titanman

Great win for CPA. How many seniors do you have that play a lot?

Just because your guys had hits that drove in runs does not preclude them from being unearned runs. You are a little too sensitive. Your team is good or they would not have gotten this far. Noone said they were not good. That includes mkd24.

Kenwood had a female kicker several years back who was good. If my memory serves me correctly she won a second or third round game with a last second field goal around 40 yards. No idea what her season scoring stats were like. I think she was a big kid. Six footish and 160 to 170 and not fat. Just saw that Elizabethton beat Austin East tonight 14-13. Is it too much of a stretch to think that she hit both her extra points and the A-E kicker missed one that cost the game?

I simply meant the game was not a "classic" since it was one-sided. All the other games had been fairly competitive and entertaining. Don't worry it still goes down as Giles County's first win against the Mustangs

Looking forward to another trip down to Giles County. We miss playing you guys every year. There were some classic meetings for four years. I don't count last year since we got boat-raced and were not in the game. Your stadium is awesome and the best restaurant (Hickory House) of any road trip we make. On paper, this looks like a good game. Giles has a better record; but, Lipscomb has played a considerably more difficult schedule. Hopefully, we can shake off the malaise that surrounded us for four quarters last week and make it a good game. Can't wait to be in Pulaski on Friday night.

I only recall one embarrassment at home in the playoffs. Alcoa beat us 35-14 in the semi-finals a few years ago and then won in the finals.

All thing considered the CPA field could be a lot worse. I think this is their third varsity game on that field in rain. Who knows about JV or younger games. Did you not see the Maplewood game on TV? At Lipscomb, we have had lucky timing on having to play rain games. Only one game with somewhat wet conditions. CPA people, who is recruiting the Fisher kid. Very impressive at safety and will hit you. He takes great angles to the ball and always seems to be in position. If his speed is 4.4 or 4.5 he could be recruited by the big guys. It was hard to tell his actual speed under those conditions.

There's some good news and some bad news for Page in this one. The good news is it's your best chance to date to beat DL. Lipscomb loses the record setting place kicker, punter, and eighteen starters. The bad news is that the young kids got a lot of valuable minutes last year when the leads were big. My prediction in this one is Lipscomb 33-13. One other bit of bad news, I guess, Lipscomb finally has some size.

Will this game be at the high school; or, has it been moved to Allen Arena?

MC, whining doesn't become you. Your guys hit some awesome threes. Be glad they had you where you were. Your big guy fouling out definitely hurt you. But, he probably had at least three other fouls they did not call. He needs to learn to play defense with his feet and not his hands. He also needs to learn how to protect the ball on the dribble without pushing off with his other arm. These officials let him do it every time, some will not. Great talent though and will only get better over the next two years. Lack of bench strength was a killer for MC in the fourth. The officials probably did miss a few calls. This just in, several went against Lipscomb as well. The whole thing in the fourth quarter was done at a frantic pace. Your guys didn't handle that too well. Keep in mind that it is just as frantic a pace for the officials and they are not nearly as young as the players. That is one of the first times I have ever seen officials look visibly tired. How did 23 not make the all-tournament team? He singly kept you guys going. My hat is off to him. Enough said. Good luck on Monday.

As a Lipscomb fan, I know nothing of Catholic. However, I've seen Mitchell three times over the years and twice in the last 16 games. They are very big. Offensive line averages 306 lbs a man. A different kid on the d-line, the nose guard is 372 or so. They are good running the ball straight ahead. Couldn't go wide at all. They quit trying after the first four or five times went poorly. Slant pattern to number 7 is good play. They only threw over the middle one time and our guy dropped what would have been a returned interception. All passes are short and to the side. Athleticism makes them yards after the catch. Kicking game has improved; but, still not what I would call great. Their approach to playing has improved greatly. They did have two late hits five yards out of bounds; but, overall played much better as far as mistakes go. Penalties and stupid things were really cut down from prior meetings. Overall they played solid football. Note to Mitchell coaching staff: when receiving a punt you are allowed to play with eleven players. I didn't count on the first punt when our longsnapper airmailed the ball. However, on the other three punt plays you lined up with nine, ten and ten players. Now that you've done that on film, it would probably be best to rectify that situation.

They were attempting extra points this week too. They missed one and it kind of got them out of sync. Congratulations to Mitchell. You played a very good game without the charastic penalties and other mistakes. O line averaged over 300 lbs and wore us down over the game. Another D lineman weighed over 370. That is hard for us to deal with. I was expecting a little more from your passing game after all we heard from the Dyersburg game. Lipscomb dropped two interceptions right in our guys hands. It might have changed things, who knows. We also contributed a gimme touchdown on the bad snap about 10 feet over the punters head. The answer to the helmet tossing question is: they throw helmets in jubilation as well as frustration. At least noone was hit this time. Good luck to Mitchell!! Go beat Catholic.

highschoolking What size offensive line does Mitchell have, on average. Last year they were enormous. We sort of looked like little boys with men; but, then everyone is bigger than we are. Where is Ken Torry now?

Wrong Titans... Oh well!! I won't antagonize you again. You promised you'd go away. Are you a person of your word?

