The USM Golden Eagles are changing their logo.A court case from three years ago declared that the University of Southern Mississippi's eagle head logo too closely resembles that of the Iowa ...

Once the application is sufficiently through the examination process, USM will release the logo to the licensing partners to begin production of merchandise, according to the release.

The court ordered Southern Miss to change its logo. According to Southern Miss officials, the school enlisted Rodney Richardson, a USM alumnus, and his firm, Rare Design, to create the new logo.