Santa Clause was coming...and the Golden Eagles got an early Christmas present.
Review: SOUTHERN MISS 24 Nevada 17 √
After a scoreless first quarter and a less than impressive offensive output by both squads, Southern Miss got on the board courtesy of a blocked punt by Tim Green that was recovered in the endzone by Tray Becton-Martin. The Golden Eagles were down 14-10 after kicking a field goal with less than two minutes on the clock before the half, but that wasn't the closest they'd get to the endzone before the clock hit zero. On the ensuing kickoff, Nevada's Khalid Wooten fumbled at his own 24 yard line setting up the Golden Eagles with 1:16 left to get in the endzone. It only took 1:09 to put them up 17-14 heading into halftime. Nevada came back to tie the game at 17 all in the 3rd quarter, but Southern Miss scored what proved to be the game-winning touchdown mid-way through the 4th quarter to reach their 12th victory for the season, a school record. The Golden Eagles' signal caller, Austin Davis, seemed to struggle throughout the game, but on the final scoring drive was 3-4 for 66 yards. He finished the night 18-41 for 165 yards and 2 touchdowns.
Now that we're through the Christmas lull, it's back to bowl week.
Preview: Missouri v. North Carolina
The SEC hasn't seen action yet during bowl season, but one of their newest members will be in action tonight as the Missouri Tigers take on the Tar Heels. While the result of the game won't effect the SEC standinds in the bowl challenge, it will be a chance for SEC fans in Louisiana to get excited about football, and really, do they need anything to get excited about this season? Missouri won their last three to secure a better than 500 record and beat a then 16th ranked Texas Longhorns squad to get one of those three. The Tar Heels on the other hand, lost two of their last three, though one was a three point loss to Virginia Tech who is headed to a BCS bowl. They were 0-3 against top 25 teams this season, compared to Missouri's 2-3. This game is set for a 4:00 kick, and there's nothing like mid-afternoon football on a Monday. That might be a stretch, but there's nothing like football ANY TIME for this girl. I've got the Tigers in what I think will be a competitive, close game. If it's not, my apologies.
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