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Google Maps says that the trip is going to be about 3 hours. We all wish you safe travels down here. For the early birds, there is a Hardee's very close to the school, and if you go into downtown Red Bank, you'll find a Sonic, Subway, Mexican restaurant, and others. Our school's football website is bluenationfootball.com. What's ya'lls? Keon had a fantastic game Friday, setting the school record for most rushing TDs in a game by a single player. From what ya'll have been posting, realize that Keon is not your average "good" linebacker. If ya'll are able to stop them, then our very good receiving corps will likely come through. Best of luck to both teams, and we all hope you guys arrive here safely. Red Bank 42 Greeneville 24

No, we don't have turf. And I'm thinking Red Bank will pull through on this one. Greeneville is a very good team, but Red Bank should win again if they play like they did against Fulton.

This should be one of the best games in the 4A 2nd round. Red Bank's running back Keon Williams may or may not play, but after watching RB do so well without him, I think that we have a good shot at beating Fulton. But don't get me wrong...it's going to be a hard battle for both teams and it's going to be close a lot of the game. Red Bank 31 Fulton 21

Pigpen is right, we did have more fans than Gibbs. And if you thought that the Red Bank football team and coaches had no class in our performance, then how did we beat you guys by 40 and how are we 11-0? If you thought that "Lion Pride" was missing out, well, you should come back down here for the next 3 playoff games at Red Bank. Maybe then you'll have different thoughts on our fans. And by saying "If anyone has to go to Red Bank for a game, don't expect much", if other people from schools who play Red Bank read this, think about how many fans may shy away from coming to watch their team play.

Red bank rolled over Gibbs on Friday...without their star running back. Gibbs, congratulations on a great season and we all hope you had a safe trip home. Fulton is now making the trip down to the Scenic City to take on Red Bank. Any fans from anywhere have anything to say about Fulton?

If you're coming through on highway 27, past downtown and the big baseball field, across the river, and you take the "Morrison Springs Rd/Red Bank" exit, you'll see a Hardee's just on your right from the ramp and the school is less than a mile on your left. If you take a right turn on Morrison Springs Road, and continue past Hardee's, you'll be in downtown Red Bank very quickly--you'll either have to turn left or right onto Dayton Boulevard. There is a Sonic and Subway a little ways if you turn right; a Chinese Restaurant, Baskin-Robbins, and others if you choose left. The Amigo's that pigpen874 mentioned is in downtown RB, but it's quite the distance from RBHS--you turn right on Dayton Boulevard and then continue WAY right. Amigos is about 8-10 minutes from RBHS via Dayton Boulevard; Sonic around 5-6; the Chinese place 3-4; Baskin-Robbins 3-4; Subway 4-5.

Yeah the school has loads of parking. They have 5 different lots around the school, including a huge lot around the south end of the stadium, and the stadium itself is really nice. The away stands may seem a little bit small, but it's really only a problem if Gibbs has a moderately large to huge band. However, the only real problem with the stadium is that for the most part, it's really hard to get a good view of the game unless you're parked on a small area on the highway or you're actually within the fence. There's also no visiting team locker room, and behind both home and away stands there are steep slopes with fencing so you really gotta be inside the gates to get a good view. Parking isn't a problem--not paying admission to get in probably will be.

Oooh, my tummy grumbled. Don't let that record fool you. Tyner is actually really competitive. Their big losses came early in the season, and they lost at home to baylor (somehow) 41-0, and after a sloppy 47-35 win at hixson, the ram train started moving. It slowed down after a one-point loss to McCallie, and picked up lost speed and then slowed down just a bit after a very close loss to Red Bank at home. Ever since then, the Ram Train has been rollin', rollin', rollin'. They smothered Howard for the 25th-ish year in a row. They beat a tough Brainerd team on the road. But now the Ram Train is travelling to the uncharted lands of Blount County? Unless you're playing Heritage or William Blount, you're going to face all kinds of obstacles on your train tracks. But your train just may have what it takes to push the obstacles out of the way. Don't count on it though. Alcoa 35, Tyner 7

