Southern Miss (0-3) scored two touchdowns in the first five minutes of Saturday's game against Tulane (2-1), and there weren't many positives from there.
The visiting Green Wave abused the Golden Eagles with 430 rushing yards on their way to a 66-24 victory to win this season's Battle for the Bell.
"I'm embarrassed," Southern Miss interim head football coach Scotty Walden said. "Our team is embarrassed. That's not the way we want to lose and I want to apologize to our fans. That doesn't make it better. The only thing I know how to do, just got through telling the guys, we have come really correct and see if it's an effort issue on film, or we have to see if it's an assignment issue, if it's a scheme issue, but we have to give Tulane credit.