Southern Miss Golden Eagles
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Students from The University of Southern Mississippi compete on the athletic field as Golden Eagles.
Southern Miss has a long history in the NCAA, and its intercollegiate sports teams operate under the auspices of the University’s Department of Intercollegiate Athletics sponsors. Bowl games, conference championships, and All-American athletes have all been frequent occurences at Southern Miss.
The Golden Eagle football team currently holds a streak of 13 consecutive winning seasons, and 5 consecutive bowl game appearances. The team finished 9-5 in 2006 with a bowl victory over Ohio University.
The 2006-2007 men's basketball team finished 20-11 under Larry Eustachy.
Golden Eagle fans can boast of the internationally renowned Pride of Mississippi Marching Band, founded as a 20-piece brass ensemble in 1920, and the equally famous Dixie Darlings, created in the early 1950’s. Both groups have, since their inception, represented the spirit and tradition of Southern Miss athletics.
John Cox is the team's radio voice. The Golden Eagle football team appeared on national television five times in 2006.
The school’s earliest nickname was Tigers. Thereafter came such nicknames as Normalites (from Mississippi Normal College, the early name of the University), Yellow Jackets, Confederates, and Southerners. Golden Eagles was selected in a student/alumni vote in the early 1970s. Seymour d'Campus, the name of the modern-day mascot eagle, continues to thrill young and not-so-young Golden Eagle fans alike.
Eagle Fever, Anyone. Anywhere. Anytime. and Go Gold! are the rallying cries that Golden Eagle students and fans have used to help create such traditions as Homecoming and EagleFest, tailgating in The District, Friday Night at the Fountain pep rallies, the Eagle Walk at The Rock, the game-day Eagle Walk parade, the Painting of the Eagle Walk, the Junior Eagle Club Tunnel, the band’s Fifth Quarter Concert, featuring a hallmark rendition of Amazing Grace, and a host of other events help fans savor a near-century-long tradition of progress and growth with the certain knowledge that the best years are yet to come.
