FB: Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference

Adam Sayer · April 21, 2007, 03:11:33 PM

Josh Hamilton? I think he'll be a great incentive to NOT get out of hand with drugs. NL Rookie of the Year.

victorybell_57 · April 21, 2007, 05:35:04 PM

only to be slowed by 17 years of hamstring problems like ken griffey jr. but hey, he went to moeller.

victorybell_57 · April 22, 2007, 04:39:49 PM

oh, and in kentucky we are releasing felons from faxes sent from a grocery store, with spelling errors. i love kentucky, and all that it stands for.

Adam Sayer · April 23, 2007, 10:16:58 PM

4 more days....lets go fishing.

KYGrizzly · April 24, 2007, 08:37:18 AM

Quote from: victorybell_57 on April 22, 2007, 04:39:49 PM
oh, and in kentucky we are releasing felons from faxes sent from a grocery store, with spelling errors. i love kentucky, and all that it stands for.

Okay, enough with the Kentucky jokes.

I just wish every time I cross the Ohio River going into Indiana or Ohio thay would quit stopping me to make me put my shoes on.

frank uible · April 24, 2007, 09:30:19 AM

Didn't know Kentuckians had shoes.

SaintsFAN · April 24, 2007, 10:42:21 AM

They don't....thats why I couldn't live down there anymore.

AND they have UK fans, who are without a doubt the most fanatical fans in the country. its sickening, but also was very funny when they didn't get Donovan when he was "in the bag".

Hey JPC you lurking?? Is this meeting tonight going to be everything its being advertised as? I have some major stuff to move around and the last time I went to a TMC deal, I ended up losing my girlfriend because I fell out on some "welcome home party" for her cousin.

LMK

victorybell_57 · April 24, 2007, 11:10:03 AM

my top 5 favorite things about kentucky:

1. fort knox
2. louisville cardinal football
3. no shoes
4. kentucky not getting donovan
5. roads named after turkeys, or just called turkey for that matter.

frank uible · April 24, 2007, 11:22:28 AM

I'm surprised that Keeneland and Wild Turkey are not on your list.

victorybell_57 · April 24, 2007, 02:03:16 PM

wild turkey would have been on there 4 years ago. however, i had a legendary night with wild turkey before thanksgiving and the hangover almost killed me. it's like a bad girlfriend, sure it's fun and dirty, but in the end you are the one getting hurt.

SaintsFAN · April 25, 2007, 08:32:15 AM

Hey guys, big news out of Crestview Hills last night. It was announced at the Thomas More Hollbrook Center that construction will begin within the month on phase 1 of a two phase improvement plan for Thomas More Stadium.

Phase one will include grading the field, installation of a track, lights and a new PA system. The timeline for this is for September 2007.

Sounds like this takes Ray Bosse's vision further along. Ray was the man who was responsible for putting football on campus at Thomas More through donations and fund raising on his own behalf. He had no backing from the school until they decided to put the team on campus. I still remember laying down sod in the endzone....none of this would have been possible had Ray gotten things moving in the right direction back in the late 90s.

victorybell_57 · April 25, 2007, 08:49:45 AM

where will the stadium be located? same spot or moved?

i am glad to see thomas more upping the football ammenities. that can be a great place to play football.

Adam Sayer · April 25, 2007, 10:26:57 AM

Jim Hilvert arrives, and poof, TMC starts working on a new stadium. Coincidence...I think not. Kentucky isn't that bad. My buddy lives down there (also a TMC guy) with his wife and he loves the Commonwealth (as he calls it).

SaintsFan, Josh called me last night and we talked about the plan. It's about time. I still have nightmares about the field in 2002. Some of the guys were a little pist though because the field should have been started already.

SaintsFAN · April 25, 2007, 12:13:36 PM

Stadium will be in the same spot, but 4 feet lower (grading it out). When all finished this will be a great place to play football and a nice recruiting tool.

This has been in the works for awhile, Sayer. Many have been working on this at various levels for some time now.... Has getting Hilvert given TMC a chance to get in front of more alums and given them a reason to get together and meet? That answer is yes.

Adam Sayer · April 25, 2007, 01:03:12 PM

I think Hilvert has a little more influence coming from MSJ to TMC than some other coaches may have due to the rival factor. He has first hand knowledge of how building a nice complex and field can help recruiting and school morale. Guys like us will go and watch football anywhere, but other students like coming to a nice complex and player take a little more pride in where they play when it's nice.

I know people have been "talking" about this, but that was also true at MSJ. They talked about building an on-campus complex since my buddy Greg was there in the laste 90's. They finally did it in 2004. I think Hilvert is the one who set the ball rolling.

It's easy. Look, MSJ has been 6-4, 10-0, 9-1, and 9-1 since they started building a new complex. MSJ is our rival and has won 2 of the last 3 years (convincingly), would you rather play here (MSJ's complex) or here (TMC's complex). I recruited kids to MSJ and built a winner from a traditional loser with help from the nice facility, I can do the same with a nice facility here. Done deal in 2 minutes of speaking.