Southern Miss a solid job
Last September, I was given an assignment. After Appalachian State upset Michigan, we did a big project on college football upsets, and how the little guy isn’t so little anymore. I was asked to identify the next Boise State. The schools that could rise up from mid-major status and knock off a big boy in a BCS bowl.
I listed Southern Mississippi No. 1. That’s the job OSU offensive coordinator Larry Fedora apparently is going to get, and it’s a good one. The Golden Eagles don’t have a lot of money, but they’ve been playing good football for a very long time, under a series of coaches. In the last quarter century, Southern Miss is 24-71 against BCS-level foes, with most of those games on the road. The Eagles have beaten Nebraska, Florida State, Georgia, LSU, Virginia Tech twice, Auburn twice and Alabama three times, plus OSU twice, Illinois twice, North Carolina State and Pitt.
Southern Miss is in a solid league, Conference USA. The East Division includes Central Florida, Alabama-Birmingham, Memphis, Marshall and East Carolina. That’s not a bad grouping. Competitive. But Southern Miss is the best football school in the bunch. Southern Miss can compete favorably in Conference USA and spring the occasional upset.
This is a good job. Fedora can win there.
Berry Tramel can be heard Monday through Friday from 4:40-5:20 p.m. on The Sports Animal radio network, including AM-640 and FM-98.1. You can e-mail him here and follow him on Twitter @BerryTramel.
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