Miss...1990 was light years ago and for the record S. Miss was 8-4 (including post season) but that 8-3 record record vs that great schedule was good enough to get you what?

a bowl game in the prestigious All-American Bowl a bowl that was so respected it lasted 5 years. A bowl game vs a 6-5 North Carolina State

Also for the record any of us can pimp our self out for a pay check...

S. Miss did it in 1990 by playing 8 road games and 5 of those were for a pay check. Real programs don't have to do that..

This "not a real" football team handed S. Miss a 3+ TD loss. I would rather be looking at Western's future than living off of something that happen 20 or 30 years ago

You are exactly right. I'm just glad I got to enjoy the ride when it happened during those times. Things are different for all of us now on the outside looking in.

When you guys rack up a 16-yr consecutive winning seasons streak in "this" conference be sure to remind us. Everyone hits a tough patch every now and then; ours are just fewer and much more far between than yours as history shows.

I guarantee if you ask 100 of the coaches of those current "recruits" you referenced, at least 90% of them will still pick USM as a much more respected program than WKU - even those coaches in KY. Just saying-

OK so what's your point? Western is knew to FBS football so that means nothing. It still doesn't change the fact S. Miss is closer to being a "who"? than being a program other schools want to be in the same conference with..

not one other school had anything to do with that. It's all on S. Miss and the only thing you had going for the program...

winning is quickly fading away from peoples minds

There's not one thing I said in this topic that wasn't the truth. You might not like it but it's the truth...

your fanbase is living off something that happened 10, 15, 20, 30 years ago and other than fans of that school...

other people only care about today and today S. Miss is 1-23 over the last 2 seasons. If that doesn't change quickly those high school coaching are going to change their views.

Again, you are exactly right. The difference is that we are all now on the outside looking in. But at least we had our time when we mattered and were the "giant slayers," and that legacy is something very, very special to have and hold dear to our hearts. We'll see what happens going forward, but history is to be valued and is usually also an indicator of success going forward.

You stand to be corrected about one thing however; we certainly are a school that WKU wanted to be in the same conference with, otherwise you would still be in the 'Belt.

BTW, my fraternity brother's father (from USM) used to be the AD at WKU - Lou Marciani.

(07-12-2014 04:19 PM)WKUYG Wrote:  other people only care about today and today S. Miss is 1-23 over the last 2 seasons. If that doesn't change quickly those high school coaching are going to change their views.

If other people only care about today, then why do WKU fans constantly trot out all the accomplishments of their basketball program? How would you react if I said, "I don't give a rat's ass what WKU has done in the past, this last year you didn't even make the NCAA's". How would you react to that? You'd probably say, "yeah, well look at what we did in the past".

Now, if you're a WKU fan who never mentions what the program has done in the past, then forgive me if I lumped you in too.

Having said that, just as WKU has every right to be proud of what they've accomplished on the basketball court, S. Miss has every right to be proud of what they've accomplished over the years on the football field. Yeah, there's something of an expiration date on past success, but past success they've had and it's a poor dog that won't wag its own tail. I, for on, still have a lot of respect for what they accomplished (when few other universities their size and position were doing the same) and honestly believe they can turn things around and hope they will soon.

My university sucked donkey balls for decades but now seemed to have turned the corner, not just on the field of competition, but on an administrative level too. And just like USM, we probably pissed away some golden opportunities too. But we're not going to cry over spilled milk, we'll just move on and be the best we can be.

I agree with you and I too tend to look more to the future than the past, and for that I think it's a bit premature to be insulting the S. Miss program.

(07-12-2014 09:31 AM)WKUYG Wrote:  

(07-12-2014 08:57 AM)AndreWhere Wrote:  

(07-12-2014 08:56 AM)AndreWhere Wrote:  

(07-11-2014 12:48 PM)eager eagle Wrote:  

(07-10-2014 08:18 PM)Blazer88 Wrote:  Lol yes it is.

Oh my gosh, the sky is falling. USM has entertained the likes of Louisville, Cincinnati, Va Tech, South Carolina, Ole Miss, Ms State, Houston, Tulsa, Va Tech, Fla State, etal at home and now you are saying we must upgrade in order to stay in the C-belt. I guess we just aren't elite enough thus that will make it much easier on everyone when we quietly slip away.

