Ready for primetime?

We’re going with something a bit different for this game. Sure the Herd’s is making strides, but still coming up short — and sure, Southern Miss won the division last season.

But what’s really different this game is it’s a rare Sunday night prime time game and an opportunity for the Herd to shine for a national television audience. Also, to note they will be competing for air time against the NFL’s Sunday night game featuring Pittsburgh at Denver.

So my initial idea was to have a Steeler and Bronco in mid-grapple, distracted by a face-off stance between Marco and the Golden Eagle. The upper left sketch was for planning placement of turned heads and fists full of jersey. On the right hand, although traditionally stale, is the standard schoolyard face-off stance.

To de-emphasize the NFL game, I’ll reduce the size of those characters to make them look at a distance.