WillieTheWildcat

Has OR found or developed any lineman yet?

I believe they will be fine in the lines as the season progresses.

Pancake breakfast for $5 to raise money for the program is this Saturday. Eat a stack for me.

Has OR had any passing league games yet?

Heard the same about Jackson, too. I'll wait to make any judgments about the line until I see them in person. But, if they are bad I'll be sure to let everyone know and lambaste them on here, you know me? And oh yeah, if they are, it's without a doubt Gaddis' fault. We already know that

Does Jackson play any other sports? He had an older bother who played last season, right? Isn't there a younger brother who plays football too? 

Good to hear from you Sweet Science. I will be happy when all the regular and new posters come on board.

RWR!

I just read a super article on Twitter about the recruitment process of A'darius Cox, 6 - 2, 230. There was also a video of his highlights from last season. The video was impressive, like you would expect, and what he had to say about being a Wildcat and the recruiting process is very informative.  If I also read correctly, A'darius was Defensive Player of the Year for our Region but I would have though Kendall Clark would have won that award.

A name to remember....A'darius Cox.

Talk to your players today and you guys will not trick us on this offensive line crap. Players say you lost your center but two of your best lineman are returning. The guys that are being replaced where former WR the year before. The guys replacing them are bigger. One kid is 6'5 former BBall player. YOUR players say they are deeper than they've been. Plus you got Graham and Jackson. Graham was hurt most of year in track. He seemed to have a gimp in his leg in MBoro. He looks bigger too.

I certainly wasn't trying to pull a Lou Holts....this time LOL. I love what you had to say GI Joe. It fired me up. Best of luck to your team this season, it won't be long still it is here.

Very sad news out of Campbell County today. Their biggest fan ED WOODS passed away and will be missed by all prep football loving fans. Sometime you hear about a fan who gets the love of a high school in their blood and they just never get over it. I think it is called being true to your school. I call it LOYALTY. Pray for Cougar Nation.

RWR!

WHAT'S GOOD WILDCAT WILLIE! WHAT YAL GOT FOR 2017?

Well, thanks for asking PA, good to see you survived the winter months.

First, we return Jordan Graham at RB. He will be a junior this year and has the speed, strength and balance to be All-State. Senior WR Caleb Martin has 8 scholarship offers so far. He is being counted to soften the loss of Tee Higgins. Returning starting QB Johnny Stewart, Tee's cousin, should be able to run the offense effectively. He is quick and an ok passer. Personally, I like him and think he will do good. We have several more weapons on offense and any one of them could have a break out season.

On defense, I guess our strength is the DBs. These are the same guys who could make an impact on offense. I believe we have some players who can do the job from the LB position.

Our returning PK is very talented and should continue to get more consistent this year.

The OL and DL are what keeps us awake at night. Very little experience coming back and not a large number of players to work with. I maybe fooling myself but I think the lines will be okay after the first several games. We need to be patient with them.

That is all I have on the team. We will lose several games with the schedule we have but should make the playoffs. I hope the more knowledgeable OR posters will respond and give you a better run down on the Wildcats. I live in Hixson and a lot of my thoughts are not based on very in depth info. Good luck to the Owls this season.

Caleb twitted he enjoyed his camp visit to Western Kentucky. These camps he is going to our really paying off for him, I just hope he and Johnny Stewart are working out togerther for the good of the team.

Offer # 8 for Caleb Martin is from Eastern Kentucky University. One of my nephews goes their majoring in arson investigation or something like that. He also a volunteer fire fighter for the Marlow community. I am very proud of his dedication to others and his courage. Go Joe.

Extremely poor scheduling by Gaddis. You lose Tee and Clark, you have inexperienced lines, and you turn around and schedule the start of the season with HVA, DB, Farragut, CC, and West. That's ridiculous.

THANK YOU catswild and froshpop for posting.

I agree with the both of you that are schedule is tough. I disagree somewhat with catswild's Gaddis comment. Coach Gaddis is only responsible for the games against Farragut and DB. He actively sought them out and agreed to play them the weeks we have them scheduled. If we didn't schedule Farragut A LOT of people would be rightfully angry. The same could be said of DB for the ost part.

The games against Hardin Valley, Campbell County and West were set by the TSSAA or someone at the Region/District level. Coach Gaddis had nothing to do with those. If my facts are wrong, please let me know.

The one thing we all agree on is this is going to be a beast of a schedule. A schedule the will force the team to get better EACH week or our season will quickly go down the drain. In recent years the team hasn't had to step it up each week no matter how hard the coaches pushed them. I think this schedule will be good for the players during the season and post season if we have one.

Why do you think we'll lose a coach this summer? What have you heard? Who is it? I drove by the school this morning and saw a bunch of guys out on the track and the field. Not sure if it was freshmen, JV, or varsity. My concern about our lines doesn't mean I'm running them down but I'm just worried.

First, I am sorry if you felt I was running  you down in particular. It was not my intent. I fully understand a lot of people are concerned and are better Wildcat fans than me.

Alright, I come clean a little on my coach comment. A person said they needed a fresh start at a different school. When I inquired for more information I was not given an answer. I posted hoping somebody knew on here but if they do they are not saying. I will come completely clean on who I am talking about once practice for the season starts.

