Southern Miss coach Jay Hopson was somber following the Golden Eagles' 26-23 ovetime loss to Conference USA rival UAB Saturday in Birmingham. Tyler H Cleveland, Hattiesburg American
HATTIESBURG — The Southern Miss football team has high hopes and expectations heading into 2019, coming off a 6-5 season where the Golden Eagles finished one overtime loss away from appearing in the Conference USA championship game.
One week into fall camp, we spoke with Southern Miss head football coach Jay Hopson in a one-on-one interview, breaking down his team's roster, competitions and motivations for the year. In part one of our interview, Hopson spoke about the quarterback competition between Jack Abraham and Tate Whatley, new offensive coordinator Buster Faulkner's contributions to the team, plans for a more productive rushing attack and much more.