Indiana only played 1 ranked team the whole year, Ohio State, and they got blown out. Beginning next year the selection committee has got to take strength of schedule more of a factor in selection to CFP. South Carolina played 6 ranked teams this year and went 3-3 against them. They won their last 6 games to finish 9-3. South Carolina was a much more deserving team to be in the CFP.

https://x.com/CoachRoseIvey
Michael Rose-Ivey

@CoachRoseIvey

Thank you
@ChrismanBearsFB
for the opportunity to be the head football coach the past 3 years. I unfortunately will not be returning as the head coach next season. I appreciate all those who supported our program and wish the William Chrisman community nothing but the best. I am open to all coaching opportunities for the upcoming season. Please reach out directly.

Had never heard of the guy since I have too much going on to follow college ball too closely but he was second only to Jeanty in forced missed tackles (is that not the same as Broken Tackles I guess) which means he must be pretty impressive.

In the case of Mortimer v. MSHSAA, a Clay County Circuit Court judge ruled in favor of MSHSAA Friday, Dec. 20. The ruling means Tayshaun “Rue” Wells, a senior at Liberty High School, will officially remain ineligible for varsity basketball after a lawsuit was sought to stop MSHSAA from denying Wells’ eligibility.

MSHSAA. Do better. If he went to a private school? Well, no problem.

Who ya got and why

RECORDS
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HIGH SCHOOL (8-2, 0-0 CLASS SIX WEST)
CARTHAGE (3-3, 3-2 NFHS, 0-0 COC, 0-0 COC WEST)

What a freakin pair

I think the rest of the QBs around the league need to take notes. This dude makes less than a million bucks. Percentage of income wise (if he even had to pay for them) this might be the most I've ever seen. Good for him. Has always seemed like a good dude and he will become the most overpaid player in history soon.

Lose 27 players in 10 days: that plus this Junior College ruling, NIL fiasco, Transfer Portal, plus dumb playoff format.

On the positive side, JUCO could be way more fun to watch now.

This is chaos though.

The west dominated with public schools while the east can only win if they put together an all star team at a private school.


The more things change.

Split them up.

The Trumpster wins again

Wonder if low ranked colleges could start one of those to do NIL money? Wouldn't it be awesome if that happens and millions were donated. That small college would be national champs. That or if major businesses would sponsor small colleges and lead the way for them to be a major impact against the Power 5 conferences.

A lot of interesting stuff on there.

Mountain Grove (7-4)
After starting the season 0-3 Head Coach Swofford righted the ship and won 7 games in a row, including wins over Thayer & Mountain View Liberty. His first season at the helm has the program trending up for sure. Look to see more from the Panthers next year (though we know I’m a “Grove Hater”, like some on here have pointed out before LOL)


West Plains (8-4)
There were a lot of nay sayers and doubters but Wyatt lead the Zizzers to another district championship and just almost back to a 2nd semifinal in 3 years.
Joel Wyatt has done more with less in his time at WP than a lot of people expected him too(including the local pitchfork & torches mob)


Fair Grove (13-1)
I was behind them from the get go as many were, but I would still say there were probably plenty of people who didn’t expect them to make the title game, and when they did, didn’t expect them to hang with Lamar.
The Eagles are 25-2 in the last two years with their only losses being a semifinal loss @ Valle and a state championship loss to Lamar.
FG played 4 playoff games in the last two years and didn’t get to host a single one of them.
Hats off to the staff and players, particularly the senior class at FG. Heck of a job.


Mountain Home(AR) (10-3)
I heard this would be there year that it all comes together for Ary and Acklin down in lake land, but never did I imagine it would be a 10-win season. I believe it was MH first 10 win season in over 20 years.
If only some of you knew how truly terrible that program was when he took over 6 years ago.
Going 10-3 with 2 of those losses being to the state champion and the other to the state runner up is definitely not a bad showing.

Salem(AR) (11-3)
Another team I knew would have a solid year but never did I imagine they would be playing for an Arkansas 3A championship tonight.
Former long time Thayer head man Billy Webber joined the staff a few years ago after retiring from Thayer and MOHSFB and I’m not saying that he’s the reason, but having him on staff certainly doesn’t hurt.


What are some of y’all’s surprises from this year?

MSHSAA sending out a survey to schools about their thoughts on a shot clock. Each school will get one vote for their thoughts. The latest all access podcast is about it as well.

gonna show my age here but the best videos online are of single wing

Happy Holidaze... .. . C =)~

for the following classes i tried to keep it to 43-44 per class but per mshsaa policy ties move down so had that happen.
C1 currently shows just over a 2.0 but midway is actually dropping 2 very low enrollments next year and year after and replacing with average enrollments so they will be over the 100 mark or right at it and we will be fine
Enhanced champ factor is as follows
same points for performance
0-2 no movement
3-5 up 1
6-8 up 2
9-11 up 3
12+ up 4

placing classes in comments below

Another court case closed yesterday and the NCAA loses again. College sports has now become a minor league system. A ball up to the Majors.
24 year old men (or older) are going to be the norm. Heck I would've told my son to go JUCO if this change had been in place back then. Get your Associates, bulk up, finish your Bachelors in two years when you transfer and end up with a Masters by the time your eligibility is up.

