GovMan

I heard that too Jetjock! Also heard that Maryville had switched their deal with Nike and was going to be using Ralph Lauren designed uni's next year and serving cocktails on the sideline at halftime.

Spank, I was pretty close with the "T's" back in those days. Mr. T once told me that when Maryville took away the student's privilege to leave campus at lunch, he figured it cost him around 20 thousand a year in revenue. That's a whole lot of hot dogs !

WB Boys have never been to state. A couple of sub-state performances. Early - mid 2000's they were pretty strong, competing with Maryville, Bearden, Oak Ridge, etc.

Yeah Norman Dale, Not sure everyone realizes the significance of the Rebel's win last night. JC is tough competition (I would assume they were at full strength) and Maryville is going to improve a lot once football is over. Did you get a chance to see the Lowe kid for Maryville? He's gonna be a good one in time!!!

Heritage looked good in the jamboree (which doesn't really mean much, I know). They may have been the only team at full strength. WB, Maryville, and Alcoa were all playing with depleted rosters (Maryville & Alcoa because of football, WB had three of their best players in street clothes due to injury). If / when the Governors get everyone healthy, they will be competitive with most everyone in their district I think. Unfortunately, it will probably be January at the earliest before that happens. I do believe WB will have one of the best freshmen in the district this year.

I would have to pick West Virginia if they played the Rebels. There's another IFL loss for you guys.

StrongX, The necessary steps you have listed above ... do you believe this is already underway at Heritage under Hammontree's leadership? Just curious.

FBE ... "IF" we are looking for a new head coach--or if something is in the works--it will be a total surprise to me. Personally I'm a big fan of Coach Ridge. And as I often like to remind folks, Heritage has been "bad" a lot longer than WB has! I've never thought the hole we had to dig ourselves out of was near as deep as the job Coach Hammontree faces at Heritage. But with each passing season ...

Barney please don't confuse me with your pal Gov91. I have never predicted what WB's record will be this year. If they do manage to win the next two I will be thrilled. If they don't I'm still proud to be a Governor supporter.

This makes me happy! I'm glad I'm friends with the "Goons" already!

Yeah ... it might take 25 - 30, we're so close to the "dump" you know !!! At least it's not as bad as it was at Carter when they were located next to the sewage treatment plant. Did you ever go to a game over there? I love you Barney, but you're being awfully hard on us poor county folks.

You know I'm just havin' fun with Barney. That one was almost too easy!!! Sad thing is, I'm not sure he's just having fun. He seems to have an awful distaste for us WB folks.

You better increase the number of cans ... it's not working.

ML and Stars ... can I just say--for me personally--your all's sorry butts are welcome on the WB campus anytime! I love you guys. #becarefulwhereyouparkyourcar

Wow ... "good and stupid WB folks" conspired together to shorten the game ... Or perhaps, coaches from both schools represented got together before the game started and made a mutual decision to play 8 minute quarters. Does that mean that the Maryville people are "good and stupid" also? Just curious.

Is the Clabough kid second string? He's impressive.

Not sure Dave. Devin Fair (the back being referred to) has flown under the radar a little because he wasn't able to carry the football until week four due to an injury. But he has certainly been impressive since ... good size, good speed, hits the hole hard, always seems to be going 'downhill'. He has had an "unusual" career at WB to say the least. See you Thursday?

Because of their "team concept" you don't hear so much about Jaylyn Burgess at Maryville High, but it would not surprise me a bit to see him playing at as high--or higher--a level in college as any of the feature backs that have been mentioned in this post. He's a rare mix of speed, strength, intelligence, and maybe most importantly... hard work.

RW87...I'm not sure how they distribute prior to game night--or even if they do? You could call main office (984-5500) and check.

Interestingly enough, this week IS homecoming for the Govs.

Strong X , do your reckon the "statue of limitations" would be in effect for several unpaid UT parking tickets I received in the early 80's? I would hate to get on their "radar" after all these years ... I've been laying low, so thanks for the head's up.

Barney, isn't it funny how folks love to exaggerate (i.e. lie about) their "high school recruitment". And parents are often the worst, trying to embellish their child's ability and how "in demand" he/she is. A couple of years ago, I listened to a dad (who I've known most of his life) tell a bunch of us that Coach Quarles had called his 7th grade son on numerous occasions to attempt to get him to come to Maryville. Of course, he said, Coach Rankin had contacted him several times as well. After he finished, I casually told him that Coach Quarles was my neighbor, that I spoke to him almost every day, and that I would certainly put in a good word for his son. The dad suddenly got very uneasy, kind of red-faced, and told me, "that's ok, I wouldn't want you to do anything illegal." BTW , my eighth grade year at Bungalow Elementary, Coach Bill Wallace (from Friendsville High) came to my basketball practice one afternoon and told me I should consider coming to Friendsville High. I did ... and was cut from the basketball team my freshman year !!! Now there's a recruitment story for you.

Not that I'm an expert, but I have watched lots of bands performances. I noticed that the clock operator had to add more time on to the clock at halftime because it was going to 0:00 while MHS band was still on field. It seemed to me that Sevier County's half-time performance was longer than what is typically allocated for the visiting band. Nothing else took place at halftime and I'm assuming Maryville did their standard home program ???

Wow...you're pretty bitter aren't you?

My opinion...the best running back on the field tonight was wearing 28 in the white.