Boarhog

Who gets their first win of the year?

The Clay County win this Friday is gonna be made even sweeter by the vast majority of folks outside of Celina that ain’t even giving the Dawgs a chance in this one.

1 hour ago, croz6110 said:

That's a shame. I was looking forward to watching the stream on Dale Hollow Horizon, and I refuse to give money to nfhs.

We’ll definitely still have live audio Croz but negatory on the video.  Hope your daughter is feeling better.  A ton of sickness going around.

1 hour ago, festus said:

Game is on NFHS tomorrow night covered by BBB Communications out of Oak Ridge.

Yeah, nice that it’ll be covered there but it’s a shame that shuts down local streaming groups that have gladly paid the $750 fee to live stream the prior three rounds.  

14 hours ago, orngnblk said:

I agree.Somebody should be excited!LOL.

Plenty of excitement in Bulldog Country.  Thankful for the young men and the coaches on the team for giving us all a season to remember, even if we weren’t playing Friday.  That being said, we are playing Friday and the best is yet to come.  Been out painting the field getting it ready for these young men.  Even though it was getting cold, it was a real treat for an old groundskeeper to FINALLY get to paint John Teeples Field up with my pals for semifinal action.  Coalfield has some good linemen from what I’ve seen, but Clay has them beat at every skill position and most of the line from what I’ve seen.  I hope the community pours out to Joe Neil Eads Stadium Friday Night for the first semi action in Celina since 1985.  Y’all all enjoy your holiday tomorrow.  The good Lord has blessed us all more than we even can comprehend.

5 minutes ago, Boarhog said:

The Sonny Moore Power Ratings have Clay with a 138.6 rating and Coalfield at 131.9, add the suggested two points for home field advantage and the Dawgs are projected as a 9 point favorite.  The same ratings had the Dawgs as a 17 point favorite over Gordonsville last week.

Looking at the other side McKenzie has a 143.6 and MASE a 124.1, Rebels by 20 there.  

The Sonny Moore Power Ratings have Clay with a 138.6 rating and Coalfield at 131.9, add the suggested two points for home field advantage and the Dawgs are projected as a 9 point favorite.  The same ratings had the Dawgs as a 17 point favorite over Gordonsville last week.

On 11/12/2022 at 9:06 PM, Boarhog said:

One thing that needs to change this time around for another Clay victory is a better run game.  I was very impressed with the Tiger defensive front.  They held our power runners to 79 yards on 27 carries.  That’s good defense.  The Dawgs need to improve in that area this time around.

This time around it was 20 carries for 253 (10 for 41, 10 for 212) and 3 TDs each

1 minute ago, OldTownRoad said:

Most of those guys play both ways. The cupboard won’t be completely bare after this year, but it will be hard to replace this group. 

Sorry to reiterate your thoughts OTR, I was typing my post before I saw yours. Glad we’re on the same page though, we’ve got some great players, 9th-11th, that haven’t gotten to have their turn yet.  

3 minutes ago, Pirate2003 said:

Wow I thought y’all were old this year. I had no idea you were returning that many players. You might represent the east the next several years. 

We’ll return 4 offensive starters, and 3 defensive starters.  The cupboard ain’t bare behind this amazing group of seniors, but the guys behind them that don’t start haven’t seen much time yet during their careers.  9 seniors is a big class for us.

52 minutes ago, croz6110 said:

The field looks good, but what shape is it in?

From 40 to 40 between the hashes it’s pretty bare.  It’s dried out well, but there’s definitely not much of a base left in that area.  Outside of that it’s still got a good layer of grass.  Shouldn’t factor in things either way I don’t believe.

https://twitter.com/horizonsports_/status/1593473634244386816?s=46&t=L3aUKqdf7C8gx3jkn2PzrA

10 hours ago, RoundLickRonnie said:

My buddy up in Celina said they are 13-2 at home in November when the temperature is 35 degrees or below. Factor in the wind chill and this is a guaranteed win for Clay. Dawgs by 14. 

Sounds like the gospel to me!  I can say this, Dawgs are 23-2 at home in the last four years, and neither one of them losses were to Gordonsville.

Right at a half an inch of rain in Celina today.  Cooler temps and little sun exposure might make a field that’s hosting it’s 5th straight Friday night a less than ideal.

I figured something along those lines.  No doubt that a team from the old days with 3 classes that got put out by an alphabet school, could more than likely roll to a title these days.  Much has changed.

Doing a little research today and I believe I counted up 18 previous 3rd Round appearances for Gordonsville. That’s good stuff.  6-12 in those games if I counted right, and obviously 3-3 in the semis I suppose.  Any Tiger posters have an opinion on how the 2012 team would’ve matched up against the 1984 team (hard to compare different eras, I know)?  I remember that ‘12 team very well, tush hogs.

25 minutes ago, Roooster said:

Not true lol. The play that the personal foul happened was 2nd down from about the 20. And we got down to the 4 on the play but with the personal foul it backed us up to the 19. So it SHOULD have been first and goal from the 4 without the personal foul

Yeah I know.  Sorry I wrote it weird.  Point is, the ball got to the four on the drive, in what would’ve been first and goal.  If sorry playing calling gets the ball to that point on every drive before players take it away with penalties then I guess I’d take sorry play calling all day long.

