Centennial Conference team ever at Salem? PULLLLLLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZE!  NO TEAM from this conference will ever get past the OAC, the Minnesota conference, the CCIW, the Iowa Conference, or the best from the NCAC (Wabash, Wittenberg, etc.).  Stick with lacrosse which no one cares about past Wooster,Ohio and Field Hockey (BORING!) and other nonner sports CC.  Football in Maryland, and the mid atlantic is LOUSY!

I can speak from a very strong standpoint on President Pride and her views on football.  She does not and never did like football except what it brought to the table in terms of MALE NUMBERS.  That is ALL she cared about!  In 1995 the program had 112 kids in the program at the start and finished with 103 (look it up).  A FULL JV schedule was played that year (6 games) versus schools in a reasonable distance (Millikin, Illinois College, MacMurray twice, Washington U. of St. Louis, and Eureka).  That JV went 4 - 2, losing only to Millikin and Eureka.  The varsity that year had its best year ever beating IC and Mac for the 1st time ever.  After that year Pride did everything she could to undermine the staff and the players.  To those alums still furious over this LADY TZAR's decision ask her this - What happened to her co-hort and neighbor, the financial manager, a couple of years ago? Why did he leave?  Was he fired because of some, oops, FINANCIAL MISMANAGEMENT as is being talked about EVERYWHERE in Macoupin County?  She and he and his wife were always seen EVERYWHERE in Carlinville and surrounding areas but now, whoa Nelly, he's gone, questions about where did the monies go abound, and no one especially Tzarina Pride will answer any questions other than, well we need to come up with 1.3 million to balance the budget!  Ok, so you remove football and say $200,000 (and thats debateable according to sources) so what else do you cut to get the rest of the 1.3 million?!?!?  Tell me at a college of 600+ where it comes from?!?!?!  And then you say you are going to add monies amounting to close to the same amount of $200K to add JV to other sports?!  Fellas, someone is LYING HERE quite obviously and like former Prez Nixon, someone is covering someone's ASS!  To former Blackburn players I say, MAKE PRIDE ANSWER QUESTIONS!!!  PUSH HER INTO A CORNER!!!  The press release sent out by the conference was conjured up by HER AND THE Blackburn Press Office which she DIRECTLY OVERSEES and MONITORS EVERY RELEASE FROM!!!  EVIL LURKS and someone needs to answer MORE than what has been said.  I speak as a former employee of BC - and I speak as an INFORMED person who has talked with those at the college - THERE HAS BEEN A MAJOR GAFF MADE AND SHE IS COVERING UP!  Pursue it!!! HARD!!!

WIll someone tell me what Steve Ulrich and the rest of the scribes doing the Centennial COnference have been drinking?  Comparing this conference and its "elite" academic status with other noted and recognized academic conferences?  Give me a break - the Centennial has a few schools whose admissions standards are "Are You ALive?" and "CAN YOU AFFORD THIS PLACE?"  If you have answered yes to the above two, congratulations!  Merely check out McDaniel (there are some who call it "McDumbell"), Ursinus, and Moravian to name just a couple.  Not exactly the NESCAC, UAA, or Liberty League I might add!  True, you have Johns Hopkins, Muhlenberg, Gettsyburg (somewhat), and Dickinson but to call it an ELITE ACADEMIC CONFERENCE!!!? C'mon man - wake to hell up!  I mean McDaniel admits 700 SATs for cripes sake!  Ursinus??!!  Moravian??!!