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8 minutes ago, Fandom101 said:

I would say Region 4 stands a chance against most in Region 3. Nobody is any good in that Region either.

Agreed. I thought OR would be the team to beat a few weeks ago, but they are in complete disarray right now. Gonna be a total crap shoot!

I think AC will run away with this. Might even see a running clock.

Gibbs surprised a decent Halls team in OT early in the year, but they don't have any other quality wins. They have the easiest schedule (51st out of 51 teams) in 4A through 8 games; outside of Halls, who has 6 wins, the number of combined wins their opponents have had so far is 13.

58 minutes ago, SpottedGoat said:

So what will Alcoa's new region look like?

I assume it'll look something like this:

Alcoa

Anderson County

Carter

Fulton

Gibbs

Heritage

Seymour (could flip with Union County)

South Doyle

Curious to get Mav's thoughts on Alcoa's decision to play up in 4A in 2025...

Not looking forward to this game, especially after last year. Lot of shenanigans last time around.

Powell wins 34-8.

Lol, Powell puts the JV/freshmen team on the field for the kickoff, and Central takes it almost 90 yards for a TD to end the shutout.

Powell leads 34-0 with about 2 min left.

4 minutes ago, Knoxvegas865 said:

Nice to see Powell play a very clean game. Not many self defeating penalties. Will need to do that against west 

Agreed. One of their cleanest of the season.

Running clock, Powell leads 31-0 at the end of the 3rd qtr.

Another three and out, and Powell returns the punt for a TD. Tremendous return on the kick.

Panthers lead 31-0 midway through the 3rd qtr.

TD Panthers. Powell extends their lead to 24-0 early in the 3rd qtr.

Quick three and out for Central to open the 2nd half. Powell ball at their own 43.

4 minutes ago, tnfootball88 said:

Score?

21-7 at the half.

Powell in control, up 17-0 at the half.

Powell TD called back for holding on 3rd and goal, and Wheeler can't make the diving TD catch after the penalty.

Panthers add a FG, and extend their lead to 17-0 with 30 seconds left in the half.

Central turns it over on downs. Powell football at their own 43.

Welp, I'd say Heritage bounced back this week. It's 35-0, and they're still in the 1st qtr.

Another nice TD drive for the Panthers.

Powell leads 14-0 with 10:30 left in the half.

5 minutes ago, Knoxvegas865 said:

What’s up with central bench being on the far side. Never seen that for a home team 

I think that's normal for them. Bearden does the same thing, if I'm not mistaken.

Both teams trade punts.

Powell ball at their own 31 late in the 1st qtr.

Powell opens with a TD drive, and Central throws an INT on their opening drive.

Panthers lead 7-0 midway through the 1st qtr.

16 hours ago, blazer1set said:

Sevier Co (R1) is 7-0 and has won by a combined margin of 304-63, or  43-9 per game.

They would have to be considered a major player in the east, right?

Or.......  have they had a semi-cupcake schedule?

I think both are probably true. Their schedule isn't great; they haven't played anyone with a halfway decent defense, but they've handled everyone that they've played. East Hamilton is probably the best game on their schedule, so that could tell us something even though Region 4 is a total crap shoot.

Round 2 in the playoffs will be the real test, since they'll likely be hosting Powell or West. The team headed to Chattanooga is going to be one of those three.

54 minutes ago, MidTennFootball said:

Exactly. People get so wrapped up in  what they think is wrong with the TSSAA than they don't step back and see that actually, they do a pretty decent job

They wouldn't need to make more classes for money if people showed during the playoffs. When was the last time 1A-6A had a title game attendance near 10K? There's a reason why MTSU quit bidding on the BCB

As much as I enjoy the live streams, it has to be hurting attendance, right? Or are people just less interested overall? Suburban attendance is definitely down, but you can chalk some of that up to the fact that a prep football game is just one of 100 different Friday night activities competing for folks attention in most urban/suburban areas.

Marching band enrollment is also way down over the past 10-15 years (with a few exceptions), and that has put a [small] dent in the gate as well.