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Just look at where we were around this time last season. Dade last year wasn't as good as Murphy and NJ wasn't close. Pirates will be just fine need to keep working and get better every week. There's a lot of season left. All I know is I would rather lose a dog fight against a good football team than beat Grundy by 50.

You are absolutely wrong about recruiting by City. Be careful what you accuse other programs of doing, especially when you have no information to back it up and data shows exactly the opposite. 99% of FHS players are “City lifers,” having been with us since Kindergarten or pre-K. Being a “City lifer” is something the students - athletes or not - take great pride in. With all due respect, I’m not saying this as “a guy in the stands.” I’ve been on the City School Board for 20 years. These young people love their school and obviously give their all every week preparing for every game. God has blessed them with many talents, and when these 16 seniors graduate next May, 17 Fayetteville Middle School 8th grade football players will move up as freshmen and begin working to maintain the high standards as FHS student-athletes. (Lots of other talented non-football players will move into FHS as well.) Frankly, no recruiting is necessary at City, and we absolutely do not and would not allow it.

Still work to do but this team still appears to be ahead of last year at this time ... But then last year at this time we had only played 1 game and we're just about to find out that our coach was leaving. I hope this team gels like they did last year. I think they can, but will they?

As always great to be a Pirate. The effort last night was there. Young me played hard but our defense really need some work. But still early in the season and will only get better as year goes on. I'm very impressed with our QB but I think we've fallen in love with the pass too much. I know you play with what you have or your strengths but still need a better mix in my opinion.

You're like a little Child , no one from Maryville is Cocky or arrogant like you were a couple years ago when you talked smack all year long only to disappear for a full year because you looked so foolish . Maryville has up and down years just like every team , but the difference is with Maryville even on a down year they are dangerous . Unlike a few of my fellow Maryville fans I'm not ready to jump off a Bridge anytime soon . To be honest I had a few very positive thoughts about the Game last night . Our Defense played much better than they did against Farragut . We buckled down and stopped Alcoa several times and we definitely had a chance to win the Game at the end , a TD and extra point would of had us at 21-20 . Noah Vaughn proved once again that he is one of the best Running Backs to ever play at Maryville high School ... he was the best player on that field last night ... We definitely Blew up at the end of the Game and it wasn't just one player , it was a total team fiasco including the Coaches . Our Coaches have a great record of usually pulling the right strings in situations like this and definitely deserve the benefit of the Doubt and I think we will learn from our mistakes . Being positive about your Football team , especially when it's Maryville high School , doesn't mean you have your head in the sand or don't understand our team might have some weaknesses ... It just means as a Maryville fan we have seen some remarkable comebacks during the last 20 plus years ... to be honest , I haven't thought Maryville was going to lose a game beforehand for over 20 years . In 2010 Alcoa beat us and Maryville went on to win the 6A State Championship that year . Losing to Alcoa is something that nearly every other team in our State would also do ... nothing to be ashamed of . Being a winner isn't just how you react after a win ... being a real Champion is how you react to a loss . A hater like Mjgoldiebear will never understand that as a Maryville fan some of my proudest moments were when we actually lost a game . I've always mentioned how proud it's made me watching our boys run out on the field as a team and proudly hold that second place trophy up in a State Championship game . I've seen other teams react horribly , throwing helmets , not even going to get that trophy . To the Alcoa fans , Congratulations on your great Victory and thanks again for creating another Awesome Chapter in the Maryville Alcoa Rivalry . It truly was a great game and I must say for anyone who wasn't there , the atmosphere before the Game was completely off the Charts ! Standing room only and packed 10 deep in some places , and the Army Golden Knights show was one of the most spectacular scenes I've ever witnessed on that Football field , the members carrying the Alcoa and Maryville flags and then the Game ball was Amazing !!

Meanwhile Jasper Jones is on his 2nd Canadian team since this time last year . . .

on city’s locker room board last night, “paybacks a ######” was written, there’s a reason we played like we did, we took it disrespectful and we retaliated how any good football team should. We are comin for state yall boys just sit back and enjoy the ride.

You all seem so worried about this? Just know That the coaching staff has nobody to blame but themselves. Morson was the worst thing to happen to this school.

