Ellington

Thank goodness Southern Miss and Ole Miss are playing a bowl doubleheader today. We can wrap up the 2002 football year in Mississippi with these losses. Then Dr. S can start giving the rest of the bowl games the attention (none) they so richly deserve. Let's start our bowl preview with some mean words from the Los Angeles Times:

Yes, there are way too many bowl games. No, they're not going away any time soon, at least not until the Seattle and Silicon Valley bowls exhaust their lines of credit. A viewer's guide to who's playing, what it means, when they kick off, where you can see it and why you should or shouldn't tune in:

Houston Bowl:
Who: Southern Miss (7-5) vs. Oklahoma State (7-5).
What: Brett Favre's alma mater against a team that couldn't beat UCLA. Lot of good that did Bob Toledo.
When: Friday, noon (ESPN)
Why: Gallery Furniture asked the same question. Unable to come up with a reasonable answer, it dropped its sponsorship.

Independence Bowl:
Who: Nebraska (7-6) vs. Ole Miss (6-6).
What: Nebraska receives its penance for its worst season in four decades — a lovely holiday season spent in Shreveport. Ole Miss quarterback Eli Manning continues to pay for his decision not to follow brother Peyton to Tennessee.
When: Friday, 3:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Why: Nebraska puts its major-college record streak of 40 consecutive winning seasons on the line.

Now, let's get the hometown perspective on today's games:

From the Hattiesburg American, a wrapup on the Eagles' preparations for today's game:
http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/news/stories/20021226/southernmissnews/652678.html

From the Houston Chronicle, an uplifting story on the sad end of USM running back Derrick Nix's football career:
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/sports/1715701#top

And from the Oxford Eagle, a preview of today's game:
http://www.oxfordeagle.com/sports1.html

Previous Comments

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118005

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Dr. S and JFP.... Why do y'all even write about sports. It seems a far stretch that any of you guys would even care about sports or the teams in the state. But, you find the space to further bash more institutions in this state. There is a way to complain and then there is a way to complain. One actually does a community good... your way doesn't.

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john

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2003-01-03T13:12:22-06:00