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Personally, I believe that Steve Gregg is one of if not the best that's ever played for the Bucs. "Who is Steve Gregg", you ask! He played in the late 80's, so most of you 21st centurions will not have ever heard of him. He led the city and tri-state in rushing and scoring(Ibelieve) and was also selected all state which was much, much harder to do than it is now. Now there are sooo many classifications and so many chosen for these accolades. Also, back in those days, Boyd rarely threw the football, if ever. With that being said, each and every defense knew that Steve was carrying the ball probably 3 out of every 4 plays and still, no one could stop him. Check back in the Archives about BB football and Chattanooga Area football and you'll definitely find the name 'Steve Gregg'. I'll bet you'll agree....that he's one of if not THE best to ever tote the rawhide! My $0.02 Worth

I personally think that this would be a great idea. Too many kids get overlooked when it comes to scholarships because they aren't D1 prospects. Many of these players could still be available for D2, NAIA, etc., schools if given the opportunity. At least they would have another chance to get into a college and get an education. Take a look at the "Liberty Bowl All-Star Game"(I think it's called) articles on the front page of Coach T. If you read the articles, they explain that many smaller colleges CAN'T see these kids because of limited budgets for travel and recruitement. They had some type of "job fair" for the coaches to see many kids game films, etc. Such a great idea!!!

No disrespect, Mr. Ambassador, but other than the Tyner game, just what did Terrell do to earn ANY honors???

Congrats Butchie & the Rebels on your win tonight. Good luck on your quest to face Trousdale County in the Boro! Your SP Friends

#1jacketfan..good post GREAT GAME! 2 unbelievable things happened at the game tonight. SP stopped TC' offense and TC stopped SP's. TC's #24 ran the ball well as did #5. Big yards when much needed. The kicker you have is phenomenal. He probably should have kicked 2 more FG's in the 1st half. I guess Creasy thought SP couldn't stop TC. I sure wish someone would talk this boy into signing with UT. I know that he can kick it out of the endzone on kick-offs and at UT he could lead the nation in scoring just because of all FG's...LOL...he's a D-1 prospect if ever I've seen one. Good luck the next TWO games. We helped to get Oneida & McKenzie right where you want them. They most undoubtedly believe now that TC has no offense. Oneida's educational lesson will begin Friday night at the "Reservation"! Great Game Montrell #25. You played a heck of a game with 100% effort all the time. You're a Warrior,son. If I were coaching a team, I5 want players with effort & heart like you. I really think we should have ran David #2 and Montrell more up the middle. TC never stopped SP from going up the middle. Again,GOOD LUCK. You've got a great team!

The passing game....the "big-time, athletic mobile quarterback with the strong arm" couldn't come through. This game could have been a lot different if Terrell could've hit one or two of the wide-open receivers he had in the first half. This was the difference in the game. SP should've been up by at least 14 and probably 21 going into the half. Looks like to me last year's passing game was MUCH better. The difference is, Terrell gets to throw a lot more than C.Robinson ever got to. The fact is: Terrell's advantages - 6'4" Cody' advantages: Football knowledge, Scrambling ability, Accuracy, NOT taking a sack or throwing to double & triple covered receivers. SP better work on his decision making or they will get beat in the playoffs when they have to throw the ball!

Apparently freakzilla,you didn't read the previous posts. The starters came out of the game with 4:26 left.....IN THE 1st QUARTER! The score was 40-0. The only time they ever entered the game again was on a few of the extra points. The second string really only got to play a quarter or so, too. Freshmen and a few Sophs played the rest of the way. I believe that SP threw ONLY 2 passes the entire game and they were early in the 1st qtr. What else do you do as a coach? I believe that it would be more embarassing,un-sportsmanlike,and disrespectful to this game if Grider would.have took a knee 3 times and punted on every posession in the second half!! Scheduling??? Do you think SP getd better in games like this with their starters only getting 10-15 minutes of playing time?? NO!!! They can't control their region foes. Maybe you should have your school "schedule" SP....then you'd really have something to gripe about!

