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There is seeding in the pods.

District champions get the top seeds. You break a tie first by looking head 2 head, then overall record and so on.

The bottom seed first goes to a wild card team and so on.

Teams from same district can't meet in first round unless there are five teams from the same district.

And Quad 1 has quite a few good teams and district champs too

1. Sevier Co.

2. Ooltewah

3. Maryville

4. Potentially Oak Ridge

other teams include Farragut and Bearden

Quad 1 looks fine..

but I'd think quad 2 would be

Cookeville

Coffee Co.

Franklin Co.

Blackman

Riverdale

Oakland

Mt. Juliet

Lebanon

That would put the east quad 1 and 2 together (this group has met in the semis in years past)

Quad 3 would be

Rossview

Dickson Co.

Brentwood

Franklin

Independence

Hunters Lane

McGavock

Overton

Then throw in your memphis teams

Doesn't make sense to send Cookeville to Nashville and Williamson County when they are likely closer to Murfreesboro/Franklin Co./Coffee.

And there will be some 6-4 or 5-5 teams not make the playoffs.

Volfan...

the comment was about 6A east tenn. football. You throw in Fulton, Catholic, Alcoa and Maryville -- all fine programs. All have won at the 4A level down.

But it's hard to relate those teams from the East Tenn. teams competing in 6A. In other words, stick to the topic of 6A football and don't throw in quality programs that aren't part of the conversation of top teams in 6A football. There are forums for the other classes.

Good thing is now Maryville is up with the 6A folks so from here on out they can be included in the conversations. Others, not yet.

I'd love to see Gary come to the Boro for a game.

But none of those titles came against the Williamson or Rutherford 6A teams -- previously 5A teams.

Actually, it's not a guarantee that Riverdale would be going East. The new classification system has them draw the bracket after the teams are selected. If there are more East Tenn. qualifiers than West some from the trad. east side would go West -- such as Rutherford County.

but they likely would be going east.

La Vergne plays at Cane Ridge on the Thursday of Week 1 (Aug. 27).

It's not on TV.

But it's Cane Ridge's first varsity home football game. Last year the school just played a junior varsity schedule.

This is a chance to get a lot of people from Nashville to the game.

http://www.dnj.com/article/20090816/SPO ... 60338/1089

http://www.dnj.com/article/20090816/SPO ... 60335/1089

Admission is $5.00 per person! Iknow it's crazy!

Per TSSAA Bylaws:

Preseason Scrimmages – A school cannot practice with or scrimmage another school until both schools have practiced a minimum of three days. A school may have a maximum of 4 preseason scrimmages or 2 preseason scrimmage dates or 1 preseason scrimmage date and 2 preseason scrimmages. No tournament format of any type may be used. Preseason scrimmages should look more like practice than games.

With that said, do they charge to watch practice? If not, can you charge at a scrimmage?

Why is a club coach interviewing a perspective high school coach? Is the school hiring the coach or a club coach to run the high school program?

Well he did give Riverdale credit if you would have pasted the second part of his quote...

"However, Riverdale was the better team over the past two days and took advantage of the opportunities that we gave them."

Don't think they charge for parking at the city parks like soccer... They do have a seven session pass for 50 bucks -- saves you six bucks.

Blind draw. Only rule is two teams in same region can only meet in the finals.

Same system as basketball, baseball, softball, girls soccer, etc...

Neither team should get a trophy or runner-up. No championship game was played. Riverdale doesn't have another win. Siegel doesn't have another loss. The championship game never took place.

Now, if they both win Tuesday, why not give the district and region championship to the winner of Thursday's game?

Not sure if I'm a college coach if I would care for the music that is played with the highlight video.

Didn't something like this happen a couple of years ago... with maybe a team out of East Tennessee? Was thinking it was Notre Dame or someone like that... what was the punishment then?

Didn't I read where the schools were only suspending those involved for 3 games? If they would have stepped forward and said all involved are off the team for good, the TSSAA may have been a little easier on them... but that's my opinion.

Here is the question... if he moved to Murfreesboro (which would make him eligible to play at his Murfreesboro-zoned school immediately), would he be eligible for MTCS -- a private school.

Not sure where he lives now (or I should say last season)... I'm assuming he lives in Smyrna.

I think I've always been told the distance of the move has to be around 20-30 miles... but that was always a kid moving out of a private school. I think that's why Courtney Coffey was eligible when he moved to a Williamson Co. school and didn't have to sit out at the halfway point of his senior year -- it was 20+ miles from JPII.

Nothing would stop a public school from joining Division II. In fact, I'm kind of surprised there have been no small rural schools go since they've started the DII-A class.

All Division II means is those schools can offer financial aid in need-based occasions. That doesn't mean that school would have to offer. You'd be surprised of some of the schools that are in DII that offer very, very limited financial aid. Sure the big boys (and girls) do, but some of the smaller ones don't offer much at all.

I think you are a little wrong on your verbage. Were schools really not allowed to attend the meeting? Any meeting the TSSAA has -- unless it involves litigation or kids appealing ineligibility -- is open to the public. There has been plenty of press about this upcoming meeting.

Now, I think you are correct with schools not being able to express input. By the time this meeting hits, all Board of Control members are supposed to have had time to meet with their constituents.

But, the TSSAA did hold meetings discussing the football proposals in West, Middle and East Tennessee where people can voice their concerns.

Each geographic region of the state also has a representative on its Board of Control. If you didn't like the proposals, you should have told them... or elect someone else next time it comes around.

I've been reading updates online all day from news websites. So evidently they got into the meeting. I don't think they would let them in and not the member schools.

How would the TSSAA lose money by teams playing a conference only schedule? They get no money from the regular season.

Now, if you are saying just do a conference and have no postseason and no Spring Fling that's fine too. I remember seeing that Spring Fling doesn't bring as much money in to the TSSAA as you may think.

Now, the host high schools, MTSU and Murfreesboro would lose out.

my 2 cents: no coach votes (if they do they shouldn't vote for their kids because that is when it starts to get political).

Maybe have two people in the pressbox -- PA and scorer or something compile each site's worth all-tournament teams.

girls tournament had same schedule last year.

baseball is played at 11 a.m., 2 and 5 on championship day.

believe tennis is during the day.

just way it is. don't think those playing in the championship game are complaining...

i don't believe they have done an all-tournament fan in several years.

I believe the TSSAA gets all gate receipts.

Schools get parking and concessions.

don't think it is true.