News Nuggets, 10.07.04
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HATTIESBURG Southern
Mississippi waited longer than anyone else in the nation for a home game.
The Golden Eagles still wish they had more time to get ready for it.
Southern Miss (3-0, 2-0 Conference USA) hustled through a short week to
prepare for tonight's televised game with a struggling Houston team (ESPN2,
7 p.m.), five days after the Golden Eagles won at South Florida.
``We're excited about being at
home for the first time, but I'm more concerned with getting ready to
play,'' coach Jeff Bower said.
Southern Miss was supposed to
play host to California on Sept. 16, but the threat of Hurricane Ivan forced
officials to postpone it until Dec. 4, leaving the Golden Eagles as the
nation's only major-college team with no September home games.
So, they've been road
warriors, winning at Nebraska, Tulane and South Florida.
``We had pretty high
expectations of how we should play on the road, and we have so far,'' Bower
said. ``If you're going to be a good football team, you've got to be a good
road team.''
Southern Miss players say
there's too much on the line to look past Houston (1-4, 1-1), which was
routed by Miami and Oklahoma, has lost its last two games by an average of
26 points and has dropped four straight to the Golden Eagles.
``You can't be
overconfident,'' defensive lineman Chad Ruffin said. ``Even though they may
have won one game, they still played Miami and Oklahoma, some real good
teams. You just can't overlook them.''
The Cougars are scoring 17
points less per game than they did in earning a Hawaii Bowl berth last year.
They're next to last in the league rushing offense, and leading rusher
Anthony Evans is questionable after tearing a muscle in his calf two weeks
ago.
Still, coach Art Briles has
hope.
``We feel good about
ourselves,'' Briles said. ``We realize there are a lot of minutes left on
the clock before this season runs out.''
Houston's defense is tops
against the pass, but is one of the league's worst at stopping the run
mainly because opponents rush the ball through the Cougars' porous defense
twice as often as they throw.
``If we do our jobs right,
we'll be good in the pass game,'' Southern Miss receiver Marvin Young said.
Louisville building $10 million baseball stadium
The University of Louisville announced
it will stage a groundbreaking ceremony today for an elaborate new baseball
facility which will be named Jim Patterson Stadium.
The groundbreaking event will be held
at the stadium site, located off Central Avenue across the railroad tracks
from Papa John's Cardinal Stadium.
The stadium gets its name from the man
who provided the lead gift for the $10 million facility, which will serve as
home to the Louisville baseball team.
Site preparation for the stadium began
in August and the Cardinals plan to open their 2005 baseball season in the
facility, which will seat 2,500, including 1,500 chairback seats.
Locker rooms will be included in an
existing neighboring building once a home for American Air Filter which
will be refurbished to also include the baseball staff offices and indoor
batting cages. The building will also house a facility operated by Jewish
Hospital.
The center field wall will be 402 feet
from home plate and will measure 330 feet down both on the left and right
field lines.
Just as in Papa John's Cardinal
Stadium, the field surface will be FieldTurf with the exception of the
pitching mound and home plate area. FieldTurf is a synthetic surface that
its proponents claim replicates the look, feel, texture and playability of
natural grass.
Compiled from a Louisville
athletics report.
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