DII Championship - What Idiot put this game in Cookeville?

[wrangler615]

ALAS the TSSAA has a clue.

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20091 ... EPSFACTORY

[gocat]

It's truly painful...and this year, it's going to be particularly aggravating, should things play out the way we all think. It's going to be the championship game of Tennessee, hands down, not even close.

D2 is looking golden entering the play-offs. 2 unbeaten teams that have run roughshod all over the best that TN and beyond have to offer. Not to mention the best two teams COULD face off in the finals having not played each other in the reg season. Star power with MUS' Brunetti and EHS' Darkwa. It's the "perfect storm."

And yet, this game will be played in Cookeville, TN...miles away from any interested fans. This game needs to be at Vanderbilt!! Interested D2 folks in the biggest D2 city will turn out to watch this game....IF IT'S ACTUALLY PLAYED IN NASHVILLE ON A SATURDAY!!!! Fans of MBA, BA, FRHS, BGA, will drop in on West End and enjoy a vibrant college campus with lots to do. They will not trek out to Cookeville on a Thursday school/work night.

Again, if D2 is so worthless, then let us stage our own champ game on the same Saturday as the D1 championship in Nashville at VU, after VU's season has ended. We could be looking at record crowds, record interest, and record attendance. But we won't get it this year, and the TSSAA won't care because it's simply not that important to it. The overriding goal should be to set up a championship game that maximizes fan interest and helps the sport. Not squeezes every last nickel into the coffers of the city that makes the "winning bid" whatever that is.

And it already makes me mad anticipating the dopes who will be yakking about how bad the attendance will be for the D2 championship.

Several people seem to think that Alcoa would be the championship team of TN. Check out the Class 3A, 4A boards. I know this is purely conjecture, since the game will never be played, but what about Ensworth or MUS, against Alcoa? The Alcoa seem to think that these are the only two teams that could give them a game from Division II teams this year.

[KWoodroof]

Several people seem to think that Alcoa would be the championship team of TN. Check out the Class 3A, 4A boards. I know this is purely conjecture, since the game will never be played, but what about Ensworth or MUS, against Alcoa? The Alcoa seem to think that these are the only two teams that could give them a game from Division II teams this year.

There's certainly an argument to be made to that effect. Alcoa has an outstanding team. And if we had 3 or 4 classifications, we might get the opportunity to see. Sadly, you stand a better chance of eating bar-b-cued unicorn at a tailgate party than seeing this match-up.

And for what it's worth, despite the inconsitency that must drive their fans nuts, BA could probably give them a decent game too. I'm amazed anyone's beaten them.

[movinonup]

Please, please - can we please (did I say please) have ONE thread that does not turn into about how wonderful Alcoa is? PLEEEEEEAAAAAASSSSSEEEEEEE The one West Tennessee thread has been hijacked - don't let them have the Div II threads also.

[jtmgovols]

As it has been well proven the TSSAA does not care about the private schools. They have the multiplier, Z-Plan, and a championship games on Thursday. They didn't even take the time to get the brackets right in a division with no wildcards. How do you reverse the two districts and no one catch it. As far as attendence, most of the public schools love it when they get one of the mid size to large privates in town. It is one of the better gates for the year as the fans actually come to the game. The privates are the evil step child and no one at the TSSAA cares as evidenced by a Thursday championship game with no coverage versus what they do for the public schools. They don't care about the saftey of the kids when schools with 300 have to play 40% of there games against schools with enrollments over 1,000. All TSSAA cares about is money. Money talks so how long before someone puts together a private school association and the privates pull out of TSSAA. If they saw the money was going to leave then maybe they would listen.

[bigvalvenus]

I have seen Alcoa Play and also MUS Play this year. I saw the Alcoa -vs-Maryville game, and 3 MUS games this year. Without a doubt and I have no dog in the hunt here, plus I did play in college for 4 years as well and scout talent for an SEC School. In my opinion, MUS would beat Alcoa by at least 3 to 4 touchdowns. The game would not even be close. MUS has so much more talent and is just better coached that it is not funny. I have not seen Ensworth play this year so I cannot make a call on that game. I would also say that South Panola would beat Alcoa as well pretty easily to be exact. Whoever thinks Alcoa would stay on the field with these teams does not know football or has not seen the teams play.

[KWoodroof]

I don't really ever remember a lot of representation from west Tn. on the boards here. It's a shame, particularly since right now they seem to be playing some top flight football down there. I've seen Ensworth play and thought they were a very good team, although I don't think the MBA team they played was really top flight competition. Much as it pains me to do anything that puts money in the TSSAA's coffers, if the championship comes down to MUS-Ensworth, I'll probably pay to see the streaming broadcast of it.

[gocat]

Please, please - can we please (did I say please) have ONE thread that does not turn into about how wonderful Alcoa is? PLEEEEEEAAAAAASSSSSEEEEEEE The one West Tennessee thread has been hijacked - don't let them have the Div II threads also.

The Alcoa question is exactly the type that can't be answered as the play-offs are structured now. Many people in TN might like to have the question answered with a game, which seems to be what many Division II fans desire. Maybe the TSSAA would listen if enough people wanted the real answer to questions such as this one which occur each year. However, if Alcoa played a Division II school in the play-offs, the loyal Alcoa fans would certainly dominate the Division II boards. Maybe Division II posters like movin want to stay in their own little world.

[gocat]

I have seen Alcoa Play and also MUS Play this year. I saw the Alcoa -vs-Maryville game, and 3 MUS games this year. Without a doubt and I have no dog in the hunt here, plus I did play in college for 4 years as well and scout talent for an SEC School. In my opinion, MUS would beat Alcoa by at least 3 to 4 touchdowns. The game would not even be close. MUS has so much more talent and is just better coached that it is not funny. I have not seen Ensworth play this year so I cannot make a call on that game. I would also say that South Panola would beat Alcoa as well pretty easily to be exact. Whoever thinks Alcoa would stay on the field with these teams does not know football or has not seen the teams play.

Shhhhh! Don't let the Alcoa loyal hear you say that. I haven't seen them play, but they are a bunch of tough posters.

[movinonup]

If they wanted to play the private schools, then they should not have driven the private schools out with that insane multiplier. Personally, one year out of Division I and now in Division II, I could not be happier with the places we are playing, the kids we are playing, and the hospitality that is being shown every where we go. So actually, I could not care less about what they want.