Not sure who "tromo" is, but I do not that he/she doesn't know anything about baseball if they believe that coach Chaffin isn't doing what needs to be done. He is one of the best coaches in the state of Tennessee in high school baseball. He runs the program as well as anyone at any school and he does the right things. You or your son (whoever isn't getting to play.....which is causing this bitterness) should be sitting on the bench if that is where he has you! There's only one other coachthat I have ever been associated with that I would rather my son play baseball for, and I have played or coached in Tennessee since 1976!!! I personally coached with Butch and I know that he plays the best 9 players that gives the team the best chance of winning and advancing. It doesn't matter who the kid's parents are, what they own, where they work, or how much money they have or donate to the program! This is the reason they got rid of him in the late 90's. He didn't play those kids that the $ parents wanted to play! Good Job Coach Chaffin! Sorry about the loss. Really wanted to see you in the Boro this year. If you ever need someone to coach with you, Give me a call!

I wouldn't say unstoppable.......If I remember correctly, SP was up on TC by 3 or 4 td's at the half in '98(i believe) and then tried to throw the second half and were beaten something like 35-32???? So no, I wouldn't say that they were unstoppable that year. Maybe in 1997. JMO

Hey! I know you! I bet I'll have some PEACH at the basketball games, too! I bet you know who I am now, too. See you Thursday??? I also wanted to congratulate the people from Mckenzie and South Pittsburg. I don't care what the record books show next year, THIS GAME HAD MORE FANS ATTEND THAN ANY OF THE OTHER FOUR! You should all be proud.

Zone, I sat up by 2 dads from Alcoa during the 3rd andpart of the 4th Qtr.'s. They were very complimentary of your team. They ALSO made some very nice comments to me. One said "I'm glad we came down early to watch this game today. We've heard the "Buzz" about this Pirates team and wanted to see 1st hand how good ya'll were." The other dad said "the ONLY team we've played all season that could beat ya'll is Maryville. And I'm glad that we aren't playing you guys today, cause I'm not sure that we could hang with you either." Now, I know that they were being nice, but I did get a little sincerity from there statements as well. Great compliments for the Coaches, Team and players for SP. CONGRATS on a Great season! ssssssss Posted 20 minutes ago south pittsburg vrs alcoa would have been the game to watch...to bad!!! I must say I did enjoy watching the mckenzie quarterback....hes a good one Yes he is a good QB and that showed late in the 4th qtr. SP had a few younger players in the game and had relaxed defensively, but he had a great arm. He also impressed me with the way he scrambled (Often). SP put a lot of pressure on him at times and he tried to make things happen. His receivers dropped a few passes, and he misse on a few throws, but you could still tell that he was a good QB. He will make a pretty good QB in somebody's system in college. GOOD LUCK to him. Also, I think SP's QB is as stable as they come. I have gotten to experience him "First Hand" for the last few years, and I believe that he is one of, if not, the best to come out of the Sequatchie Valley. He runs the offense well and doesn't make mistakes. He hasn't gotten the recognition that he deserved because they don't have to throw the ball, but he has proven over the past few years, that he can throw and throw it well. I believe he only threw 2 or 3 int's this season. Pretty impressive to me. Too bad he isn't about 6'1 or 6'2 or we would probably be watching him on Saturday's somewhere. Best QB that I remember seeing from SP in all my years!

