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03, Red Rebels, and blueangel... Try 15,000+ CBHS always has 7,000 people in our stands; Melrose always has 7,000 people in their stands. Follow me here- that makes 14,000, already making the attendance at Alcoa vs. Maryville look like a middle school game. Then, add the people left over from the other two games of the day, waiting to watch CBHS vs. Melrose, bringing the total to somewhere between 15,000-20,000. You wanna talk about hot? All those people, Memphis humidity, and turf all lead to one thing- 130+ field temp. on gameday. nothing compares Duff

CBHS or, maybe, ECS BA or MBA, although I consider MBA a tossup team this year because of the variables attached to their team (i.e., headmaster picked coach, Jordan's knee, returning TALENT, and injuries).

I disapprove of the new changes alltogether. We have fallen SO far from the Super 7 that it is rediculous! BGA, St. B., Briarcrest, and Ensworth don't belong on the field with teams of the calibur to which BA, McCallie, CBHS, MBA, Baylor, MUS, and Father Ryan play. Knox Webb and ECS, I believe, will be able to compete, shown by ECS defeating both MUS and CBHS last year, but then losing to Knox Webb. For those two teams it will be a similar situation, although not on the same level, as Alcoa playing larger schools; the best team from a lower division competing against the best from higher divisions. The reason, from what I've gathered, for adding more teams is to reduce travel. My question is who was the travelling hurting? Certainly not the competition level. Forget "local rivalries." What about statewide rivalries? The only good I see coming from this is that the playoffs will be more competitive; however, you do lose the value of what a league game in the Super 7 used to mean. Duff