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FOOTBALL Another Commit

MidTennMtneer
Not just local kids with local/rival offers. We've signed kids with offers/looks from Marshall, Charlotte, Ark St, Army, FAU, App St, and Coastal. We haven't had that in YEARS.

It used to be signing a guy with only FCS offers was the norm. Now it's the opposite and rare.

Again, who knows if this will translate on the field, but man. CDM doing a hell of a job everywhere else so far. As quick as regional high school fences have been mended, it had to be a flat out choice to not recruit local with the previous staff. It wasn't laziness but a definitive choice not to do it. Makes zero sense.
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FOOTBALL Another Commit

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When is the last time we had a legit D1 prospect from Riverdale? To say Mason and staff are doing all the right things is an understatement. And though I enjoy seeing us win some against P5 programs, it seems they are consistently winning some head-to-head recruiting battles with Liberty and wkcc. A trifecta (local with P5 and rival offers) in this case. Bravo Zulu!
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FOOTBALL Where do YOU have MT stacking up in CUSA?

sWiley
Matt Dossett said:
Interesting. Behind Liberty?
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Most likely. I think we see a lot of parity this year and kind of an everybody beating everybody situation.

The transfer portal, in my opinion, is going to create more parity at the G5 level. Liberty is obviously almost like a pseudo P5 with their budget and ability to pay players, so they're a notch above everyone else, but I don't think its a given they just run through the league.

It's always hard for a team to win a league when everyone is predicting them to do so. They have the most talent, but they're going to have a huge bullseye on their back every week. Gonna be a competitive and exciting year for CUSA in my opinion.

That being said, I doubt I'll be watching much. I'll catch some MT games but that will be the extent of it. NFL more interesting these days in my opinion.
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BB RECRUITING Class of 2026 Board

jakeboldenbrp
MTFAN61 said:
CMI has also offered Murfreesboro native 6' 0" PF Makynli Bacon for the Class of 2028.
In 2022 Bacon was with Oakland Middle girls basketball program. Has since moved on to the Webb School where one publication already has her at 6' 1".
Could be 6' 4" or taller by graduation. Matt's keeping up the process of going after them early!
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Bacon has the makings to be a Top 10 prospect by the time class of 28 rankings are released. She played on the 16U TN Flight Silver that won the National Championship (at 14 years old!) holds P4 offers from Mississippi, Mississippi State, and Florida before she's even played one minute of high school basketball.
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BB RECRUITING Class of 2026 Board

jakeboldenbrp
jakeboldenbrp said:
Braylee Winfrey, 5'8" SG (Auburn HS, Tennessee Flight) Auburn, AL
  • Currently Ranked #12 in AR
  • Recent Offers: Stephen F. Austin, Mercer
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Also forgot to mention a new target, 5'8 SG from Lake Hamilton, AR, Braylee Winfrey.

Winfrey becomes the fourth member of Tennessee Flight to make the Lady Raiders' Class of 25 board. Winfrey played on the Flight Silver team that won the Nike EYBL National Championship in Louisville, KY. She recently moved this summer to Auburn, AL from Arkansas. Not sure if the move was basketball related but making the TN Flight Silver team, winning a national championship and playing for an Auburn HS program that is consistently in the State Tournament (with 2 of the last 4 years making the Final Four) would add to my speculation. Fits the mold of an Insell recruit -- balanced, plays both sides well, coachable, and most importantly, she's a winner!
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BB RECRUITING Class of 2026 Board

jakeboldenbrp
jakeboldenbrp said:
Offers:
  • Andrea Flores, 5'10" SG (Daniel Boone HS, Tennessee Flight) Gray, TN
    • Currently Ranked #7 in TN
    • Recent Offers: Chattanooga, Mississippi State, Toledo, Boston College, Belmont

  • Chelby Jordan, 5'8" PG (Dyersburg HS, Tennessee Flight) Dyersburg, TN
    • Currently Ranked #5 in TN
    • Recent Offers: Kennesaw State, Memphis, Belmont, North Alabama, Southern Miss
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July update for the '26 class.

Andrea Flores and Chelby Jordan both played on the Tennessee Flight Silver team that won the Nike EYBL National Championship in mid-July in Louisville, KY. As a result they both received some attention.

