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BGA has a book that was published a few years back celebrating the 100 year anniversary of the school. If I remenber correctly it was stated that in the history of the two schools (Franklin and BGA) only once before had their JV football squads ever competed. At no time up until then had the varsity football programs ever competed against one another. Since the publishing of that book there have been 7 v 7 passing scrimmages, but I believe for Williamson Countians, August 21st will be a night of history. Someone tell me if I'm wrong.

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Classic Franklin v. Brentwood. Great Defense by both teams. Both QBs showed poise and composure. Alex Ford defies the laws of physics, a pure will !!!!Congratulations to both teams on a great performance

Thank you for this walk down memory lane, having had sons play in most of these games (all but the first and the last two I think, ie: 4-4 ) I can tell you it is the most stressful time of the year for a parent. Never knowing till the fourth quarter who will pour onto the field in celebration. A great game of mutual respect by the players and coaches alike (can't say the same for the fans, we get too carried away!) Both programs blessed with great coaches and athletes. A tremendous game experience better than any college or pro game experience I have witnessed. Get there early and expect a nail biter. Best of Health to all the young men ... leave nothing behind!

Question ... Am I correct in saying that Centennial has in their school's history beaten Independence and Ravenwood but never beaten Brentwood or Franklin? I think Centennial is much improved and has one of the best offenses since Bates was QB in 2001(?), but Brentwood defense should have no problem containing their talented QB. I look for this to be low scoring particularly in the first half but Bwood Defense and Special Teams gaining field position to have Bretwood pulling away by late in the third quarter. Brentwood 24 Centennial 7

Franklin 48 Brentwood 14

Both Ensworth and Franklin barely beat McCallie ( 1 point both games mid 30s score) ... BA can only score 17 against McCallie but hold them to 3 Franklin blows Ravenwood away( albeit a non-typical game for Ravenwood) Ravenwood holds their own against MBA and beats BA ... Baylor only gives up 14 points to MBA but 42 to BA I'm getting lost here .... When was the last time BGA beat BA ...

What is going on over there off of Mack Hatcher Parkway???

First time attending a MBA home game.... great homecoming atmosphere..... had to park several blocks away but enjoyed the stroll through the pretty neighborhood with giant trees and stately older homes. Gorgeous campus .... everyone visiting with homecoming spaghetti super.... hundreds of little kids running around having a blast. Very professional sounding announcer .... great turf.... one small criticism ...the lighting seems too blue as opposed to white or yellow... I'd get different bulbs . Highlights of the game... saw what I believe was one of the prettiest punts I have seen since watching Ray Guy for the Raiders... the hang time on that sixty nine yard punt that hit inside the hashes, inside the five and then spun and curled out on the 1/2 yard line had to have been in the 8 second range .... I thought there was helium in the ball .... maybe they have Professor Flubber(Disney) teaching at MBA!!! #23 for MBA is an incredible football player... don't know his name but he can play offense, defense and punt. WOW! In a class of his own. All the backs for MBA looked like good athletes. Too many good athletes to have on the field at one time... #19 for MBA ??? Why isn't he on the field more. Saw him field and runback a short kickoff. Kids got talent . I guess MBA just has alot of that. Very surprised in the sheer number of mistakes(false start penalties) by both of these well coached teams. Most of the mistakes were by lineman...pretty equal in number by both teams. TheBigRedDog said it well about Ravenwood SCRAPPY. If MBA had their heart....or If Ravenwood had MBAs talent ... As to coaching I don't think you get much better than coach rector. He is a risk taker, which means he believes in his kids and his kids are scrappy and he gets the most out of them because they know he believes in them. The Franklin game has been the only let up and I believe that was simply the devastation of losing a team leader to a season ending injury early in the game. Hats off to Ravenwood for putting up a tough fight and fighting to the very end. As to the officiating ... the PA announcer said it well at the introduction of the game in his "good sportsmanship" speech. The radio guys on 106.7 who were calling the game, in paticular the emotional one of the pair, needed to tone it down a little at the end of the game about how bad it was .... even though it may have been true ... as an announcer you have to keep your emotions in check about those things.

I will agree that football and politics do not mix, but they certainly exist .... I will agree that they definately have no place on these boards.... I was wrong to put my emotions toward those politics on these boards. I explained my comments far more than I should have to KingZ. I agree that further comments on this matter should cease.

Kingz- as you can see from looking on the left side of this post - I have been a member of coacht for quite some time. I am an adult and I try to act like one most of the time. I don't usually lower myself to another's level when they act childish. Yet you mock me by taunting what are and always have been for several years, respectable arguements to good analysis. I'm not sure why you insist on challenging me ....but in the interest of sportsmanship .... as long as you have your dictionary out .... my respectable answer to you is look up the word "buffoon" Then once you know what it is, go see a professional about curing it!

