(11-05-2018 01:28 PM)eaglebeaver Wrote:  

(11-05-2018 01:19 PM)D4RKW4T3R ROCK Wrote:  First to all UAB fans for what its worth UAB "is" a rival for Southern Miss. You are our closest rival in many ways. UAB is a charter member of CUSA and did regularly hand Memphis, Cinn., ECU, ect. their azzes back in the day. For this you must receive the respect of many USM fans. I have stated before that it is UAB's destiny to win a CUSA title this year.
As for Bill Clark, hold on to this guy because he is a rare commodity these days. I would vote for him as COTY. Good luck Blazers this week will be another epic game in a already great series. Southern Miss To The Top!

Well, Bill Clark may be a well deserved Corch of the Year...but UAB is a rival to USM the same way UNT or UTEP would be, in the sense they are in our conference, therefore a "rival".

Marshall and La tech would be the closest thing to a "rival" right now, since our "real" rivals, E. Carolina, Tulane and Memphis (and to a lesser extent, OP) avoid us like the plague.

You can't just manufacture a "rival"...and just because UAB has inexplicably handed us our azzzes on a silver platter lately, doesn't mean they are a "rival"...

Sorry

If you or some other crazed USM fans think its not a rivalry then you must be blind.

USM leads the all time series 10-6. But then again USM did win the 1st 9 meetings. Since then the worm has turned and UAB has won 6 of the last 7 meetings.

As far as Clark winning the national coach of the year it won't happen. They will give it to someone who gets their roster stacked each year with 4 and 5 star players.