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- RB Frank Peasant
- RB Terry Wilkins
- WR Omari Kelly
- WR Javonte Sherman
- WR Ethan Crite
- TE TK Sudderth
- OL J'Shun Bodiford
- OL Morgan Scott
- IOL Simon Wilson
- DT Ayden Merrihew
- DE James Stewart
- LB Devyn Curtis
- LB Drew Francis
- CB Tyrell Raby
- CB James Monds III
- DB Marvae Myers

- WR Sam Driggers (PWO)


Will update when necessary
 
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As far as I'm concerned, everyone is going to enter the portal looking for a hand out. Why wouldn't you?

If they think they can upgrade - go ahead. We can look at upgrades too.

Outside of Kelly and James Stewart, i'm not 100% sure a lot of these guys would be missed too much.
 
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RaiderDoug said:
As far as I'm concerned, everyone is going to enter the portal looking for a hand out. Why wouldn't you?

If they think they can upgrade - go ahead. We can look at upgrades too.

Outside of Kelly and James Stewart, i'm not 100% sure a lot of these guys would be missed too much.
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Worth mentioning I would bet the staff is sending some guys on their way as a "cut,"
 
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3 very serviceable DB's despite our secondary being awful (multi-factorial....having a terrible DL makes your secondary look pathetic). Myers and Raby could 100% play. They will land on their feet for sure, mark my words.

And this is only the beginning for the portal. More will leave.

Between players graduating and everyone jumping in the portal your basically turning over half your roster every year. That's almost a new team yearly. I don't see how a G5 can do anything meaningful in that scenario.

I also don't hold any hope for next year either. Going to be a new team with a ton of new faces and we are gonna hear the same crap every year about so many fresh faces playing for us to excuse the results. Same story for the year after that, the year after that, so on and so forth. I'll say it again, we are basically glorified JUCO now. Massive roster turnover every year is just part of the deal now, better get used to it.

You have to have a system, culture, kick ass coaches, and some $$$$ in place for these kids if you want to win in modern times. Otherwise, no point in even trying. Just wasting everyone's time
 
You have to get very comfortable with guys playing one year and leaving. Your main starters (QB, RB, WR, etc.) might be new every single year.

They have to bring back the rule of sitting out a year if you transfer. It’s the only way to save the game overall and not technically restrict players from moving around.
 
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Indiana had as much turnover as anybody and didn’t seem to hurt them. And they’re not a blue blood reloading. They’ve been bad for as long as I remember.
 
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There is just no joy in any of this much less caring about it. Coaching and developing talent is pretty much over. And then in the rare cases when we do we can just watch them pack up and leave so they can go squeeze some money out of a higher resourced school.

I can't imagine the college sports experience being destroyed anymore if there was an overt attempt to do so than what we have right now. It's abhorrent what has occurred. And I really don't want any part of it. My time giving myself to collegiate athletics is increasingly drawing to an end. I think I will just go spend more time with family and my Faith.
 
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BigBlueBrad said:
Indiana had as much turnover as anybody and didn’t seem to hurt them. And they’re not a blue blood reloading. They’ve been bad for as long as I remember.
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Everyone is dealing with it.

Some are dealing with it better than others.

It's become REALLY difficult to project a roster on a year-to-year basis for a G5 program. You spend 3 years developing a QB in your system & he gets a NIL deal at a P5. You have a RS-Fr who is a bit ticked he's not starting yet (when he was the planned starter for next year) & he enters the portal.

Granted, there's talent in the portal to replace the loses, but it's hard to project the loses.

For better or worse, Mason & staff will have the chance to sign 35-40 players again. It's hard to build a culture when you're turning over almost 50% of the team on a year-to-year basis.
 
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Turning over the roster again this season isn’t terrible imo. He has an entire recruiting cycle to work with this time around. They have a strong class on paper and should be very active in the portal. I am in a wait and see mode. If we look this bad next year then I won’t make any excuses for him.
 
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ewglenn said:
Turning over the roster again this season isn’t terrible imo. He has an entire recruiting cycle to work with this time around. They have a strong class on paper and should be very active in the portal. I am in a wait and see mode. If we look this bad next year then I won’t make any excuses for him.
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Then, as soon as these new recruits show promise they’ll opt out and enter the portal. Georgia Southern had a great season this year and their back up quarterback had a few moments of brilliance in relief, and he entered the portal with four games left in the season.
 
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Then, as soon as these new recruits show promise they’ll opt out and enter the portal. Georgia Southern had a great season this year and their back up quarterback had a few moments of brilliance in relief, and he entered the portal with four games left in the season.
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It is what it is. Everyone at our level is dealing with it - just got to outcompete them.
 
