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Congrats to Signal's Eagles! Y'all should have no trouble in Cookeville. Our Bucs just kind of imploded (reminds me of the Tyner quarter final game in "05.) You can't beat anybody with that many turnovers, much less a really good team.

Nope, 06 grad. But that #7 has been at all of the playoff games this year.

I love my Bucs but they are gonna need a near-perfect game to pull this one out even though they are much improved as the year has progressed. A 2-day rain might help. Yep, TC, BB and FC are down a bit from past years but SM is on a tear these days. They oughta be, and it's theirs to lose. The enrollment, maturity and competition have developed into a "perfect storm" for SM to succeed. Win or lose, the Bucs will play hard and with class. Reaction, Buc55 and crew: Lord willin' I'll be there and I think "twinkle toes #7" might be with me as he is home from school. I heard the same Price-to-McCallie rumor. I don't think that with his history that McCallie would offer, IMO. Troll, one more Gay Parrot joke and we will stuff you back under the bridge where you belong. ; ) To quote Dwight Yoakem in Slingblade: If y'all don't shut up I think I'm gonna go outa my mind...

Congrats Bucs!!!!!! Great win against a quality team. Anyone have highlights or details?

Somebody bump Railbird, his record is stuck... on a stupid statement, at that.

Whew! Congrats to the Jackets for a well-executed game plan and a fantastic game. I agree- BB had nobody the callibur of Seay. I am amazed that we stopped him as many times as we did. No way BB could match the size and depth of TC, it was only on heart and a few Trousdale mistakes that we stayed in it. BB's d-backs were the backbone. The call on the late hit was sketchy. Replay shows Boyd player getting knocked into the ball carrier and falling on him out of bounds on a critical play. The best teams overcome close calls like that and today that team was TC. THe goal line stand was epic. 'nuff said. Creasy is a brilliant coach. He only threw when an interception would equal a punt and field position. He knew that as the 2nd half progressed BB was keying on #5 and his stats in the 2nd half bear that out. Beasley was in bad shape from the git-go and the shoulder finally took him out of the game (our #2 back was on crutches), Matthew Crowe (db) turned an ankle during TC's last scoring drive and was on the bench, other than that we got through relatively healthy, (good news for the B-ball coach.) Again, great teams overcome those things and prevail as the Jackets did today. By the way- TC's coach was quoted in the on-line paper as saying that the two BEST TEAMS in the state played today. Sorry McKenzie! The Bucs statistically got run over, around and through but that shows you the difference between 1a enrollment and 2a enrollment at the top level. TC is the top level and the mark to shoot for. Missed getting to meet the famed ones: slim, sno and company. Got to the party a little late. We are still proud of the Bucs!

Post-Game: Mama Rosa's just south of the square. Awesome pizza as big as a manhole cover and good spaghetti too. Pre-game: doughnut place near campus, can't remember the name, but it's good! Cheddar's down by the freeway is good as well. It helps having an offspring in school there.

Railbird, I agree. Until Saturday. Quote: I want to wish Coach Sawyer Robbins from Boyd good luck on Saturday. Man, what a great kid and great family! Thanks, seven. Insanity, If I see you in that get-up your pic is goin' directly to the peopleofwalmart.com website. Good gravy, I hope this thing don't go into overtime. The Bucs have had rotten luck in OT state games! TC fans: Above all, have a safe trip down and back and an injury-free game. Y'all bring a lot of fun (and aggravation) to CoachT! Looking forward to meeting some folks that care about and support their team. GO BUCS!

Blah Blah Blah? Now that's original. Answer the question.

Kicker's long this season is 47. His consistency has vastly improved late in the season. So what are all y'all TC posters gonna do when BBS has a lead at the end of the 4th? Excuses? Whining? To hear y'all tell it the Bucs are just a bump in the road and don't even deserve to be in the same stadium. Lemme tell ya this: them bumps have been known to break the axles clean off. To all who doubt the Buccaneers: ask Keon Wiliams or Terrell Robinson if the Bucs will lay a hit on you or if they wilt in the 4th. I know what the Bucs are gonna do down on the field: They are gonna knock you down then help you up, pat you on the helmet then knock you down again. Boyd is gonna bring the heat, so don't worry about gettin' cold at this game! If we lose, we lose, but TC will know that they've been in a battle and that this is a real football team! Boyd-Buchanan by 7 Lord willing and the snow don't close 111, I'll see y'all at the tailgate.

Current Saturday forecast for Cookville: partly cloudy, low 26, high 41. Any breeze at all will make it feel colder than a witches well digger.

Congrats to the young Mr. Robinson on being voted 1A Back Mr. Football! From all reports he is a quality young man, and not a bad football player!

The Cascade game mentioned earlier: EVERY time Boyd got in the red zone Cascades' band would start the "train" cadence very loudly during the QB's snap count. Boyd's coach went postal and screamed at the refs "they can't do that during the snap count" (It cost Boyd a false start the first time then the o line adjusted from there on out.) The ref shook his head "no" and acted like all was normal. The way I was raised that is dirty pool and poor sportsmanship. Have things changed since those days?

Quote: Does Boyd have trouble getting teams to play them? It seems every year TC has to travel further or go out of state like they did this year to fill the schedule. Yeah, we did until we got into a 2 or 3 year funk where we'd have a good line and no speed. Or a good qb and no receivers, or great talent with not as much heart. After those years we were real popular! I think that we might be back on that cycle where nobody will play us again and we'll have to do like '05 where we played East Ridge (4A) Fulton (3A), Red Bank(4A), Cookeville(5A) and Baylor (3A DII ) Man, that was a tough year. Us Boyd fans are proud of all the boys who strap it up, play hard and show good sportsmanship but we've been waiting for this team to come together for 4 years! What do you mean TC will practice on turf? Shoot, ya'll play on it at least once every year...

