Falconstatman

Grandsons. Bobby is on the staff, assistant coach.

Well Northeast beat us in round 1, and we went and watched Gallatin beat Shelbyville last Friday, this should be a good football game. N.E. 's qb. almost beat us by himself, we couldn't stop his running. Every time we thought we had him bottled up he would get away and gain another 7 or 8 yards. Gallatin's O'line was impressive , if they block like they did last week it will be a very interesting game. But Gallatin better really put in some time on stopping the N.E. qb. We didn't really give up any real big plays to them other than a long run by the fullback, they just picked up around 3 or 4 yards a play and we couldn't stop them, Gallatin did the same thing to Shelbyville last week. Shelbyville knew it was coming but couldn't stop it. A rainy wet field will probably favor Gallatin, because N.E. has several kids that can fly and a wet muddy field might neutralize that.

Better not forget about #3 Trey Emmons. Might not be real big but he is quick as a cat and can get the job done.The freshman back (also an Emmons) is not bad either.

I know this is not a Lincoln County thread and I apologize for that, but, I hear this all the time, and the biggest reason L.C. is not winning like it used to is simply enrollment. If we had all the kids at Fayetteville City and Riverside Christian we would be a better team no doubt, but, we would still be at only about 1400 to 1500 kids and it is hard to compete with the schools with 2500 kids ,year in year out, that's over 1 thousand more kids to pick from and if you don't think that makes a big difference you are only fooling yourself. Back in the 80s and 90s we still had about 1400 to 1500 kids and the bigger schools were a lot closer enrollment wise. They have grown and we have remained the same all the years enrollment wise .I was not in favor of the split when it happened, nor was the big majority of L.C., but, it is here and we have to deal with it. And now really looking at it in the long run it might be best for both schools cause it did allow us to drop down in classification which helps us be a lot more competitive. I guarantee you Coach Thomas, the coaching staff, and those kids want to win championships as bad as ever. Hopefully this will allow both of us a chance to win them again.

Don't see that happening right now .They have what they have and we have what we have. don't see any kids jumping ship back and forth But coach P and his staff do an excellent job and you are right, they are very young. They played a tough schedule for a 1a team this year, especially a first year varsity team. They have some great promising talent coming up but the thing that really hurts them is simply numbers, I think they will only dress about 22-25 players. They will slowly raise that number but it will take them a couple or so years to do that. #32 Thompson is out and wont play, and that really hurts them .I think if they don't turn it over they will be able to hang with SP,but, if they play sloppy and turn it over it might get ugly. This same group of kids went I believe 9-1 last year playing a jv schedule which included beating Madison Academy of Huntsville Al. whose varsity won the state championship last season .We broadcasted all their games last season on Monday nights and they have some good players, just need some more numbers wise. Regardless of the outcome Friday night, they have had a good year for a first year varsity team.

Yes, Coy is back at Coffee Co. and we wish him luck. For the falcons to win they must stop the rushing attack of F.C. But more importantly the falcons must hold on to the football, and cut out the mistakes that have plagued us so far this season. We have had a shot at victory in both games this year but, have let it slip away by not making plays when we had the chance. The falcons are about 4 plays away from being 2-0 instead they are 0-2. Tonight's game is critical for both teams, the winner can go on and still have a good season and the loser is looking at a long difficult year.

The fact is, punk knew about the city high school deal before he took,(or whatever you want to call it) the job, my guess is, he used us to get more money, and from what I heard, and been told, that's exactly what happened. Your offensive co. came and went thru spring practice with us, then quit and went back, hmmm just enough time to find out a lot about us. As far as our kids being at the patrick center, you are probably right, they are probably there, helping, and assisting the "old folks", or doing whatever they can to help out. Or maybe they are out delivering Honeys slawburgers to the "old folks". :roflol:

From what i have heard F.C. put a pretty good spanking on Giles Co. tuesday night

Yeah, all the mufreesboro teams you mentioned are all right at or above 2ooo students and we have 1100 to pick from, that is exactly the difference there. I don't think that any of those schools have anything to do with who we have on our team. As far as ringers, I have heard that if he does come he is going to bring a few with him. We are probably closer to Huntland enrollment wise than we are to the schools mentioned above.

Its pretty much a done deal that we will be opening up with Giles Co. next season, if he does come won't that be a big game, if he stays there it will still be a big game.

Most of the "yapping" I have heard is from Giles Co.people. I believe this is on a Giles Co. thread not a L.C. thread. If David wants to come, then we will welcome him with open arms, if not then we will find another quality coach that wants the job, might already be on the staff now, who knows. The main reason for all the talk is the fact that the job is now open, David and the majority of his staff are from L.C., played at L.C. and I believe still live here. It is just natural that someone might want to go back home if given the chance to coach where they went to school and played. I believe that David and his staff have way too much respect for coach Thompson to comment on anything about that until he made it official. We should all know something before christmas, as far as who gets the job.

Do I detect some bitterness there??? Riverdale, should be more of the same.

Went to the game, total domination by Riverdale,just as I figured it would be. Waaay to much speed for SD.. In all fairness # 3 for SD. got hurt very early and that really hurt SD., he is one of their better players, really hurt us last week. Riverdale is is a good position to get a rematch with Maryville if they take care of business next week. Did notice that the warriors seem to have really improved since we played them 3rd game, may make a run!

Go Riverdale.!!! We had them on the ropes and didn't put them away when we had the chance. Once our Qb. got a well placed "knee" in the back, right before the half we were done offensively, he was a trouper and came back and finished the game, but he was not the same after that. One of our best recievers got his ankle twisted too, and tried his best too but was far from 100%. Take away their running back who rushed the ball it seemed like about 300 times and see how productive their offense is. I think that Riverdale has way too many weapons and speed for the trojans,and I will be there to check it out. But that is why they play the game, stranger things have happened.