I won't contribute a ticket; but, there is a muzzle at the house I'll give you. Your team lost. They had a great year and a very bright future. You have one very special player who we'll miss watching next year. Don't whine about other people's good fortune. Help get your team ready for a special 09 season.

vandy1, can I assume from your comments that easttnfootballexpert is a Catholic guy. He wouldn't bother to reply when I asked.

bulldog69 I am a region 5 guy also. Very proud of how this region has done against the other western guys. Especially proud of my Mustangs. In the four years we were in this region I think it has been represented well by Giles Co., Cheatham Co., Marshall Co., Creekwood, and yes, your Page Patriots. Mitchell has, however, played a very good schedule. They may be 8-5; but, of their 13 games, 11 of their opponents made the playoffs. Five of them advanced past the first round. The other two opponents were, as you might guess, 0-10. Like I said earlier, they were the best team we played last year. easttnfootballexpert Who spawned your perverted view of TN high school football? Which team do you follow?

Decent quarterback in Janco. Not in the league with Ken Torry though. I would rate Bo Wallace better than Janco too. Different type of quarterback; but, gifted. Not a great thrower but really runs the option well. As good as he is at quarterback, he looks like a college safety to me. A really good one.

highschoolking obviously must have been inhaling with the rest of potheads we kept smelling during the game. I would like to thank tnsprtsfn1 for setting the record straight on the score. Mitchell only led for a couple of minutes in the whole game. They scored with two something minutes left to go up 18-13. This is what actually happened highschoolking despite your ranting. You also like to cry about officiating. Your team probably did get penalized more in the game. It is because they have almost no discipline. That comes from coaching; but, then you wouldn't have experienced that. I will take nothing from your team though; they were the best team we played last year. Substantially better than Fulton. This despite what easttnfootballexpert thinks. He still thinks football was invented somewhere east of the plateau. Your quarterback is the best qb we have faced in the playoffs in the last seven years for sure.

Giles County players and coaches, you have my utmost respect. You came to play and executed well. You kept us frustrated most of the night. I didn't realize we could get inside another teams 10 that many times and not get a touchdown. Your D gave up quite a few yards; but, made the plays you needed at the right times. You simply outplayed us most of the night. Your only mistake in the end was scoring too fast and leaving a couple of minutes. It ultimately came down to us being able to pass a little better. If we didn't have two other receivers (other than Zach) who are better than most this would have been a different game. You stuffed Zach tonight better than anyone has in the last two years. One thing I think helped Lipscomb at the end was simply they've been there before. We were down just like that in last years semifinal. We've been very fortunate the last seven seasons to play a lot of games. Most Lipscomb fans take it for granted at this point. Tonight was our 102nd game in the last seven years. Think about that. You are only guaranteed 70 in that time frame. Experience is just invaluable. Your guy Bo Wallace was awesome tonight. As good as he is at quarterback; I think he looked even better at safety. Congraulations on a great season!

Since moving to 3A, Lipscomb has not lost a region game. The only losses were in the championship game to Livingston Academy and Fulton

It will be interesting to see what each team learned about the other from the first contest. I cannot imagine either team playing defense like they did the first go round. Lipscomb's defense got pounded into submission. Giles defense was not even on the field long enough to break a sweat in the game. IMO it will be a much lower scoring affair this time.

After consulting weather.com a minute ago, this game may wind up being a survival of the fittest. The fittest being those that handle adverse weather well. The weather will certainly equalize speed and talent, whichever way that goes. Safe driving to the Lexington people on the way up here.

Let's take an analytical approach to this game. Lexington has played opponents with a combined record of 58-57, or winning percentage of .504. Lipscomb has played opponents with a combined record of 52-63, or a winning percentage of .452. Advantage Lexington Lexington has played seven games to date against teams that made the playoffs. Two in 4A, four in 3A and one in 1A. None survived the first round of the playoffs. Lipscomb has played five games to date against teams that made the playoffs. One in 2A and four in 3A. Three continue on into the second round. Advantage Lexington on the number of playoff teams. Advantage Lipscomb on the success of the teams that did make it. Lexington has outscored its opponents by a combined 314-287. Lipscomb has outscored its opponents by a combined 430-138. Advantage Lipscomb Lexington was 4-2 at home and 3-2 on the road. Lipscomb was 6-0 at home and 5-0 on the road. Advantage Lipscomb, although Lexington seems to bring a large crowd. One common opponent in the year, which is Chester County. It was a Lexington homecoming game and win by a 34-28 margin. Evidently, Colton Taylor played in this game. Neighborhood rivalry and I'm sure a war. My guess is starters probably played the entire game since outcome was six points. Lipscomb was up 41-0 on Chester County when starters were pulled. I guess advantage Lipscomb, although it is hard to put much stock in one common opponent game played six weeks apart. Injury situation should be big. Colton Taylor will be back for Lexington; but, will his effectiveness be 100%. I do not know of other Lex injuries due to lack of familiarity with team. Lipscomb lost best running, Harrison Daniel in week five. He is done for the year. Lipscomb has Rogers for defensive purposes. Relatively healthly otherwise. I think advantage Lexington. Should be a great game. My prediction later in the week.

Inspectorvol That is exactly what I was referring to in my post. It just got really old. No harm meant. I will not bring up the last meeting again in the spirit of fair play.