Common misconception. BBS only gets kids whose parents can fork over $8000+ for tuition (we did it by driving really old cars for 16 years.) and agree to abide by the school rules and can get their kids there every day, not "whoever they want." This ain't no big-bucks school with deep pockets like Baylor or BGA or Ensworth. I'll bet that y'all have kids coming to your school who live farther from it than BBS does, on average. I was a little disappointed by throwing with a big lead, but it is the playoffs and I reckon they have to keep the 2nd string ready. It didn't affect the outcome of the game though, no scoring in the 2nd half and I'm pretty sure that every kid got on the field for both sides.

Has it been rainin' up there in H-ville? Boyd Buc had to practice in the gym yesterday 'cause the field was just about under water and it's gonna rain all day tomorrow. Does anybody know if UTC or McCallie will let Boyd practice on the turf? The previous AD let BBS practice there in '03-'04 but I being a faith-based DI private (not a big $ school) it might be a little tough to get that kind of pull.

Yep, I think sometimes folks don't get that this is just us fans jabbering. Most of us don't get to see film so this is board is our only source of info (other than stats.) I'm glad there's at least one team that's seen us both (SP) so I'm paying more attention to their posts than normal. Both coaches do their homework and both teams will be as ready as it gets. If you can't get ready for a State Championship game, you deserve gettin' it handed to you! TC is ALWAYS on everybodies radar 'cause of their reputation. Boyd has up and down years. Everything y'all say about TC can be said of BBS other than that. Run first, tough D and brings it for 4 quarters, etc... It'll be a slobber-knocker.

Are you kiddin' me Sno? I got some designer Carharts! My house was so far out that when we went huntin' we had to hunt towards town.

you took two words out of a well stated point and try to rip my post with 1990's o.j. simpson lawyer joke? then you say i'm slinging poo and you make a urine comment. let's keep it outta the gutter buddy jeez man, try to keep it fresh. let's have some fun this week. loosen up that ascot, and stretch that sweater vest's neck a little bit. have mr. belvedere go down to the cellar and knock the cobwebs off that old bottle of scotch you paid to much money for and let's enjoy the moment. "Well stated" would have facts in it. Apparently it's only fun if you are the one doing the insulting. What am I supposed to do? Make jokes about country boys? I grew up in Cumberland Co. so that's out. Tell you what: We'll multiply y'alls enrollment by 1.8 based on unfounded research and let y'alls sports teams suffer through getting stomped for a couple of years and see how well you take getting accused. Truce?

TC has always traveled well to Murfreesboro and Tech is a little closer. Playing on Saturday instead of Friday should also increase our crowd. TC and Tech share the same school colors. It will look like a TN Tech home game with all the purple and gold in the stands. I'm hoping that the smaller stadium will fill up better than MTSU. I was thinkin' that if Tech had a better year you might want to sneak a couple of their boys out to your side, but as it is you might be better off without 'em (just kiddin', Watson.) Y'all have home side or does BBS?

Did you sit there and watch them write those things on a board? I don't work for T$$AA, so you don't need to explain to me what they were doing. Yes, as a matter of fact he did! Coaches got tired of hiding helmets to keep them off the field so they gave them the responsibility of charting offense/defense. Some parents aren't comfortable sending their kids to a 2000+student school that was only designed for 1200 in a metro system that is getting worse every year (65% graduation rate) and has an administration that worships at the alter of political correctness. (Sorry, that belongs on the public/private board, I know...)

At least we're getting some local support. Thanks Mike. I don't mind the trash talking, but I'd like to see more posts with substance. I'd like to know more about why McKenzie was able to hold TC to just 1 TD? Amen! How about some actual football info instead of poop-slingin': Boyd runs a spread or an ''I" and has been known to go power on occasion. If the qb is on there's a good passing game. Pretty good punters, solid short-range kicker. The defense is just different, which apparently nobody understood what I was trying to say earlier (my wife says that happens all the time.) It isn't overpowering, it isn't special, it isn't fancy, no superstars, it's just different. Got a little size, got some speed in the secondary, got a couple of undersized linebackers. All they do is stop what you are trying to do most of the time. Doesn't matter if you are Rockwood (sorry, Tigers) or South Pitt or Red Bank. TC might be the toughest O-line we will see all year and that will make for a great game. I know that y'all are well coached. How does TC travel? Good turnout?

Now that there's funny, I don't care who you are!

that's because recruiting takes a few years to make it's full impact. that, "these guy's have been here since elementry school" is a half truth. while i'm sure most have been there a long time, it doesn't change the fact that some have "joined" the school and team throughout the years with a little nudge or coaxing finacially or otherwise. this doesn't take anything away from the kids or their accomplishments, but it does skew a level playing field. and to deny this just proves it's true. this isn't an excuse (you have to beat us for it to be an excuse) it's just, it is what it is. besides we love watching yall waste that money. "a half truth is the most cowardly of lies" -mark twain- Coaxing financially? What a joke! This ain't BGA or Baylor, y'all. BBS tuition is less than half of theirs and the school runs in the red most years. You're the only one skewing here (I thought I smelled something...) Denying it proves it's true? What kind of crackhead logic is that? Who are you? OJ's attorney? I think Snoball must be eatin' some yellow snow, it's done gone to his brain!

Didn't say that y'alls defense wasn't better or worse, I just said y'all haven't seen one quite like this. TC didn't get where they are without a great team, we all know that. IMHO, Boyd is ready to bring some respect for the mountains of East Tennessee.