Five turnovers, two pick-sixes and 63 points allowed. No matter how you want to slice it, Saturday night at Joe Aillet Stadium is one Southern Miss and its fans will want to forget quickly. Louisiana Tech rolled to a 63-31 win and clinched the Sun Belt West Division title along the way.
The loss drops the Golden Eagles to 3-7 overall and 2-4 in league play, which ends any path to six wins and a bowl game in Year 1 under head coach Blake Anderson. It also follows a 54-23 home loss to James Madison nine days earlier.
With the season on the line in both of those games, Southern Miss was outscored 117-54. Louisiana Tech, meanwhile, improved to 8-2 and 6-0 in the Sun Belt and will play in the conference championship game on Dec. 4…