I can't believe how upside down college athletics became so rapidly. Seriously, the Chiefs were just starting their run, none of this had happened yet, portal, nil, extra years granted, etc. You got guys in their upper 20s in the NFL where none of these changes had happened.

Don't even pretend to be conservative.


https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/19/trump-calls-for-abolishing-the-debt-ceiling.html

ESPN just released a list of the top recruit for each power 4 team.

ACC
Boston College - Shaker Reisig, QB 6'0" 185 lbs from Tulsa, OK - No. 41 ranked QB recruit - 3 star
California - Jacob Houseworth, TE 6'3" 225 lbs from Fortuna, CA - No. 12 ranked TE recruit - 3 star
Clemson - Gideon Davidson, RB 6'0" 195 lbs from Lynchburg, VA - No. 62 ranked recruit overall - 4 star
Duke - Jamien Little, WR 6'1" 175 lbs from Hickory, NC - No. 74 ranked WR recruit - 3 star
Florida State - Jordan Scott, WR 6'7" 215 lbs from Appomattox, VA - No. 1 ranked Juco WR recruit - 4 star
Georgia Tech - Dalen Penson, DB 5'11" 170 lbs from Peachtree City, GA - No. 186 ranked recruit overall - 4 star
Louisville - C.J. May, DE 6'4" 225 lbs from Highland Home, AL - No. 42 ranked DE recruit - 4 star
Miami - S.J. Alofaituli, OG 6'3" 285 lbs from Las Vegas, NV - No. 12 ranked recruit overall - 5 star
North Carolina - Bryce Baker, QB 6'2.5" 195 lbs from Kernersville, NC - No. 192 ranked recruit overall - 4 star
NC State - A.J. Prim, DE 6'3" 255 lbs from Foley, AL - No. 4 ranked Juco DE recruit - 3 star
Pittsburgh - Mason Alexander, DB 6'0" 180 lbs from Fishers, IN - No. 251 ranked recruit overall - 4 star
SMU - Daylon Singleton, WR 5'11" 170 lbs from DeSoto, TX - No. 272 ranked recruit overall - 4 star
Stanford - Bear Bachmeier, QB 6'2" 225 lbs from Murrieta, CA - No. 11 ranked dual-threat QB - 3 star
Syracuse - Demetres Samuel, DB 6'1" 190 lbs from Palm Bay, FL - No. 215 ranked recruit overall - 4 star
Virginia - Isaiah Robinson, WR 6'2" 185 lbs from Richmond, VA - No. 79 ranked WR recruit - 3 star
Virginia Tech - Micah Matthews, WR 6'2" 205 lbs from Bridgewater, VA - No. 183 ranked recruit overall - 4 star
Wake Forest - Trishtin Glass, WR 6'4" 185 lbs from Copperas Cove, TX - No. 147 ranked WR recruit - 3 star

Big 12
Arizona State - Joseph Smith, S 5'11.5" 170 lbs from Spring, TX - No. 34 ranked S recruit - 3 star
Arizona - Isaiah Mizell, WR 6'1" 170 lbs from Orlando, FL - No. 92 ranked WR recruit - 3 star
BYU - Austin Pay, OT 6'7" 280 lbs from American Fork, UT - No. 57 ranked OT recruit - 3 star
Baylor - Michael Turner, RB 6'0" 200 lbs from North Richland Hills, TX - No. 230 ranked recruit overall - 4 star
Cincinnati - Giyahni Kontosi, WR 6'1" 195 lbs from Upper Marlboro, MD - No. 83 ranked WR recruit - 3 star
Colorado - Julian Lewis, QB 6'0" 185 lbs from Carrollton, GA - No. 2 ranked recruit overall - 5 star
Houston - Austin Carlisle, QB 5'10.5" 185 lbs from Missouri City, TX - No. 10 ranked dual-threat QB - 3 star
Iowa State - Ryver Peppers, RB 5'11" 180 lbs from Independence, MO - No. 64 ranked RB recruit - 3 star
Kansas - Jaden Nickens, WR 6'3" 190 lbs from Oklahoma City, OK - No. 44 ranked WR recruit - 4 star
Kansas State - Linkon Cure, TE 6'6" 220 lbs from Goodland, KS - No. 69 ranked recruit overall - 4 star
Oklahoma State - Michael Riles, DE 6'3" 240 lbs from Port Arthur, TX - No. 35 ranked DE recruit - 4 star
TCU - Brock Golwas, OLB 6'1" 225 lbs from Flower Mound, TX - No. 43 ranked OLB recruit - 3 star
Texas Tech - Chad Woodfork, DE 6'4" 225 lbs from Humble, TX - No. 56 ranked recruit overall - 4 star
UCF - Taevion Swint, RB 5'9" 185 lbs from Kissimmee, FL - No. 248 ranked recruit overall - 4 star
Utah - Sione Motuapuaka, DT 5'11" 264 lbs from Las Vegas, NV - No. 40 ranked DT recruit - 3 star
West Virginia - Dawayne Galloway, CB 6'1" 175 lbs from Columbus, OH - No. 238 ranked recruit overall - 4 star

