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re: That other Mississippi school joining AAC?
Posted on 3/12/16 at 5:58 pm to Diamondawg
Posted on 3/12/16 at 5:58 pm to Diamondawg
Southern Miss has always been pretty respectable. We open our football season with them this year. To draw a parallel, I wouldnt mind seeing Western Kentucky jump from the Sunbelt to AAC.
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Posted on 3/12/16 at 6:02 pm to UKWildcats
Western Kentucky is in the Conference USA with Southern Miss not the Sunbelt.
Posted on 3/12/16 at 6:05 pm to FishFearMe
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and has a nicer football stadium
You really believe that MM Roberts is nicer than VHS?
MM Roberts
Vaught-Hemingway Stadium
Edit: Updated image of VHS expansion
This post was edited on 3/12/16 at 6:27 pm
Posted on 3/12/16 at 6:09 pm to Ramblin Wreck
To answer the OP's question - Doesn't really have a direct effect on either OM or State, but it is good for athletics as a whole in the state of Mississippi. USM has had some up and down basketball seasons over the past few years (29-7 in 2013-2014, 8-21 this year), and it would be interesting if the Golden Eagles would trend upwards or downwards in a tougher conference. Regardless of what happens, best of luck to USM and to State in the upcoming sports seasons.
Posted on 3/12/16 at 6:09 pm to Requiem For A Dawg
We play southern miss in baseball, basketball, etc... We don't play them in football because they won't play us without us agreeing to also play at Southern Miss. State is willing to do a 1-1 with them (like they are with Troy, South Alabama, etc...) while we are not.
Posted on 3/12/16 at 6:09 pm to WestCoastAg
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It's kinda sad how OM seems to be afraid of playing southern miss when everyone else plays small in state schools all the time
What do we have to gain by playing them? If we beat them, who gives a frick? If we lose to them, that's bad. I'd rather play Florida State and lose than play Southern Miss and win. We can at least get some good recruits with the former.
And this is just gold coming from a team that fled from Big Brother.
Posted on 3/12/16 at 6:10 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
VHS gonna look good with the real grass field next year too 
Posted on 3/12/16 at 6:10 pm to OMLandshark
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What do we have to gain by playing them?
But other SEC schools seem to make it work
Posted on 3/12/16 at 6:10 pm to Requiem For A Dawg
Damnit you're right. I forgot they'd moved up from Sunbelt. Living in the past.
Posted on 3/12/16 at 6:11 pm to LSU GrandDad
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southern miss is not that small. and it attracts a lot of new Orleans athletes. playing ole miss would be a big plus for them in recruiting. I can see ole miss' reluctance.
This too. No matter what, it only benefits Southern. I don't think us playing them helps out our recruiting whatsoever.
Posted on 3/12/16 at 6:14 pm to FishFearMe
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and has a nicer football stadium,
You clearly haven't been to both of them.
Posted on 3/12/16 at 6:15 pm to WestCoastAg
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But other SEC schools seem to make it work
As I said, I'd rather play an awesome Florida team than a piece of shite team on our own home turf.
Posted on 3/12/16 at 6:15 pm to OMLandshark
Keep justifying it
Some schools do both
Some schools do both
This post was edited on 3/12/16 at 6:16 pm
Posted on 3/12/16 at 6:19 pm to WestCoastAg
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Some schools do both
Not A&M though.
Posted on 3/12/16 at 6:20 pm to OMLandshark
Except we do
Posted on 3/12/16 at 6:22 pm to WestCoastAg
You guys play at UTEP, Rice, UNT, etc...?
Posted on 3/12/16 at 6:23 pm to Col Reb is my mascot
We schedule them and marquee OOC games. We do both unlike OM
Posted on 3/12/16 at 6:24 pm to Ramblin Wreck
I think it's great for them. They need this to happen terribly bad.
Posted on 3/12/16 at 6:24 pm to WestCoastAg
So you play AT those schools. As in away games for you guys. Because Southern won't play us unless we agree to go there as well
Posted on 3/12/16 at 6:25 pm to WestCoastAg
quote:We literally gain nothing from playing them. We've offered to play them in Oxford before but they won't do it unless we play them in the shite hole known as "The Rock".
It's kinda sad how OM seems to be afraid of playing southern miss when everyone else plays small in state schools all the time
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