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Under high school playing rules, since when can Team B return a kick that has gone into the end zone? B never possessed the ball so it's still a kick when it crosses the goal line. The punt is over when it enters the end zone. Touchback.

Ryan started playing their home games at Greer last year. I think they have a two-year contract. Since the Sounds have made the playoffs both years, Ryan has been forced to move some early-season home games. I recall they have played at Overton and Hillsboro, as well as moving some games to their opponent's home field. I recall that, about 1980, when Ryan was regularly playing at Vanderbilt's Dudley Field, they also played a year or two at Greer Stadium after Vandy made an absurd demand for a high rental fee. Ryan has a webcast and on-demand video on the web - you should be able to find the web address somewhere on this board. From the webcast, it looks like they have created an excellent atmosphere in the large baseball facility. /thumb[1].gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":thumb:" border="0" alt="thumb[1].gif" /> The football field runs from third base to right field.

Steve Stoots of Brownsville. Alton Coleman of Milan.

Couldn't hear it real well on my computer, either, but it did seem a little quick. And we don't know how far the microphone is from the field, either. Sound carries slower than light.

I think what we have here is an "inadvertent whistle." An official's whistle was blown before the defender caught the ball. While the whistle shouldn't have been blown, an official's whistle always kills the ball (usually, the ball is already dead when the whistle is blown). There are a number of rules as to putting the ball into play following such an instance. Here, since the ball was loose during a forward pass, a do-over. Same rule on both Friday and Saturday.

For purposes of calculating the tiebreakers used for playoff qualification and seeding, yes, 9.5-0.5. Otherwise, it would be 9-0-1, just like in the ancient days before OT was used.

Tennessean.com reports that TSSAA has advised Hillsboro and Franklin that the tie will not count. The game will be "no contest" unless it is finished.

Can't end in a tie. Remember the team from Memphis that got on the bus after a tie with BGA in regulation - wound up a forfiet. If the game isn't finished, TSSAA will rule "no contest" and it won't count for anything. That would be true even if the game weren't tied when interrupted. Remember Crockett County-Milan from a couple of years back.

Everybody's All American.

Before we rant against the new rule further, I am curious about the results in states that have the same rule (and many do). I would like to know, for those games when the rule is invoked, how many offensive plays compared to games where it's not invoked. That's the measure of the true impact of the rule, at least IMHO.

"It is a mistake, but the Titans allow TSU to use the field when TSU already has a stadium on campus." The Titans do not "allow" TSU to use LP Field. They are required to do so under the terms of their lease with the City of Nashville. In fact, a large chunk of state money was appropriated for the stadium, in lieu of spending it to renovate Hale Stadium on the TSU campus. TSU is just as entitled to use LP Field as is Bud Adams' team.

This was a playoff game! The accident happened during the first play from scrimmage in the game, not after halftime. The game was delayed about an hour while the broken fence was removed and the injured people (one or two, the most serious a broken leg) attended to. No players were involved, as play was on the other end of the field from the out of control car. I think the incident was in the mid 1990's.

Over the air channel 30, Viacom cable channel 14 in Nashville.

Brownsville in 1969, coached by John Hooper. RB Steve Stoots, QB Rocky Felker, and a huge line. Offensively, they would run over anybody. The DL whipped everybody.

Is there still a conventional kicker out there? I thought everyone had gone to soccer style years ago.

I'm not saying that only 7 were founded in the 1970's. The seven on my list were some that came to mind, that had web sites, and that showed the date opened on the website. Yes, there are some that have been around much longer. Academic schools like MBA, McCallie, and Baylor. Religious schools like Lipscomb, Christian Brothers, and Ryan. But virtually all of the schools not falling in those two categories date to the early 1970's and would be classified by many as "white flight" schools. And at some time since then, many began to become football factories. And although I have no facts, I seriously doubt that many of the privates' enrollments relflect the racial composition of their communities.

While most Tennessee school districts had allowed black kids to choose to attend previously all-white schools (and vice-versa) for several years, most districts came under court orders in 1969 or 1970 directing them to accomplish meaningful integration and do away with all-black schools. Now look at these dates when the privates began (taken from the schools' websites): Ezell Harding 1973 Nashville Christian 1971 FACS 1972 Brentwood Academy 1970 SBEC 1973 Old Hickory Academy (high school predecessor to USJ) 1970 Donelson Christian 1971 Rosemark Academy (high school added) 1970 And you don't think that integration played a part in the formation of the privates?

Real reason for starting most of the privates: Because of resistance to integration.

From West Tennessee: Humboldt Stigall Hornets Milan Polk-Clark Buffaloes Alamo (nickname unknown) (merged with others to form Crockett County) Jackson High Golden Bears (merged with Merry to form JCM) Jackson Merry (nickname unknown) (merged with Jackson to form JCM) Jackson Old Hickory Academy Generals? (merged with Episcopal Day School to form USJ) Brownsville Tennessee Academy (nickname unknown) Sharon (nickname unknown) (merged with Martin in 1970's to form Westview. Later reopened as a football-playing high school in 1990's. Don't know if they are now closed or if they just dropped football.) Denmark West (nickname unknown)

Didn't the exact thing happen a few years back with Brentwood Academy. They were playing one of the Memphis schools, game called prior to completion due to lightning. Memphis school refused to return to complete game. Brentwood then scheduled a game with Pope John Paul II, which was in its first year. Only difference was that Brentwood did have an open date so they played on Friday. Flatt played second teamers who still beat JP. The TSSAA needs to get a better rule on completing games called due to weather. At present, unless the coaches agree, a game called with one minute left could wind up a no-contest. If so, teams could wind up, in effect, playing 11 games.

Steve Stoots - Brownsville - late 1960"s - He ran over everybody.

I can't believe no one mentioned "Everybody's All-American." Supposedly based on the life of LSU all-American Billy Cannon, it's a tremendous history of our society through the 60's and 70's, as well as a good football movie.

John Hooper at Brownsville in the late 1960's had some great teams that kicked everyone's butt in West Tennessee. They simply did everything right, were hard-nosed, and ran over people. Jim Poteete and Jack Cain of Humboldt should be somewhere on the Top 25, too.

I'm neither defending or criticizing TSSAA for taking the share they do. But, if I recall correctly something I heard in the past, every football-playing school gets a huge benefit from the 50% retained by TSSAA - Catastrophic insurance to cover health care for seriously-injured athletes like who suffer paralysis, brain injuries, etc. Yes, the TSSAA takes a lot, but this insurance would take plenty out of each school's budget, too, if they had to pay for it themselves.