Ole Miss and MSU won't play Southern Miss?

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A Southern Miss fan emailed me Thursday. Wanted me to drum up some support for the Golden Eagles to get consideration for Big 12 expansion. I have to admit. I hadn’t really thought of Southern Miss. So I told him I would consider the candidacy of Brett Favre’s alma mater. The University of Southern Mississippi is in Hattiesburg, 111 miles north of New Orleans. Its enrollment is 17,968. USM is in Conference USA and has played solid football for decades. Southern Miss doesn’t get any respect from the Southeastern Conference. Which is not unusual for a mid-major in the middle, geographically, of a power conference. USM has played Alabama 42 times but never in Hattiesburg. Southern Miss is 4-17 against Bama in the last 30 years, beating the Crimson Tide in 2000, 1993, 1990 and 1982. Ole Miss won’t play Southern Miss. From 1966 through 1984, the in-state rivals played every year but once. Southern Miss won five of the last seven meetings, and that was the end of that. Mississippi State won’t play Southern Miss. From 1964 through 1990, they played every year but twice. Southern won 12 of the last 16 meetings. LSU has played Southern Miss once since 1951. Auburn has played Southern Miss 22 times, but never in Hattiesburg and only once since 1993; the Eagles have beaten Auburn five times, including 1990 and 1991.

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