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I'm 100% sure those innocent 17 years old players are saying much worse before, during, and after the game...

Looks like he's in.

If Webb managed to hang with the top of DII for the two years the played up, in what seemed like down years for them, I imagine that they would be able to now, especially if they are as good this season as I have heard. EHS and BA playing up isn't remotely the same situation anyways...

McCallie beats Briarcrest, BGA beats St. Ben, MBA beats Ryan, BA beats Pope. After that, all toss ups.

I bet the best tubas players look for the schools with top music programs. Much the same way as a top athlete would want to attend a school with great facilities and one of the best coaching staffs in the state. Usually, top private schools sell themselves through reputation without having to directly recruit students...so you're dumb.

Ahhhh my bad. I knew Bell Buckle did and I could have sworn that someone told me Knox Webb did as well. My apologies lol Either way, Webb was easily my favorite team to play every year and I'm glad they have seen success with the decision they made.

Ezell's isn't the nicest, but it certainly is comparable to Webb's. Also, the Pit in Columbia is definitely one of the nicest, at least aesthetics wise. I know Zion doesn't exactly have their own stadium, which is exactly why I separated them from the others. Again, how does anything you're saying count as a negative against Webb?

For one, Webb boards some students, so their facilities are going to mirror that need. Also, if you have ever played at Webb and sat in that visiting locker room, you would know they don't have the best facilities. FRA, DA, and Ezell all have comparable to be better facilities. Also, Zion plays in one of the nicest stadiums in the state...so explain that one. But that only covers the E/M. ECS,USJ, ECS, and Harding from the West are all in the same boat in terms of good facilities. You are so so so so so so so dumb. And wrong. Full of wrong.

Unfortunately cannot make the game tonight. Good luck to the Academy; should win this one pretty easily.

Next time you have a thought, just let it go. For years, Maryville and Alcoa have had the opportunities to play up (yes, even in DI), but they haven't. Teams tend to play where they are classified...that would seem the normal course of action. You also obviously don't understand that BA, EHS, BGA playing up isn't even in the same realm of decision making that would go into the administration at Webb moving up; drastically different schools in different areas with a wide variety of motivations behind their respective choices. BA and EHS are "sports" schools and BGA, by virtue of location, history, etc, has to lump themselves with those schools to compete in the private school market. Webb is much closer in the type of institution they are with DA, FRA, DCA, etc than teams in AA. The previous set up of three classes in DII would remedy your problem, but as everyone involved in DII the past decade or so has seen, this method dilutes the division...but yea, you really are making zero valid points...so stop it. Enrollment in private schools plays a far less significant role in the talent of the athletic department than it does in DI. Why do you think there's a divisional split even with the multiplier?

Wow...you're not a very intelligent person.

I'm not 100% sure, but I know he has had quite a few family members attend there, so it's a definite possibility.

Best comment I have/will ever read on here. I don't think it is as much as an excuse as it is an honest circumstance. And unless something has drastically changed since I graduated, the BGA administration will never put the emphasis on athletics that MBA, EHS, and BA do. But, with that being said, going 6-4, 8-3, 5-6, and to this point, 4-1 since they have joined DII-AA is pretty impressive. Also, going 2-2 against Baylor, 2-2 against Father Ryan, and 1-0 against McCallie, who have all been staples of Super Prep football since the public/private split, shows that they have been competing just fine with at least the upper section of the middle tier. Still, move down to DII-A, and they would win state. All the time. In more than just football. Just another example of a lack of common sense in the Williamson County bubble.

BGA Brett Brodbeck '07 - K - Toledo Jay Tully '08 - FB - Army Jamal Ramsey '09 - QB - Tennessee State Chris Reeves '09 - S - Birmingham Southern Jamar Neal '09 - DE - Carson Newman

I'm not saying he didn't run anyone off; in which case, good for him for getting guys off the team that did not want to play. But it is logistically impossible to run off 240 different players over 4 years. For that to occur, 60 brand new football players per year would have to randomly show up to play. I don't deny that he is tough, but you are claiming that running a tight ship is bad. Have you ever coached? Have you ever even played? You were probably the kid whose parents told him every day in high school that you should be the star QB and could play in the NFL, but some mean coach stopped those dreams. Go away Uncle Rico. You are wrong.