10 Things I Learned From Southern Miss

A long time ago after a particularly painful loss, I vividly remember a certain head coach walking over to the postgame team huddle and softly saying, “Boy, football can really hurt sometimes, can’t it?”

Yes, Coach, it really can.

This week, it looked like the Hoos might finally have found something … and then just as fast, it was gone. The end result was a heartbreaking 37-34 loss to Southern Miss, the kind of loss that will be tough for the head coach to overcome and for the team to live with going into the bye week. And frankly, it will not be all that much fun to review either. But that is the task before us.

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