First of all, you have a lot of gall coming on here to belittle kids that just won the 1A State Championship. Where is your team, sitting at home watching????? Everyone knows that year in and year out, a 1A team cannot compete with some 2A,3A,4A, and 5A teams. But every once in a while, a "special" team comes along that has the ability to do so, regardless of the fact that they only have 30-50 kids to choose from instead of 80-100+. The Alcoa Tornadoes have had one of those teams in the past few years and many believe that this years SP team could do the same. They demolished us (Marion County), Boyd Buchanan, and they also beat a pretty good Tyner Ram team. All of these teams are 2A Teams. Who is to say that they couldn't compete with Alcoa this year?? It's ont SP or any other "small" school's fault that they don't get to play any "larger (i.e. 3A,4A,&5A) teams. You can give thanks to Mr. Carter for that. He sees the need for 25 different classifications for one reason..........I'll let all of you figure that out. I believe that TSSAA should go back to the 3 classification format. It would make for some very interesting games. When SP won in 69 there wasn't 7 classifications. How big were the schools that couldn't beat them way back then??? When Marion County won in the mid 90's, they beat the likes of Soddy-Daisy, Baylor, McCallie,etc. Seems to me like they could "hang" with the "bigger" dogs! Secondly, SP never ran the score up on any team that they played all year! When you have Junior, Sophmore, and Freshmen RB's, QB's, and linemen in in the second half, and you are strictly handing the ball off left and right, and continue to score, IS THAT REALLY RUNNING THE SCORE UP????? Maybe since SP's QB (#5) isn't a good passer, SP should have left him in the games in the 2nd halves to throw all the time......but hey, that's trying to run up the score, isn't it???? I guess starting the 2nd halves, SP should have just come out and took a knee on downs 1,2,and 3 and then punted, or maybe they should have just punted on first down every time. It's guys like you that don't understand that it's not a coaches job to tell his younger players to go in the games and try NOT to score. I guess that would help build their characters for the next season. Maybe I just don't understand Football. Maybe you are right!

First of all, Congrats to the Pirates on the big win tonight and Good Luck next week. Don't Let UP! Keep doing what you've been doing for the past weeks and play your game. To the Hampton Bulldogs: I know that all of you (players and fans) are still on that long dreaded journey home. I pray that you make it back safely. Hold your heads up high. Respect earned. You guys played a great game and never quit. That is a sign of a true "winner"! You met your match tonight and you battled honorably! 14, 12, 4, 44, 18, 56 among others played a great game. I talked to many parents, coaches, and players from Hampton after the game and I have nothing to say but CLASS! I did not hear one negative word come out of anyones mouth after the game. It seemed like every person that I told "good game" responded with "ya'll were the better team, now go win it all"! I know from playing and losing my last game of the year against MIDWAY (way back in the day - '89), it is hard as he@) to smile and tell the winning team to continue on and do what we didn't get to. Your school earned my respect! Great Season. To the PIRATES: Go bring the championship trophy back to the Valley. You guys have played tremendously all season, BUT you still have one to go! You know what goal you set before the season, and now you have given yourself the chance to achieve that goal. Great game by 24,2,21,5,25, & 35. But MOST OF ALL, the Offensive Lineman. All of you guys played a great game. All of the talk on here that you wouldn't be able to run up the middle on the Bulldogs because of there size (I kinda wondered myself after seeing them in warmups), and ya'll manhandled them. Pushed them all over the field. I believe that they underestimated SP's men "in the trenches" and worried about 21,24, etc. Anyway, great game! For the game next Friday, HOLD ON TO THE BALL! No turnovers. No disrespect to Hampton, but I believe that if the Pirates would have scored before, the half instead of Hampton on the fumble recovery, the game could have been a little different. SP would have also had the ball to start the 2nd half with a chance to be up 4 TD's. But, all that don't matter. The Bulldogs did what they had to do and kept themselves in the game and played hard to the very end! What I am trying to say is "Don't let stupid penalties or a turnover cost you the ultimate trophy!" One more for Coach Don! GOOD LUCK NEXT FRIDAY! GO PIRATES

Zone, if you do get it, please let us know on here. I heard that it was the most unbelievable run that most had ever seen in high school!

From what I hear, #24 from Temple was doing the name-calling. From some of the African American players from SP, this kid stomped on the foot of #88 and called him a N-------- (the "N" word). When #24 for SP stepped in to break it up the #24 from Temple went crazy. Not facts! Just the side of the story that I received. That's all. I have no dog in the fight, so I could care less, but I heard he really made himself look very silly, not to mention the "School".