(03-08-2012 01:33 PM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  

(03-08-2012 01:16 PM)T_Won1 Wrote:  

(03-08-2012 01:14 PM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  

(03-08-2012 01:08 PM)T_Won1 Wrote:  

(03-08-2012 12:56 PM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  I don't see why you don't put stock in games 60 years ago, but you do games 40 years ago. Today's game has about as much in common with the game of the 70's as it does the game of the 50's. Realistically I'd say going back more than 20 years is probably a stretch.

I was just looking at that. Tech and USM have both been playing at the same level since Tech went FBS in 1989. USM has out-performed Tech slightly in that time:

Tech vs

AQ: 10-54-2
Non-AQ: 105-79-1
FCS: 14-1

USM vs

AQ: 18-53
Non-AQ: 137-61-1
FCS: 11-0

Head to Head:
USM won 3 out of 4:

14-30 in Ruston
16-13 in Hattiesburg
13-12 in Ruston
19-17 in Hattiesburg

Winning seasons:
Tech-9
USM-20

Bowl games:
Tech-4
USM-15

Avg record per season:
Tech: 6-6
USM: 7.5 - 5

Fair enough and when you put it like that, the perception is that things are closer than they actually are, the reality is winning that extra game(and a half?) over a 24 year period is a big difference. That's one program consistently getting it done, 20 winning seasons out of a possible 24, and the other consistently coming up just short 9 winning seasons out of a possible 24.

The "reality" is that it is close. The "perception" is that is not. But what hurts Tech is that we will win 3 or 4 games sometimes. Southern Miss NEVER does that. They consistently win 7 games.