Having a breakout year with the giants. Great player, fun to watch. Hope he gets a nice fat contract!

Heard from a source close to the men's BBK program that after a few weeks of entering the portal, Eli Lawrence tried to come back to the program, however the players voted on them not taking him back which was pretty telling I thought. I also know that he is not getting paid 1 cent by the Aggies. So he was making more here than he was there.

Obviously we are a ways out, but figured we could have some water cooler discussion on here.

Interesting storylines

***Replacing Lane***
It's going to be intriguing to see what happens with the portal going forward. Do they add a guy or just bank on the others in the WR room to elevate their play?

***QB?***
Is it Kyle Lowe, Devin Riles, or the new guy and JC product, Ren Hefley. Should be an interesting spring and fall competition.

***Just how hard does the staff hit the portal? ***

I think there are some glaring needs, one of which being the offensive line. IMO they NEED to address this area

***Two SEC games first two weeks***
Obviously the Bama game is a body bag game. Then there is Missouri...Could this be another Miami deal?


***New teams***

MT will face NMSU and Sam Houston State, new members of the conference.

Here is our tv lineup so far:

9/2 @Alabama SECN

9/9 @Missouri SECN+

9/16 vs Murray St ESPN+

9/23 vs Colorado St ESPN Platforms (ESPN+ is likely)

9/28 @WKU CBSSN

10/4 vs JSU ESPNU

10/10 vs LA Tech CBSSN

10/17 @Liberty CBSSN

11/4 @NMSU ESPN Platforms (ESPN+ is likely)

11/11 vs FIU ESPN Platforms (ESPN+ is likely)

11/18 vs UTEP ESPN Platforms (ESPN+ is likely)

11/25 @SHSU ESPN Platforms (ESPN+ is likely)

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Music City Baseball to begin site assessment for future MLB stadium at Tennessee State University​

Julia Masters

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TSU could not immediately be reached for comment Monday afternoon.

Music City Baseball's goal is to have construction — site preparation work such as utilities and grading work — begin in 2024. John Loar, managing director for Music City Baseball, said in a previous interview that the group’s timeline is focused on the potential Nashville Stars playing their first season in 2027.

The group previously identified the Texas Rangers' Global Life Field in Arlington, Texas, and the Atlanta Braves' The Batter in Atlanta as projects comparable to what they are hoping to bring to Nashville. Both serve not only as baseball stadiums, but also entertainment and event venues. The project cost for Global Life Field was around $1.2 billion.

Music City Baseball would, “start engaging the site itself and preparing it for a stadium-like facility,” before Nashville was awarded an MLB team, Henley said.

Though Music City Baseball is still considering other options, Henley has confidence in the TSU site’s viability for a stadium, despite its location along the river.

“A lot of the sites on the river are now being activated in a way Nashville hasn’t done before,” Henley said. “… That orientation of the site is really what this assessment will help us determine going forward, really shaping the vision of what that site can be. I think it’s definitely viable for all the needs that we envision.”

Building an MLB stadium at TSU would bring amenities to North Nashville that it used to be void of, Henley said, through the facility itself and the mixed-use development that would come with it.

“I don’t know if any other HBCU in the country is positioned to have that type of dramatic growth in such a dynamic space,” Henley said.

The other thread is getting and slogged down with all the links. Going forward I will post any news in here.

• GAME NOTES
• SEC NETWORK+
• RADIO
• LIVE STATS

• ESPN+
• LIVE STATS
• GAME 1 RADIO
• GAME 2 RADIO

Anybody want to predict MT's projected finish?

6’6 and 330lbs, played for FAU out of high school and was a starter for them until transferring to Jackson St.

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fwiw...

HUGE congrats to Kseniya! Third round, 35 pick overall. Amazing news, and she is very deserving. Can't wait to see what she does with the Chicago Sky!!! (Another player with MT ties, Anastasia Hayes, was not drafted.)

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Out of sheer curiosity, I have a few questions for the GoMiddle community :

1) Outside of a change at AD / FB HC, what would you do to improve ticket sales? I know the 1st answer most on this board will have is "Fire Massaro. Fire Stock." And I get why. But it's not happening. At this time, MT needs to play with the "toys" they have while looking forward to the day when they have a "new toy" to enjoy.

2) The MT community needs desperately needs to improve NIL opportunities for recruiting & retaining student-athletes. How would you work to improve this?