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Have to be in the 30's? Well, even if we had been at 39 in the first two games we still would have lost.I listened to last night’s Stockstill Live replay at lunch today. Stock said, “in order to win in college football these days you have to be able to score points. We avg’d 26 per game last year and need to be in the 30’s.”
Draw your own conclusions but I’m thinking
48-10.......Roadrunners
LOL!!! I was wondering when somebody would jump on that!! 😂😂Have to be in the 30's? Well, even if we had been at 39 in the first two games we still would have lost.
There is an interesting dynamic to this game that's not being brought up a whole lot.
Tyrone Nix.
Who knows his system and how to prepare for it better than MT? If this offense was going to explode, this would be the game to do so.
On the flip side, who's more motivated than Nix to stick it to Rick and shut MT down?
Somethings gotta give here, and unfortunately I think it's MT.
42-17 UTSA.
Back to back losses to inferior opponents will be the kiss of death. Massaro's whole argument has been slow and steady as she goes. Last year was a one off because we had to replace one of the most successful quarterbacks in program history. Today he has nothing except the emotional effects of having to deal with the virus. Other teams seem to have dealt with it fine.
In the background Massaro has a contract issue. The only way to get out of it is to shut down the football program. Re-start in a year with a clean slate. UAB has given us the roadmap. This is the nuclear option but I am at the point to where considering it is not out of the question anymore. I love Stock as a person and our program is squeaky clean but at the end of the day it is obvious that our talent level has taken a noticeable turn for the worse which is exactly what happened when Spurrier left S. Carolina. Spurriers last two classes were not good and he knew it. He at least had the balls to admit it and move on....
The idea of shutting the program down is WILD.We can't even get a decent radio station and some of you think they would know how to shut down the program? And let me be clear. If anyone thinks shutting down the program at MT would somehow magically bring it back stronger you are fooling yourself. UAB is one of the top 200 academic institutions in the nation. It has professional programs and its own medical hospital. They have corporate donors, people with big pockets, and some built in community pride even if 99% of the state is either worried about Auburn or Alabama. I'm not even sure we have 1% of this state. If MT shut down its program the community and the rest of the state would be like. Hmm, that's interesting. What a shame. Ok back to Keeping Up with the Kardashians.
The only thing we actually have going in our favor is that there is so much incompetence they wouldn't even know how to successfully shut the program down. It would take a new president and a new AD to come in to say this program isn't salvageable and do away with it.
The idea of shutting the program down is WILD.
Yeah, it’s just not practical and I can’t believe anyone is advocating for it (not saying the poster above was).I agree.
I see us moving back to the OVC before that. Honestly at this point, we would be better off in a lot of ways. If you are not going to try to be a real FBS program, then go back where you belong.
Massaro can't wipe his own butt without first getting 7 woods permission.I can’t see Massaro shutting it down
7 wood is here to kill the athletic department and strengthen the undergrad offerings.
can somebody explain the 7 wood reference to me? lol
First, no MBB or FB on 89.5 - kill off listening audience.I would like to know what evidence you have to support this continued stated position?
First, no MBB or FB on 89.5 - kill off listening audience.
2nd - baseball dried up once the new stadium was completed. Peterson should have done BETTER once that happened, but as we know, baseball became mediocre.
3rd - Stockstill, in his 14th year, had won 7 or more games 8 times, won only 4 games and he may win less this year. That is strange. It is reminiscent of Peterson - forgot how to recruit and coach?
4th - WBB was a great program with Rick going to 8 NCAA's but now, with perhaps the most talented teams he has had, the WNIT is the best he can do?
5th - Kermit had the program rolling. His last game was a crash and burn and I think he left because he wanted to continue to win instead of going the Peterson route. I believe Nick is being paid for mediocre results.
Since the mid 1980's, when MT and TSU became "sister schools", MT has been primarily allowed to strengthen ties to TSU, Fisk and Meharry, and improve undergraduate courses.
I expect Murfreesboro to become the undergraduate campus for TSU with Nashville providing postgraduate. I believe Kentucky merged their HBCU with another University years ago. Kentucky State, maybe?
We know that TSU hands out degrees like participation trophies, and the school has been a monetary sinkhole, so what better way for the state to rectify the issue than a merger in Murfreesboro.
Most people don't care.
First, no MBB or FB on 89.5 - kill off listening audience.
2nd - baseball dried up once the new stadium was completed. Peterson should have done BETTER once that happened, but as we know, baseball became mediocre.
3rd - Stockstill, in his 14th year, had won 7 or more games 8 times, won only 4 games and he may win less this year. That is strange. It is reminiscent of Peterson - forgot how to recruit and coach?
4th - WBB was a great program with Rick going to 8 NCAA's but now, with perhaps the most talented teams he has had, the WNIT is the best he can do?
5th - Kermit had the program rolling. His last game was a crash and burn and I think he left because he wanted to continue to win instead of going the Peterson route. I believe Nick is being paid for mediocre results.
Since the mid 1980's, when MT and TSU became "sister schools", MT has been primarily allowed to strengthen ties to TSU, Fisk and Meharry, and improve undergraduate courses.