Don't forget Texas A&M and Nebraska.

Also, Cal, back when Aaron Rodgers was their QB. That was a good year for football at USM.

Now you can't afford to even play one of those schools ...at home. Now each of those schools can write a check and buy out a home game with S. Miss just as Nebraska did.

That a lone should tell you why S. Miss was not wanted as a conference mate. As for UofL ..up till 15 or 20 years ago their program was a doormat

It's been 20 years since VT played @S Miss

It's been 27 years since Fla St played @S Miss

It's been 37 years since Miss played @S Miss

It's been 15 years since Miss St played @S Miss

South Carolina has NEVER played @ S Miss

I think I see the problem here...

some of you are stuck in the 70's, 80's, & 90's and this is 2014 and S Miss is coming off back to back of almost win less football...

1-23

I believe this thread primarily concerned the plans to renovate the basketball arena at Southern Miss. My response concerned many of the BASKETBALL schools that had graced our court which seemed good enough for them but obviously doesn't meet the C-belt standards in the minds of some therefore we wont hurt too many feelings when we slip away. Very sorry that we overlooked asking everyone if it would be o.k. for us to go.

(07-12-2014 04:03 PM)CajunFanatico Wrote:  WKUYG talkin' football smack to S. Miss fans.

really, what in the louis lipps is going on here. if we can run off one of the yankee schools, southern miss will be gone.

S Miss is one of the best FB programs not in an AQ conference. There all time record speaks for itself. They will be back and are one of the very few non-AQ schools that we have played a lot that have owned us over the years. None of the other CUSA or Belt schools can make the same claim.

(07-12-2014 04:45 PM)shere khan Wrote:  

(07-12-2014 04:03 PM)CajunFanatico Wrote:  WKUYG talkin' football smack to S. Miss fans.

really, what in the louis lipps is going on here. if we can run off one of the yankee schools, southern miss will be gone.

Run off two and pick up Rice as well.

(07-12-2014 04:31 PM)GatorEagle Wrote:  

(07-12-2014 04:19 PM)WKUYG Wrote:  

(07-12-2014 03:42 PM)GatorEagle Wrote:  

(07-12-2014 02:02 PM)WKUYG Wrote:  

(07-12-2014 01:00 PM)AndreWhere Wrote:  At least we used to be a real football team once. You aren't now and you never will be, and 8-3 against our 1990 schedule means infinitely more than going undefeated in this conference (a result that wouldn't even get you into a third tier bowl game).

You are 2 years of losing football away from every recruit in the nation of only knowing S Miss because of their losses.

Brett Favre is no longer QB at S. Miss...1990 was light years ago and for the record S. Miss was 8-4 (including post season) but that 8-3 record record vs that great schedule was good enough to get you what?

a bowl game in the prestigious All-American Bowl a bowl that was so respected it lasted 5 years. A bowl game vs a 6-5 North Carolina State

Also for the record any of us can pimp our self out for a pay check...

S. Miss did it in 1990 by playing 8 road games and 5 of those were for a pay check. Real programs don't have to do that..

This "not a real" football team handed S. Miss a 3+ TD loss. I would rather be looking at Western's future than living off of something that happen 20 or 30 years ago

You are exactly right. I'm just glad I got to enjoy the ride when it happened during those times. Things are different for all of us now on the outside looking in.

When you guys rack up a 16-yr consecutive winning seasons streak in "this" conference be sure to remind us. Everyone hits a tough patch every now and then; ours are just fewer and much more far between than yours as history shows.

I guarantee if you ask 100 of the coaches of those current "recruits" you referenced, at least 90% of them will still pick USM as a much more respected program than WKU - even those coaches in KY. Just saying-

OK so what's your point? Western is knew to FBS football so that means nothing. It still doesn't change the fact S. Miss is closer to being a "who"? than being a program other schools want to be in the same conference with..

not one other school had anything to do with that. It's all on S. Miss and the only thing you had going for the program...

winning is quickly fading away from peoples minds

There's not one thing I said in this topic that wasn't the truth. You might not like it but it's the truth...

your fanbase is living off something that happened 10, 15, 20, 30 years ago and other than fans of that school...

other people only care about today and today S. Miss is 1-23 over the last 2 seasons. If that doesn't change quickly those high school coaching are going to change their views.

