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DeAndre Brown was slipping into unconsciousness in a Hattiesburg, Miss., hospital as his team, Southern Mississippi , took the field in overtime of the 2008 R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl.

GAME NOTES: The 2009 New Orleans Bowl features the first-ever meeting between the Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles and the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders on the gridiron.

When Rick Stockstill took over as head coach of Middlea s football program in 2006, his goal was to make it to a bowl game.

Call MTSU the enforcer and Southern Mississippi the protector. The teams have opposing strengths that could decide the outcome of the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl on Dec.

The MTSU football team returns to practice today to prepare to play Southern Mississippi in the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl on Dec.

Southern Miss tailback Damion Fletcher has grown a little tired of the hoopla surrounding his pursuit of a fourth straight 1,000-yard rushing season.

Southern Miss' Martez Smith brings down Tulsa's Damaris Johnson in the Golden Eagles' 44-34 victory on Saturday.

Southern Miss football has been remade in Larry Fedora's offensive image. The Golden Eagles relied on running the ball while enjoying 14 straight winning seasons under former head coach Jeff Bower.

In a football game where offenses ran seemingly willy-nilly up and down the field for the better part of a Saturday evening, University of Southern Mississippi receiver DeAndre Brown ran farther with a pass than any other Golden Eagle ever had.

This is an article of opinion by Tyler Cleveland, a writer for The Student Printz.

UAB freshman Daniel White hits Southern Miss quarterback Austin Davis in the Blazers win over the Golden Eagles on Oct.

Southern Mississippi quarterback Martevious Young looks for a receiver during his team's loss at Houston earlier this month.

He's a gamer The fear when Martevious Young took over the starting quarterback job for Southern Miss in the sixth game is that he would fall into the same mistakes he made when he lost the battle to start in 2008.

For the past three years, it's been the ultimate high school battle for neighborhood bragging rights, and more importantly, for the mythical title "King of the Hill." Regardless of the moniker given to it, it's been the game to circle on the fall high school sports schedule because, when you put the Riverdale Country Falcons and Fieldston Eagles on ...

Southern Miss has found a wide variety of ways to lose each of its four road games this season.

The recipe for success against No. 15 Houston appears to be a simple one - run the ball often and don't turn the ball over.

East Carolina doesn't have a scot-free path to the East Division championship in Conference USA after its victory over Memphis, but the Pirates could get a lot of help before they play their next conference game.

Here is a preview of Southern Mississippi at the Houston Cougars game: [ SPORTS BLOG : Read the latest from the Eyewitness Sports team ] Southern Mississippi at No.

Cameron Zipp knows a little about rolling with the punches. Just playing on Southern Mississippi's football team the past two seasons has provided plenty of challenges - the death of a teammate, a position change, quarterback changes, losing streaks.

An unusually balanced offense helped Houston win its 12th straight home game. That's the same formula the Cougars used to win the 2006 Conference USA championship game against Southern Mississippi.