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 LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) - Southern Mississippi had just finished a light walkthrough, and with the New Orleans Bowl only a day away, coach Jeff Bower took a moment to reflect.
"With all the adversity that everybody in New Orleans has gone through, I'm thankful to the city of Lafayette for opening their arms up to this bowl and hosting this game," Bower said Monday. "Because if those things don't happen, there are two teams that are at home today."
The Golden Eagles will face Arkansas State on Tuesday night in the first of 28 bowl games — and each team feels it has a special opportunity. The New Orleans Bowl was moved to Lafayette — 135 miles northwest of the Crescent City — because of Hurricane Katrina. And while Southern Mississippi is playing in it for the second straight season, not much else about the game is familiar.
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