I expect Murfreesboro to become the undergraduate campus for TSU with Nashville providing postgraduate. I believe Kentucky merged their HBCU with another University years ago. Kentucky State, maybe?
We know that TSU hands out degrees like participation trophies, and the school has been a monetary sinkhole, so what better way for the state to rectify the issue than a merger in Murfreesboro.
Most people don't care.
The Sidney McPhee Problem
There are a number of mental images created from the sexual harassment controversy that Middle Tennessee State University president Sidney McPhee found himself in recently.www.nashvillescene.com
In the time of #metoo how in the world did the BoT slip that rubber stamp contract extension by w/o an activist picking up on it?
First, no MBB or FB on 89.5 - kill off listening audience.
2nd - baseball dried up once the new stadium was completed. Peterson should have done BETTER once that happened, but as we know, baseball became mediocre.
3rd - Stockstill, in his 14th year, had won 7 or more games 8 times, won only 4 games and he may win less this year. That is strange. It is reminiscent of Peterson - forgot how to recruit and coach?
4th - WBB was a great program with Rick going to 8 NCAA's but now, with perhaps the most talented teams he has had, the WNIT is the best he can do?
5th - Kermit had the program rolling. His last game was a crash and burn and I think he left because he wanted to continue to win instead of going the Peterson route. I believe Nick is being paid for mediocre results.
Since the mid 1980's, when MT and TSU became "sister schools", MT has been primarily allowed to strengthen ties to TSU, Fisk and Meharry, and improve undergraduate courses.
I expect Murfreesboro to become the undergraduate campus for TSU with Nashville providing postgraduate. I believe Kentucky merged their HBCU with another University years ago. Kentucky State, maybe?
We know that TSU hands out degrees like participation trophies, and the school has been a monetary sinkhole, so what better way for the state to rectify the issue than a merger in Murfreesboro.
Most people don't care.
Geez. You only have to score more points than the team you are playing. Lets get back to basics.
A couple of points from a higher ed geek :MTLynn makes an interesting observation about the dynamics of a MT/TSU merger. It makes more logical sense now than it ever had at the state level. The consortium has existed since the 1980s and combined with the JUCO 2+2/TN Promise (drive to 55 that Haslam championed) programs that are now in effect (thanks to the Hope Scholarship paid with lottery monies). Why would anyone want pay full retail price for a freshman or sophomore year when you can get Free Tuition at a JUCO?
I see higher education being more mobile and the need for antiquated buildings to be more liabilities instead of assets that they were once viewed. Yes, lab buildings are needed; some classrooms are needed for groups to work and for certain lectures. But, does MT need 600 acres or basically a square mile anymore for ancillary buildings, obsolete dorms, or wide open parking lots? For mostly undergraduate work that can be obtained in Shelbyville or Columbia? How are assets being used to highest and best usage? I see MT and other universities grappling with that question sometime during the next 15 years. Does FBS football that attracts 7,200 in person in a 30,788 seat stadium whose renovations are now 22 years old make economic or social sense? What is our educational mission look like in 2036 when MT turns 125? These are hard questions that should come into focus especially as we migrate in a post-COVID world. The delivery and engagement will be different because technology such as Microsoft Teams, Zoom, 5G (and 6G is in the works), the IOT, and Amazon can provide services and connections that weren’t nearly as convenient or available just 4-5 years ago! For sure, students and businesses seem to not have the same affinity and loyalty in Murfreesboro as my generation growing up or my parents generation of the 1950s and 1960s.
The model is changing. Like Lee Iacocca once said, we can lead, follow, or get out of the way. That’s our choices. Our leadership is at best following and if we aren’t careful irrelevance will push us out of the way because we’ve lost our way. Ask the folks who once worked at K-Mart, Woolworth, Sears, A&P Supermarkets, and Moore’s Lumber where their jobs went. Dozens more companies fall into that category where they dominated the marketplace only to be cast into the sea of irrelevance and non existence (or unrecognizable from their original business plan). These companies I mentioned were dominant powerhouses in 1970 and 1980, and now most do not exist anymore. What MTLynn stated is very plausible because of shifting demand, state budget constraints, and the way things are now delivered in higher education. We live in the “go big or go home” world these days where the small time players have a much harder time to succeed. The law school was our big chance to stay as a top tier school like a UAB, but our esteemed leadership really ruined our opportunity for decades. I’m more upset with that single decision than the fortunes of MT Football or MBB. We simply didn’t do enough and we’re not improving as an institution no matter what puffery may be advertised on billboards or commercials.
care to be on the board of trustees?If MT wants to become a higher ed leader, MT needs to :
1) Get serious about a name change
2) Add professional school
3) Get serious about athletics
4) Expand online / adult education offerings
5) Expand graduate programs
6) Improve quality of research, recruitment of professors, and retention of high quality professors.
7) Aggressively expand recruitment of high-quality students in neighboring states
I watch the BOT just for fun. Seriously.care to be on the board of trustees?
Just looked and MTSU offers just five online undergraduate and ten graduate online degrees. That really is pathetic