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(December 21, 2011) Update and Clarification The EuStachy Code Another Look at Larry Eustachy's Destruction of USM Basketball On 16-Dec-2011, Larry Eustachy and USM reinstated Darnell Dodson to the USM basketball team.

(December 21, 2011) . . . breaking news . . . It’s Ellis HATTIESBURG – USM president Martha Saunders made it official at a press conference on USM’s campus at 4pm (CST) on 20-Dec-2011 when she named South Carolina defensive coordinator Ellis Johnson to succeed outgoing USM head football coach Larry Fedora. Johnson, who turns 60 on 23-Dec-2011, joined Saunders and his wife, Caroline, on the podium for the announcement.

(January 3, 2012) On November 14, 2010: The Cause of the Shooting is not Known; On January 2, 2012: The cause of the Shooting is not Known ... Let's repeat that. As of January 2, 2012, the cause of the shooting of three USM football players is not known. Or perhaps more accurately, the public does not know the cause.

(January 5, 2012) You Can't Make Up This Kind Of Self-Destructive Nonsense A January 1, 2012 article in The Chronicle of Higher Education, entitled "Penn State Scandal Encompasses Faculty, Too," reports that "Penn State's Faculty Senate, which has long felt unempowered on a campus where professors believe academic concerns are overshadowed by big-time sports, has become..."

(January 11, 2012) EaglePost and Southern Miss - Proud Partners in SMTTT We recently had reason to visit "EaglePost, Where Southern Miss Fans meet on the net!" EaglePost posters are anonymous. They are the product of Southern Miss education and are proud Southern Miss alums.

(January 18, 2012) Update: Will 2011-12 be a Banner Year?

(January 23, 2012) The Farm News Briefs from Southern Miss Ours is Bigger than Theirs A billboard war between fans of Mississippi State and Ole Miss has been brewing for weeks now.

(January 27, 2012) Updated Aunt Martha’s Coaches Has Saunders Lost the Magic Touch? Or, Did She Ever Have It?

(Janaury 27, 2012) DEAR USMNEWS.NET I just couldn't believe it! Whenever I think things at Southern Miss can't get more bizarre, somebody ups the ante.