This week the Alabama Crimson Tide host the Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles in a game that not many predict to be very competitive. That said, the Southern Miss-Alabama series is an old one, and one that has featured a few upsets.
The teams first squared off in 1947, when Harold "Red" Drew's Tide beat the Golden Eagles 34-7 at Legion Field. For nine of the next ten years the teamsmet, and the results showed what we came to expect from USM, as the Eagles became first increasingly competitive, and then did the improbable — winning on the road against the Tide.