Again, you are exactly right. The difference is that we are all now on the outside looking in. But at least we had our time when we mattered and were the "giant slayers," and that legacy is something very, very special to have and hold dear to our hearts. We'll see what happens going forward, but history is to be valued and is usually also an indicator of success going forward.

You stand to be corrected about one thing however; we certainly are a school that WKU wanted to be in the same conference with, otherwise you would still be in the 'Belt.

BTW, my fraternity brother's father (from USM) used to be the AD at WKU - Lou Marciani.

Worse AD Western had our football program was almost killed under him.

Maybe I didn't write what I meant...Western fans looked forward to being in the conference with S. Miss even with your program down right now.

I'm talking about the schools that left you behind they didn't care about your past. If Western had S. Miss's history I would be screaming from the rooftops...

LOOK AT US!!! so I get that and I do think the past is a good indicator of the future. But that past doesn't give a fan the right to belittle every other school in the same conference because of something that happened 20 years ago and those schools decided it was important to them.

Keep that crap on the S. Miss home board and there's no reason to point out the flaws and huge warts of S. Miss

(07-12-2014 04:45 PM)shere khan Wrote:  

(07-12-2014 04:03 PM)CajunFanatico Wrote:  WKUYG talkin' football smack to S. Miss fans.

really, what in the louis lipps is going on here. if we can run off one of the yankee schools, southern miss will be gone.

There's a reason other C-USA were chosen over S. Miss...

winning in football wasn't one of those. Those same reason still exist today, next year, 5 years from now and most likely for every. So even if the AAC loses a school S. Miss isn't going to be the replacement.

(07-12-2014 05:19 PM)WKUYG Wrote:  

(07-12-2014 04:31 PM)GatorEagle Wrote:  

(07-12-2014 04:19 PM)WKUYG Wrote:  

(07-12-2014 03:42 PM)GatorEagle Wrote:  

(07-12-2014 02:02 PM)WKUYG Wrote:  You are 2 years of losing football away from every recruit in the nation of only knowing S Miss because of their losses.

Brett Favre is no longer QB at S. Miss...1990 was light years ago and for the record S. Miss was 8-4 (including post season) but that 8-3 record record vs that great schedule was good enough to get you what?

a bowl game in the prestigious All-American Bowl a bowl that was so respected it lasted 5 years. A bowl game vs a 6-5 North Carolina State

Also for the record any of us can pimp our self out for a pay check...

S. Miss did it in 1990 by playing 8 road games and 5 of those were for a pay check. Real programs don't have to do that..

This "not a real" football team handed S. Miss a 3+ TD loss. I would rather be looking at Western's future than living off of something that happen 20 or 30 years ago

You are exactly right. I'm just glad I got to enjoy the ride when it happened during those times. Things are different for all of us now on the outside looking in.

When you guys rack up a 16-yr consecutive winning seasons streak in "this" conference be sure to remind us. Everyone hits a tough patch every now and then; ours are just fewer and much more far between than yours as history shows.

I guarantee if you ask 100 of the coaches of those current "recruits" you referenced, at least 90% of them will still pick USM as a much more respected program than WKU - even those coaches in KY. Just saying-

OK so what's your point? Western is knew to FBS football so that means nothing. It still doesn't change the fact S. Miss is closer to being a "who"? than being a program other schools want to be in the same conference with..

not one other school had anything to do with that. It's all on S. Miss and the only thing you had going for the program...

winning is quickly fading away from peoples minds

There's not one thing I said in this topic that wasn't the truth. You might not like it but it's the truth...

your fanbase is living off something that happened 10, 15, 20, 30 years ago and other than fans of that school...

other people only care about today and today S. Miss is 1-23 over the last 2 seasons. If that doesn't change quickly those high school coaching are going to change their views.

Again, you are exactly right. The difference is that we are all now on the outside looking in. But at least we had our time when we mattered and were the "giant slayers," and that legacy is something very, very special to have and hold dear to our hearts. We'll see what happens going forward, but history is to be valued and is usually also an indicator of success going forward.

