NEW ORLEANS -- That Southern Miss and the University of Louisiana have had up-and-down football seasons is obvious.Both teams are 6-6 and barely bowl eligible, but the two interstate neighbors will face each other moving in the right direction in the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl Saturday night at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.Southern Miss, which finished 4-4 in Conference USA, has quarterback Nick Mullens back at full strength after the talented gunslinger dislocated a bone in his right (throwing) thumb in a 55-32 loss at Texas-San Antonio on Oct. 8 and then suffered a concussion later in the season.Louisiana-Lafayette, which had an inconsistent offense led by LSU transfer quarterback Anthony Jennings, won four of its last six games and its last three Sun Belt Conference games to finish 5-3 in league play.Southern Miss coach Jay Hopson said the 6-foot-1, 200-pound Mullens showed remarkable toughness in the game against Texas-San Antonio, telling the USM medical staff to push the bone in his right thumb back into place and tape it up. He returned to the game and threw a touchdown pass to close the gap to 48-32 midway through the fourth quarter.Its the most amazing thing from a quarterback that Ive seen, Hopson said. He was throwing some balloon balls out there, but the bottom line is thats the competitor in him. Hes a young man who kept fighting and battling. ... (Now) hes 100 percent.Mullens then suffered a concussion in a 38-27 loss to Charlotte on Nov. 5 and sat out the next two games. Despite missing three games, Mullens completed 63.4 percent of his passes for 2,926 yards, 22 touchdowns and 10 interceptions.The Rajin Cajuns of Louisiana-Lafayette played consistently on defense all season -- led by linebackers Otha Peters and Tremaine Lightfoot -- but the offense has finally shown signs of life, said coach Mark Hudspeth. Running back Elijah McGuire has had three consecutive seasons of rushing for at least 1,000 yards (215 carries, 1,028 yards this season), and Jennings, the LSU transfer, finally seems to be settling in.This is an exciting time for our team, especially since we feel were peaking and playing our best ball of the year, Hudspeth said. Anthony Jennings has been up and down, but I like the way hes kept working and kept a good attitude and the way hes progressed. Youve certainly seen the last four or five weeks what it would have looked like if he had a spring or a summer with our guys.Although the bowl game is flying below the radar, both teams fans bases are within 130 miles of New Orleans and should travel well. 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Most recently he was the schools assistant football coach.Britains Andy Murray has vowed to return even stronger following another heartbreaking loss to Novak Djokovic in a Grand Slam final. Djokovics 3-6 6-1 6-2 6-4 victory in the French Open showpiece on Sunday saw him finally complete his set of slam titles and become just the third player after Don Budge in 1938 and Rod Laver, in 1962 and 1969, to simultaneously hold all four Grand Slam trophies.By reaching his first final at Roland Garros, Murray equalled Fred Perry once more by appearing in his 10th slam final. But, while Perry won eight titles, Murray has lost that many times, five of them to a dominant Djokovic, who he also beat to win the US Open and Wimbledon, and three to Swiss great Roger Federer. Djokovic wins French Open Novak Djokovic beats Andy Murray to win French Open for first time Murray started promisingly by taking the first set in Paris, but the 29-year-old had few answers as Djokovic proceeded to move through the gears on Philippe Chatrier court, and the Scot was reluctant to reflect on the achievement of reaching his first Roland Garros final. Andy Murray was humble in defeat after losing the French Open final in four sets to Novak Djokovic Its such a rare thing to have happened, and obviously the depth in the game just now is strong. Some people may think differently, but the level of tennis I think is pretty high now and something you probably wont see for a long, long time, said Murray. Djokovic (R) completed a career Grand Slam His performances over the last 18 months to two years have been exceptional and he deserves to be number one.The Serb also joined contemporaries Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal in an exclusive eight-man club of players to have completed a career Grand Slam. Novak is truly astonishing Novak Djokovic is in unstoppable form after French Open win over Andy Murray Murray, the 2012 US Open and 2013 Wimbledon champion, admitted he was disappointed to lag behind Federer, Nadal and Djokovic but remained confident of adding to his two major titles.Obviously the guys I have been around the last few years have made things difficult for me. I have been close-ish to winning all of the Slams now and unfortunately all of them have done it instead. But I guess Ive got a few more years to try and do that.dddddddddddd I think when I finish I will be more proud of my achievements maybe.None of the big events I have won have I done it without beating one of those guys or a couple of them. So, yeah. Maybe when I finish playing, my achievements will mean a little bit more.Djokovics victory in Paris improved his record against Murray to 24-10, but he vowed to come back stronger and avenge Sundays pain should the pair meet at Wimbledon next month. How can Murray beat Novak? Areas where Andy Murray must improve if he is to beat Novak Djokovic... Im very disappointed. You know, from 13 days ago, I maybe would have signed to have been in this position. I was struggling. I was a couple of points from going out of the tournament in the first round. But then when you get there, obviously you want to win.Murray will switch his focus to acclimatising to grass next ahead of the pre-Wimbledon tournament at Queens Club, which starts on June 13. Murray will be bidding for a record fifth title at Queens Club Second-ranked Murray is bidding for a record fifth title at the west London venue having lifted the trophy in 2009, 2011, 2013 and 2015.I have played some of my best tennis on clay, for sure, over the last few weeks and definitely the last couple of years, he said. Former British tennis player Barry Cowan gives his assessment of Novak Djokovic clinching the career Grand Slam Hopefully that translates well onto the grass, which is a surface that comes way, way more natural to me.So, yeah, I will try and have a good run on the grass. You know, if we meet on the grass, Ill try and learn from the last few weeks matches and see things I could have done better.Can Andy Murray win Wimbledon? 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