Jackson Jambalaya

It's a bowl game. Better a bowl game somewhere than not at all.

" Mainland" schools have always gone to bowls and tournaments in Hawaii and Hawaii has always been expensive.

I'm afraid the " take" will be from this complaint that Southern/Mississippi alums are not as successful after graduating as alums from other universities. Is that the message Mississippians want to send?

Hell, I'd buy tickets and Southern t shirts for Hawaiians to fill the stands to prevent the delivery of THAT message!

How much to fly the team out there? and food and lodging?

surfing lessons too???

congrats to USM football for
knocking the stuffing out of
a lot of opponents, especially HOUSTON.

Re Anon 9:06 am: The fact that sticks in the craw of so many USM alumni is that the coach and AD has their choice of bowls, including many that were geographically more suited to a mass USM crowd actually showing up for the game, and they CHOSE the one in Hawaii. The shame is that the parents of many of the players won't be able to afford to go.

9:46....choice of bowls. Keep dreaming. That is as ridiculous as "choice of conferences".

Nor will the band. I spoke with a USM band parent at the gas station this morning. She said the kids are devastated that they can't go. They understand the prohibitive cost but had really anticipated accompanying the team to a bowl game. Southern has a cracker jack band, but, in the grand scheme of college athletics, bands are meaningless since only parents attend the games to see the band. Gianini attends for the tremendously expensive food trays. You oughta see the golf carts bringing them to his box throughout the games.

This is the same guy who sanctions nasty, pre-game rap music for the families to enjoy. Gianini Who? Good riddance to the asshole.

choice of bowls....he means USM was given the choice of any bowl CUSA had a tie in....USM could have chosen to play PSU in Dallas but chose Hawaii instead

Playing Penn State would be a waste of time regardless of the locale.

Who the hell mentioned Penn State?

Wonder what Penn State would have thought about playing the mighty, "intimidating crowd", great tradition USM?

Who the hell mentioned Penn State?

The fountain @ 4:53.

You must not follow much college football.

I don't know for certain, but I expect the revenues and exposure and as well as prestige vary from bowl to bowl.
Frankly, I think USM should foot the bill for getting some folks out there. I think they should charter planes from LA for at least a pep band/students by lottery with some of the expected revenues.

Wal Mart in Hawaii has black and gold Double-knit polyester to sell and the normal 12,500 fans are not showing up? Damn they will have to ship back to Hicksburg by next year for the first game against the "Corn".

Southern Miss will be lucky if 100 fans show up at that game.

The Television audience will probably be low as well.

On Christmas Eve, There will be more interest in watching Barbie and Hartman track Santa
on their respect super weather radars.

There may be more wealthy alums that is imagined. Other schools have managed to have fans show up for sports events in Hawaii. Maybe there are even a few USM grads on the island.

I guess we'll know soon.

I wonder if the usual cadre of naysayers will admit their wrong if it turns out they are?

The usual 'grove crowd' comes out of the muck to hate on a Mississippi team that's bowl bound. Let's see...if my calculation is right, that's two out of the largest three universities in the state that are NOT going to be watching TV this bowl season. But the haters can tune in to Jake's blog and Sideways Rebels and get their Reb On.

That's the problem. The payout will barely be enough to cover expenses. It's only $750000/team.

Nevada has sold TEN tickets to this game. REALLY.

For you turds who always float to the top of the "Let's Hate Everybody But Ole Miss" punchbowl, a bowl game is a reward granted to the team, the players, particularly the seniors. Who gives a rat's ass how many tickets were sold in Nevada or what Wal Mart in Hawaii sells or which Black Bear fans rush out to buy a new wide screen to find out they're not in a bowl game?

PEE ESS: If you read the Clarion today you see Bucky Freeze already starting his alibi and excuses list. "Nobody knows me and I don't know anybody when I enter the living room of a prospect". "We've invited all returning players to come on back early in January for tutoring" since so many might be ineligible.

Meanwhile, USM board the plane in a day or so and Mullen rounds up his boys for a short trip to TN.

USM arrived in Hawaii 2 days ago.

Band can't go? That's pretty crappy.

Now I know why Shadowfart is SUCH a nerd. He is a USM grad.