When the 2019 college football season started at the end of August, temperatures were sitting in the 90s. Fans baked in the sun and humidity levels on Saturday afternoons and evenings were at record highs.
Three months later, the chill of cold air swirls through stadiums under the Saturday night lights.
As the second weekend of November rolls in, Southern Miss (5-3, 3-1 CUSA) finds itself one win shy of becoming bowl eligible for the 23rd time in the last 26 years. Alabama-Birmingham (6-2, 3-1) stands in the way of the Golden Eagles' hopes for bowl eligibility and competing for a conference championship.