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  1. Williams to MTSU!

    in Boys Basketball

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    His SEC football options were South Carolina, Ole Miss. He was a high major basketball recruit heading into his junior season last year. However, he was banged up virtually the entire season and into the Spring/Summer which really hurt his stock b/c he lost a lot of lift and explosion that he previously showed. Injury was the only thing preventing him from achieving that High Major level in basketball. It wasnt that he played football. He was one of those kids that was able to do both at a high level. The injuries really hurt his stock in both sports, frankly. There werent SEC schools coming in for basketball at the end although he did have a lot of serious interest, not offers, previously before his injuries really became noticable.

     

     

     

    Regardless, Middle Tennessee fans are happy to have him. He can thrive there. Kermit Davis is a great coach. Middle Tennessee will be good for Williams and he'll be good for Middle Tennessee.

     

    GO BLUE RAIDERS!

  4. mosher is heading to mtsu

    in College Signees

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    beech football standout tony mosher is taking his career to the next level by playing at mtsu. he weighs 190 and is 6'00. as a senior he had 3 ints, 4 sacks, and 89 tackles and was a solid leader on his team as the buccanners went 8-3 in his senior falling just short to tullahoma in the first round of the playoffs

     

    Always glad to hear when someone decides to come to Middle Tennessee. Is he enrolling in January?

  5. Laura Brock

    in Trash Can

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    Congrats to a great player Laura Brock in her verbal comitment to MTSU.

     

    Looking forward to watching her play at Middle Tennessee. Coach Peck is a great coach and Middle Tennessee is a great university.

     

    Go Blue Raiders!

  6. Taurean Moy

    in Where are they now?

    Posted

    excerpt from Commercial Appeal article:

     

    ..."We've had some good players come through this prison," says Winfield Barber, an assistant to the warden here at the Nebraska State Penitentiary, his head shaking in amazement. "But I don't think we've ever had anybody quite like Taurean Moy."...

     

     

    T-Head tells all

  10. David Wolke

    in Football

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    Coacht...I am humbly admonished. I realize that this is a sad situation, where a very talented kid made a huge mistake that I hope will not cost him. However, I have seen several high school athletes over the years getting such special treatment that they think they are above the rules. So maybe this kid can learn from this ( if he is punished) and move on. I am sure that he is a role model to many younger boys in Smyrna.

     

     

    I have now read the article in the Daily News Journal and this is no rumor. The kid was arrested for assault.

    I've read it as well in the subscription part of the DNJ on-line, so it is not a rumor.

     

    I had heard great things of the young man so I hope this is an isolated incident and not an indication of more problems to come.

     

    The DNJ article mentioned he is 18. That's an adult in any book so this is more serious than some junior high scuffle. I just hope for his sake that this is shown to be an over reaction in charging him with assault.

  11. Favorite Quotes

    in Football

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    It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.

     

    -Theodore Roosevelt

  12. WHY DID RASHARD LEE LEAVE EARLY

    in Football

    Posted

    I think it was family considerations. My understanding was he was good with his grades and would have graduated in '04 giving him the option of returning for his fourth year of eligibility or going pro.

     

    I think it was a mistake, but I wish him good luck.

  14. Kenyon Buford commits to Middle Tennessee

    in Football

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    my thoughts on that is that the Ohio State coach doing the recruiting made an offer or the promise of an offer and when the head man saw they had other higher rated linemen available to them he nixed the offer but it was never communicated to Buford who was left to twist slowly in the wind while the Buckeyes got other commitments from linemen they wanted more. Unscrupulous, but that seems to be something that a lot of BCS schools do.

     

    We are very glad to have Mr. Buford as a Blue Raider, like his father before him.

  18. Ezell-Harding's Antoine Owens commits

    in Football

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    4-8 was disappointing. Injuries were killers. Dwone Hicks, Andrico Hines, Tyrone Calico, and other key personnel were injured an d missed games throughout the season. When you have those kind of injuries and the fact that Middle Tennessee is still not at the 85 scholarship maximun by more than a dozen, a 4-8 season is understandable.

     

    The fact is Middle Tennessee is still in the progress of building a 1A football program and there are still great opportunities for young men to come to Middle Tennessee and as CoachMac says:

     

    "Be the reason why (at Middle Tennessee) and not just another guy," at some other school.

    [Edited by SpaceRaider on 12-21-02 6:41P]

     

  23. TAKING PROP. PLAYERS

    in Boys Basketball

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    Well I have given you an explanation why they are going to Middle Tennessee. They will have a better chance to succeed at Middle Tennessee than at some juco where too many will end up and will not be in any better shape as far as academic preparation two years from now than after high school.

     

    I think everyone realizes that cultural and socio-economic problems exist where some of these kids come from and that the HS teachers, coaches, and parents do not do the job they should demanding kids hit the books, but given the social climate today where test scores are automatically dismissed by some as biased, you should not expect a great deal of improvement until community leaders, as well as parents, demand academic excellence instead of providing excuses why Johnny can't do algebra.

     

    BTW, has anyone informed you that putting your message in all Caps is akin to shouting and is very grating to read on these boards?

  24. TAKING PROP. PLAYERS

    in Boys Basketball

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    "kpteam"

     

    I am sitting here trying to determine what your motivation is for your posts on this subject and singling out the players that have decided to go to Middle Tennessee.

     

    I assure you they will get better academic support and will be expected to be students at Middle Tennessee than if they went to some juco in east dustbowl, oklahoma.

     

    Middle Tennessee is a good university and since it is a member of the Sun Belt which does not put a limit on props, unlike some other D1 conferences, it offers a good opportunity for a kid to go to a university setting from the very first and get his academics in order before playing. IMHO, it is a lot better environment for a kid to prop at a major university than a junior college setting where the kid is playing from the outset and not doing much more than he did in HS, if that, for his academic responsibilities.

     

    Its too bad that you have a problem with young men trying to go a route that offers them a chance to get their academics in order and therefore a better opportunity to graduate from college than to get into a juco feeder for some university two years down the line with no better academic preparation than when they left HS.

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