Agreed. For the amount of mistakes OR made, I wasn’t super impressed with the final score. I think OR defense definitely deserves some credit for why it wasn’t way worse. I feel like both teams are quality but I don’t think it’s either team’s best year. New QB’s, line issues…I did think OR’s run defense was impressive. I thought Farragut’s run defense still struggled some but was much improved and able to get stops when it counted. But yeah, assuming both teams get to playoffs- both will face better teams then they did last night. Then again, where you start isn’t always where you finish so hopefully improvements get made. For Farragut it comes down to line play and QB gaining enough experience to make the right decisions in high pressure situations. They’ve got to be able to consistently stop the run. If those things get shored up, we’d be in business.

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As is often the case when these two teams get together, the score was not indicative of the game and the outcome was determined by inopportune penalties and turnovers. The Farragut offense wasn’t able to do much running or passing against the Oak Ridge defense in the second half. I actually thought both teams got away from the run a little too much at times. The Oak Ridge 4th down option play was a bit of a head scratcher for me, for the most part because it hadn’t been run at any other time in the game and, if I remember correctly, it was into the boundary and I thought the QB/RB pitch relationship was a bit tight. At the same time, Farragut was up by 3 scores in the fourth quarter and started two drives off with incomplete passes… why throw it at all? I was glad Farragut was able to capitalize on a couple of the mistakes, but I came away thinking the Admirals were fortunate to get out with a win. If Oak Ridge doesn’t turn the ball over in plus territory (back to back penalties on the one possession didn’t help either), the outcome might have been entirely different. Good luck to the ‘Cats the rest of the way. Clean up the offensive mistakes, because that defense will keep you guys in every game.

Too much talk of injuries and kids being "uncoachable". Stop with the excuses...take your lumps, get back to work, and move on!

Old Pirate got to watch the whole game and youth is everywhere. The regular SP posters yap, as usual bout discipline while they openingly verbally attack teenage young men wearing the jocks. This team has potential to grow, the complete overhaul continues. Hopefully the team can clean up mistakes common to inexpensive & youth. The matchup was exactly what it was tagged to be for the entire 4 quarters. Congrats to Murphy on the “W” & taking home the bacon. The Pirates proved to be a worthy competitor displacing a never quit attitude & effort throughout the fued. Continued efforts & improved discipline will yield a chance to reach loftier goals. Some SP posters would be ejected for unsportsmanlike conduct, Ifin coacht was officiated like game officials. It is shameful how many constantly bash the players actually suited up doing the fighting. Each snap of the ball is like a street fight, which doubtful many complainers ever were good at. Regards to all the players dedicated enough to strap it up.

The sky isnt falling yet Chicken Little you will still win the east and get one of those balls.No other team over here is a Murphy not close!

Line play at SP is y’all’s downfall right now. A blind man could see it. Very impressed with the QB but y’all’s skill isn’t what it was last year however, it’s much better than I originally thought it would be. Measuring stick in the East in regular season is Whitwell. Clay County and Gordonsville is only other teams that have a chance to unseat y’all in the East. Cornbread capital will be alright. CCS week was apples to oranges talent wise and this week it was a great program that knows how to win and doesn’t beat itself. I’m just keeping it real.. Btw how many Seniors is on this SP team?

Was we spoiled the last 5 years ? Yes from 1985-2015 h20 made 21 playoff appearances winning just 1 game. We all know that the window of opportunity to win a gold ball in football was narrow and h20 missesd out on that this round. We can blame it on the coaches or the players or just bad luck. ex. (hackett not on the sidelines in the biggest game of the year. H20 had a better team than tc a few of those years but walked away empty. That kind of talent does not come around this town often and it was nice being the Big dog on the block for a while. So yea the whole town, coaches, fans myself included were spoiled. We won 1 playoff game in 30 years. I think a lot of old fans are afraid of going down that dark road again. The talent is just not here like it was the last few years, but these kids are fighting their butts off.

Oh my bad Warren County whose even worse than Wilson Central. And I’m not a fan of white county in the slightest but MJ fans always talk their crap until they take some loss and their season goes away like every year. The kid rushed for 400 against you all last year and y’all have a worse defense this year than last especially since Abner left. Congratulations y’all were on a 6 game losing streak and finally beat Hunters Lane and Warren County. Win something important first.

