Old Dominion University

This is the Group of Five, guys, and we are coming to you live.

They got Old Dominion week three, and ODU is by no means a layup.

Group of Five guys told me that, so that has to be true.

We

But these are two teams that I've been involved with a lot.

In the Louisiana Tech, their second straight shutout last week, they beat ODU 26-0.

This is a defense that's playing really well.

Now, granted, they've faced some poor opponents, but... you know, shutting people out for two weeks in a row is pretty good.

But I did want to get a couple of notes in here about college football.

So college football, Marshall travels to ODU this weekend.

The Herd is coming off a bye while the Monarchs were shut out 26-0 at Louisiana Tech last Saturday.

Old Dominion, much like Marshall, not exactly settled at quarterback.

ODU's Jackson Potter, he's a transfer from Washington State, made his first start of the season and threw for 154 yards and one interception in a loss in Ruston.

Here's Tony Gibson of the Herd on the Old Dominion offense.

You know, we can't just roll the ball out up there and go play and think that we're going to win the game.

Yeah, they can run the ball.

And they're not going to be intimidated by South Carolina State because, I mean, they've already played ODU and UVA.

Exactly.

And I feel like that's

And I was like, that's just how good Old Dominion is.

playing ball, homie.

No, they were good.

I was also the total quality officer, which I'll talk about later, dealing with total quality and quality systems management.

From there, I went to Old Dominion University, used my GI Bill, and I got a doctorate in urban services management.

It was a management degree, which is pretty much public administration.

i'm going to talk a little bit about the academic side this is my college hat that i wear when we mint fresh phd and dba doctors of medicine administration students and i just i've been teaching pretty much study for almost 30 years and some of the some of the courses that i have taught as a college professor include management and entrepreneurship international business the ones i think are going to be important as a city councilman will be labor management relations leadership i taught public budgeting for many years i've had uh i've been on committees for seven different dissertations and uh so a good 30-year academic career uh learning some of the the things that i need to know as skill sets as far as being in the city council urban services management was my degree and that's what city councils do they manage urban services so At the time, I wasn't sure if I was ever going to use it, but I'm hoping to get elected.

Article Out Loud, NFPA 3000, From Hard Lessons to a National Standard for Survival, by Joseph Hendry.

On March 12th, 2026, a gunman opened fire on a reserve officer's training corps, ROTC class at Old Dominion University, killing instructor Lieutenant Colonel Brandon A. Shaw and injuring two students.

Police arrived within minutes after ROTC cadets were able to overcome and disarm the attacker.

In the after-action report for that shooting and in the alert research report on the role of locked doors and access control in school-based active shooter events, at least two major themes stand out.

The Old Dominion University report identified recommendations for physical security improvements and emergency response enhancements.

These vulnerabilities in preparedness and recommended protective measures had been addressed by the National Fire Protection Association, NFPA.

3000's Active Shooter Hostile Event Response program framework since 2018.