2022 TBT

[shock]

Come on Tekele. I need one more TC thunder dunk.

[BostonWu]

Come on Tekele. I need one more TC thunder dunk.

He'll show and pull out.

[MoValley John]

He'll show and pull out.

Lots a babies birthed from that method.

[WstateU]

He'll show and pull out.

[Stickboy46]

[BostonWu]

Won't pull out

[WuShock16]

Won't pull out

He did last year for the game in Dayton because he went to report for his overseas team, and the AfterShocks got throttled.

[BostonWu]

He did last year for the game in Dayton because he went to report for his overseas team, and the AfterShocks got throttled.

Full pull out. Half way might get job done...maybe

[ShockerDropOut]

Darral Willis has committed to play for the Aftershocks at TBT.

[WstateU]

Darral Willis has committed to play for the Aftershocks at TBT.

[Kel Varnsen]

Darral Willis has committed to play for the Aftershocks at TBT.

Another player who will be injured before tip-off this summer.

[shock]

There seems to be some disdain for some players, most of them of the more beloved Shockers, pulling out of the tourney with injuries.

We loved these guys because they played the Marshall way with their hair on fire. They looked forward to games because it was easier than practice. Don’t you think they play the same way now that they are pros? If they need the summer to heal before they go back and lace them up to support their family, why do they face so much ridicule? At least they are giving their bodies a chance to be ready for the TBT, and only pulling out if they are not. If they need to pull out due to injury, so be it. At least they showed up.

[Atxshoxfan]

There seems to be some disdain for some players, most of them of the more beloved Shockers, pulling out of the tourney with injuries.

We loved these guys because they played the Marshall way with their hair on fire. They looked forward to games because it was easier than practice. Don’t you think they play the same way now that they are pros? If they need the summer to heal before they go back and lace them up to support their family, why do they face so much ridicule? At least they are giving their bodies a chance to be ready for the TBT, and only pulling out if they are not. If they need to pull out due to injury, so be it. At least they showed up.

That's just too much common sense in this day and age.

[Kel Varnsen]

I get that, but I just wish there would be fewer guys dropping out. It’s been a pattern the last few years of former Shockers committing, only to pull out at the last minute due to injury.

I get it, they’re likely trying to protect their bodies for their pro clubs where they make money, but I do wish they just would say “I can’t play, even though I want to,” and save fans the disappointment.

That said, I would love to see a team with the likes of Ragland, Murry, and Willis. I just don’t think it will happen based on the track record. No hard feelings, but it would be nice to not have guys changing their mind at the last second.

[Ta Town Shocker]

There seems to be some disdain for some players, most of them of the more beloved Shockers, pulling out of the tourney with injuries.

We loved these guys because they played the Marshall way with their hair on fire. They looked forward to games because it was easier than practice. Don’t you think they play the same way now that they are pros? If they need the summer to heal before they go back and lace them up to support their family, why do they face so much ridicule? At least they are giving their bodies a chance to be ready for the TBT, and only pulling out if they are not. If they need to pull out due to injury, so be it. At least they showed up.

If they were actually injured it's one thing. However I'm not certain that was ever the case. Tekele was working out before and after the games. Perhaps a conflict of his pro contract.