wildcatfan

Primetime, first, I wouldn't jump to calling Commish's education sorry, because, frankly, I went to the same school as he did. I think you might have/are as well. Anyway, HOW BOUT 'DEM 'CATS? 1960, 66, 95, 97, 98, 2001, 03 Revenge might be the sweetest thing around...or as Rebel once said, "Revenge is a dish best served cold." GO BGA!

Is Arkansas in the Southeast? No...Then why are they in the SEC? Why is La Tech in the Western Athletic Conference? Association is not simply decided by geography or what region you are in...SBEC is closer to Memphis schools than they are to MS schools...Their membership has nothing to do with the "T$$AA" as you call it. If anything, TSSAA probably lost money on the Class A Clinic Bowl. You guys need to back off of the TSSAA...unless you can back up your claims, which I seriously doubt that you can. Some people justa ren't satified with anything these days...TSSAA does have control Panfan...and they are trying to moderate between all these whinig coaches and administrators to keep this state from making a rash decision it will just regret later...

30-7 now...can BA stop MBA at all tonight? Fisher is amazing tonight.

Boy has this game not lived up to its pregame hype! MBA is in the process of avenging a regular season loss...and it looks like this one is just about over...

..but not to me, and that, sir, was the premise of my statement. go get em RJ

Come on people...I let the Kroger manager have it two days ago for playing Christmas music in the store. For Pete's sake, let's all just slow down! Christmas will be here before we know it. Why can't we celebrate holidays in the order that they come? What happened to thanksgiving? It is NOT a sub-par holiday. They are both federal holidays, and Christmas should not be celebrated before thanksgiving. If it sounds like I am mad: I AM! Thanksgiving, NOVEMBER 27! CHRISTMAS DECEMBER 25...NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND! Will we eventually start getting out the lights in october? Heck, let's go ahead and put out the christmas lights and the yard santas in September...

When nobody likes your school except the people affiliated with it, it is easy to claim that title! When it comes to subjects in general, no private school is immune from being attacked constantly by whining fans and coaches...

3:22 4th BGA by 12... Great job to Catholic...Even bigger Kudos to BGA for winning a game that nobody except a few select alums (myself included as the few) that picked you guys to win!

They are closer to TN teams as far as play is concerned than they are to the MS schools...it really doesn't matter...

David, congrats on the new wheels...if you know of any openings in your neck of the woods, shoot me a line!

The reason it is the clinic bowl is the money raised goe sto vanderbilt rehabilitation clinic...i believe the motto is "strong legs run so weak legs can walk." Also, the games are on saturday because there are only three and so that they will not conflict with school work and the D-I playoffs...

A Byrne 49, SBEC 28 AA BGA 13-3 AAA MBA 27-17 Should be two excellent games in AA and AAA tonight!

I would like to disagree with you. Playing in the state championship when it is "old-hat" is much more of a positive than it is a negative... I think today's game should be one-heck of a game...I think BGA wins--simply because they have been to the state champ. game for three years stright...there are no jitters, no marveling at the locker rooms or the field...its just another game to them, yet it isn't just another game. BGA by 10...Score is not as close as the game will be played- BGA gets two big breaks on KC turnovers... Good luck to both teams...

That is really good news...Look forward to seeing him back on the Central sidelines next season!

Praying for the coach...Any updates?

The answer is no and yes. It will be televised online through SparkCast and will have the Clinic Bowl Network's audio track. There will also be a free live audio stream via TSSAA.org and CoachT.Com. This should be a really awesome game. To tell you the truth, the AA and AAA games may be the most hotly contested state titles in Tennessee. This game pits two schools with no love lost between them and it should be a dogfight. MBA 17, BA 16 I am so jealous of commish and reb for getting the chance to call this game.

Congrats to both BA and MBA. It ain't easy in the AAA classification in Division II. Should be an awesome game- MBA is mad and wants revenge and BA has something to prove after last year's Clinic Bowl. Those put together are a formula for a classic game. I was tearing down those posts in spirit, titans... still root for vandy when they aren't playing the Vols!

The A.F. Bridges Award is a very serious one...I believe Gary Smith at BGA also recieved the AF BRidges award as well according to sources back home...It is a serious award and I am sure thatthe coach in question in your thread has done everything possible to rectify the problem...

Pujo and Beethoven...I am so glad that y'all have all of the inside information. It certainly makes us all feel good knowing that y'all have all of the answers... Guys, you can talk about coaches pay, or whatever you like, but the fact is: PAYING A COACH MORE IS NOT WRONG, ILLEGAL, OR EVEN AN ADVANTAGE ON THE FIELD...

Dandy sums up what I was trying to say perfectly. The libs of today are a scary breed who would bend over backwards for anyone who would bring down our great land...

I'd take Hume-Fogg over a couple of those schools. Then you'd be crazy Stan...