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BigBlueBrad said:
Indiana had as much turnover as anybody and didn’t seem to hurt them. And they’re not a blue blood reloading. They’ve been bad for as long as I remember.
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They got one of the best coaches out there period. He flipped 80 players and took a lot of JMU with him. We got a dude not even in coaching with zero connections to current players. So stupid. Mack is gonna be taking a couple UT players that aren't getting time with him to Kennesaw St. Mack would have been a home run hire for us. He will ignite Kennesaw St. Just saying.
 
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BigBlueBrad said:
Then, as soon as these new recruits show promise they’ll opt out and enter the portal. Georgia Southern had a great season this year and their back up quarterback had a few moments of brilliance in relief, and he entered the portal with four games left in the season.
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But we are now losing some of the guys who had faith and stayed when Stock left. Not a great sign.
 
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Me and my buddy who goes to MT games with me had this discussion while hanging in the beer garden during the NMSU game. We no longer care. We don't get too high or too low with wins/losses. We have college football 3 miles from our houses with cheap tickets and easy parking. We enjoy drinking a few pre-game and eating some good food. It is what it is. We are going to just hang out and have a good time regardless of what happens on the field. I don't see any way we recover as we can't compete financially with the larger programs. Heck, we almost bought Vandy season tickets last year just to go watch some SEC football for something different. MT just too convenient and easier on the wallet. Will be there cheering for the boys in blue most Saturdays.
 
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Just saw on an online portal tracker (On3) that RB Terry Wilkins has also entered the portal.
 
Everyone is dealing with it. And the right coach can make it work at the G5 level. I hope CDM is that guy (not sure anyone can here though with certain leadership issues).

But it is frustrating.

And I'll be honest. A large part of me is considering not renewing with BRAA. I'm frustrated with results, way things are ran, the G5 future, and the return on investment for me living so far away. I never thought I'd get to this point as I've donated to Build Blue too, but I am. And I know just from in here I'm not the only one. I can go up and back same day to a WVU game so my money may end up there.
 
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MidTennMtneer said:
And I'll be honest. A large part of me is considering not renewing with BRAA. I'm frustrated with results, way things are ran, the G5 future, and the return on investment for me living so far away. I never thought I'd get to this point as I've donated to Build Blue too, but I am. And I know just from in here I'm not the only one. I can go up and back same day to a WVU game so my money may end up there.
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If MT (and other G5s) are going to remain viable, it's gonna take every last donor doing what they can to support the cause.

That said, it's your money. Do with it what you please
 
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Raiders signing a high school back out of Shelbyville today. Very small, scat back appears, now way big enough to be a college 3 down back. He also missed his entire senior year with a torn knee. Is this really the best in state RB we could have signed?
 
Win and win consistently in Football and Basketball and I’ll make the effort to drive 45 minutes to buy tickets and attend. I have fond memories of that ‘09 season when Manny / Carmichael ran the defense and Franklin’s first 1 yr. stint (before his Covid rant) turning Dasher loose on Maryland, Memphis, Southern Miss and scoring 62 on WKU.

Good times. Then the “leadership” incentivized Stock to early retire.
Now we’ve been lapped by the likes of Jax St, Sam Houston St., and Liberty.

And this is absolutely unacceptable:
“WKU owns a 38-35-1 record in the series. It was the ninth win for WKU in the last 10 meetings with their rival. WKU has outscored Middle Tennessee 214-112 in six meetings under Helton.” 9/14/24

Meanwhile this week, my other alma mater to the west is the only G5 school ranked in the Top 25 for Football and Basketball.

MT’s problems with athletics for the last 15 years were created in offices from the top down. BOT, Cope and Murphy Center.
 
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Raiders signing a high school back out of Shelbyville today. Very small, scat back appears, now way big enough to be a college 3 down back. He also missed his entire senior year with a torn knee. Is this really the best in state RB we could have signed?
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Welcome to the board! I would say 6’0/205 is a good size high school back.
 
davistto said:
Raiders signing a high school back out of Shelbyville today. Very small, scat back appears, now way big enough to be a college 3 down back. He also missed his entire senior year with a torn knee. Is this really the best in state RB we could have signed?
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Another way to look at it is that maybe the kid getting hurt scared off some bigger teams, and we get a steal when he gets back to 100%.

I'm looking at the bright side here.
 
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Another way to look at it is that maybe the kid getting hurt scared off some bigger teams, and we get a steal when he gets back to 100%.

I'm looking at the bright side here.
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Very true. Wonder why he (Chandler) hasn’t signed? His X and MTSU football website does not include him.
 
Former JUCO All-American offensive lineman Shamar Crawford intends to enter the transfer portal on December 9th. He did not play for the Blue Raiders in 2024 but was a standout at Independence CC a year ago.
 
JUCO offensive tackle transfer from last offseason Jaylen Robinson also will be entering the portal. The tools are there but still feels like he has a lot of development ahead of him
 
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