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5 days ago

The Tri-Cities Are Blessed To Have Jay Sandos

Rarely does a team’s play-by-play announcer have journalistic chops. Rarely does a metropolitan area have so few in the media that do. Local play-by-play broadcasters are not expected to cover the team they call with journalistic integrity. After all, they are paid by the team they cover. Which is what…

Etsu Buccanneers

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The Tri-Cities Are Blessed To Have Jay Sandos
The Tri-Cities Are Blessed To Have Jay Sandos
Etsu Buccanneers

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Jan 18

I Never Want to Hear About the ETSU Buccaneers’ 3-Point Streak Again

Is there anything LESS relevant? If you follow the East Tennessee State men’s basketball team, you may not know the team’s up-to-date record. You may not know that the program has had just three losing records this century, and one of those was because their best player was kicked off…

College Basketball

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I Never Want to Hear About the ETSU Buccaneers’ 3-Point Streak Again
I Never Want to Hear About the ETSU Buccaneers’ 3-Point Streak Again
College Basketball

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Jan 5

What ETSU head men’s basketball coach Desmond Oliver can learn from Alan LeForce.

Prior to Jan. 4, ETSU hadn’t lost at home to Western Carolina since 1996. Here are the stories of those two games and the lesson the struggling Oliver can learn from the only basketball coach to ever have ETSU nationally ranked. Last night the Western Carolina Catamounts men’s…

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What ETSU head men’s basketball coach Desmond Oliver can learn from Alan LeForce.
What ETSU head men’s basketball coach Desmond Oliver can learn from Alan LeForce.
Etsu Buccaneers

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Dec 21, 2022

If ETSU Doesn’t Learn From Their History, They Are Doomed To Repeat It

Many mistakes made by ETSU during the Don Riley era are being repeated in this one. For whatever reason, it seems ETSU doesn’t have a real connection with its sports history. Maybe it’s because it isn’t that glorious. No Buccaneers team has ever won a national championship, and…

Etsu Buccaneers

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If ETSU Doesn’t Learn From Their History, They Are Doomed To Repeat It
If ETSU Doesn’t Learn From Their History, They Are Doomed To Repeat It
Etsu Buccaneers

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Dec 17, 2022

DON RILEY WAS NOT THE INSPIRATION FOR LUTHER VAN DAM!

It’s time to put this rather unflattering and completely false rumor to rest about the former ETSU football coach, who died this week at 89. The news of former East Tennessee State football coach Don Riley’s passing went by quietly. The Buccaneers’ sports information department didn’t release a statement on…

Etsu Buccaneers

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DON RILEY WAS NOT THE INSPIRATION FOR LUTHER VAN DAM!
DON RILEY WAS NOT THE INSPIRATION FOR LUTHER VAN DAM!
Etsu Buccaneers

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Nov 16, 2022

Is ETSU Football Doomed to be a Bunch of SOBs; the Same Old Bucs?

People didn’t see this year’s collapse coming, but it might be more than the coaching change or the departed stars from last year. How did the ETSU football team fall from a school-record 11 victory season in 2021 to 3–8 in 2022? Just two months ago it appeared…

Etsu

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Is ETSU Football Doomed to be a Bunch of SOBs; the Same Old Bucs?
Is ETSU Football Doomed to be a Bunch of SOBs; the Same Old Bucs?
Etsu

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Oct 30, 2022

East Tennessee’s Insularity the Cause of ETSU’s Demise

The Buccaneers’ football and men’s basketball programs have gone from penthouse to outhouse in short order. The reason may not be so much a single individual but the area’s mindset itself. The demise of the East Tennessee State Buccaneers athletic program is a product of their insular environment. Their football…

Etsu Buccaneers

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East Tennessee’s Insularity the Cause of ETSU’s Demise
East Tennessee’s Insularity the Cause of ETSU’s Demise
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Aug 31, 2022

Is ETSU Finally Shedding It’s Reputation as Tennessee’s “Little Brother?”

The Southern Conference may not be the Southeastern, but both athletic programs play in Division I. Could ETSU finally be demanding the Tri-Cities recognize the Bucs and not their neighbors 100 miles south? If there’s one positive thing that may come out of the entire Simon Harris/Scott Carter situation at…

Etsu Buccaneers

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Is ETSU Finally Shedding It’s Reputation as Tennessee’s “Little Brother?”
Is ETSU Finally Shedding It’s Reputation as Tennessee’s “Little Brother?”
Etsu Buccaneers

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Aug 13, 2022

Amidst the Departure of Scott Carter and Simon Harris at ETSU What Has To Change, Both Locally and Throughout the NCAA

It’s bad enough East Tennessee State University head women’s coach Simon Harris kicked two of his players off his team and damaged their reputation for nothing. It’s bad enough Harris tried to make up ex post facto rules in order to defend his actions. It’s bad enough athletic…

Etsu

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Amidst the Departure of Scott Carter and Simon Harris at ETSU What Has To Change, Both Locally and…
Amidst the Departure of Scott Carter and Simon Harris at ETSU What Has To Change, Both Locally and…
Etsu

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Aug 4, 2022

Who Should ETSU Hire As Their Next Athletic Director?

This is the criteria for next year’s hire when Richard Sander’s interim tenure ends. Who to replace Scott Carter as ETSU athletic director? The good news with Carter’s resignation is that there are no more tentacles connected to the disastrous athletic directorship of David Mullins, whom Carter worked for in…

Etsu Buccaneers

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Who Should ETSU Hire As Their Next Athletic Director?
Who Should ETSU Hire As Their Next Athletic Director?
Etsu Buccaneers

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