Lambuth Officially Closing June 30th

As I mentioned on Monday, Lambuth was on the verge of closing.  The Jackson Sun has confirmed it.

We'll be very interested to see what the next move is as we will likely have to move on to Open B.

Lambuth University will close June 30, and university officials will work over the next few weeks to try to reach an agreement for another college to take over the campus, President Bill Seymour said in a news conference at 5 p.m. today. He said discussions may take place with three colleges that are interested in the campus, one of which is the University of Memphis. Jackson Mayor Jerry Gist and three state legislators have made statements in support of the University of Memphis taking over the campus in Jackson as a branch of the public university, and U of M appears to be a strong contender to do so.

Thursday Quick Hitters - 9.9.10

2 Days Until Our First Saturday Home Game...Like Coach Curry says: "Be there...and bring your friends!"

Let's hit the Links:

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Helmet Stickers: From our guy Ken S at the AJC and told to me by our Equipment Manager D Mac, we will have helmet stickers.  One interesting note though: They will be in the shape of an M and will be red. The M stands for CBC's favorite Latin word Magnanimatas meaning "Greatness of Spirit."

Spectacular pictures from GSU-Shorter: A big thank you to my man DSB for taking these. 
GSU Picture Link

Lambuth players are ATL-iens:  Several players from Georgia on the Lambuth roster and our players know them and they know us.  It will be pretty cool to see a step up in competition (no disrespect intended for our folks at Shorter).  Jackson Sun Article

Creative Loafing Starting to Come Around: It seems as if they did an internal U-turn on Georgia State football and the impact on the students.  One quote of interest:

"The world of academic and athletic funding is almost as confusing as trying to read NFL defenses, but in the end, it's important to understand two things: Tuition pays academic affairs, activity fees pay for extracurricular ones. The football program is no more taking from the education of Georgia State students than it is robbing the Falcons of needed Georgia Dome access on Saturdays."  CL Link

Thoughts with Jordan Giles today: He's having surgery this morning and will be a costly loss.  Let's hope for a speedy recovery for the JGiles and that finger he broke.