clonefan101

good luck to greeneville from your pals in etown! bring home the gold ball & the ring!

greeneville-31

giles-24

get it done tonight greenville. betsy will do the same. next week we'll have a NET party in Cookeville. betsy is pullin for you!

"orangeworker" dont worry about "red rebel" or "BCsportsfan". red rebel is only pullin for alcoa because they beat his boys. and BC is jus immature. let the f5 roll on in, weve got plenty of storm chasers. i think they have a few too, just not enough. ill go with my home town boys in this one.

elizabethton-24

alcoa-21

Alcoa fans--oh yea, don't miss the Betsy players getting together at mid field right before they go in after pregame and taunt the other team -- only got our guys fired up --- sure it will be same for you.

 

Maybe you can do "Too hype" with a microphone

nobody cares who likes/dislikes the chant. also nobody cares about "too hype" either. advice though.. really gets our guys going when you have the nerve to stomp on the "E" at mid-field as AE did while our boys do the chant. another thing, we have the best defense in the state so dont be too quick to talk about "pounding the rock". and yes i know alcoa has a very good defense too. if they didnt they wouldnt still be here. if elizabethton slows down the running game of Toney, look out. my prediction is coming middle of the week.

congrats to york on making to the semis. nobody really expected you to be here. as for milan your supposed to be here. i dont see york pulling this one out. i think this one will be close in the 1st quarter but then milan pulls away and wins big. goodluck to both teams and have a injury free game.

Milan-42

York-14

keep talking "tornado74". nobody seems to figure out that when the opposing team wants to get on here and claim how mighty they are, the only thing they are doing is adding fuel to the fire. ask AE how far the trash talking got them. even i expected a close game. but the boys from betsy came out pissed off and were way past ready to silence AE. AE was a huge win and a confidence booster for this week (finally beating a knoxville team). elizabethton is clicking on all cylinders and it couldnt have happended at a better time. look out alcoa, dont overlook this small town team. ill make my prediction later in the week.

good call lawnman. no doubt this one will be a barn burner. im telling you, elizabethton has just as much speed as anybody. do not underestimate besty. these kids have delt with every obsticle put infront of them. asheville is the 2nd best team we will play all year, of course the best team being Alcoa next week! betsy has its share of play makers on both sides of the ball. AE's speed will not decide the game. its simple, if we can run the ball well, we win.

Elizabethton-24

Austin-East-14

cak is a very good football team.. but not good enough to beat alcoa. i think this rematch will be a little closer this time. ill pick aloca by a TD.

Alcoa-31

CAK-24

i like polk co. in this one. close but polk holds off a like "redskin" rally and moves on to a showndown with alcoa.

polk co.-21

loudon-17

betsy is by far the better team. they come out and play jacked up. witten always gets his kids going. not sure what happened last week but they got the job done. this one will be no different. betsy rips north... AGAIN.

Elizabethton-42

North-12

* betsy blocks both PATs, just like in the last meeting.

Alcoa-42

Tyner-7

CAK-21

McMinn Central-17

hey guys, i got a pretty good question for everybody. what makes austin-east so tough to make all you all to pick them to beat elizabethton?

elizabethton over alcoa in semi-finals.

First Round:

Elizabethton

Sullivan North

Gatlingburg Pittman

Austin-East

Alcoa

CAK

Bledsoe Co.

Polk Co.

Goodpasture

Sequatchie Co.

Smith Co.

Cannon Co.

Milan

Fairview

Camden

Manassas

Second Round:

Elizabethton

Austin-East

Alcoa

Polk Co.

Goodpasture

Cannon Co.

Milan

Camden

Quarter-Finals:

Elizabethton

Alcoa

Goodpasture

Milan

Semi-Finals:

Elizabethton

Milan

State Championhip:

Elizabethton-24

Milan-21

well finally tssaa got this thing right & gave betsy the #1 seed. betsy rolls..

elizabethton- 42

cumberland gap- 6

Agreed 100%. Betsy rolls in this one coming off a tough loss.

Betsy-56

Unicoi-0

GO CYCLONES ! ! !

Betsy got robbed of a long TD run by Thomas with a "block in the back call" that nobody was even near the flag, & Thomas was already celebrating in the end-zone. Boles was out with the flu, Smith was out with the ankle injury, & Palmer was out with some kind of shoulder injury. What can we expect though guys? North Carolina "refs" & their coaches 100th win? There was no way those home cooked refs were going to allow our kids to travel over the mountain & take that away from them.

How did the scrimmage with Sullivan South go, Etown people?

It went well. Thomas didnt play well at QB. Berry, Thomas' backup who will be a sophmore, came in and played exceptional. Birchfield and DeMoss led the recieving core. The defense struggled at first, but got better as the game went on. South is a heck of a 5A team and Elizabethton stacked up well. This should be a special year for Betsy. Has anyone else heard anything about our recievers?

what is better as far the line is concerned? one is just getting cleared to practice and another big guy isn't playing with dexter price and coggins graduated it seems they will be more suspect.

It looks as if Matt Smith as a sophmore will be the biggest. hes about 6 '4 or 5' id say around the 250 pound mark. then you've got the Whitlock boy coming back from knee surgery, Kelly, Febuary coming back from shoulder surgery, & Whitehead moving to center this year

You can't play the role of the underdog if you're calling a state title run, Clone. You also can't play the role of the underdog if everyone in the conference knows you have serious weapons. Then again, you had that same firepower last year. It should be a great, and I mean GREAT, year for football in upper East Tennessee. Keep us posted on how spring practice goes as it fires up please 'Clonefan'! /thumb[1].gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":thumb:" border="0" alt="thumb[1].gif" />

Yes, Betsy does have all the weapons & the playmakers are gonna be key. Betsy is gonna come out firing on all cylinders. Fast, hard nosed football. The line was so so last yr, i wouldnt say horrible, but should be in good shape this yr. The return of all the skill kids is what im looking forward to.

I would congrat them if they do, but they were a long ways away from it last year. Plus, Alcoa is the king of mountain, until someone knocks them off of it.

Betsy loves playin the roll of the underdog. The boys are working out everyday. Running, Lifting Weights, whatever they feel they gotta do to come out and contend. The line is supposedly the weak point. Yes, loosing 6'5 320pd Dexter Price on the OL, Shaun Carter on the DL, & Zach Coggins on both sides of the ball is going to hurt. The line will improve though. I really think Betsy has enough raw tallent with playmakers like Forbes at RB, Thomas at QB, & especially Hodge at WR to get the job done. The toughest tests for Betsy in the regular season will bc Greenville & CAK out of Knoxville.

I am just wondering how much talent is returning for the 2009 season. The only 4A team is Sullivan East, and the 3A teams are Johnson County, Unicoi County, Happy Valley, Elizabethton, and Sullivan North. So, lets talk about it! /thumb[1].gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":thumb:" border="0" alt="thumb[1].gif" />

From what I've heard Elizabethton is a real contender this year. Only lost 8 players from last years playoff team. After the drop of class I hear all kinds of hype about a possible State Championship run.