Well, it's been almost two months since Red Bank beat East Ridge. Ya'll definitely have so much more experience and strategy now than then. Fulton is going to be tough though. And the winner of this game is going to be travelling to Red Bank or hosting Gibbs. I'm sure both teams definitely want the latter happening. Since East Ridge has gotten so much better, I think that may have a shot. Fulton is good, but East Ridge just might make the trip and come home with all the marbles. It's kind of a longshot though, but definitely out there

Red Bank finished its 3rd perfect regular season in 4 years last night. The Lions are also the only undefeated team remaining in 4A. Potentially, they could host the first four games of the playoffs (with them being a one seed and if they get to the semifinals, they get to host because in odd-numbered years, if two teams are the same seed rank, the top-bracket team hosts), which could make our road to state very easy. First up on the menu is Gibbs. Do any Knoxville (or Chattanooga, or anywhere else) fans have any info at all on Gibbs? All I know is that they're 6-4 and 4th in their district. Will the 2 hour trip down here be fruitful?

We played Central and when I was at that game, Red Bank had a hard time scoring on them in the first half...it was 0-0 during the RB-Central game. Second half, though, we ran them over again and again. Either we toughened up, or they got tired. If the latter is so, then Central is a team that gets tired somewhat quickly. But they do play hard football...for a little bit. Greeneville should probably have little trouble with Central, because most of Central's wins have come against mostly low-caliber teams. You never know, though. Also, on a side note, Central has a somewhat big mouth too. The day of the RB-Central game, I heard they put "Go pounders; Pounders 47, Red Bank 7" on their front-of-school marquee. We won 35-0.

Has anyone brought up the point that this game is for outright first place in the district? Red Bank and Tyner will both be keeping that in mind. This is likely going to be one of the most anticipated games for both teams--but particularly the players that imablustar pointed out in big blue letters. I think Red Bank comes in and de-rails the Ram Train. I don't expect it to be all that close, but I do expect it to be fun. However, I do give Tyner a chance of making the playoffs. Red Bank 35 Tyner 14

They will have to play one of the Knoxville area teams, in either the 1st or 2nd round. That gives them a slim chance of getting past those two rounds. Most likely Fulton or Gibbs, and if they somehow get past them, then Red Bank will be waiting for them.

Central hasn't really played anybody overly impressive...except probably Sequatchie Co. When Central beat Howard at Howard by a point, that was a big surprise, but that Howard is already 1-4 (their only win coming against a Notre Dame team that barely defeated two horrible opponents) is an even bigger surprise. Silverdale is much smaller than Central (1A playoff) and Hixson has had a very struggling season thus far. When South Pittsburg did their thing against Central last week, I hope that Central and their fans woke up from their daydream. What's more, Red Bank is going to bring Central more of the same as what South Pitt did--only this time, it's going to be at Red Bank and not Central. Also, Keon Williams sat out the Red Bank game with turf toe last week. He is going to play on October 2nd, but Red Bank got off to a 45-point halftime lead without him. Even though Cleveland's four main players were all suspended from this game, including their star running back Terrell Parks, it's hard to imagine that they could've scored one to three more touchdowns or reduce Red Bank's score by two or three. Red Bank is going to have an easy second half of their regular season. Their biggest challenge by far will be Brainerd, but they should have no problem with everyone else.

Red Bank gave no mercy last night. We were up 24-0 at the end of the first qtr...touchdown, back-to-back safeties, touchdown, PAT-less touchdown. Then three more touchdowns...45-0 half. Then we got a touchdown with our second- and third-string teams. Cleveland finally got a touchdown in the last three minutes of the game. All this, ladies and gentlemen, without the prized running back Keon Williams playing for Red Bank. Red Bank had a good fight against Boyd, a showy first half against East Ridge, a spectacular game vs. Soddy, a titanic blowout vs. Howard, and a huge "mauling" (as the paper describes it) of Cleveland. Is there ANYONE, and I mean ANYONE, who can compete with Red Bank this year?!?!