Goldeneye- Not a bad argument. Found myself agreeinging with alot of it. I think you are right in that neither McCallie nor Hillsboro figured out until too late that FHS was vulnerable down field. But that was then and now FHS has had two weeks to fix those obvious problems. I think that they were problems in that there was a lack of communication rather than a lack of talent. But I'm sure IHS will test that talent and the two weeks of working on those communications problems will be answered one way or the other. But you have to admit that "up and its good's" stats look pretty good for the visitors!

Kingz- As to Todd Campbell, the question was who was a better "high school receiver" - Todd Campbell and every other athlete who receives a scholarship to a Div I SEC school does so based upon a recruiters belief that he will be a good player "AT THE NEXT LEVEL" Thats why lineman who are 6'6 and 300lbs get recruited by colleges. Not because they were good lineman in highschool but because the recruiter believes they can be molded into a good player two years later after he has "grown" into his body and been coached by experts at the next level. Todd Campbell received a scholarship to UT for that very reason (IMO) he has the potential at the next level to be a good receveiver. In contrast, John Hewitt does not have "the potential" to be a good receiver at the next level and that's why he is on a track scholarship. Was IMO Todd a better high school receiver than John - No- Were more balls thrown to Todd than John - Yes - Did that hurt the team? Who knows or cares. Both boys are at a great university and both are on scholarship - enough said. Bottom line the recruiters got the looks they needed to make a judgement - which turned out great for Todd and for the Vols -

Biznazz- Thank you for your support and remember that every fan has the right (and indeed perhaps the very reason for these boards) to be a "monday morning quarterback" or for that matter a "monday morning coach" That doesn't mean that you don't respect the coach or his decisions, but as a fan you have a right to do a little second guessing. That doesn't mean you "bash the coach" or dislike him, it simply means that you are a fan and you think he should have passed when he ran and should have run when he passed. If you have seen the hours and hours of dedication per season, and indeed the 30+ seasons of men like coach clayton or coach webb, you would never dare to disrespect them as coaches. The sacrafice they make in time away from their families to instill values in young men is to be honored! Perhaps Kingz, if you had ever put on a set of pads and been thru a summer of two a days you would understand .... somehow I don't think that's the case

First I always proofread what I write. Second do you mean "down-grade" or "down-size". Tucker Cathey is a good friend and a great football player, his post season accolades bear that out. If you are asking me if I had my choice last year and I were the head coach at FHS would I have played #67 Mark Jackson at center rather than Tucker Cathey, we'll the answer is yes, as long as Tucker is playing at tackle! Tucker is big and strong and makes a great offensive tackle, but I prefer a smaller, quicker, more nimble, more agile person at center. In the second quarter of the Hilllsboro game last year Mark came in at center and I saw FHS drive the ball up the middle in huge chunks. For some reason after halftime coach made the decision he did. Far be it from me to wonder why! As this year has unfolded I have seen #67 Mark Jackson manhandle the far bigger, far stronger athletes at Hillsboro, McCallie and Ravenwood. He has done so by knowing how to cut block, how to crab block and understanding how to best position himself and his body relative to the play and the other players body, commonly referred to as technique. It is not the dog in the fight but the fight in the dog and the smaller dog often has the tools and the instincts to outsmart the bigger dog rather than trying to beat him at his own game. As to watching the same game, I spend a lot of time watching that one position, probably more time than most others in the stadium. The fact that I was a center and two of my three sons were centers might have something to do with that.

Alot of things go out the window when you play inter-county rivals. Sometimes they can be new seasons in and of themselves( Army-Navy) (Auburn-Alabama). But the one thing that makes me doubt that here is the consistency of Franklin this year. For the most part a very mistake free team. Sure there have been some corners get burned and a special teams blunder or two, but the play of the defense against bigger, quicker and on paper, better teams has been tremendous and nearly flawless. Defenses win championships and clearly FHS has a great one this year. Talent and skill positions ( there isn't even room for discussion here) Nichols, Ford , Lee and company all have plenty of talent. The reason for the excitement FHS fans is the front five. The guys that no one knows or says anything about. Quick: Pop quiz....when the Pittsburg Steelers won 4 Championships with Terry Bradshaw who were his center and two guards? *** (see below) Franklin has had some awesome special teams talent in years past ( kickers and returners) that have single-handedly won ball games. As much as I respect Coach Gamble and Coach Curtis that hasn't been the case so far but its early they continue to work hard and toward the end, a season can come down to a kick, a blocked kick, return blocking, return tackling. With everything else firing on all pistons right now it tends to be a mute point. Congratulations Rebels, keep working hard. Be ready for a rowdy environment!!! If ever the FHS student body needed to go all out for a game this would be the one! IHS students pride themselves on being the 12th man! The FHS student body needs to beat them at their own game at their own home stadium !!! *** http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Webster (Sad Story) http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/memorial/pit/webster

