Awesome. Awesome. Awesome.
When Coach Joseph came to campus he promised a championship and a run at the playoffs. It only took him 4 years to completely rebuild this program to win the most difficult conference in D-III football.
The Choctaws will find out tomorrow who they will face next weekend in the first round of the Division III playoffs. The NCAA Division III Playoff selection show will be at 2:00 p.m. on ESPNews. Their is a possibility the Choctaws could be playing at home.
After rising to #13 the D-III polls, MC fell at Homecoming, dropping to #22, only to rebound this week
The Choctaws are 7-2 overall, leading to the following sentence, which is past due:
The win puts the Choctaws one win away from the NCAA playoffs and their first ASC Championship since 1998.
Who are we playing this week? Texas Lutheran… who’s 0-9 record makes us smile.
What with all that has happened in the last few weeks, it pains me that I haven’t gotten around to posting about Mississippi College football. The Choctaws are #13 in NCAA Division III.
Mississippi College trumped Millsaps in the annual Backyard Brawl this past Saturday.
4,348 in attendance; impressive for a Division III school on the opening weekend of D-I football.
Photos here.
Look at Mississippi College representing in the Big Apple. Director of Alumni Affairs, Ross Aven and his wife Brittnye.
That American Idol letdown from Starkville was there as well.
Don’t forget about Robin Roberts.
Full list of pictures from the Clarion-Ledger here.
…you’ll see this forwarded to your inbox 4 times a day for the next 8 months.
[credit: you know who you are]
The Seattle Sounders may be our new love, but Brilla’s mission has always been something I’ve admired.
A release from Scott and the gang:
The Mississippi Brilla FC minor league soccer team is gearing up for the start of the 2009 season. The team opens their 3rd season in the Premier Development League with the FC Atlanta Blackhawks on Saturday, May 9th at 7:00pm. The opening match will be played at M&F Bank Stadium, located at Freedom Ridge Park in the city of Ridgeland. Single match tickets may be purchased on the Mississippi Brilla FC website or at the ticket gate on game day for $5.
There are a number of activities scheduled for the opening weekend both in Clinton and in Ridgeland. On Friday, May 8th Mississippi Brilla FC will host a “Meet the Players Exhibition Game†at Traceway Park in Clinton on Field 13. The team will be playing Heroes FC Academy, which is coached by former US National Team player Desmond Armstrong. His academy is a residential academy based out of Huntsville, AL. Kick-off is slated for 6:00 pm and admission is free of charge. Mississippi Brilla FC ticket information, season schedules, camp information, and other club related items will be available at the event. The players will also be available for autographs and interviews after the game. The entire soccer community, along with all local media outlets, is encouraged to attend the “Meet the Players†event.
The Heroes FC Academy will also play an exhibition match against the U16 Mississippi Brilla Juniors on Saturday, May 9th at 1:00 pm. The match will also take place at Traceway Park in Clinton on Field 13. The exhibition match is free and open to the public.
The 2009 season officially kicks off for Mississippi Brilla at 7:00 pm on Saturday, May 9th as they host the FC Atlanta Blackhawks. May 9th will be Dwyane Demmin Night sponsored by M&F Bank, and the first 500 fans in the stadium will receive a Dwyane Demmin poster. Demmin, a resident of Madison, MS, is a two-time All Conference selection, as well as a member of the 2007 PDL’s Best 11. Demmin also serves as the Head Coach of the St. Joseph High School Boys’ Soccer Team, who recently won the state championship. Demmin’s St. Joseph team, along with several of the metro area soccer state champions, will be honored during half time of the match.
Twice over the course of Sunday afternoon we saw cars with Mississippi tags (Rankin County and Jones County). I’m always tempted to flag them down and ask them their story.
Mom and Dad are in Jackson, MS for the day, and I couldn’t help but reminisce about post-college lunches with many of you when we used to rendezvous on a seemingly daily basis.
Two Sisters
Kierfer’s
Chick-fil-A in Clinton
(Feel free to add your favorites.)
(Imagine the “rush to the airport” music from Home Alone in your heads.)
We fly out first thing tomorrow morning, traveling through 3 states in 9 days.
From New Orleans, LA to Pearlington, MS to Hattiesburg, MS to Jasper, AL to Hattiesburg, MS to New Orleans, LA… were trying to be as “home for Christmas” as two newlyweds possibly can.
To the Jasper folks: we’ll only be in town Dec 23-Dec 24, leaving after the Christmas Eve Service, driving back to Hattiesburg. Text or email me if you’re going to be in town.
Chick-fil-AAAAAAAAAAAA and Waffle House.
Top 100 High School Football Teams in the Nation:
A sad day for a man whom in 1979, Time magazine named him one of the “seven most outstanding Protestant preachers in America.â€
From the C-L:
A memorial service will be held at First Baptist in the next couple of weeks, according to a message from church pastor Stan Buckley posted on First Baptist’s Web site. No other details about the funeral arrangements were immediately available.
Via Mississippi College news wire: Karl Rove, former senior advisor and Deputy Chief of Staff to President George W. Bush, will headline Mississippi College’s annual scholarship banquet next spring.
He loved our school so much, he stole $100,000 from his modeling agency to help pay for his tuition.
I love his mugshot; he’s a model even in prison.
[credit Karen Howell]
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