Alabama Football: What Tide fans don’t know about Southern Miss
Alabama Football and the Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles have some set of experiences. Some Crimson Tide fans know a decent bit of that set of experiences. Many don't. There are convincing stories from that set of experiences that merit recalling or finding out about interestingly.
What follows are pieces of semi-secret subtleties, special interactions, and short outlines of three significant Crimson Tide versus Brilliant Eagles games.
Southern Mississippi is situated in Hattiesburg, MS. None of the 44 games between the two schools have at any point been played in Hattiesburg, or anyplace in Mississippi. Everything except three games were Crimson Tide home games. The other three were at the nonpartisan site town, Mobile, AL.
In Paul 'Bear' Bryant's last game played in Tuscaloosa, a 6-3, Southern Miss group beat the No. 13 positioned Crimson Tide, 38-29. Alabama had not lost in Tuscaloosa since 1963; a 57-game series of wins. The Golden Eagles scored 21 focuses in the main quarter and drove 35-14 in the second from last quarter. The Tide retaliated and slice the lead to six in the final quarter, yet USM scored again taking care of the game.
As has regularly been the situation, numerous USM players were from the province of Alabama. The main rusher in the game, Sam Dejarnette, was from Selma.
Bryant consistently called USM, Mississippi Southern. At one time, long before he instructed against the program, that was the school's name.
NFL incredible, Brett Favre was a senior quarterback for Southern Miss. He had been in a car crash throughout the mid year and was not relied upon to play against the Crimson Tide. He began the game. The Golden Eagles won 27-24 on a 52-yard field objective, late in the final quarter. It was the first misfortune for Gene Stallings in quite a while first game as the Crimson Tide Head Coach.
Favre was a 17-year old reinforcement when USM played the Tide in 1987. A long time later Favre said he had would have liked to play in the game, yet when he saw Derrick Thomas, he adjusted his perspective on needing to play.
USM's triumphant mentor in 1990 was Curly Hallman. Hallman played for Stallings at Texas A&M and experienced childhood in Northport, AL.
In 1999, a Mike Dubose drove Crimson Tide, won the SEC Championship. In 2000, the Tide was positioned No. 15 and the Golden Eagles were positioned No. 25. No offense is planned to any player on the 2000 Crimson Tide list, however a drowsy Crimson Tide had four turnovers and very little offense, losing 21-0.
In the wake of losing to UCF in October, the Crimson Tide was 3-5. Three days after the UCF misfortune, Mike Dubose was terminated. Three additional games and three additional misfortunes left the Crimson Tide at 3-8 for the season.
On Saturday, USM's main quarterback; harmed Trey Lowe will observe yet not play. Two other Lowe men will presumably be following the game. Three pointer is really Woodrow Low III. His granddad, Woodrow Lowe was an extraordinary Tide linebacker during the 1970s. He holds the Tide record for the most handles in a season. He was a three-time All-American before an extensive NFL vocation. Three pointer's excellent uncle, Eddie Lowe was additionally a beginning linebacker for the Crimson Tide in the mid 1980s.
That 2005 catch by Tyrone Prothro is ostensibly the best catch in school football history.
As is time and again said, yet fits here – the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles programs 'go way back.'
