notsoinnocentbystander

This game clearly proved that MUS D Was best in state this year......

Owl, you jumping ship this late in the game? I would think the rain would work in MUS's favor. Wunderlich should be good for 2-3 FG's. If MUS D can keep doing what they do then MUS offense may only need to score one TD. Throw in a turnover and you have an Owl victory!

Yes! MUS wins a close one 23-17 for the following reasons: 1. MUS D is really good 2. EHS is distracted by the coaching/referee debacle 3. MUS D is really good Hope I'm right!

Wow, I thought we were finally going to have an actual discussion about the DII AA championship game instead of endless talk about Ricky bowers and instead I get to read this ridiculous nonsense by a sore loser who's mad because his team isn't playing anymore. Sandlot, you can play travel ball too if you want to write the check. Otherwise go back to the DI boards and whine about how the DII schools took your best player....

Maryville would finish 5th at best this year in DII AA....

You're right pudding because no Memphis team has ever gotten a bad deal in a state title game now have they? I don't think it was the right call to toss bowers but I wasn't there and I'd guess you weren't either. But reading these posts implying the west TN refs don't know what they're doing is ridiculous....,I guess all crews from middle & east TN are perfect right?

The fix is in!

Apparently someone is about to lay some big $$$ on the MUS vs Ensworth title game....I just picked this little tidbit up in a Vegas chat room..." The plan was to eject Bowers only if MUS won but the MUS vs MBA game was so crazy that I couldn't get the texts to the ref straight. One minute I was like ok MUS just took the lead with 5 mins to go so get ready to run him and then I was like, oh crap, MBA is driving down the field with less than a minute to go and an extra pt will win it! So, it was everything I could do to get the news off to our boys in nashville just in time. I'm just so thankful that the Brentwood player became an unwitting accomplice and gave our boys a good reason to toss him. Can you imagine the conspiracy theories that would erupt on the message boards in TN if our boy just tossed him for the heckuva of it?"

Ridiculous accusation by bullyDog! How would the officiating crew know that MUS had won their game with MBA? I don't know what happened at the ensworth game because I wasn't there but I guarantee you MUS would prefer to play Ensworth at full strength so no excuses could be made....

If MBA does dominate MUS it will be only because Colton Neel is out. MUS at full strength would make this the best game of the weekend- it may still be if MUS D steps up. BA already dominated Ensworth so you can't say that is best game scheduled. It sounds like some may be disrespecting MUS because of weak opponents in last few weeks but they can only play who's scheduled and those games were over by halftime with the JV playing rest of game. MUS did lose badly to BA in week 1 on road but they are a drastically different team now- I think 4 QBs may have played for MUS in that one. The game that stands out to me is MBA vs MCCALLIE where MBA won 38-34. I saw the MUS vs Mccallie game and granted mccallie was w/out QB but MUS was clearly the better team. Based on Mccallie line play & size I like MUS to match up well with MBA across the front. Not to say that MUS is as big as MBA but MUS does have good size across the front. So, MUS should be able to move the ball. I see a low scoring game with 3-4 FGs by MUS kicker. 19-14 MUS

Ensworth earned the right to be considered the favorite with their regular season accomplishments. Neither team was tested last week- CBHS & Briarcrest were both bad football teams this year. So. I think it's an upset on paper but BA is clearly playing the better football right now.

I like Brentwood in an upset- they are peaking at the right time- 36-24. I'll give MUS the edge in a close one due to Wunderlich- 19-14.

East is better than Ridgeway. Melrose was not that good this year so HC definitely had the better warmup. Ridgeway QB is good but you guys already know that....whitehaven had a shoot out with ridgeway this year but that's misleading because whitehaven was actually down this year...HC will have to play poorly to lose this one.

I don't think MBA rolls over MUS just because Colton Neel is out...clearly he is the MVP but MUS has other options. Their run defense is strong- VOL cant attest to that. I think this could be a low scoring affair with Wunderlich (the best kicker in this state and many other states) winning it for MUS with his magic foot. But, if MUS can't slow down MBA's run game then VOL will be correct...