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McCallie beat both Father Ryan and ECS as well as Grissom this weekend.

Football or soccer, good team or otherwise, Ooooooootewah is going to have the most posts.

This is how it works in the alternative universe of private/public debate. When Red Bank won the state (Riggs' junior year) there was a big billboard with a picture of Red Bank's team on it as you entered Red Bank. That was town pride. When McCallie won the state a couple of years later, there was a bill board across from campus with our team's picture on it. That was advertising. Or as the TSSAA's executive committee regularly tells its private school members, "Heads we win, tales you lose".

There are rules against cruel and unusual punishment!

That was wild goose chase! There was nothing there but 28 bills honoring state champions, coachs joining the hall of fame and other stuff our legislators waste their time on so they don't have to tackle the really tough stuff.

My father told me that families throughout the southeast moved to Chattanooga during the 50's and 60's so their sons could play for the legendary Red Etter at Chattanooga Central. When Coach Etter moved to Baylor all three of the Hannah brothers came from Albertville so they could play for him. Nothing new with moving so your kids can play for the best.

Your observation has more to do with institutionalized segregation than the quality of basketball in Memphis from 1938 until 1974.

It accomplishes identifying the poster as an immature, whining, ignorant and probably mediocre soccer player or parent of one. There's a definite correlation between the two.

5 to 0 is the football equivalent of 56 to zip. It's the result of a noncompetitive game.

Gump? Did he take up soccer? I knew he was an excellent ping pong player but I had no idea he played soccer too.

I'm curious too and I'm still waiting for the answer. I'm sure it'll just be a few more days!

The great news is that with the growth in popularity of soccer, there will be many more potential refs who not only know the rules but have played the sport for years and have that perspective in addition to knowledge of the rules. I'm concerned that one of these days we're going to lose an out of shape ref to a heart attack. I know CPR, but man, would it slow down a game!

I have to ask, did you ever play soccer? As I said, I've played in hundreds of games, reffed at least 100 rec games and seen hundreds more. I sit in the stands or play on the field and listen to parents who don't have a clue regarding rules bellowing from the stands and have never played the game. All they know is that someone took the ball away from their Johnny and there must have been a foul because Johnny is such a good player. I'll always remember the fan sitting in the stands aleast 100 yards away ball screaming at the top of his lungs that the referree who was 10 feet away from the foul had it wrong.

After playing several hundred games and watching at least that many, bad calls and bad refereeing even out. You need to be concerned about the 11 guys you're playing against, not the guy in the striped shirt. I have yet to see a ref kick a ball during a game, score or make a save. Getting on these boards whining about refs says more about you than about the refs. I reffed a couple of summers when I was younger and I am looking forward to doing it after college. I think it actually helps my playing. A large part of the problem is that many of the refs in recreation, high school and even select never played soccer. Many of the guys are overweight and immobile. Whatever the quality of ref, I think the vast majority of these guys only want to do a good job and rarely are biased against a team. However, if you or your coach start getting in their faces, it's only human nature to react.