I think whoever plays they have to get good calls. We are not doing quick slants at all. We have not done many out routes. Shoot we haven’t run the go like we did in both the scrimmage and the first game. These kids will miss throws. But two drops by 13 aren’t like him either and one was a TD drop that hit him in hands and the other was a catch he always makes on a one on one. They all just had a bad game. Chalk it up to a bad night and move on. First year qb has had us in all the games but this one. I’d say that’s a pretty good start. Get weapons back and it changes everything. We gave them many points that we don’t usually do.

Good to see some parity and the law of averages making its way to the Creekbank. Tough to see complaints of MC running up the score given TC’s checkered past of running it up against far lesser opponents. I’m old enough to remember deficits of 50-60 fairly regularly.

Stacmot - you always post interesting stuff. I was curious where my Covington team would fall in the all-time win list. So, I went to the database you referenced. The data for Covington is listed as Byars-Hall (through 1969) with 307 wins, and as Covington (since the name change in 1970) with 373 wins. The total is 680, which would put us as number 13 in the all-time win list. Sounds as if you and Milan have beat us again.

It'll be a good game Mt juliet has a solid Team usually. But the way some of the fans act reflects poorly on the school and area.

City by 100

The Joel Osteen sermon had me Then the Volvo comment had me

I’m predicting 56-28 fayetteville

I've never been a Stone fan but after last year no one deserves a chance like he did. I'll root for him to mold these young men because you definitely have to have their belief or it will never happen. He has it so I'll go to war with him. Let's go Pirates

Thanks for that. Mace was 32-41 for 457 passing yards, 6 TDs, and 1 INT. I was really proud of the way the offense executed and makes me excited for this program playing so many young guys in a lot of spots. Obviously MD stole the show and was simply unstoppable for our defense. He is really , very good. And I really respect the way he isn't flashy, or show-boaty. So refreshing to see out of a stud high school player these days. A good FBS program should come calling soon enough and i expect him to have a great college career somewhere. Good luck to the warriors as they continue throughout the season. Nothing but class from their program last night. Go Cavs

Not to be that guy. But Henry county would be 4-0 with Haywood or Mumford schedule. We went touchdown for touchdown with beach. Go beat by 2 field goals. Then Brentwood should be 7-14hc. Brentwood only had 1 scoring drive on their own. A bad snap over the punters head set them up on their own 12 yard line. A missed field goal came back to bite us. I’ll pick the tough schedule over the 4-0 any day.

Thank you for the kind words. Ole George is a troll and likes taking pictures of young boys.

I agree about jimmy and joes but when h20 had the jimmy and joes it resulted in 0 gold balls and 0 beating tc when it counted so who does that fall on?

Well, Reading this thread I’ve learned The Beast has a big family and they all post on here. That or one them family members is really busy.

Mic drop!

Have not heard any Huntingdon fans say that. But be glad u are in 2A u would not make it out of the west in 1A

Tough pill to swallow for Maryville fans, I just said the same thing the following week. They wanted to deflect and change subjects. Lol

This team can be fine in East. Just for fun I went and read some old locked threads. SP posters have labeled some teams in the past as “undisciplined” and a “team coaches have no control over” and they have jewelry.

I've watched all of our games this year plus the scrimmages and 7 on 7's and I really knew going in Alcoa would be the team to beat even though Barney's Favorites picked Maryville. That was only to keep some of the Maryville fans off my case that can't handle the truth about things such as JJrebel2010 that was sent by someone else to ask if I was always this negative about things with 2 likes. If you think I'm BS'ing you go get a haircut today and ask the barber who I said would win and exactly what would cause us to lose and I hit it right on the nose and there are still some that won't admit it even after seeing it last night. It is what it is and I saw it in the first 7 on 7 against Anderson County. I will still be there pulling for the Red Rebels through thick and thin no matter what but Barney won't ever piss on your leg and tell you it's raining.

