The New Orleans Bowl: Troy Vs. Southern Miss 12/21/08 http://cfbplace.com

[densityman1]

I BET this will be the last time you take Troy over Southern Miss. LOL! It was close, but Southern Miss has the best back field in C-USA. They will be hell on wheels in '09. They have had back to back best recruiting in C-USA. Will be intresting.

[USMFAN1986]

Yeah really, this guy is a rambling idiot! So much for his pick. Guess he didn't research that Damion Fletcher was named the best player in Mississippi last year and has rushed for 1,000 yds three years in a row. Gerald McRath was named the Defensive Player of the year in the conference. Shawn Nelson is a definite pro prospect. Is he drunk? Go back to your Troy site!!!

[cfbplacedotcom]

congrats on the win and thanks for the idiot remark, really adds credibility to your post.

[usmcorey]

Not knowing who the best players are and not knowing the history and MO of a school makes picking winners more difficult. ADavis is great, but he's not Gerald McRath, Damion Fletcher or Shawn Nelson either. I'm not a gambler, but I think this was an easier pick going the other way. I don't fault you, but the biggest intangiable that was new this year was the team's inability to quit. This is the first year I have seen this team truly play till the whistle bowls.

[cfbplacedotcom]

Troy had only lost to Ohio State, Oklahoma State, LsU, and ULM when half their team was out, congrats on the win but that's a really strong resume for anyone.

[usmcorey]

You have a good point there.

[slippymississippi]

Brilliant pick. Southern Miss finished up their season as one of the strongest teams in Conference USA, and Troy is ... um ... a member of the Sun Belt. Critical thinking ... it's fundamental. Southern Miss spotted Troy 7 points in the first play of the game, the refs gave Troy 11 more points, and Southern Miss still managed to win, what does that tell ya?

[cfbplacedotcom]

It tells me that it's easy for people like you to search around and find people that stuck their neck out and had the guts to analyze a game and make a pick when you sat back and did nothing. Of course if the guy stays in front of the first down marker we never hear a peep out of you, typical. In any event I went 4-1 for the weekend, I'll gladly take it.

[austin3163000]

the tibia was cleany broken,he will make a full recovery,but miss all of spring practice. and coach bower was fired bc quite afew people think he got happy with just winning 6,7,8 games a year. USM wants more,but with OM and Miss. State in the state it's very difficult for them to get great rrecruits. we will see how it goes tho. afew points here and there USM would have a 9 win record.

[austin3163000]

i'm not mad about this loss,i'm a USM fan,i live about 15 minutes from the university. glad they won. still don't like the new coach tho.

[cfbplacedotcom]

I never understood the coaching change, Bower had them in a ridiculous number of bowls, not sure what the expectation is there.

[EweTuber1935]

To understand the coaching change, you really would've had to have seen every game we've played for the past few years. Yes, we've had 15 consecutive winning seasons. Yes, we played been in several bowl games with Bower.

That is not what most fans had an issue with. Bower played NOT to lose, and it was infuriating to watch. We had ZERO passing game - the best thing we had going for us was Damion Fletcher, and our opponents figured that out pretty quickly.

[EweTuber1935]

That brings me to another point - Bower was not the best recruiter for our team. We have very few really defensive players left, which is something we'll have to work on during the upcoming year.

Bower was content with just having a winning season and going to a lame bowl every year (excluding 2003's Liberty Bowl). We wanted to do more than that - we want to be up there with MSU and Ole Miss, to dominate our conference. The game had passed Bower by, and it was time for a change.

[5thQuarterFootball]

I think this was a great pick. Troy had S. Miss early and shoud have finished them off. You can't be mad about this loss. Bad second half coaching by Troy and some amazing offensive coaching by S. Miss (the flea flicker) to keep their spirit alive. If this game was played 9 more time...Troy would win those 9.

[cfbplacedotcom]

I never felt real comfortable about it, just too many people people too over confident on Troy. Southern Miss was so fired up, this is why they play the games. I watch your stuff all the time, you had an amazing year.

[austin3163000]

stick that in your damn pipe and smoke it. also, did you see deandre break his leg? OUCH

[cfbplacedotcom]

That looked really bad, let's hope he's OK but I wouldn't be surprised if he red shirts next year.