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- Southern Miss coach Jeff Bower throws his hands up in frustration with a penalty call in the second half. (Associated Press)
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Bower ends 17-season stint at Southern Miss on sour note, keeps career options open
By KEVIN NIELSEN - Enterprise-Journal
Fri,12/21/07-11:00PM , 295 Reads
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Southern Miss head coach Jeff Bower walked off the field where he started his head coaching career to the tune of Cincinnati’s fight song.

It wasn’t a Cinderella ending, by any means. He wasn’t carried off, Bower walked through the covered tunnel to the locker room with his arm draped over his daughter’s shoulder.
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McComb runs to 101
By KEVIN NIELSEN - Enterprise-Journal
Tue,12/18/07-11:00PM , 262 Reads
McComb’s win on Tuesday night may have looked like a woodshed moment, but it will probably best serve as the watershed moment for finding this team’s identity.

The Tigers defeated Amite County 101-66 behind Derrick Harris’ nine 3-pointers and 30 points.
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Offensive Player of the Year Bobby Felder: Felder scores from all over
By KEVIN NIELSEN - Enterprise-Journal
Mon,12/17/07-11:00PM , 217 Reads
McComb’s Bobby Felder scored almost every way he could this season.

Running, receiving and returning.

He never did throw for a score, but the Tigers tried it against Mendenhall.

There wasn’t any other way McComb coach Randy Martin could think of to get Felder the ball.
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- Franklin County defensive end Bo Tillman adjusts his gloves in the state championship against Louisville. Tillman is the Enterprise-Journal’s 2007 Player of the Year. (Photo illustration Aaron Rhoads
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2007 Player of the Year Bo Tillman: ‘Biggest and baddest’
By KEVIN NIELSEN - Enterprise-Journal
Mon,12/17/07-11:00PM , 240 Reads
At 6-foot 6-inches, Franklin County defensive end Bo Tillman is almost a head taller than most of his teammates.

Waiting to run onto the field before a game, Tillman’s helmet bobs up and down like a buoy on the high sea signaling what the opposing team is about to face.
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