I am bored because nobody is posting but me.

I am still wondering if we will lose a coach this summer.

I hope that everybody is healthy and enjoying themselves. I have convinced myself that our OL/DL lines will do the job this season. Better to be optimistic than run down kids trying their best.

***** I edited this post to take  out some very poor chosen words. You can still read them in another post though. I apologize to the poster I referred to. I joke on here and that was not funny at all. Sorry.*****

WR Caleb Martin received his 7th offer, this one from Murray State.

Caleb twitted he enjoyed his camp visit to Western Kentucky. These camps he is going to our really paying off for him, I just hope he and Johnny Stewart are working out togerther for the good of the team.

WR Caleb Martin received his 7th offer, this one from Murray State.

Caleb Martin has received his sixth offer. This one is from Tennessee Tech.

 

Still waiting on UTC is offer.

Guess where Caleb spent this week??? At Finley Stadium, home of the UTC Mocs participating in their football camp. An offer should be coming soon, I hope. Of course, if Caleb has  a great senior year I can kiss him coming to Chattanooga goodbye.

RWR!

Tee Higgins needs a larger bedroom...Last night, the Clemson recruit picked up two more honors at the Knoxville News-Sentinel's Prep Sports Awards. The three time high school All-American and two time Tennessee Class 5-A Back of the Year Mr. Football winner was selected as Best Football Player and Boys Athlete of the Year.

In case you haven't following Clemson football news, they are expecting big things from Tee the moment he steps on campus. I read one article where they speculate that Tee will be the teams number one wide receiver after the very first practice. This on a team that has several wide receivers who played and excelled in the 2017 National Championship game. Tee will certainly feel all eyes on him. I think the Clemson insiders seem to forget is who will throw him the football. Watson is gone and the upperclassmen QBs have very little experience. There is chatter that the starting QB could end up being a true freshmen like Tee. Number 5 is extremely talented but he has to have a great QB tossing him the ball in order to really shine.

Also, getting a lot of attention at WR is Knoxville Catholic's Amari Rodgers. He is being counted on to play a lot after the first few games. Oh, his little brother, is a 14 year old QB in Florida and already has a scholarship offer from the University of Tennessee's greatest coach of all time Lane Kippen ( LOL). In case you didn't know they are the children of a real Tennessee hero Tee Martin.

Caleb Martin has received his sixth offer. This one is from Tennessee Tech.

Still waiting on UTC is offer.

I am NOT trying to start any rumors! I read something that made me think we might be losing one of our coaches. Anyone heard anything similar. Remember I live in Chattanooga and have zero inside sources so don't make a big deal out of this.

How are summer workouts going.

#1 Maryville fan and #1 Sevier County fan.

Happy Birthday U 2.What is it, 60 or 70 years old?

RWR

Much Respect for those young men

The picture of the patriotic Wildcats I saw showed mostly big, strong looking guys. Eat your Wheaties fellows, you got some holes to open up this fall.

Guys twitter said that was Caleb Jackson (Big Edward Jackson son) not Caleb Martin.  Caleb Martin actually has several Div. 1 (FCS (1AA) offers. Aaron Dykes has a bunch of offers now also from HVA including Army Academy.

Thanks for clearing that up. I often see Dykes name mentioned on Twitter, he will probably give Oak Ridge fits this season. Again thanks for helping me out on this.

It appears according to Twitter that Caleb Martin has committed to Bluefield College where he will join Jacob Gross. Of course, there is plenty of time before he actually signs and I am hopping he has the type of season this fall that attracts SEC, ACC, OVC or Southern Conference type teams. Run good routes, have a great season from Stewart throwing the ball and things will work out. As usual, I am hoping UT-Chattanooga signs some Oak Ridge players for me to follow.

I am having second thoughts on Caleb to Bluefield. First of all, I don't trust Twitter. Second, with his physical skills he should get looks by bigger schools IF he has a good senior year. Why settle on a small school this early in the process? Of course, if this is his pick I am happy for him and his family. For all I know, Bluefield could be a great academic school with a young head football coach who will be well known someday.

It appears according to Twitter that Caleb Martin has committed to Bluefield College where he will join Jacob Gross. Of course, there is plenty of time before he actually signs and I am hopping he has the type of season this fall that attracts SEC, ACC, OVC or Southern Conference type teams. Run good routes, have a great season from Stewart throwing the ball and things will work out. As usual, I am hoping UT-Chattanooga signs some Oak Ridge players for me to follow.

Rivalry Thursday will not carry any Oak Ridge games this season according to Mark Packer. He said he offered OR a game but Coach Mullins declined.

Congratulations to Oak Ridge Lady Wildcat Courtney Ellison for signing with Roane State Community College. Courtney was a steady player for the Lady Wildcats. .

Sophomore Jordan Graham qualified for the State Track Meet by running an 11.53 100 dash to finish fourth at the Sectional Meet.

Jordan is suffering from a right hip flexor injury and is receiving therapy for the injury.

Information for this post comes from the OAK RIDGER TODAY.

Caleb Martin received his second D 1 offer from Elon. Not sure who the first was from.