BMack

I was wrong. It happens to the best of us. Congrats to White Station. Now, let's see how far they go next year.

? OK, like I said, I'm convinced that one team from here is making strides to catch up with the rest of Tennessee. I lost all hope and faith in the game of football this weekend.

VolunteerCoach, if you support White Station, where do you volunteer?

Thank you!

But is it really being competitive if you never win?

I must say that he's a good one and that I hope the new coaching staff at the University of Memphis recruits him and gets him to sign. He wasn't a known commodity in recruiting circles because last year he played TE and not QB. He has that TE mentality too ... it's evident when he plays. Tim Tebowish in attitude and demeanor. He's also pretty fast at 6'-2" and 225 lbs. Rumor has it that they have a great shot at getting Barry Brunetti to switch his commitment from WVU to Memphis.

1994 Finals - Riverdale 14, Germantown 10 1996 Semi Finals - Brentwood Ady 17, Germantown 6 1998 Semi Finals - Hendersonville 21, Houston 14 1999 Semi Finals - Glencliff 39, Bartlett 7 2000 Semi Finals - Riverdale 12, Cordova 7 2001 Semi Finals - Hendersonville 17, Houston 6 2002 Semi Finals - Brentwood 24, Germantown 14 2003 Finals - Germantown 10 Riverdale 7 2004 Semi Finals - Franklin 31 Germantown 10 (I was at this game, gtown was winning at the half) 2005 Semi Finals - Ravenwood 28 Ridgeway 10 2006 Semi Finals - Ravenwood 35 White Station 28 2007 Semi Finals - Independence 28 Millington 27 2008 Semi Finals - Franklin 35 White Station 18 2009 Finals ? I would say the gulf in class is not as wide as you presume. Are you kidding me? You are trying to argue your point with that? Throw in White Station's win over Brentwood and Shelby County teams are 2-12. Thanks for proving my point.

I typed that because after Arlington lost in the first round of the playoffs, Bmack wrote at length about the weakness of west Tennessee football, implying that it was the root cause of Arlingtons early playoff exit. I actually like Arlington and hope more teams in the Shelby metro area mimic their adoption of the spread offense. I wasn't saying that was the reason for Arlington's early exit. I was just stating a fact. I have been saying that for at least 12 years. White Station beating Brentwood doesn't prove anything except that they were the better team that night. IF White Station beats Maryville, then I'll be convinced that at least one team from here is making strides to catch up with the rest of Tennessee. That said, I'll be shocked if White Station is within 40 points of Maryville when the clock his 0:00 Saturday night. It took everything White Station had to beat Brentwood the other night. If Brentwood would have won, it would have taken everything they had. Maryville trounced a very, very good Riverdale team. I was watching the game with several other coaches, and we all agreed that it didn't matter who won the White Station/Brentwood game, if they struggled with each other, neither one of them would stand a chance against Maryville.

Mitchell should beat Beech. MUS should beat MBA. I was hoping to see an MUS-Ensworth matchup, but oh well. I know Anthony Hayes feels more confident about this game than any other this year, but not me. I don't think White Station stands much of a chance. Sure, White Station could be anybody on any given night, but I don't see it happening tonight.

Well said.

Fair enough, but it was said a while back on here that Collierville needed some new blood in there. And right or wrong, I agree with that, and I'm sticking to it.

It's my opinion. Like TraderB said, 7-4 seasons seemed to be the norm over the past several years. It just seems like nothing will change when you hire a guy that learned everything he knows from the coach that was there for 30+ years.

Nothing against Coach Abel, but this is a bad, bad, bad hire.

Then why don't they? They get at least one shot every year.

This is funny. If a West Tennessee team can't regularly beat a Middle Tennessee team in just the fourth round of the playoffs, who's to say that they could beat Middle and East Tennessee teams for four rounds?