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Date: Nov 20, 2004

TCU throttles USM!!!!!!

Date: Nov 20, 2004

PRCC plays Butler County for the Jr. College championship in Coffeyville KS on 11/28.It's fun to see a college excited about itself and an arm of the football program.

Date: Nov 20, 2004

Go Wildcats!

Date: Nov 20, 2004

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Originally posted by: Invictus
"Go Wildcats!"

No doubt about it, Invictus. Mississippi's community colleges as a group are the brightest stars in the state insofar as athletics is concerned; and it goes far beyond the wildcat's success this year. If one goes far back in time, they won the national championship in 1961. Mississippi Delta C.C. was national champ in 1993; and Hinds played in the championship game in Tyler, Texas in 1995. Jones C.C. has been successful also. Embedded deeply in the recesses of my mind I seem to associate the four terms "Hinds," "Texas," "Pasadena," and "Championship." But I can't put it together at the moment. Did Hinds play in a championship game 50 or more years ago? Do those four terms mean anything to you within that context, Invictus? I think that Mississippi's "Big 3" 4-year schools sometimes get too big for their britches when it comes to their perception of how football fits into their acdemic programs. Mississippi's community colleges play football as it was meant to be played - student first, athlete second. Even at that, I believe that Hinds ranks #1 in the nation among NJCAA schools for the highest number of professional athletes in the NFL. I never attended a community college, but I am a strong supporter of their role in Mississippi - athletically and acdemically.

Date: Nov 21, 2004

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Originally posted by: Real proud
"I never attended a community college, but I am a strong supporter of their role in Mississippi - athletically and acdemically."

Don't leave Gulf Coast's national championships (1980s) out of the mix.

Your point about community college athletics still being "student first, athlete second" is well taken. Community colleges still view athletics as (1) an excuse to give scholarships to some deserving kids & (2) a way to bring students, employees, faculty & alumni together. Profit is definitely not on the list.

The season's over (except for the Wildcat's championship game), but I invite everyone who has never attended a community/junior college football game to go to the nearest C/JC campus for a game next fall.