Good point about the near perfection. Don't want to jinx Grahm but we need to keep this ball on the ground and let the O-Line perfect their skill. If as you say McGavock is bigger more athletic on defensive front, it would be a perfect time to bring out some reverses( to compensate over pursuit) and HOT PASSES( assuming they put 8 in the box)! I cant believe with FHS's speed we have not seen any reverses this year (or have I been asleep) And Dadgum it throw the ball to the tightend!!!! I don't believe FHS will get deep in the playoffs until they perfect those two plays. I haven't seen either one yet.

I guess I just don't get it... why not let every school public and private recruit players. Heck let's have Unapproved Website publish the height and weight stats from Baptist Hospital's delivery rooms! Does it really matter in the end. As long every child is afforded the greatest opportunity available to him then nothing else should really matter. I laugh at the term "D-1 Lineman prospect" ...those guys are seldom real high school football players. For every 1- 6'6" 275lb lineman I can show you 100 - 6'0 195lbers that can make him cry and run circles around him. I think most coaches would love to play against a whole team full of them !

I haven't seen McGavock in a few years, but they used to rely on toss sweeps and trying to beat you to the outside corner. They will probably throw in some counter dive misdirection to keep it lively. I really don't see that being effective. Where I continue to worry is the deep ball. McGavock used to remind me of Hunters Lane in that most of the time they do as I previously stated but if they have a kid with an arm and they can't get to the corners they'll throw some 30-40 yard sideline routes trying for a quick strike. I look for Franklin to show some great improvement in those situations, if not this could be a 42-28 type ball game! If McGavock doesn't have a throwing QB it could be all FHS JV by halftime!

Happy to hear he is doing well and for all of the great support, both internal and external. Glad that FHS coaches did what they did, and just want to comment on how fortunate we (6-5A) all are to be in a group of schools, Ravenwood, Brentwood, Franklin, Independence etc. who while we have tremendous rivalries and compete fiercely almost always do the right thing and show maturity and respect for one another after the game, players and coaches alike. We are all fortunate to have "good coaches" setting examples for our youth in Williamson County

Exactly

Congratulations to Coach Tim Johnson and his staff. Football is 80% attitude, 15% skill, and 5% luck. What BGA has needed for several years is a little bit of Tim Johnson's Attitude. Now that they have it, and a bunch of skill, well the luck will take care of itself. Congratulations to what I hope will be a continued great dynasty in Williamson County ( As long as they don't play FHS)

You make a statement like that and you dare to call yourself a football fan. Coach Rector said it well in the Tennessean that he was shook up by the loss of his best player. He has respect for the effort and the heart and the dedication it took that young man to get to the point that he did in his highschool career . He feels for the young man, his parents , his teammates. How dare you show such disrespect! I hope that the players on Ravenwood's team know who you are. I hope that they share with you, the feeling they have toward anyone who would disrespect their teammate in such a way. Stay away from highschool sports and stay off CoachT

KingZ- You really need to get some therapy for all your anger and negativity! I'll be happy to answer your question about "after the senior class graduates." Both the sophmore class and the freshman class at FHS which are primarily Grassland Middle graduates, both went undefeated in their eigth grade year at Grassland Middle School. So combined, prior to coming to FHS they went 15-0 against all the middle schools in the county.By the way their toughest competitor both years was Freedom Middle. They have had plenty of good coaching prior to coming to FHS and continue to receive it at FHS and that is why the program is excited for the future.

Alex Williams stats for Ravenwood 16-23 for 202 and 2 TDs against BA look pretty impressive for a junior. Franklin's LBs and Corners are going to have to play a lot tighter and they need better help from the safety. Coach Webb will really have his hands full this Friday. Not enough being said about Grahm Nichols for Franklin though. He set the pace early in the Hillsboro game with two quick TD strikes and then led three major / mistake free drives in the 4thQ against McCALLIE, to come from behind. The thing about it is that he is spreading it arouind to a number of different players. Never enough to the tight end though !! When will Franklin ever use a hot pass to the tight end&*%^! Thats it ...that's my prediction, whoever throws the most completions to the tight end is going to win this ball game!!!!