cheeseman

Complaining about July 11 or 9 is a bit silly. The date is not critical. I know of people in the past who have literally forgot to renew and called weeks later and the tix office was able to accommodate them and they kept their same seats. Why do you think it takes a long time for the process so a day or two is nothing. Once again, I know some will be offended by this post but to complain about every little thing only lessens when a real issue arises. As I have said in the past - I am not an apologist for May in fact I would be fine if he moved on but we have to be real.

Why would any school want to step into this quagmire at the D1 level?

If you are talking about somebody in their backyard then OK but not in restaurants they smoke and dry rubs.

I am not sure I would agree with almost never smoked. Go to a good BBQ place and it is smoked.

I am no expert on women's softball but from what little I know a great pitcher can make an avg. team into a top one. Apparently, they can pitch on very short rest unlike men.

What I don't get is why all these bigs stay a year then leave. Did they really expect to play right away? Did the coaches not communicate with them during the year about their growth or lack of it? Did the bigs use us to showcase themselves knowing they were always not staying? I just find it odd that so many did this.

Thoughts and prayers

That was tried after our 3 game series with MO expired. MO wanted nothing to do with it again. They were even offered I think - correct me if I am wrong but something like a Million to play - not sure if that was for both teams or not.

I get your point but honestly I am not sure how you schedule will do mid majors a lot of good. If they are determined to make the Dance a P5 event then that is what will happen no matter who you play or what your ranking is. A handful may make it in but the odds are pretty slim for mid majors. The deck just seems to be stacked against you.

I applaud you trying to offer a solution but how did the work when UNC got caught with bogus classes? - nothing happened because they fought it.

News is something new or important not just reporting old stuff over and over again.

How is this news - everyone knows our field situation is what it is. So is the solution to take money from other programs to update ours? Who then howls. We apparently do not have access to the same type of funds a SEC school does. Once again - how is that news.

The bus was not broken down when they left - mechanical things break usually when you are not expecting it to break. I have no problem taking a bus to Fayetteville. What is it 6 hours?

I am no apologist for the Athletic Department but dinging them because of a flat tire is a little off,

I am not naive enough to think this doesn't happen but recruiting players this way is against the MSHAA rules. This kind of blatant action is what almost caused a split between public and private high schools in MO years ago. I had a school try to recruit my daughter for soccer once and I explained to the coach that it was against regulations and asked her if she knew who I was -she said no and I said then you better research who you are talking to first because I am in charge of athletics in the district - I told her I would not report her this time but if I hear of her doing it again I would. Like I said I know this happens but normally people aren't talking about it in such a public way.