It's been three weeks since Southern Miss last played a football game, and it sure looked like it.
And it didn't come without its hurdles, even before kickoff at Liberty.
Interim head coach Scotty Walden was out after contracting COVID-19, and his all-conference quarterback, Jack Abraham, was inactive for an undisclosed reason.
The Golden Eagles relinquished scored the first touchdown of the game before falling behind 35-7 heading into halftime en route to a 56-35 loss.
The Golden Eagles scored 21 unanswered points and brought the deficit to 35-28 with 3:27 left in the third quarter, but unfortunately for Southern Miss (1-4), the fourth quarter looked much like the first half.