Big 10
Illinois - Brayden Trimble, WR 6'1" 175 lbs from Mt. Zion, IL - No. 75 ranked WR recruit - 3 star
Indiana - Byron Baldwin, S 6'2" 195 lbs from Baltimore, MD - No. 267 ranked recruit overall - 4 star
Iowa - Iose Epenesa, DE 6'4" 235 lbs from Edwardsville, IL - No. 28 ranked recruit overall - 4 star
Maryland - Zymear Smith, ATH 6'0" 170 lbs from Ridgely, MD - No. 205 ranked recruit overall - 4 star
Michigan State - Jace Clarizio, RB 5'10" 200 lbs from East Lansing, MI - No. 28 ranked RB recruit - 3 star
Michigan - Bryce Underwood, QB 6'4" 210 lbs from Belleville, MI - No. 1 ranked recruit overall - 5 star
Minnesota - Emmanuel Karmo, OLB 6'3.5" 222 lbs from Minneapolis, MN - No. 254 ranked recruit overall - 4 star
Nebraska - Christian Jones, OLB 6'2" 230 lbs from Omaha, NE - No. 90 ranked recruit overall - 4 star
Northwestern - Michael O'Connell, OT 6'7" 290 lbs from Glen Ellyn, IL - No. 98 ranked OT recruit - 3 star
Ohio State - Devin Sanchez, CB 6'2" 185 lbs from Houston, TX - No. 10 ranked recruit overall - 5 star
Oregon - Vander Ploog, TE 6'6" 223 lbs from Fullerton, CA - No. 273 ranked recruit overall - 4 star
Penn State - Lyrick Samuel, WR 6'4" 180 lbs from Brooklyn, NY - No. 200 ranked recruit overall - 4 star
Purdue - Ziaire Stevens, RB 5'9" 185 lbs from Akron, OH - No. 45 ranked RB recruit - 3 star
Rutgers - Michael Thoms III, WR 6'0" 190 lbs from Toms River, NJ - No. 118 ranked recruit overall - 4 star
UCLA - Karson Cox, RB 6'0" 205 lbs from Hesperia, CA - No. 34 ranked RB recruit - 3 star
USC - Jahkeem Stewart, DE 6'6" 290 lbs from New Orleans, LA - No. 11 ranked recruit overall - 5 star
Washington - Marcus Harris, WR 6'1" 185 lbs from Santa Ana, CA - No. 138 ranked recruit overall - 4 star
Wisconsin - Jai'mier Scott, CB 6'1" 177 lbs from Cincinnati, OH - No. 47 ranked CB recruit - 3 star

Notre Dame - Will Black, OT 6'7" 295 lbs from Wallingford, CT - No. 98 ranked recruit overall - 4 star

SEC
Alabama - Keelan Russell, QB 6'3" 175 lbs from Duncanville, TX - No. 14 ranked recruit overall - 5 star
Arkansas - Tavion Wallace, OLB 6'1" 215 lbs from Baxley, GA - No. 45 ranked recruit overall - 4 star
Auburn - Jourdin Crawford, DT 6'2" 325 lbs from Birmingham, AL - No. 89 ranked recruit overall - 4 star
Florida - Byron Louis, RB 6'0" 206 lbs from For Lauderdale, FL - No. 197 ranked recruit overall - 4 star
Georgia - Elyiss Williams, TE 6'7" 235 lbs from Kingsland, GA - No. 49 ranked recruit overall - 4 star
Kentucky - Mikkel Skinner, TE 6'4" 225 lbs from Greer, SC - No. 286 ranked recruit overall - 4 star
LSU - Solomon Thomas, OT 6'3 314 lbs from Jacksonville, FL - No. 13 ranked recruit overall - 5 star
Mississippi - Saquon Miles, OT 6'5" 300 lbs from Greenville, AL - No. 4 Juco recruit - 4 star
Missouri - Marquise Davis, RB 6'0 210 lbs from Cleveland, OH - No. 123 ranked recruit overall - 4 star
Oklahoma - Elijah Thomas, WR 6'1" 185 lbs from Checotah, OK - No. 171 ranked recruit overall - 4 star
Ole Miss - Shekai Mills-Knight, RB 6'1" 217 lbs from Chattanooga, TN - No. 26 ranked RB recruit - 4 star
South Carolina - Malik Clark, WR 6'2.5" 183 lbs from Rock Hill, SC - No. 178 ranked recruit overall - 4 star
Tennessee - David Sanders, OT 6'6" 290 lbs from Charlotte, NC - No. 5 ranked recruit overall - 5 star
Texas - Justus Terry, DT 6'5" 275 lbs from Manchester, GA - No. 7 ranked recruit overall - 5 star
Texas A&M - Jerome Myles, WR 6'2" 210 lbs from Draper, UT - No. 33 ranked recruit overall - 4 star
Vanderbilt - Carson Lawrence, S 6'2" 194 lbs from Chattanooga, TN - No. 47 ranked S recruit - 3 star

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