THE PRICE


What It Takes to Win in College Football's


Era of Chaos


ARMEN KETEYIAN & JOHN TALTY

Reading books seems to be a lost art today. Owing almost exclusively to the portal & NIL, I watched less college football & basketball this past Fall than anytime since getting cable in the early 80’s. Not mad nor upset at anyone, it’s just become unrecognizable.
Fortunately, much like my musical palette, my sports palette runs equally wide & deep. Likely helped by the fact we have lived in Philly, Seattle & now ATL.
One of my adult daughters surprised me with the above book at Christmas. Candidly, one of the best books I have read. It really gives a great peak behind the curtain over the past 20+ years. And, I am only on page 190.
While I follow college athletics closely, there was so much background, which is well sourced, on how & why college sports got to where it is today.
If you buy & read the book and feel it wasn’t worth the $15 or so, reach back out here and I will PayPal or Venmo you a refund.
That’s how good a book I think it is.

I'll tag @_ConnerSmith_ in here if you guys have any questions for him. Expectations this season? Strengths? Weaknesses? Where should they finish in league play?

CRI's favorite stop over!

The Blue Raiders are 13-5, 4-1 in league play, and tied for first in CUSA play....Have they exceeded your expectations so far and ahead of schedule? Met your expectations? Below expectations?

For me, they are doing slightly better than what I expected. Next four through Feb. 1 should be interesting. @SHSU, @LT, and home v NMSU and UTEP

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

Newly released JFK files reveal Democrat President Lyndon Johnson was a member of the KKK, which was run by Democrats

12/29/2019 / By Jayson Veley

Since President Trump released roughly 2,800 previously classified documents on the assassination of John F. Kennedy last week, media outlets within the United States and around the world have been scrambling to find any new information regarding the death of our 35th president. In the process, a document has been uncovered that reveals something that may or may not be surprising to Americans across the country – that former Democratic President Lyndon Johnson was once a member of the Ku Klux Klan.

“Ned Touchstone, editor of The Councilor, has been identified by a confidential informant as a member of the Original Knights of the Ku Klux Klan,” the document states. “The source advised in December, 1963, that Touchstone claimed that the Klan had documented proof that President Johnson was formerly a member of the Klan in Texas during the early days of his political career.”

While it may come as a shock to some, the fact that President Johnson was formerly a member of the Ku Klux Klan is rather unsurprising for a number of reasons. The first has to do with the fact that on multiple occasions, President Lyndon Johnson allegedly made racial slurs, which for decades has led many Americans to believe that Johnson himself viewed the white race as superior to blacks.

“I’ll have those n****** voting Democratic for the next 200 years,” Johnson allegedly said to two governors on Air Force One at one point during his presidency. Another time, President Johnson said, “These Negroes, they’re getting pretty uppity these days and that’s a problem for us… Now we’ve got to do something about this, we’ve got to give them a little something, just enough to quiet them down, not enough to make a difference.”

The second reason why these revelations about President Johnson are actually rather unsurprising is because throughout the 19th century and well into the 20th century, the Democrat Party has been the party of slavery, racism and segregation. As a matter of fact, between the years 1866 and 1966, the Democrat Party rejected every single piece of civil rights legislation that made its way through the halls of Congress.

When it came to the 13th Amendment of the United States Constitution, which officially freed the slaves, the vast majority of Democrats voted against it while only four voted in favor of it. The Democrats also opposed the 14th Amendment, which granted slaves United States citizenship, while the Republican Party overwhelmingly supported it. When it came time to vote for the 15th Amendment, which gave slaves the right to vote, not a single one of the 56 Democrats in Congress at the time voted in favor of it.

As the United States moved into the 20th century, iconic Democratic figures such as John F. Kennedy were rejecting civil rights legislation such as the famous Civil Rights Act of 1957. Democratic Senator Al Gore Sr. of Tennessee also opposed it.

And yet, Democrats today within the mainstream media and Washington DC have the audacity to claim that it’s the Republicans who are the racists. Without any proof or substantial evidence whatsoever, the liberals always seem to resort to claiming that those on the right hate people of color and that conservatives somehow perpetuate institutionalized racism in America. (Related: A liberal college professor claims that meritocracy and hard work is rooted in white racism.)

Perhaps they are simply trying to cover up for their racist past of supporting slavery and segregation, or maybe they are just in desperate need of a history lesson. Either way, the sooner the American people learn the truth about the Democrat Party and the evil that is intertwined in its founding, the better.

Sources include:

TheGatewayPundit.com

CanadaFreePress.com

WashingtonExaminer.com

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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:

Is it possible a lot of players that entered the portal might never find another school to play with? Like have they burned their opportunity to find a new opportunity.

For example, I have been intrigued with a former MT QB - Kyle Lowe. MT signed him out of school and he later transferred to Georgia State and didn’t play there either so he is now back in the portal. Oddly enough he and DJ Riles, another MT QB, went to GS, which might have been the dumbest thing I’ve ever seen if either wanted to play. Since school has already started up again and it looks like he hasn’t signed anywhere, what is he doing now? I’m assuming he is not going to classes at GS. Is he just going to miss this whole semester of college now? Is it possible guys like him never play again and their dream is over? He could probably land at some lower tier school, but even their rosters are probably filling up right? Generally speaking could guys be left with no opportunities.

I’m also intrigued by what he is doing now. No school, no commitments (UTEP offered him, but then they signed another QB) so is he just working at Wendy’s and going to the gym to stay in shape? Seems like a waste.

I'm leaning 74-67 Blue Raiders

The Blue Raiders take on the Tennessee Volunteers on Jan. 16 at 5 p.m. at the Adams Tennis Complex.

Last night, watching that instant classic, got me thinking....What is you guys opinion on the 12 team format. Too many teams? Too little teams? Just right?

Need to generate some fandom for sure...

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Former Georgia State commit who MTSU had offered in the spring. Brought him to campus this week after he decommitted from the Panthers in December. Nice prep pickup for the secondary and adds some much needed corner depth right away

So I've been rounding up and pinning down interviews with guys in HS but also some dudes in the portal. Got me thinking about what Deion is doing in Boulder, purging basically that entire roster and infusing it with portal talent.

Thoughts on how he will do and how quickly they will rise to prominence. I say top 10 nationally by year three. I ultimately see him taking a job like Texas A and M, when it comes open...