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  1. CFAfan Here are your words on a different thread about Father Ryan: "Whats the story here? This seemed like an odd move to me. Did FR step up big and pay? Does that mean they will put the $$ and resources necessary into the program to get kids in who can compete with the big boys? This is a 2 step process: 1) pay for the coach 2) allocate necessary resources to put tools in the box" Your words are the reason many of the D1 privates and even the D2 middle level schools have no desire to compete with the powers in D2. They either don't have the mechanism in place or have no desire to have a mechanism in place to "get the kids who can compete with the big boys" (you own words, not mine). It will either take a drastic change in the financial priorities and mindset for these schools to compete at that level or they will have to be satisfied with being cellar dwellers. That is the bottom line in why some of these schools stayed in D1 and had to be enticed with an enrollment number to move over to D2. The Nashville Scene ran an article several years ago comparing what is happening at the big schools to a nuclear arms race. When one school builds something in Nashville, the others feel the need to one up them. Some schools don't have the endowment, deep enough pockets or the desire to enter that arena.
  2. Here is what I have been led to believe. The numbers were established as a carrot on a stick to entice all D1 privates to make the move to D2. (I.e. "You don't ask someone to buy a house without looking at it first".) Some schools were on the fence not knowing where they would fall if they made the move, but knew where they would be if they stayed D1. By setting enrollment on the front end, most private schools took the bait and left D1. In that respect, it almost worked. I think these numbers will last 4 years (unless Knoxville Catholic and/or Columbia Academy win the state in football in 2017 and blow things up early) and then in 4 years, the numbers between the classes will be evened out. This is just my humble opinion based on talking with people who were at the meetings. My guess is that by 2020, at the latest, all privates will be forced into D2 and classes will be even.
  3. Not sure how the Tennessean article is worded, but Lipscomb will be playing in the upper half in all sports but football. There was never any possibility that things would be otherwise in those sports. If the Tennessean said otherwise, they are mistaken.
  4. I didn't realize that prefessing a scenario that has been suggested in the Tennessean with the word "if" constituted an accusation. The point I was trying to make with the NCAA example is apples to oranges, but comparing the athletes roaming the halls at the larger D2 schools to schools with similar enrollments is also apples to oranges. They are not playing the same game at the same level, no matter the enrollment size. Lipscomb hasn't had an offensive lineman sign with a D1 college since the 1970's. By the way, I am a tea toddler, so I will have to substitute decaf iced tea for that fine "whine" you are already accusing me of doing.
  5. When scholarships are involved, you should throw the enrollment numbers out the window. Wake Forest has 7500 students and FSU has 41,000, yet they are in the same conference. Scholarship limits are the great equalizer there. That is one reason why the D2 large class Teams can compete at the highest levels in the state, or even the nation. The small schools have tuitions at roughly half the rate of the bigger ones and pay teachers less than public school teacher salaries. Do you think the student bodies at the middle size private schools look like the student bodies at the larger D2 schools, in proportion of course? In the last 36 years, Lipscomb has had 5 kids sign D1 scholarships. Jonathan Shaun (98) at Vandy, Ethan Flatt (02) at Ole Miss, Zach (04) and Austin Rogers (08) at Tennessee and Jackson Mitchell (14) at Navy. Flatt's dad was the University president and the other 4 had parents who went to high school there. They have the Reitmaier kid this year who has committed to Oregon. That is one kid every 7 years. Don't some TSSAA D2 schools have years where that number are signed out of a single class? I bet some of them have more kids in the NFL than Lipscomb has had in the SEC. If BA and Ensworth want the majority of their region games to have a running clock the entire 2nd half, then they should stay put. Not really sure why any coach would want that, unless they are planning to lower the goals they have for their programs.
  6. I was at the FRA vs. Lipscomb game last week. There were only a handful of athletes in that game who would have touched the field if they were at MBA vs. BA. I would guess that BA regularly has more kids sign with DI colleges per year than those two schools have combined to sign in the last generation. In D2, 500 kids at one school is not necessarily equal to 500 at another school. I really don't know what BA or Ensworth would gain from staying down other than some easy wins. It would be like UT playing Carson Newman, Maryville College, Tusculum,.... to cut down on travel. Those big D2 schools are playing at a whole different level.
  7. A great coach and an even better man, Jim Wilson, passed from this life this morning. Coach Wilson was an outstanding coach at Goodpasture (football and baseball), Glencliff (football and track) and then East Literature (football). He had many outstanding teams. They were always well coached and well prepared. He was a man of faith who "walked the walk". I am grateful I had the opportunity to know him. He fought cancer for several years. If my memory is correct, he was in the battle during his last few years of coaching at East. Please keep his family in your prayers.
  8. You couldn't make this stuff if you tried to. This sounds like one of those cheap teen movies from the 1970's that has football themes that are just ridiculous. Maybe someone will make a movie out of this. How could grown men be so ....?
  9. How about Bo's performance tonight against Texas? Few people in the state, outside of West Tennessee got to see it, since it was only on the Longhorn Network and a few stations in Mississippi and Memphis, but Bo had a great night. In the second half, he lit up the Longhorn defense as Ole Miss rallied with 30 unanswered points to beat Texas 44-23.
  10. You have to include Tim Priest, Chris Donald and Terrence Bell. I have heard people from Huntingdon talk about a great player they had in the 60's who played for Ole Miss, but I can't recall the name.
  11. What in the world is going on? I have heard 2 coaches lost their jobs and that there is a lot of opposition to this move with in their community.
  12. Tonight, Bo Wallace was awarded the "Conerly Trophy". This award was presented at a banquet in Jackson, Ms and is given annually to the top college football player in the State of Mississippi. When Bo was a senior at Giles County, I thought he had SEC quarterback written all over him. He had to take a long road to get there, but he finally got his shot and steadily improved all year. What was even more impressive to me is that his shoulder was less than 100% for most of the season, and he still put up some big numbers against some great SEC teams. I made it down to Oxford to see the Rebels play both Texas and Mississippi State. The progress Bo made during the year was remarkable. At the Egg Bowl last weekend, he struggled with a few turnovers in the first half, and then lit up the field after half time. Patrick Willis of Bruceton, Ole Miss and now the San Francisco 49'ers was the last Ole Miss player to win this award in 2006. Great job Bo! I hope you can have 2 more great years in Oxford.
  13. Real classy post. Still living in your college days huh? Tell me how that works out for ya. It's not bad. I'm on the 30 year plan. Hopefully, I will graduate with Tony Barham and Kent Scott in December. Congrats on the Farragut win. Hope y'all make it back to Murfreesboro.
  14. They seem to be hitting thier stride right now with a rested starter and Newby in releif, Halls will have to execute perfectly to stay in this game. Just my opinions Newby must be a lot better than his dad was. When he pitched at Westview, he had a standing appointment with Dr. Tony Kirk, of Martin Chiropractics, after every game to fix the crick in his neck he got from watching the balls he pitched be blasted over the fence. Dr. Kirk would tell him, "But hey, this is how they do it at Texas A & M." His college coach, Charlie Smith, said that Newby lost control at the same point in every game-right after the national anthem. I am glad Jordan didn't inherit his dad's 64 mph fastball.
  15. Great Job Bobcats. You were the better team. As someone posted earlier, DL needed to score everytime they had the ball. The Giles defense bent a little, but they never broke. Your offense played like a team on a mission-which they are. You have a first class facility, great fan support and a team that is impressive. Good luck. I hope you can stay on a roll and bring the gold ball back to Middle Tennessee.
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