MTFAN61 said:

See that Jenna McClendon just came in for her official visit. Saw her highlights. Really like her size 6' 4", athleticism, & work around the rim. Her speed up & down the court would fit in perfectly with the new roster.
Raiders fans should be head over heels if somehow we can pick her up for the 2025 class as well.

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She didn’t just visit. She committed! Fantastic class for 2025

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See that Jenna McClendon just came in for her official visit. Saw her highlights. Really like her size 6' 4", athleticism, & work around the rim. Her speed up & down the court would fit in perfectly with the new roster.
Raiders fans should be head over heels if somehow we can pick her up for the 2025 class as well.

MTFAN61 said:

Concerning signing dates. Early signing period I read is Nov. 13 - 20, regular signing period April 16 to May 21, 2025. I know I read we signed Dominguez outside of those dates which is great. I hate vultures swooping in offering buckets of money to steal a commitment especially when the staff has done all the work identifying a great prospect. Am I correct in assuming international athletes aren't held to same signing period stipulations as domestic recruits?
Also, if that's correct that means our other 4 recruits haven't officially signed yet, but are still officially verbal commitments for the 2025 class until said dates listed above, correct?
If all that's correct fingers crossed we can keep other major schools away. I believe they're picking up on Matt as an excellent identifier of talent, & if they can take advantage of his skills for their own use they absolutely will.
Love this whole class, & hope we can maintain everyone until signing day.

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Everyone is verbally committed until November 13th.

I'm not too concerned, flips are rare in womens college basketball. One team to note that seemingly always offers immediately after MTSU I've noticed HEAVILY in the 2026 class is Memphis and Georgia Tech.

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Should be the final signee of the 2025 class!

WEEKEND TIMELINE
Friday
Noon: Golden Raiders Reunion Lunch and Induction Ceremony
4:00 PM: Alumni Award Reception at the Ingram Building
5:00-7:00 PM: Textbook Brokers Alumni Appreciation Night
6:30 PM: Hall of Fame Induction at the Tennessee Room in the James Union Building
6:30-9:30 PM: MTSU Night on the Square
8:00 PM: MTSU Black Alumni Society Homecoming Party at the Walnut House

Saturday
9:30 AM: Mixer on Middle Parade Watching Party on the Alumni House grounds
10:00 AM: Homecoming Parade (click HERE for more info)
11:30 AM: Tailgating activities begin in The Grove
11:45-12:30 PM: Men's Basketball Autographs in Walnut Grove
Noon-2:00 PM: Homecoming Tailgate Lunch (Pre-registration/ticket required)
Noon: Party in the Grove
12:45 PM: Raider Walk
1:30 PM: Gates Open at Floyd Stadium
2:15 PM: Follow Me to Floyd from the Grove
3:05 PM: Kickoff between Middle Tennessee and Duke at Floyd Stadium (click HERE for tickets)

Predarat said:

Goodness those Group of 5 guys for the past few years have been trashing the hell out of Blue Raider fans for not buying tickets and going to games because of MandM and now they are acting like they are the ones that discovered how horrible MandM are. Good grief ugh.

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They are hypocrites with no inside information.

Predarat said:

Goodness those Group of 5 guys for the past few years have been trashing the hell out of Blue Raider fans for not buying tickets and going to games because of MandM and now they are acting like they are the ones that discovered how horrible MandM are. Good grief ugh.

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Ding. Ding. We have a winner.

sWiley said:

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Everyone has to have a damn agenda to protect their buddies or sources instead of just wanting what’s best for the university and seeing past their biases.

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That's exactly why things haven't been questioned for so long. I hate to say it, but it's the truth. I mean when was the last time any coach or CM or McP was asked a truly uncomfortable hard question. One they couldn't dance around. Certainly no one since Sparks left.

Yet another reason I'm not an AD. Someone would ask me if I'm happy with MBB. "Nope. I told him to get his ass in gear and win at least 20 games or I'll have a moving crew at his house by the end of the season packing up his kids' toys."
Yeah...I wouldn't last long as an AD.

altshauf said:

Man I miss him on the sidelines.

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Same. Our program has not even been a shell of its former self since he left.

Predarat said:

Goodness those Group of 5 guys for the past few years have been trashing the hell out of Blue Raider fans for not buying tickets and going to games because of MandM and now they are acting like they are the ones that discovered how horrible MandM are. Good grief ugh.

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It’s because their buddy stock got fired. It’s amazing how now they bring it up when we have been discussing it here for a dozen years. If stock was still the coach here they wouldn’t be talking about it.

Everyone has to have a damn agenda to protect their buddies or sources instead of just wanting what’s best for the university and seeing past their biases.

MTFAN61 said:

Just picked up some season tickets in E. According to availability map looks like sales must be going well.

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I purchased 2 in Section E as well. Even though I live out of state, I’m hoping to be able to gift the tickets I don’t use to various organizations or folks who want to see a game.

Goodness those Group of 5 guys for the past few years have been trashing the hell out of Blue Raider fans for not buying tickets and going to games because of MandM and now they are acting like they are the ones that discovered how horrible MandM are. Good grief ugh.

Man I miss him on the sidelines.

Yeah, if I were betting man Duke at 14 seems like easy money.

I don't look forward to this OL trying to figure out how to block a Manny Diaz defense. I imagine Nick doesn't either.

Finally something I agree with Jeff Murphy over. Replacing CRS was only 1/3 of the moves we need made.

This is why I don't bet. My heart is clinging to the hope of an upset, but my brain says to expect a loss along the lines of 39-13.

SpaceRaider said:

Line: DUKE -13.5
Over/Under: 54.5

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currently:

Line: DUKE -14.5
Over/Under: 51.5

And the length of tenure would be fine - maybe even incredible - if they were successful. That would be bucking the trend in a positive way. And yet they think they are successful which is truly the scary part. It really does boil down to culture. We don't have a good one. And it's going to take new leadership across the board to ever change. I'm talking about the board and president.

I agree with everyone. I'm not lauding Go5G as an amazing feat. My point is we as fans have known the issues for years. Not everyone saw the problems. Certainly not the average fan who only saw us on Miami highlights or announcers bragging about Stock being here so long. Average fans or true fans of another G5 achool who listen to their podcast might have no idea how things are here. That is my point. They have a large reach and people outside our little circle can know now.

Maybe I'm naive and everyone already knew. But I've always been under the impression that only a few fans saw all the real issues. That it wasn't general knowledge. And I admit until abiut 8-10years ago with us, I had zero idea how much am administration can affect football. I always assumed hire the right coach and win. But it isn't that simple. And I'm sure I'm not the only one who thought that. It is even more true nowadays with NIL.

I think we could've had Bama money and facilities and Stock still wouldn't have won a championship as he had his issues. But the problem is he was never given that chance. Is Mason? IDK yet. He's reaping to an extent what Stock started (dude did donate his own money).

And no. The avg tenure of a D1 president was 8.5yrs in '06. In '22 it was 5.9yrs. Average for an AD is only 4.9yrs. So none of what we do is normal. And 100% the Board and Steve Smith let it happen.

I'm not saying any of this is new to us. But to a lot of people it is, and Go5G have a nationwide platform to let others know and they are doing so. My hope is more pressure will come to force changes. One can hope anyway.