Flores adds offers from Chattanooga and her second P4 offer from Mississippi State. Which will speak to the levels her recruiting can go moving into her Junior season of high school.

Jordan gets a handful of offers in our backyard: C-USA newcomer Kennesaw State, in-state rivals Memphis and Belmont, and North Alabama.
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BB RECRUITING Class of 2025 Board

jakeboldenbrp
jakeboldenbrp said:
Offers:

  • Ciara Byars, 6'2" CG from George Rogers Clark HS (Winchester, KY)
    • #3 in KY, #44 Nationally, coming off knee injury
    • Most Recent Offers: California, Virginia Tech, Michigan State, DePaul, Wake Forest

  • Channah Gannon, 6'3" C from Coffee County HS (Manchester, TN)
    • #19 in TN
    • Most Recent Offers: Saint Louis, Nebraska, Toledo, Buffalo, Stephen F Austin

  • Emily Hunter, 6'8" C from TPLS Christian Academy (Woodlake, VA)
    • #12 in VA
    • Most Recent Offers: Georgia Tech, Ole Miss, Marquette, North Carolina, Florida
Off the Board:
  • Reese Beaty, 5'8" PG from York Institute (Jamestown, TN)
    • #2 in TN, verbal commit to Iowa State
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Haven't posted in a while with updates from July.

Ciara Byars recently updated her recruiting by releasing her Top 7 schools (in no particular order): California, Virginia Tech, Mississippi State, Vanderbilt, Michigan, Maryland, and Louisville. Comes a no surprise we missed the cut with her moving up to #44 in ESPN's updated class of '25 rankings. Byars is coming off a knee injury.

Channah Gannon gets her first P4 offer from Nebraska on an official visit. She adds another offer from Saint Louis. As her recruiting has picked up this summer it is to note she only has taken visits to Nebraska and MTSU.

Emily Hunter's recruiting has "slowed down" in offers with only Georgia Tech being the latest P4. However, Hunter has taken a visit to another Big East school, Providence.

Reese Beaty, TN #2-ranked prospect, has committed to Iowa State after what has been a wild 3-4 months in her recruiting. After decommitting from Clemson in March, the Tigers were her only P4 offer until her stock rose this summer in the EYBL circuit picking up over 30 D1 offers. The Lady Raiders made the mid-state product's top 7. In all fairness, Beaty may have created a log jam at PG if she had committed to MT. As we've seen in recent years, being in her top 7 could play a big role if she were to enter the portal in the future.
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FOOTBALL Where do YOU have MT stacking up in CUSA?

MidTennMtneer
ewglenn said:
I got us going 5-3 in conference and finishing 4th. 1-3 OOC so we go 6-6 with a bowl game.
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None of us would fuss with that. OOC or not.

But either way, say we make a bowl and win it. An overall season winning record and winning conference record (I'm talking above .500) in CDM's first year would be a phenomenal season.
FYI, Stock only achieved that in 7 of 18 seasons. Our last year with a conference record .625 or better (meaning 5-3 or better) was 2018!

* I'm tired of saying .500 is a winning season. We got rid of the last coach for that, so let's not accept it again.
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Another NCAA Lawsuit

MidTennMtneer
mtfblue said:
here is another, I knew the FCS schools would sit back and just take it....https://www.sportico.com/leagues/college-sports/2024/montana-south-dakota-attorneys-general-house-ncaa-settlement-1234791561/
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It's gonna wind up a huge class suit against the NCAA with multiple multiple schools challenging it all. I mean there are 64 G5s and over 100 FCS schools getting shafted. Not to mention the non-FB schools. And that is going to be a giant giant mess.
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FOOTBALL Where do YOU have MT stacking up in CUSA?

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No doubt CDM is a defensive specialist coach. His players at Vandy were always tough & hard nosed. Tennessee will tell you that.
But looking at MT offensively last year to this year will we be better or worse?
The O-line has to be better, there's no way it could be weaker. But will we be way more conservative overall? I don't necessarily want to see run on 1st & 2nd, & pass on 3rd all year long. From what I remember Vandy under Mason wasn't known as a highly creative offense.
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