• Congratulations to Damion Fletcher, the new all-time rushing leader at Southern Miss.
• The box score won’t show it, and there’s still plenty of work to do, but the offensive line probably played its best game yet, and the coverage on defense was much improved. The weak link is still the defensive line. It’s awfully difficult to cover guys when the opposing QB has all night to decide what he wants to do. Overall, the biggest problem is trying to play defense with smoke and mirrors.
• Heartbreaking near-misses are certainly nothing new for USM, but it’s doubly frustrating from the perspective of building as opposed to an individual game here and there.
• I just can’t help but get the feeling that once this worm turns, we’re going to get hot.
• Was I the only one having Louisville 2002 flashbacks with that kicking performance?
• Man, it sure is tough to leave campus when everybody stays until the end of the game. Here’s hoping it only gets tougher.

[P.S. Apologies to both of my fans for there not being a Know Thy Enemy last week. Real life reared its ugly head and interfered with my writing time.]