ewglenn said:

I have no clue if CDM is the guy long term, and I hope he is in the SEC in 5 years, but I do feel 100% confident he is what we needed now.

He is restoring local recruiting relationships, he is establishing good ties with our fan base, and he is drawing in local interest from the community. From a coaching change that is EVERYTHING we needed to happen here. I don’t know if it will result in wins but I know those things can only help the program long term.

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Give him a couple years and the program should be rocking and rolling IMO

MidTennMtneer said:

Another one.

This wont end unless there is a CBA or the NCAA gets its anti-trust exemption from Congress.

Chalmers, ex-players sue over Madness promos

A group of former college basketball players has sued the NCAA, multiple conferences and Turner Sports for the unauthorized use of NIL in March Madness highlights.

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as long as they keep trying to settle every thing, there will be groups that keep coming out the wood works, i'm waiting for the 70's, 80's, 90's football athletes to start looking for a quick payday, since they played with the worst equipment and practiced 3 times a day with no water.

These are basic things why some of us were saying over a decade ago that we needed change. It didn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that CRS was capping our ability to reach potential and that he wasn’t doing the things that needed to be done to win a championship.

Another one.

This wont end unless there is a CBA or the NCAA gets its anti-trust exemption from Congress.

I have no clue if CDM is the guy long term, and I hope he is in the SEC in 5 years, but I do feel 100% confident he is what we needed now.

He is restoring local recruiting relationships, he is establishing good ties with our fan base, and he is drawing in local interest from the community. From a coaching change that is EVERYTHING we needed to happen here. I don’t know if it will result in wins but I know those things can only help the program long term.

mtfblue said:

they played liberty close last year with a horrible line and horrible coach, I don't see that many loses especially against WKU and Liberty. they. would possibly be 3-2 after the 1st five. Memphis and Ole.Miss will be the toughest games.

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They could win, I just don’t think it’s more than 50% that they do. I think every game outside of Ole Miss we have a shot in. I think 5-7 or 6-6 is most likely so I’d take the over.

We're now getting players that Liberty, JMU, & other good programs wanted. This shows two things to me.
1) The incredible potential I always thought Middle Tennessee had for acquiring local talent. Boots knew this back in the 1980's, & did a great job recruiting the mid-south & Tennessee for quality athletes. Sad it disappeared for so long.
And 2) how bass ackwards the old staff was concerning recruiting locally.
It re-asserts how angry I was at where we were at recently, & yet how happy I am for the new direction we are going.
I know people personally who felt that Stock was in a terrible situation because for years we had no facilities upgrades in development during his watch. Those people blamed the administration more so than Stock for our failures in winning.
I can get that point to a certain extent, but that still had nothing to do with not trying to get good quality local players.
I'm glad CDM & his staff get it. Not every player has to be from within a 100 mile radius, but we are a directional school & the name Middle Tennessee is worthy of being a proud namesake for our community. Not to get sentimental or corny, but I think it's great to see local young men who are showing the commitment & desire to stay home & wanting to be part of something special here. And the same for the coaching staff that's taken charge of fostering that ideal.

ewglenn said:

That sounds about right for the over/under. I would take the over but we’re likely starting 1-4 so the question is really do we lose 4 more games. Liberty is pretty much a guaranteed loss. That doesn’t leave much room for error.

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they played liberty close last year with a horrible line and horrible coach, I don't see that many loses especially against WKU and Liberty. they. would possibly be 3-2 after the 1st five. Memphis and Ole.Miss will be the toughest games.

Matt Dossett said:

Oakland transfer Kaden Mowl one to follow. Grandfather played at MT

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Tamari Hill as well

Holy cow. Seems super late. Even away games are already on sale. 3 weeks puts it barely a month before. Sideline are available on SeatGeek now for opening weekend so I may just have to bite there.

MidTennFootball said:

Hopefully he's not the only one from BA that commits

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Oakland transfer Kaden Mowl one to follow. Grandfather played at MT

Hopefully he's not the only one from BA that commits

SpaceRaider said:

ISU's Crooks will be a huge challenge. IIRC, she was pretty unstoppable during last season's post season.

Iowa State's Audi Crooks handles both fame and hate with grace

Iowa State star Audi Crooks ignores the negativity she receives on social media and instead focuses on having a positive mindset.

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She's a fantastic player. Lucky for us, we have a 6'6" C who is just about as unstoppable

Glad that Harmonie was on a visit! Hopefully she keeps us in mind.

Mason is killing it in state! What the hell was Stockstill doing all those years?

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