You stand to be corrected about one thing however; we certainly are a school that WKU wanted to be in the same conference with, otherwise you would still be in the 'Belt.

BTW, my fraternity brother's father (from USM) used to be the AD at WKU - Lou Marciani.

Worse AD Western had our football program was almost killed under him.

Maybe I didn't write what I meant...Western fans looked forward to being in the conference with S. Miss even with your program down right now.

I'm talking about the schools that left you behind they didn't care about your past. If Western had S. Miss's history I would be screaming from the rooftops...

LOOK AT US!!! so I get that and I do think the past is a good indicator of the future. But that past doesn't give a fan the right to belittle every other school in the same conference because of something that happened 20 years ago and those schools decided it was important to them.

Keep that crap on the S. Miss home board and there's no reason to point out the flaws and huge warts of S. Miss

Que sera, sera my friend. We simply miss our former conference members, for a variety of reasons. Mainly because of familiarity, history, and friendships/rivalries formed over the years. I admit we were lucky in that regard.

Good luck to the Hilltoppers on the field, court & diamond. Unless, of course, you are playing the USM Golden Eagles. We all have our flaws & shortcomings as a university and in life...

(07-12-2014 04:43 PM)eager eagle Wrote:  

(07-12-2014 09:31 AM)WKUYG Wrote:  

(07-12-2014 08:57 AM)AndreWhere Wrote:  

(07-12-2014 08:56 AM)AndreWhere Wrote:  

(07-11-2014 12:48 PM)eager eagle Wrote:  Oh my gosh, the sky is falling. USM has entertained the likes of Louisville, Cincinnati, Va Tech, South Carolina, Ole Miss, Ms State, Houston, Tulsa, Va Tech, Fla State, etal at home and now you are saying we must upgrade in order to stay in the C-belt. I guess we just aren't elite enough thus that will make it much easier on everyone when we quietly slip away.

Don't forget Texas A&M and Nebraska.

Also, Cal, back when Aaron Rodgers was their QB. That was a good year for football at USM.

Now you can't afford to even play one of those schools ...at home. Now each of those schools can write a check and buy out a home game with S. Miss just as Nebraska did.

That a lone should tell you why S. Miss was not wanted as a conference mate. As for UofL ..up till 15 or 20 years ago their program was a doormat

It's been 20 years since VT played @S Miss

It's been 27 years since Fla St played @S Miss

It's been 37 years since Miss played @S Miss

It's been 15 years since Miss St played @S Miss

South Carolina has NEVER played @ S Miss

I think I see the problem here...

some of you are stuck in the 70's, 80's, & 90's and this is 2014 and S Miss is coming off back to back of almost win less football...

1-23

I believe this thread primarily concerned the plans to renovate the basketball arena at Southern Miss. My response concerned many of the BASKETBALL schools that had graced our court which seemed good enough for them but obviously doesn't meet the C-belt standards in the minds of some therefore we wont hurt too many feelings when we slip away. Very sorry that we overlooked asking everyone if it would be o.k. for us to go.

Western has "entertained" the likes of UofL , Duke and G-Town when both were #1, just about every SEC school, along with 90% if not all of the schools that pasted through the Metro/Great Mid West/C-USA and about 50 others that most of you can't get a home game with if not in the same conference...

Yet Diddle Arena was updated while Western was in the SBC and there wasn't much chance of going any where else. Why? because it was a update that needed to be done. Same as S. Miss

http://www.wkusports.com/sports/m-baskbl...sched.html

(07-12-2014 05:56 PM)GatorEagle Wrote:  http://www.wkusports.com/sports/m-baskbl...sched.html

OK?

S.Miss's basketball schedule

http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/scho...edule.html

(07-12-2014 06:02 PM)WKUYG Wrote:  

(07-12-2014 05:56 PM)GatorEagle Wrote:  http://www.wkusports.com/sports/m-baskbl...sched.html

OK?

S.Miss's basketball schedule

http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/scho...edule.html

We never claimed to be world beaters in home round-ball scheduling like you did. But we did at least beat Ole Miss at home last time we played them!

Good luck, kiddo