UTC Football Mocs to Sell More Tickets With Homegrown Talent, Coleman at QB
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I really do hate it for B.J. He should already be preparing to lead the Tennessee Volunteers on to the field against Western Kentucky in September. But he’s not. Instead, Chattanooga Mocs fans everywhere are excited that he’s now preparing to lead the Blue and Gold onto the turf at Finley Stadium on September 3 – my birthday!
BJ Coleman is now a Chattanooga Moc
Chattanooga native and McCallie School football standout, B.J. Coleman, signed a letter-of-intent yesterday to continue his collegiate football career with the Chattanooga football Mocs. This is great news for Chattanooga and Mocs fans!
I really do think B.J. got the shaft at Tennessee. There’s no doubt that Jonathan Crompton was a major league choke artist in game situations. But apparently new Vols head coach, Lane Kiffin, had other plans. Maybe all of us down here in Chattanooga were biased towards Coleman to begin with. Maybe he really wasn’t the best quarterback for the job. But I doubt both of those statements.
Either way, it’s a great day to be a Chattanooga Mocs fan. I think B.J is a great player and a great person. He brings a certain character to the Mocs football team that we need, and want. He brings a sense of excitement to the Mocs football program that really hasn’t been there since I can remember going to watch Steve McNair and Alcorn State play at sold out Chamberlain field back in the early 1990s with my parents (UTC ‘84).
My point is, I’m pumped about going down to Finley Stadium on September 3 and watching the first home game of the 2009 season. It’s on a Thursday, so the potential to draw a large crowd is very good. Come on Chattanooga, support the football Mocs, buy a ticket, and let’s go watch what the Vols and Kiffin missed out on!
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Here’s the kicker out of all of this: I may actually go and see a UTC game next year, or maybe two or three. And I’m not the only one. There are others just like me who couldn’t care less about UTC football that will go to games this year. For UTC and Chattanooga’s sake, I hope that this isn’t a bust.
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Agreed Jonathan. People are actually going to be excited to go down there and watch a game…despite the fact that the Orange and White play just up the road.
Decisions! Decisions! Decisions!
The coach says that it is not my turn. I say it is. Should I listen to my coach and stay, learn, wait my time, and become a great UTK player, and at graduation have all the pros clamoring to sign me. Or, should I cry, pick up my ball, and call for mama to come take me home. Playing at home I will be the standout, that’s for sure and after graduation I might just be selected for the pros. On the other hand, I might just be another player who thought he knew more than his coach. Surely, coaches would not hold my decision against me. Would they?
I see the point you’re making Irby. Although I don’t think this situation was a black and white as your example. On my way to the ball field, so I’ll reply when I get back!