This is strange, the folks in Hattiesburg giving up their home court like this. Unless there's a big $$$ payout for them.
As a way of honoring Southern Miss's famous alum, Brett Favre, they'll play Marquette, whose Milwaukee campus is just over 100 miles south of GB.
It's win-win for MU -- they've been trying to build their state-wide exposure (esp. after being beat out by the Badgers for the top state recruit this year, Brian Butch, who played up in the Fox River Valley)
Link to article.
[ September 12, 2003, 12:38 PM: Message edited by: DCBucky ]
Full Version: Southern Miss. to play home game in Green Bay
One of the more interesting sidelights to this story, Bucky, which was mentioned on the radio this morning (but not in that local Wisconsin column you provided the link to) is that the USM-Marquette basketball game to be played in Green Bay is scheduled to take place on Friday night, January 17th....while this was clearly set up as a "reward" for Brett Favre and to enable him to attend the game (a HOME game for So. Miss? 
) the NFC Championship game is scheduled to be played that Sunday, January 19th....I know, the likelihood of the Packers playing in that game looks pretty slim (sorry to burst the bubble of all the Pack supporters, albeit early in the season) but even if they do somehow manage to advance that far the only way Favre gets to attend is if Green Bay happens to be HOSTING the NFC Championship, which is even MORE unlikely IMHO.
Oh well, it's a long way off and it probably won't even come to that but I found it interesting that the So. Miss. A.D. would reschedule this "home" game for the sole purpose of enabling Favre to be there in person and schedule it for THAT specific weekend -- do you suppose he doesn't think too highly of the remaining talent of his "star alum" or of the Pack's postseason chances this year?
[ September 12, 2003, 07:35 PM: Message edited by: gamecock ]
) the NFC Championship game is scheduled to be played that Sunday, January 19th....I know, the likelihood of the Packers playing in that game looks pretty slim (sorry to burst the bubble of all the Pack supporters, albeit early in the season) but even if they do somehow manage to advance that far the only way Favre gets to attend is if Green Bay happens to be HOSTING the NFC Championship, which is even MORE unlikely IMHO.Oh well, it's a long way off and it probably won't even come to that but I found it interesting that the So. Miss. A.D. would reschedule this "home" game for the sole purpose of enabling Favre to be there in person and schedule it for THAT specific weekend -- do you suppose he doesn't think too highly of the remaining talent of his "star alum" or of the Pack's postseason chances this year?
[ September 12, 2003, 07:35 PM: Message edited by: gamecock ]
Maybe an early prediction that this will be Favre's final season, and this is a tribute? Just wild speculation....
Well, no Brett in Green Bay ... but Southern Miss actually beat Marquette.
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