OldYellowJacket

Thanks for the reply. I am old school; I played for Jim B, and I hate to see what is happening. Other teams used to respect/fear the Creekbank, but I think a lot of that respect was lost last year. However, I am not giving up. I think things look better this year. I hope we are on the road to recovery.

Is the lack of interest in Trousdale County football on Coacht symbolic of the Trousdale County football program today? I hope not, but I am concerned about the lack of interest on here. We used to have lots of pages of posts on Coacht, and our topics were on the first page of Class 1A/2A. Have we given up after a 2-9 season? I was beginning to think/hope things were getting better when I heard we have 38 players on the roster this year instead of low 20s like last year, Atwood is coming back, and the middle school program is improving. Are we on our way back or am I just wishful thinking?

It sure is a lot better. Whatever they did it is working good.

Too much exterior noise drowning out Jerry's broadcast.

Your prediction is much more reasonable than the “some of these posters” I referenced above. It may come down to a field goal as you predicted. However, if it does, I hope you are wrong on who kicks the winning field goal. We have a kicker who can kick a short field goal. Go Jackets!!!

I was hoping I could count on Sonny for a 1-point victory, but if he didn’t adjust his computer for Covid forfeits, you took my 1-point victory away from me.

According to Sonny Moore’s computer power ratings, and including the two points he adds to the home team’s power rating, TC is favored to win by 0.14 points. Since there are no fraction points in a football game, if we round up, TC wins by 1 point. Does Sonny’s computer know something that some of these posters (who are picking Meigs to win by as much as 2 TDS or more) don’t know? I hope Sonny’s computer is smarter than they are. Go Jackets!!!

Based on a lot of these predictions, it looks like poor TC doesn’t have a chance. However, I am still going to listen to the game and watch it (streaming) and hope for a miracle. Go Jackets!

I have yearbooks from 53 to 64 which I think will include the football schedules and scores for each season (during previous year - e.g., 53 yearbook will hopefully include the 52 season schedule and results). I think you can tell John Oliver the years for the yearbooks you want to see, and he can tell you if he has them. I assume he would let you or someone else come and make copies of the pages with the schedules. Mark Presley has lots of Trousdale County/Hartsville pictures, but I don't know if he actually has the sources of his pictures (e.g., yearbooks) or if he just borrows or gets the pictures from the people who have the yearbooks.

I think I can probably help you with several years. I will check my old yearbooks. Have you checked with John Oliver? He collects old yearbooks for the Trousdale County Historical Society. Tommy Rush has a lot of TCHS history too.

Back in the days of the Tobacco Bowl, I think our total attendance was around 6000 or more. I assume that included people standing around the fence too.

The Watertown-Gordonsville game was even a little closer. I don't know why two of the best 2A teams in the state, Trousdale County and Watertown beat Gordonsville by only 8 points and 7 points respectively. Why did TC lose two of its first three games, especially the loss to Friendship Christian in the season opener? Maybe it was because it was fairly early in the season with no opportunity to scrimmage before the season, injuries of key players, etc. had something to do with their play in the early part of the season. In any case, a lot has happened since the Gordonsville game. If the TC-Gordonsville game was replayed today, do you think it would still be an 8-point game? Would Watertown beat Gordonsville by only 7 points today. Is the TC team that played Watertown (one of the top 2A teams in the state) the same team that lost to them in the third game of the season? It makes a difference when you don't have turnovers and penalties that can kill you, especially early in the season. I hope I helped answer your biggest question.

Here's how Sonny Moore rates the two teams. Watertown 46th in the state and Trousdale County 57th in the state. The first three columns below represent each team's record (W, L, T). I don't know why there is a column for ties. The fourth and fifth columns represent Sonny's Strength of Schedule and Power Rating respectively. 46 Watertown 11 1 0 105.41 133.19 57 Trousdale County 10 2 0 108.18 129.30 Sonny says to add two points to the home team's power rating. When we do that, Watertown's Power Rating is 135.19 (i.e., 133.19 + 2 = 135.19). Based on Sonny's ratings that gives Watertown a 5.89 point advantage (135.19 - 129.3 = 5.89). The only problem with Sonny's computer power rating is that he does not have a factor to estimate the power of the sting of healthy, determined Yellow Jackets. I would say that is at least 10 points, and that gives the Yellow Jackets a 4.11 point advantage. Therefore, TC wins by a field goal.

Thanks for the info. I have tried them before, and I couldn't sync their stream with Jerry Richmond's play-by-play. If I can't get them in sync, I'd rather listen to Jerry, Cameron, and Bill than watch it online without them. I guess I am old-fashioned. Thanks again for the link.

Do yo know if the game will be streamed? Hope I can stream and sync with you guys. I will be listening to Funradio either way.