This game will have HUGE Region 7-4A implications! At the start of the season, Haywood, Milan, and South Gibson were considered to be the top contenders for the region title. Milan already has a win over SGC. A victory over Haywood would all but assure the Bulldogs the region title or a least a share of it. I know it’s early in the season and anything can happen on any given night. But at this point, I don’t see Crockett Co., Obion Central, or North Side as being able to knock off the Dawgs. Milan has played and beaten two quality opponents (Peabody and South Gibson). Haywood dominated a 3-1 Crockett team and came away with a 14-point victory over a tough 1-3 Lexington team. Although I never felt like the Lexington game was in doubt, I feel like the game exposed a few concerns: senseless penalties the punting game break downs on defense dropped passes Maybe Haywood didn’t take Lexington as seriously as they should have. I know I didn’t. Maybe the Cats were looking ahead to the Milan game. I know I was, but in the end the Tomcats did what they had to do with outstanding runs and passes, two goal line stands, and an aggressive hard-hitting defense. I feel like the concerns I mentioned can and will be addressed. If Haywood plays with discipline and focus, the Cats should be fine. Go Tomcats! Fun Facts: According to the THSFHS site, Haywood ranks 7th in the state in all time wins (699 – 401 – 34). Milan is tied with McCallie for 8th (695 – 405 – 23). After Haywood defeated Milan 88-0 in 1963, the two teams did not meet again until 1987. (John Hooper, who was Haywood’s coach in 1963 was known for running up the score.) The two teams have only met 5 times since 1987. Haywood has won 3. Milan has won 2. Haywood leads the series 26-16-1 Haywood won last year’s game 40-7. Milan has played in 10 state championship games winning 4. (Correct me if I'm wrong BPM.) Haywood has played in 4 state championship games losing all 4. Milan assistant coach Bailey Patterson was an assistant coach at Haywood last year.

I would like to end my night with my opinion. Coaches are struggling a little bit right now. Frustration is real and with inexperience backing it, I can only imagine what the coaching staff is going through. That goes for the players as well. Struggling to execute. Struggling to be unselfish, Struggling to figure out who to trust more, coaches, fans or the guy lined up next to them. Struggling to figure out how to be winners. IMO I have not seen one less of a coach on that sideline this year. Same staff. So to the so called "H20 FAN BASE" I say this, where was all this bickering over the last few years. Oh wait, it was win the Purple Tigers lost. Thats when I saw it...and a little something you have forgotten, you havent had many times to complain during that time. Have a great weekend to all. And remember I know Im not always right...I am just tying to make sense of it all.

There’s only so much subbing you can do, your workhorse scored with :30 left, if it was a JV RB that scored nothing would be said about it, just saying

Huntindung is quality coached team. They usually don't beat themselves. Quality football community and program. I hate them Bahaha but respect them. Gonna be fun watching all the 1 and 2 A teams out west fight to get to state. Good luck to both of yalls programs

Let’s face it, Farragut just has our number and has for 15+ years. It is what it is. We always choke when we play them, it never fails bud. Might as well call us ChokeRidge when we play Farragut.

Where’s my crow? I was wrong and said I’d eat my words if so, prayers to laney that’s a rough blow to the team. Hate it for the kid. Best of luck the rest of the way.

Lol at this thread. OP is big mad and getting trolled hard. What did you think was going to happen coach? Stick to teaching chemistry .

I guess those irrelevant stats general forrest posted earlier didn't help chapel hill much tonight.

Except for all the penalties , miscues, they moved the ball rather well. They are improving some.

Congrats to USJ. Really good game plan. Really kept HC just couldn’t get those key stops when they needed em. Got some really good athletes over there. I hope we learned a lesson tonight on digging a hole. Again , hats off to USJ. Good luck the rest of the way.

The Big Red offensive machine only scoring 6 pts in a half? Wow! I thought they were an unstoppable force. Knoxville schools watch out The. Big. Red. Is. Coming!

Sorry Coach Hamblin for stealing your thunder! Logan is a workhorse and I'm so proud of the young man you've helped him become in the room and out of the room. His parents and family are top notch people too. Happy to see another D1 wrestling commit from small school TN! I had him on my duals team this summer, but couldn't get him to switch schools! LOL He is what they say he is, a Monster Truck!

Sad news. Tennessee High School football will miss you Mike. Loved what he did and how he did it. Prayers for the family.

Mike was a good friend of mine. I’m so thankful we met. He interviewed me on the radio once and I’ll never forget it. I feel so bad for his family cause he was a great man. I can’t imagine how much he will be missed. Prayers for the Molder family and all of his loved ones.