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Ditto everything that you just said. Louis has been a great coach, good friend, and has gone far beyond the call of duty on so many things that I can't begin to mention all them. He has also been very easy to work with and would answer any question that you asked him honestly and truthfully. There have been times that he would show up at the school on Monday nights during football season and show the game film from the past Friday nights game to only me and just a couple of other people when I know that he had better things to do, but he would say as long as 1 person wants to see it , i will show it to them.Most people do not have any idea what kind of time he spent during football season sitting in the offices watching film of the next opponent, spending every Sunday afternoon mowing the grass at the football stadium and working tirelessly making sure that it and everything else was just right for next weeks game. He totally dedicated his time and life to trying to not only make a better Falcon football team, but also to the young men that he coached. He taught many many more lessons to these young men than just football, but lessons about life and how to handle adversity and problems. I have interviewed him several times after games when i knew he probably really didn't want to do it after a tough loss and he would always grin, and say that's ok, we will do it. I have been to many games with Coach, and people don't realize what an icon in the coaching profession this man is, and has been, everywhere we went everybody knew him, and asked him for advice and he would stand and talk to them as long as they wanted to talk. We would joke and say that we would have to get to a game an hour early just to get a seat because it would take that long to get to the seats because so many people would stop him and talk to him. We are not only losing a great coach but a great person as well that had a big influence on many ,many young peoples lives.I have never been an Alabama Football fan but, he came as close to converting me over as anybody ever has, with his numerous Bear Bryant Stories, and tales from his playing days. So again thank you Coach Thompson for being a stand up guy, a friend, and for all you did for Falcon football and the community!!

Thanks guys! I am sure we can find a good place to eat out of all those. Looking forward to Friday night!!

Thanks, what choice in resturants do you guys have around or close to the school? We will be of course be bringing a radio crew to the game, so I hope you leave us a spot in the pressbox!!

I know I really don't have a dog in this race, but I saw the game from the press box last Friday night and I saw a bunch of kids from W.C. that didn't quit , but fought until the final whistle. The turnovers really hurt them and they came at a bad time in the game. I saw a kid that really got his clock cleaned going across the middle to the point that he had to be helped off the field, then was back in a few plays catching passes and playing his heart out, that is not mailing it in or quitting. You have some young talent and some seniors that will be playing on Saturdays next fall. As far as Nitro, well, I've seen him a time or 2 and at 6'4 245 and 3% body fat, I don't know of anybody that would want to mess with him!!!!

Just exactly how is that rubbing their nose in it? Not worthy of being that close? Be nice if you made any sense yourself. I don't see anything resembling "rubbing their nose in it". If you are referring to me saying that we emptyed out the bench, most of the time when one team does that the other one will too, but that is up to the coach. That was a description of how the game went. Guess I could lie and say something else. Smug? Not at all.We are 3-5 , don't think we have the right to be smug about anything.

The Falcons played their best first half of the year last night, for sure. The reason I say first half was we only ran three offensive plays in the entire second half, because of the mercy rule with the clock running non-stop. L.C. kicked off to Franklin co. which then ran 11 straight plays all on the ground then punted to L.C., which we were backed up on our own 6 yard line, then we punted the ball back to F.C. which then ran 15 plays against our reserves and scored with around 0:43 seconds left in the game. Evan Pittenger had another great game with 190 yards passing, all in the first half, and had a 65 yard td. pass called back on a penality toward the end of the first half, or it would have been more. The defense also played maybe it's best game of the season, F.C. had only less than 10 yards total offense in the first half, and the first D stayed on the field one series in the second half, as then coach Thompson cleaned out the entire bench the rest of the way. Good luck to F.C. the rest of the season.

I think that Coffee Co. bounces back in this one. They have some talent on the team, # 1,2,20,44 and several others. # 1 can scoot!! Passing game must improve though.

Yeah, wingman we will have possibly the best if not the best Freshmen class we have had in a long time. Like I said earlier our freshmen go to 2 different schools, Fayetteville City jr. high and NGA, both were pretty good this year and when you put them together they have the potential to be a pretty good class. A good deal of speed at both schools, something we have been a little short in the past few years. Of course there is always some of the kids that decide that they just don't want to play anymore, and you always lose a few that way, but hopefully not any will do that.After seeing and doing their games this season, there some of the kids that will have the chance to play very quickly because of graduation, and a few that will also get some action early on.

Thanks for the kind words. It has been a tough couple of years for sure, some of it our fault, some just running upon other teams at the top of their game. We have played 2 good games in the past 2 weeks, several players have really stepped it up, but changing our defense back to the 50, that we have always ran, has helped the most. Playing schools with twice our enrollment hasn't helped us in the past few years either, We don't have freshmen at the high school, they go to 2 different schools, but the tssaa still counts them against us anyway, we have 1100 kids to pick from, and some of the schools we play have over, or right at 2000 students), but there is something in the works to take care of that situation hopefully. The steak sandwiches and the slawburgers are hard to beat for sure.

Boy, you exactly right there wingman. We must win out and Tullahoma must also beat Lawrence Co. the final game for us to go to the playoffs. Playing better competition makes you a better team but for the past 2 years we have probably overdone it a little to much, lol. We have really improved from the first couple of games for sure but the change back to the 50 defense has been the single biggest improvement of all. Evan Pittenger has really improved every week in his overall play and also his decision making. He played the best game of the year last night, running and throwing the ball, and his decision making , like I said has improved tremendously. But we must take it one game ata time and really concentrate on Franklin Co. now. Like we said last week our playoffs started last week against Columbia. We must win out. Good luck to Coffee Co. the remainder of the year.