The Golden Eagles scored early and led 49-0 before letting up on the gas.
Southern Miss coach Jay Hopson understood.
As he watched his Southern Mississippi team run up a 49-0 lead over Savannah State and halftime still yet to come, he remembered four years before being in a situation similar to that of Erik Raeburn, the new head coach in Savannah.
"When I inherited the Alcorn State team, it was in July. We started practice on Aug. 4 and had our first game Sept. 1."
That is very much how Savannah State began it’s season because the small school was barred by the NCAA from having spring practices for substandard APR scores.