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re: Has any college football program fallen harder than Southern Miss?
Posted on 10/3/23 at 11:03 am to TulaneFan
Posted on 10/3/23 at 11:03 am to TulaneFan
The program absolutely collapsed in 2012 under Ellis Johnson. They got him out after 1 year, but the damage lasted much longer.
And, all that happened at the exact same time as the first big round of realignment. They sucked, and sucked hard, at the absolute worst time.
Southern Miss has a better athletic department, at the time, then a number of schools that got upgraded to the AAC. However, that football downfall, along with some bad admin hires, absolutely destroyed them for a minute.
Add in, Hattiesburg is a small town with no media numbers, not a huge fan base, and somewhat hard to get to.
Going into the sunbelt will at least let them rekindle some regional rivals and be in a very good baseball conference.
And, all that happened at the exact same time as the first big round of realignment. They sucked, and sucked hard, at the absolute worst time.
Southern Miss has a better athletic department, at the time, then a number of schools that got upgraded to the AAC. However, that football downfall, along with some bad admin hires, absolutely destroyed them for a minute.
Add in, Hattiesburg is a small town with no media numbers, not a huge fan base, and somewhat hard to get to.
Going into the sunbelt will at least let them rekindle some regional rivals and be in a very good baseball conference.
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Posted on 10/3/23 at 11:17 am to LSUFanHouston
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Add in, Hattiesburg is a small town with no media numbers, not a huge fan base, and somewhat hard to get to.
“Somewhat hard to get to” I would slightly dispute.
It’s not Manhattan, Kansas, it is just a place where you either take a regional airport or you have to drive in from Jackson or NOLA.
The single biggest thing hurting them was the media market because Hattiesburg and the gulf coast aren’t big, nor is there any huge media market anywhere in Mississippi that would be a major boost for carriage charges like NY / NJ was for Rutgers getting into the Big Ten.
Posted on 10/3/23 at 12:54 pm to LSUFanHouston
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Hattiesburg is a small town with no media numbers, not a huge fan base, and somewhat hard to get to.
Hard to get to? It’s right off an interstate and called the hub city since it’s close to several larger metro areas.
Posted on 10/3/23 at 10:17 pm to LSUFanHouston
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Southern Miss has a better athletic department, at the time, then a number of schools that got upgraded to the AAC. However, that football downfall, along with some bad admin hires, absolutely destroyed them for a minute.
Add in, Hattiesburg is a small town with no media numbers, not a huge fan base, and somewhat hard to get to.
The media market part had a bigger part to do with it than anything. CUSA and AAC took on some shitty football programs just because they are located at or near major markets. USM has/ had a much better football program than most of the current AAC schools
This post was edited on 10/3/23 at 10:22 pm
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