EagleFWB wrote:NG had me ready to run through a brick wall!.... until I scrolled to the mag pic and almost threw up :lol: :lol: :lol:
I was on the fence with including that cover image but since he is part of the family I guess we can include it........just glad he beat Fresno and Colorado St for that cover photo......
Lost in the shuffle of recent failures live some great achievements within our Southern Miss family right now. You want to run through a brick wall for USM, watch Nick Mullens NFL Network post game interview again after his first start.....talking to Brett Favre and his first comments after the game of his career...
"Im glad I can just represent Southern Miss the way you did"
Look at Jaden Johnson, USM QB recruit, holding offers from UGA and Louisville. Watch his emotional signing day presser covered by local media when he talked about his mom and his decision on choosing Southern Miss......
"I found my home"
Look at Brian Dozier, playing in the October classic, the biggest stage in baseball.....Not big enough, how about Tori Bowie winning Gold in Rio and training for her next olympics right now. Hell, throw in the love Monken is getting in the NFL just three years removed from Hattiesburg.
This kind of success is not happening at other G5 programs like it is at Southern Miss today. These should be our stories right now until the next chapter is written. USM Marketing needs to use this at every opportunity as we navigate these current athletic program challenges.
If it doesn't exist already we need a Southern Miss Sports Council. Call it our own league of champions. Tori, Brian, and Nick all get a seat at the table along with countless greats from the past. Once, maybe twice a year, they speak to our student athletes about competition in todays world while touching on the impact of Southern Miss. I'd pay to attend that meeting.
As Brett Favre said regarding Nick Mullens......."All he needed was an opportunity. He got it, and he made the most of it."
That statement is who we are as a program and why I am excited about the future at Southern Miss.
"There was a great deal of character on that field today. They are for real, no doubt about it. This was no fluke." - Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant