Troy at Southern Mississippi (12/21/2008)

Away:  Troy [7-4 ATS]
Home:  Southern Mississippi [7-5 ATS]

Game Time: 8:15 PM
Stadium: Louisiana Superdome

Recent Meetings:
N/A

Team Leaders:

Troy:
Passing: Levi Brown (1773)
Rushing: DuJaun Harris (594)
Receiving: Jerrel Jernigan (801)

Southern Mississippi:
Passing: Austin Davis (2852)
Rushing: Damion Fletcher (786)
Receiving: DeAndre Brown (1108)

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Southern Miss is a very young team, lost at least 3 games because they missed short field goals, several short field goals against Rice and UTEP.  Freshman QB and WR Davis, quality RB in Fletcher.  Defense really stunk up the field the first 6 or 7 games but came on strong second half of season.  Finished the year with 4 straight wins to get bowl eligible.  Team appears to be playing much better on both sides of the ball. 

Only saw Troy against LSU, where they were winning most of the game only to lose in the 4th quarter.  They appear to be very solid on O and D.  This should be a very competitive game with both teams hungry for a bowl win.   I expect new coach of Southern Miss to get team fired up and they come ready to play.  Will take the Eagles + 4.