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We don’t even force opposing offenses to punt.

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RaiderDoug said:

They're all crabs in the bucket - instead of working together, they're killing each other thinking that one of them will get out - and they're all headed to the pot. Too many admins afraid of losing the meal ticket on the athletics gravy train.

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100%. It absolutely is completely stupid. The PAC and MWC should just merge, create a performance based payout system and call it a day. If the MWC got $7m before, together with a few more schools from the AAC, plus inflation, they could hit $10m. But instead they are wasting millions.

Now the MWC is going after MAC schools for football only which makes even less sense.

They're all crabs in the bucket - instead of working together, they're killing each other thinking that one of them will get out - and they're all headed to the pot. Too many admins afraid of losing the meal ticket on the athletics gravy train.

Groundhog day

MTFAN61 said:

Didn't we also lose 2-3 linemen against Tech in game 1? I'm also thinking our conditioning has been subpar not only this year, but for multiple years now.

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Yes they lost Julius Pierce which was probably the best lineman on the team. And then they lost J'Shun Bodiford who to @mtfblue comment, Bodiford is a 6'3 offensive tackle

My interest with MT athletics is dwindling. All this talk about teams reshuffling and we are never even in the conversation, short of the MAC opportunity. Which in hindsight is the best we will ever have and we should have taken it.

Such terrible leadership at MT. We are perfect in CUSA. Embarrassing conference full of bottom feeders, including MT. We are the laughing stock of college athletics and it feels hopeless beyond all repair. Why is the school even wasting money on facilities?

Are we even tryin to be part of the realignment conversations? Are we calling the MWC and trying to get a look? Probably not doing anything.

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mtfblue said:

They don't have the frame and body's for FBS

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Bingo

MidTennMtneer said:

Legit question as I never played football. Do the weight room facilities have anything to do with that? Blatnick seems to be the kind of guy that knows what he is doing. Do we just not have all the guys need yet? I know CDM put in the nutrition station but it still isn't the same as a full blown nutrition system (ie meals, before workout, after, proper snacks, etc). The SAPC should help in all that, right? Better weight room, recovery pools, etc.

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When it comes to S&C facilities 100% make a difference. Recovery pools and the proper nutrition plans are extremely important as well. That should improve with the new facility but that’s something that will unfortunately take some time. You can’t change that stuff overnight because you’ll kill the guys and actually cause more injuries.

Actually pretty genius. UNLV/AF get $22m, then others $10.3m. This doesn't include what will be settled with the P12 poaching lawsuit so the MWC can use that to assist in buyouts for whoever they grab and then go to market for a media deal. They won't get the $7m they had before but they'll get more than us for sure. We are at $800k, MAC $750k, SBC $1m.

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We'll never catch up

That's as much of an indictment on the failure of our administration as you can possibly find.

Why? 1) Because no one pays attention to that conference and the teams in that conference anywhere else in the world more than on that board. 2) We used to be viewed favorably and well respected in this community.

I had not visited the Sun Belt board ever since we left over ten years ago. So I visited that message board today and there was a poll in one thread

sWiley said:

Everyone has. Wait until you see Tarleton State grow over the next 10 years. We all joked about "what the hell is a Tarleton?" when it was rumored they would join CUSA....

Just wait

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Shoot. Look at UCF. They didn't even start football until 1979 and had no on campus stadium until 2007. Their first 1-A (FBS) season was 1996. Ours, 1999. And now they are a P4.

DisgruntledAlum said:

They passed us by pretty quick.

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Everyone has. Wait until you see Tarleton State grow over the next 10 years. We all joked about "what the hell is a Tarleton?" when it was rumored they would join CUSA....

Just wait

DisgruntledAlum said:

They passed us by pretty quick.

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At the moment, I can't think of any that moved up after we did, that haven't. I despise our leadership.

MidTennMtneer said:

Legit question as I never played football. Do the weight room facilities have anything to do with that? Blatnick seems to be the kind of guy that knows what he is doing. Do we just not have all the guys need yet? I know CDM put in the nutrition station but it still isn't the same as a full blown nutrition system (ie meals, before workout, after, proper snacks, etc). The SAPC should help in all that, right? Better weight room, recovery pools, etc.

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I think it's a whole S&C culture thing that will need time (I know, no one wants to hear it).

It's one of those things where you need the facilities, nutrition program, S&C program, the right players with the right mindset and leadership group. You got to flip the roster, get these guys in here, and build them up and establish the year over year culture of vets who can pass down the culture to the newcomers.

MT01 said:

I've made the decision to spare myself of the agony of sitting through this game. It would only be for one half anyway, but I can't stand the thought of witnessing getting skull drug by another one of our "rivals".

I'll be doing other things Saturday night. Good luck to any of you who elect to suffer through this.

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I just hope no one gets skull drug before or after the game.