MrTinkertrain

AC 56 East 35 Defense would be something worth looking into for either of these teams

The Govs will dominate this one.

Sparta will roll back west with a W after this one.

Good luck to Halls, but I'm afraid the Bears are gonna put it on them.

I'm taking the Panthers in this one. It may be close though, but the W is all that matters.

Farragut 24 Oak Ridge 17

Will this game count this year???

I will agree about making some great throws, but reading defenses? Scrambling around for 10 seconds and launching a 70 missle may be called amazing or many other adjectives, but nothing related to reading a defense. That is a great stat, but you have to ask yourself how much the fact that he had a great high school tailback lined up behind him contributed to this. It is much less difficult to find open receivers when the defense is just as concerned about getting gashed by a dangerous runner. Again, great stat, but it is all relative. You may be able to envision it, but it will not happen in reality. The bottom line is that no matter how you try to stack up numbers, Stone is not the quarterback that Cobb was. Keep in mind that Mr. Cobb is currently a receiver at Kentucky and not the quarterback. If Stone was even at the level of Randall Cobb, he still wouldn't be playing quarterback at Kentucky. Receiver? Maybe. That may be so. I definitely thought the running back, #2, I suppose, was the core of the team. In the case of Clinton making it to the title game, however, it would have been in larger part of #2's contribution than that of Stone, according to your logic that is. No one, however, including either coach, can honestly know what the outcome of a game would be in other circumstances. Irregardless, Clinton "out-talented" every team they played this year and still managed to fail in the end--nothing will ever change that fact. Stone was and is a great athlete, but he is not the best QB in Tennessee* and will not play quarterback at an SEC school and most likely not at a D1 school at all as a quarterback. *-The All-State teams should be out soon. When they are, take note that you will most likely see another quarterback listed on the first team rather than Stone. In my mind, that should confirm that he is not the best quarterback in 5A/AAA, much less in all classifications. I'm sure he will be on there as an athlete though.

Athletically, he may be able to play for those teams at some point, but you're kidding yourself if you think he could as a quarterback. The ability to run fast and throw the long ball may allow you to be a great high school QB, but it's no big thing to see someone similar or better anytime you turn on a D1 game, much less an SEC game. And the intangibles... well, lets just say that some of the quarterbacks that have come from this area who went D1, initially at least, (Randall Cobb, Cade Thompson, Joey Matthews--yes, a bust but still D1) all led their teams to state titles. Stone, on the other hand, did not. He is a great athlete, but as a quarterback, just a dime-a-dozen at the D1 level. The only way he is playing D1 at quarterback is maybe somewhere like MTSU, and that could be a stretch. Good luck to him though!

I agree. The best way, in my opinion, to eliminate this problem is to go back to the 3 classification system that was used prior to 1993. The competition definitely was not watered down in that system, and a playoff appearance was a much loftier achievement. The bottom line, however, is that system does not create the same revenue as the current one does. And as a society, we have gotten way too concerned about making everyone feel like a winner... so hey, why don't we just give everyone rings and go out for ice cream afterwards? Without losers there can be no winners.

I've seen both of these teams play, and I don't think it would surprise anyone to say that this will be the biggest challenge AC has faced yet. They've got a big offense, but I just don't know if they're defense is up to the task. Sounds like Clinton had a solid showing tonight against OR, but I just wonder if they can carry that into the tenth week... mathematics definitely do not favor chances of an undefeated season. I say whoever can score the most points by the end of the fourth quarter will likely win.

Great win tonight for the Panthers. I think we'll surprise some people in the playoffs, and even though it's far off, I'm already excited to see how this team does with more experience next year. Go Panthers!

Congratulations to Heritage on a great win.

The stars really have aligned for this Clinton team. A couple of years ago, this schedule would have been much tougher (Halls, Powell, Central, and Oak Ridge definitely aren't as talented this year). Clinton should roll, 49-7. True...all of these teams they are playing are way down... From top to bottom, this district is not nearly as good as what it has been in the past. Clinton picked a great year to field a decent team. They will have the best shot of anyone in this district come playoff time, but I believe any team from this district, including Clinton, may be in for a rude awakening in November.

Halls looks to have IT on D. Great athletes in the secondary, and the fellas up front looked to have pushed Oak Ridge around a little bit last week. From what I saw when Powell played Anderson County, the Mavericks got punished up front. Halls will probably continue the punishment and then some. Halls' offense, however, doesn't sound too impressive. Anderson County's defense may have a breakout game, but I won't count on it. I see AC coming out on top, but they probably won't light up the board as much as they have in the last few weeks. 28-24 AC