Southern Miss Golden Eagles Preview 2022: Previewing, predicting, and looking ahead to the Southern Miss season with what you need to know and keys to the season.
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Southern Miss Golden Eagles Preview
Head Coach: Will Hall, 3-9, 2nd year at USM
8th year overall, 59-29, 2021 Preview
2021 Record: Overall: 3-9, Conference: 2-6
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Southern Miss Golden Eagles Preview 2022
It’s not like the program hasn’t been through weird lulls before.
For years, Southern Miss was a rock-solid Conference USA power that went to bowl games every year, enjoyed winning seasons as the norm, and even made a few pushes for the conference championship, winning it in 2011.
Then came the disastrous 1-23 run followed up with a 3-9 2014, and then everything bounced back with a trip to the 2015 Conference USA title game and everything returned to normal.
And then came the loss to South Alabama to open the 2020 season, the coaching changes followed soon after, and all of a sudden the team was on a bad run going 2-19 against FBS teams.
The 2021 version couldn’t move the offense, the defense couldn’t carry the entire load, and it got ugly – the O didn’t hit 20 points against an FBS program until November 19th.
But head coach Will Hall managed to pull off two late wins, and now he’s got that momentum, a new conference with the move to the Sun Belt, and one of the league’s most experienced teams with a loaded defense and – if nothing else – a ton of depth, transfers, and experience on offense.
Again, it’s happened before, and it wouldn’t be shocking if there’s a big boost this year. This team might just be good enough to go from miserable to contender in a snap.
Southern Miss Golden Eagles Preview 2022: Offense
There’s a whole lot of experience returning, but the offense that was dead last in the nation in tackles for loss allowed, and…
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