Sheraton Hawaii Bowl Preview

Who: Nevada Wolfpack vs Southern Miss Golden Eagles Where: Aloha Stadium (Honolulu, HI) When: Sat, Dec 24th at 8:00 PM EST TV: ESPN   Southern Miss Golden Eagles (11-2, 7-2 C-USA)Most Impressive Victory: 49-28 at Houston (Dec 3rd)Worst Loss: 34-31 at UAB (Nov 17th)Notable Alumni: Brett Favre, Ray Guy, Hugh Freeze, Adalius Thomas, Jimmy BuffettTwo games in, Southern Miss's 2011 season was already feeling a lot like the previous three under head coach Larry Fedora. A tepid, 2-point win over Louisiana Tech (nobody had them pegged as WAC champions on opening weekend) and an agonizing, turnover-fueled loss to Marshall seemed to be pointing the way to yet another mediocre 7 or 8 win season. But following the expected shellacking of an FCS cupcake, lightning struck in a road upset of Virginia (another team that turned out to be better than we all thought in September), and the Golden Eagles rode that momentum to an 8-game win streak that put them on a collis...