My bad... Add BA (cringe) in there with them

Taxes from the helicopter crash? A bit off subject Beethoven, you are just like all other liberals: You are ready to defend your opinions and stances on good solid heart strings and wishy-washiness...Anyone can see that the war is going well, and we are really cleaning house...ALSO- this country has tried to stay clear of foriegn actions in the past and we always wind up in the same place when we do that: Between a rock and a hard place...an example of that- December 7th, 1941... And on the issue of a flat tax: AMEN! Why should I be punished more because I am more successful? Why should someone who isn't as successful be freed from the responsibility of pulling his share for society? Bracketed tax systems really discourage hard work in my opinion. Liberals are all the same: They have no regard for the America that our forefathers fought for and died for- instead they envision a socialist America much like Marx fought for.

For all those that have fought and for all of those who have given the supreme sacrifice- This country will never forget what you have done!

wildcatfan...I have to disagree with you at least to an extent. Private schools do offer excellent environments (at least most of them do), but that doesn`t mean you get what you pay for. Just because mommy and daddy can afford (or borrow) to send little Johnny to private school does not mean he is getting better educated. I went to a private high school and can attest to this fact. If you are into sayings...ie "you get what you pay for", then try this one...."You can lead a horse to water". It may make parent`s feel like they have accomplished something, but in reality they probably could have sent their kids to a public school and they would have been just as well off. It`s true that private schools might eliminate a lot of the public school distractions, but that`s really about it. Private schools can`t educate any better than public schools. In the end it is up to the student. In my company I hire laborers, but if I had to hire management level people, I`d look for people who succeeded at public schools. They had more obstacles to overcome than those at private schools. Saying things like...."Private schools offer a better education" is IMO part of the problem. Because there are a lot of people out there that would love to have the resources to send their kids to a private school. Mind you I didn`t say "send them to a private school", but to have the resources. Here lies a lot of the problems. Money is how many people like to judge one another. It`s very sad but it is true. Who wouldn`t like to be very wealthy and be able to fly somewhere on a whim? That`s a very sad note in itself, because money cannot buy happiness. Yet our society seems to say that money makes you successful. There never was a problem until some privates started doing well. Now jealousy has reared it`s ugly head. Even though history has shown that programs usually run in cycles, public schools don`t like looking at the nice private campus across town and deal with getting beat by them at the same time. Well I`m here to say the King is wearing no clothes. Private school kids are no different than public school kids. PERIOD! They may have more percieved opportunities than public school kids but they are no different. I spent the day at Greenfield high school today and watched as kids went back and forth and was reminded of my high school days at a private school. Other than being in Greenfield you wouldn`t be able to tell the difference from then and today. It was just another small school where the kids enjoyed friendships and everyone knew everybody. Somewhere along the line though we have sent the message that kids that go to 1A private are better than those that go to 1A public and this is just not true!!! This is one reason I vigorously oppose a split. What message are we sending these kids by proposing a split? Well it`s definitely two different messages. To the private school kids you are ingraining in them that they must be more special than the public school kids. To the public school kids we are telling them that the private school kids are a little better than you. Well today at Greenfield I saw myself walking across that campus. A split forever locks us into a society that grades private school kids on a higher plane than public school kids. One final note...when my daughter`s public middle school soccer team played in the city championship against my old school (USJ) I found it hard to repress thought`s that those USJ girls just had it easy and things were just handed to them and I wanted us to win even more. I know better. But yet somehow it`s easy to think that these girl`s, because they go to a private school, have advantages. But then I look around and I know a lot of these USJ girls. I know their parents. I also know that just because their parents chose to send them to a private school, that it doesn`t make them better soccer players than the girls on my daughters team. When I held chains at USJ`s games and heard kids from Lake County`s team saying those guys think they are better than everybody else. I thought how sad. Here was a school that was a few years removed from being a state runner up(they knocked out USJ in the playoffs that year after USJ was a state runner up the year before) and they enter this game thinking that the USJ kids somehow thought they were better than them. That`s sad that society has done this. That`s why a split is wrong. It further perpetuates this myth. Private education is no better than public school. Private kids are no better athletes. That Lake County team was loaded with them. We don`t need to validate preconcieved notions by splitting public and private. I have to disagree with you. For one, the overall quality of an education is better if you have reserched the schools properly. If you are attending a private school and getting the same education you could down the road, you are wating your money. At schools like BGA, MBA, FRA, CPA etc. the education is leaps and bounds better than the government alternative. If you are going to tell me that McGavock is on the same level academically as BGA, then you are off of your rocker. The private schools that are worthy of the money are better. Now, is tougher school an athletic advantage? The answer is mixed in my opinion. Harder classes means that you wil have a smarter group as a whole, and therefore they may think through problems on the field a little bit better. It also works against them too, since the kids are always worrying about assignments that are coming up (bug papers, huge tests) and having to take time away from sports to make sure that their studies are in order. You make a good point, and some schools do not offer anything more than the opportunity to burn $10,000 easily each year.