re: Rumor has it Southern Miss will play LSU in 2011

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Whenever a Southern fan says we're scared to play Southern Miss, I usually say something like "State just played GA Tech in Atlanta and Ole Miss is travelling to Austin in a couple seasons... what makes you think our programs are 'afraid' of competition?"

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Well we got em in 2014. They'll get what's coming to them. Kinda like this Doglvrr cat. He's makin me chuckle though.

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So in 2011 we play Oregon in dallas

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Is that a done deal? I haven't heard anything to confirm it.

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We didn't play Arkansas State away as far as I can remember (which, admittedly, ain't much).

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back in 2001 with Eli Ole Miss played in Jonesboro, AR

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We play Tulane in NOLA this year and UAB in Birmingham next year (I think). Both experiences > going to dA rOcK!1

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I agree with you about the Superdome...

but if you would rather go to a game in "da hood" in B-ham and play in Legion Field (and put your life in jeopardy) then drive to Hattiesburg and attend a game on campus, then by all means have a good time...best of luck to ya!

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but if you would rather go to a game in "da hood" in B-ham and play in Legion Field (and put your life in jeopardy) then drive to Hattiesburg and attend a game on campus, then by all means have a good time...best of luck to ya!

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There's more to do in Birmingham than Hattiesburg. Duh. Away games aren't entirely about the GAME itself, you know. I'm not excited about the Tulane game because of the Dome. I'm excited because I'll get to watch the game with my family from NOLA, eat excellent food, and snag a few drinks at the Columns.

And I had forgotten about the game in 2001. It was 9 years ago and I was in high school. Sue me.

It is a difficult subject. You don't want to turn them down because then you hear shite from their fans. If you play them, you don't have much to gain. If you beat them, it's like big deal you beat usm. If you lose to them it's holy shite usm is better than you. Hopefully when we play them, we'll win pretty big and have a good year that year and it will pay off but there's definitely more to lose than gain, which is why neither team has played them for so long. Either way, they'll always be the mustard buzzards and will always have a tiny stadium that they can't fill.

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Nobody from Ole Miss gives a shite about USM.

The fact that USM football is even mentioned in the same breath as Ole Miss is a waste of everyone's time.

Ole Miss is not playing them because it would be epic fail. If someone can't understand that, they are football ignorant

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It is a difficult subject. You don't want to turn them down because then you hear shite from their fans. If you play them, you don't have much to gain. If you beat them, it's like big deal you beat usm. If you lose to them it's holy shite usm is better than you. Hopefully when we play them, we'll win pretty big and have a good year that year and it will pay off but there's definitely more to lose than gain, which is why neither team has played them for so long. Either way, they'll always be the mustard buzzards and will always have a tiny stadium that they can't fill.

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I totally understand both of those points.

but let me play "devils advocate" here. I understand why Ole Miss and MSU won't play USM...nothing to gain....if Ole Miss and /or MSU beat USM , well that is expected. If USM happens to beat Ole Miss and / or MSU then you would never hear the end of it.

But in that same light, LSU schedules and plays all the D-1 schools within Louisiana (for Home games) ULL, ULM & La. Tech have all played in Tiger Stadium recently.

Now if USM wants to beat their chest and say that they are as good, as tough, etc. as Ole Miss and Miss State and want to play either one of you then they should be willing to play in Oxford and Starkville and not expect a return trip to Hattiesburg (like ULL, ULM, and La Tech have done) If the fact that USM wants a home & home and Ole Miss and MSU and that is the issue keeping them from playing, then USM needs to get their "heads out of the sand"

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If the fact that USM wants a home & home and Ole Miss and MSU and that is the issue keeping them from playing, then USM needs to get their "heads out of the sand"

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USM needs to take the "Anytime, Anyone, Anywhere" slogan down. The word back in the Templeton days in the late 90's was that we offered to play a 2 for 1 with USM and they turned it down.

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Now if USM wants to beat their chest and say that they are as good, as tough, etc. as Ole Miss and Miss State and want to play either one of you then they should be willing to play in Oxford and Starkville and not expect a return trip to Hattiesburg (like ULL, ULM, and La Tech have done) If the fact that USM wants a home & home and Ole Miss and MSU and that is the issue keeping them from playing, then USM needs to get their "heads out of the sand"

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This is exactly it. Ole Miss has offered to play them in Oxford, but they insist on a home and home. We said no. However, State has relented and agreed. Ole Miss will never play a game in Hattiesburg again.