Despite the transfer of guard Kaitlyn Chen to UCONN, Princeton brings back a very sound basketball team for the 2024-25 season. Princeton with its #49 Net Ranking will find itself the favorite as #58 Middle Tennessee travels to Princeton, NJ for part 2 of their out of conference rematch. The Raiders lost a sizable first half lead to the Tigers last year. Eventually losing 65-60 for their only home loss of the season.
It would be of no surprise to once again see this game scoring in the 50's-60's for Sunday afternoon's encounter.

Very good paper on the status of what we know now.

Thanks for making this the best, go to source for team and recruiting coverage. As we approach the New Year, we will continue, as always, providing the best coverage Blue Raiders fans want. Hoops season is approaching conference play... Oliver Baltz and Connor Nute will be providing insight, scoop and articles on the hoops team.

Football recruiting never sleeps, and even though the 2025 class is almost polished off, we have pivoted to coverage on the portal and the 2026 class. @Shayne_Pickering, @ewglenn and @_ConnerSmith_spearhead the coverage.

Conner Smith has all the bases covered on the baseball team. Austin Lewis will also help bringing hard hitting analysis.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Years!

The NCAA Division I Board of Directors on Monday approved a blanket waiver granting an additional year of eligibility to former junior college transfers in similar positions to Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia, opening the door for a wave of college athletes across all sports to spend one more year in college athletics.

According to an NCAA memo, the waiver extends an extra year of eligibility in 2025-26 to athletes who previously "competed at a non-NCAA school for one or more years" and otherwise would have exhausted their NCAA eligibility following the 2024-25 season.

The decision from the NCAA comes five days after a federal judge in Tennessee granted an injunction to allow Pavia, a former junior college transfer who played his first season at Vanderbilt in 2024, to pursue an additional year of college eligibility next fall.

In its memo announcing the waiver, the NCAA also announced that it has filed a notice of appeal to the ruling in Pavia's case.

https://www.espn.com/college-footba...juco-players-appealing-diego-pavia-injunction

Hope your Christmas was a royal shade of Blue.

Getting the Lightning’s Lounge back up and going. This will be a thread for the 2026 football recruiting class to keep you updated along the way

Christmas gift for Blue Raider fans…

Wrote extensively about Jlynn Counter and the statistical tea leaves suggesting how important he is to this team. Seems like the ingredient Middle has been missing the last few years.

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These are some of the celebrities and politicians we are being told have already been arrested (it has yet to appear on an official Justice Department press release so think of it as provisional at this point):

Celebrities:

Seth Green, James Gunn, Dan Scheinder, Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, Steven Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, Ashton Kutcher, Kevin Spacey, Kathy Griffin, Oprah Winfrey, Shawn Carter, Beyonce Knowles, Anthony Kiedis, John Legend, Chrissy Teigen, Jim Carrey, Steven Tyler, Ben Affleck, Stephen Collins, Will Ferrell, Aliaune Damala Badara Thiam (Akon), Marshall Matthers III, Jeffrey Jones, Victor Salva, Marc Collins Rector, Charlie Sheen, Tyler Grasham, Madonna Ciccone, Katheryn Hudson, Gwen Stefani, Stefani Germanotta, James Franco, Will Smith, Justin Roiland, John Cusack, Demi Moore, Brian Affleck, Meryl Streep, Wanda Sykes, Chelsea Handler, Michelle Wolf, David Yarovesky, Pharrell Williams, Quentin Tarantino, Robert Downey Jr, Courtney Love, Alec Baldwin, Johnny Depp, Brian Warner, Asia Argento

Some Political Elites:

Joe Biden, John McCain, Bob Menendez, John Podesta, Tony Podesta, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Chelsea Clinton, Jeff Flake, Bob Corker, Jacob Schwartz, Ed Murray, Barney Frank, Brock Adams, Mel Reynolds, Neil Goldschmidt, David Wu, Tony Mendoza, Anthony Weiner, Peter Strzok, Adam Schiff, Charles Windsor, John Kerry, Joe Scarboroug, Andrew Cuomo, Justin Trudeau, Brian Stelter, Jake Tapper, Chris Cuomo, Pope Francis, Bill Richardson, Peter Soros, Prince Andrew, Barack Obama, Anderson Cooper, Sheila Jackson-Lee.

Full story on why star linebacker transfer Alex Mitchell chose to come back home to Murfreesboro

I feel like Facilities needs its own thread.

Update on Tennis:
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Thought this was interesting. Juco transfer eligibility.

The way I read it is that the injunction allows another year…..and more NIL money.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/joesab...s-and-doesnt-for-the-ncaa-and-juco-transfers/

Big, big time add for middle linebacker here. Stud at UTC with good size. Instantly raises the floor of the linebacker room. Chooses Middle Tennessee over Oklahoma State, Wisconsin, and Virginia. Local product as he played his high school football at Riverdale.

Coaching staff led by OL coach Kendall Simmons tapping into some prior connections to bolster the unit up front

Was a big time recruit last cycle. Will fit in nicely at the tight end position in this offense

Game will be on ESPN+ at 8 p.m. central as part of the CUSA/WAC scheduling initiative.

I personally think his work cannot be overstated. He has his hands on everything from floor planning, the types of desks and chairs, fabrics, and uniform colors. Negotiated with equipment suppliers and logistics as well. Not to mention is an MT grad. Hate to see him go.

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Figured one thread would be easier.

Kennesaw St.
Fired: Brian Bohannon
Hired: Jerry Mack

Sam Houston
Resigned: KC Keeler to Temple
Hired:

FIU
Fired: Mike MacIntyre
Hired: