(03-10-2014 02:03 PM)geauxcajuns Wrote:  

(03-10-2014 01:50 PM)CajunExpress Wrote:  Time waits for no athletic director, president, or negative recruiting. TooLame and Southern Miss have been telling prospects this will not happen. We shall see. Hud will have camps in again in NOLA, Lafayette, Shreveport. Maybe since USM is back stabbing we should have one in Gulf Port Miss.

They will try and do or say anything to try to hurt one of their biggest competitors for recruits. I am sure they say the same about South Al too.

Tulane is building a 26,000 seat stadium that they claim seats 30K but that is suites included. USM is still in dire financial trouble and has lost its hold on the Nola recruiting grounds.

Both of those programs are in trouble, although Tulane is trending upward.

USM recruiting has been hurt by USA adding football as well. USM has actively blocked sharing a conference with USA, but really it would probably help them financially. Not only would they have a visiting team that would travel well, especially as the rivalry intensified, but they would get more exposure in Mobile, which they need to be successful and to recruit well. USM exposure in Mobile has greatly diminished. I remember a time when USM stuff was all around Mobile. Those days are gone. USA adding football has really helped USA develop a brand more people are buying into, and one side effect is the diminishing USM presence here.