I’m curious to see how the Tiger passing attack fairs IF Clay is able to get up a few scores and maybe force the Tigers out of ground and pound.  The last two passes for Gville on John Teeples Field were INTs.  But then again there were two passing TDs prior to that with another that should’ve been, so maybe I’m not too curious to see how the passing might go.  3 is capable of hurting a team with his arm or legs, a good player.  5 is a beast, but 3, 34, 16, 32, 4, 15 can all get it done at any time too.

2 hours ago, Roooster said:

Scored 3 TD’s last time. And if our play calling was a little better on that last drive. We were about score #4

Wouldn’t nothing too bad with the play calling, had it 1st and goal at the 4, prior to the personal foul.

1 hour ago, TigerTown12 said:

Just because it’s hard to beat a team twice doesn’t mean Gordonsville will win. Just because Celina won the first one doesn’t mean Celina will win. Whoever brings their A game Friday night will win. If both bring their A game, I like Gordonsville’s a little bit better. 
I am happy for the Gordonsville seniors that get a chance at redemption. The loss at Celina then a loss at South Pitt would have been a tough way to go.

As far as the first game goes, turnovers/ double passes/ fake punts are a part of the game. All that matters is wins and losses, Celina won the first one but the one that matters is Friday. Hopefully they can find some bleachers for the visitors side of the field 

Visiting bleachers have always been an embarrassment for us.  What does exist are low lying and awful.  The Gville crowd a few weeks ago was the biggest visitor crowd ever assembled at John Teeples Field I’d say.  With East Rob, Smith Co., and York/Monterey all playing Friday I’m sure there’ll be some neutral fans that won’t make it here that otherwise would have, but the atmosphere should be great anyway.  

Gordonsville’s seniors have got put out in their three prior seasons by SP in the third round every year, so definitely a huge congratulations to them for dispatching of the Pirates last Friday in a game that I predicted Gville would win.  Clay’s seniors have been put out in the 2nd every year (2019 SP, 2020 Gville, 2021 SP).  Both groups are dead set on stamping their legacy on their respective programs by hosting a semifinal game next week.  This will be the 6th meeting of these squads in the past four years, and as was mentioned by OldTownRoad, the home team has won em all.  Friday is gonna be fun, win, lose, or draw.  It ain’t no secret that Gordonsville has been dominant in this series for 50 years now, and have established themselves as the best current A program in the east year in and year out behind SP.  It’s Clay’s turn to finally have some fortune and glory I hope.

21 minutes ago, Cam615 said:

Question, this is the biggest football game in Clay Co since…?   The nerves will be up for both teams but I would tend to lean to the team with the most experience. 

Since 1985, Dawgs went on the road and beat Knox Catholic to advance to the semis.  Our seniors are gamers though.  I don’t really worry about nerves with them honestly, but you’re right, essentially uncharted territory for Bulldog football.  However three of our leaders were big parts of the state championship basketball team two years ago, so some of our kids have already played on bigger stages and won.

1 hour ago, Roooster said:

We must have been watching different games lol. We caught a TD with a guy draped all over our guy and we made a good play on the ball and the other one Albritton threw a dime up the seam right over top of the safety’s head to score. And the last TD we scored late, we lined up and ran it right down your throat

 

And as far your trick plays go, you ran a jet sweep pass with a WR to get down to the 10 yd line. And another, you ran a screen pass with everyone on the whole field running toward our sideline and threw it back across the field like the music city miracle. I thought I remembered there being 3 but those are the only 2 I can think of at the moment

The jet sweep pass with the WR was definitely out of the norm but shouldn’t have been a surprise to the defense since the WR is our second QB who threw for over 1500 yards and 19 TDs last year as a freshman.  Definitely a good play call.  Kinda similar to when y’all tried to throw for the two point with 16, who I believe is y’all’s freshman reserve QB (which I’ve heard is gonna be a beast of a replacement after 3 leaves next year).

6 minutes ago, Roooster said:

Tell you what, if y’all can dial up 3 trick plays and connect on all 3 of them again and beat us. I’ll tip my cap to you and wish you the best of luck in Chattanooga. But I don’t see that happening and I also don’t see you all beating us by lining it up and coming right at us. We gave you all 2 touchdowns last go around because of our mistakes and the other 2 were on gimmick trick plays. I wouldn’t say you all beat us last time. We beat ourselves

What were the gimmick trick plays?  Maybe I wasn’t at the same game?  And as far as the “we beat ourselves” goes I could easily say we had blowed coverages on y’all’s 2 TD passes and that we should’ve easily won 35-7, instead of 27-20.

One thing that needs to change this time around for another Clay victory is a better run game.  I was very impressed with the Tiger defensive front.  They held our power runners to 79 yards on 27 carries.  That’s good defense.  The Dawgs need to improve in that area this time around.