I have thought alot about this and here is my post
CAK = the Better team.
that is plain and simple!!!!!
whether they are OZ's or Privates doesnt really matter. The fact is that these are teenage boys that work their tails off to become a championship caliber team. For that I congradulate those young men.
Please dont take me as a whiner because I am a realist and excuses really make me mad. This is just how I see it.
For Milan we are in a bit of a quandry for a couple of reasons....
here is my take and opinion
1. We would be better prepared if USJ and JCS had not cut and run after the multiplier was put in place. There were some good games played between the three of us. Playing these teams would have helped us prepare for a team like CAK.
2. We are in a region that is so big that we cannot schedule out of region teams that could better prepare us for meeting a passing team in the playoffs. (i don't think it would have mattered.(see line 2))
3.T$$AA does not give public schools an option of do they want to play in a all public or mixed league. maybe they should let publics choose on a divider. lol.
Now take the CAK and privates out of the equation and it is Milan vs. Alcoa. As I said before I am a realist .
At Milan our goal every year is to be state champs. We work hard and we enter the field with some of the best players and coaches in the state. And in August, on that first day of practice, at some point Coach Morris will say. " The Tennessee State champs are practicing today. Why not here?"
And so it will begin again. a group of 14-18 year olds will go on a 10-15 week quest to see who is the best in the state.
good luck CAK, Alcoa, and all the other young men out there. Because that it what it is all about.
And here is hoping Charlie High will forego his senior year and sign early with UT...lol
Praise the Lord for the talent he gives and the enjoyment we get out of it!!!!!!!