davidlimbaugh

I sent an e-mail to TSSAA a long time ago suggesting that state finals 'rotate'.

One year have 5A at MTSU, 4A at UTC, 3A at UT, 2A at Memphis, 1A at Vandy, DIV2-1 at ??? and DIV2-2 at

???

And each year 'rotate'. That way kids have an

opportunity to play and see different parts of

the state - and some years some folks have to

travel less or more than other years...

and the dates???

try this link:

http://www.lhgames.com/

and also check out

http://espn.go.com/ncf/vcs/index.html

look at the disclaimer - cool????

abacab

[Edited by davidlimbaugh on 2-3-03 3:48P]

In The Air Tonight is by Phil Collins / Genesis

[Edited by davidlimbaugh on 2-3-03 3:42P]

>"Hey David....

>Randy and Terry will be in..."

Yep! Looking forward to it. And we (Riverdale) go to Jackson to play them this year as well. I have some fond memories of watching them coach some great games here at Riverdale in various tournaments... Ya get them and the Franklin County guys together for a weekend and it can be a real hoot!!! Fun Time at the Ballyard!

http://www.rhs.rcs.k12.tn.us/sports/baseball/homepage.htm

Riverdale assistant baseball coach Barry Messer named 2002 AFLAC National Assistant Coach of the Year in the state of Tennessee by COACH AND ATHLETIC DIRECTOR MAGAZINE.

Coach Randy and Coach Terry are what my late papa would refer to as "Good People'...

I look forward to seeing them every baseball season!

>"I'm sorry, Pennington had a great year, but that does not make him a better QB than Manning."

Isn't the very definition of 'being good' is to be able to have a 'great year'? I have never understood the 'Peyton passion'. He is a great guy that comes from a great family and he stayed in school and etc... But on the field, what has he every really accomplished? Look at his UT career. In 3 games vs. Vandy (Vandy!) the scores were 12-7, 14-7 and 17-10. He did put 38 on the board against Alabama his senior year but the three years vs. Florida? 37-62, 29-35 and 20-33. If memory serves, didn't he have some key interceptions (that seems to be a big bugaboo with him) in those Florida games?

by the way, I honestly think Peyton is a great QB, but I couldn't resist 'reeling in' a VolFan :

http://www.rsfckers.com/faq.htm#fishing

>"to david limbaugh, do you honestly think Pennington is a better QB than Manning? "

Yes,

and so does the NFL,

http://www.nfl.com/stats/playersort/NFL/QB...NG/2002/regular

2002 Regular Season NFL ˜ AFC ˜ NFC Player SortablesQ00uarterback PassingQuarterback RushingQuarterback ReceivingRunning Back RushingRunning Back ReceivingRunning Back PassingWide Receiver ReceivingWide Receiver RushingWide Receiver PassingTight End ReceivingTight End RushingDefensive LinemenLinebackersDefensive BacksKickoff KickersKickoff ReturnersPuntersPunt ReturnersField Goal Kickers

Quarterback Passing

Player Team G Att Att/G Cmp Pct Yds Yds/G Lng TDs Int Sck SckY Rate

Todd Collins KC 3 6 2.0 5 83.3 73 24.3 29 1 0 0 0 156.9

Koy Detmer PHI 14 28 2.0 19 67.9 224 15.4 37 2 0 1 8 115.8

Jake Delhomme NO 4 10 2.5 8 80.0 113 28.2 54 0 0 0 0 113.8

Chad Pennington NYJ 15 399 26.6 275 68.9 3120 199.0 47 22 6 22 135 104.2

Marc Bulger STL 7 214 30.6 138 64.5 1826 246.3 58 14 6 12 102 101.5

Rich Gannon OAK 16 618 38.6 418 67.6 4689 279.7 75 26 10 36 214 97.3

Jesse Palmer NYG 2 4 2.0 3 75.0 30 15.0 14 0 0 0 0 95.8

Todd Bouman MIN 1 6 6.0 3 50.0 85 63.0 48 0 0 2 22 95.8

Kelly Holcomb CLE 5 106 21.2 64 60.4 790 150.0 44 8 4 5 40 92.9

Brad Johnson TB 13 451 34.7 281 62.3 3049 225.2 76 22 6 21 121 92.9

Trent Green KC 16 470 29.4 287 61.1 3690 221.8 99 26 13 26 141 92.6

Doug Pederson GB 16 28 1.8 19 67.9 134 7.9 20 1 0 1 8 90.5

Tim Rattay SF 4 43 10.8 26 60.5 232 51.5 27 2 0 5 26 90.5

Peyton Manning IND 16 591 36.9 392 66.3 4200 253.4 69 27 19 23 145 88.8

Peyton may look pretty in the pocket, but isn't the reason ya play a game is to win it??? Didn't UT win one of their few MNC's AFTER he left?

>"What about Ralph King from Riverdale? "

See the Kenyon Buford thread - I think he is at MTSU now?

>Andy Kelly, Heath Shuler, Peyton Manning, Tee Martin, and >Casey Clausen ....

And Chad Pennington has won more NFL playoff games than all those QB's combined

Only one school produced the winning QB's in the first three Superbowls ever played....

Dan - nice list - got to watch those kids every year

in August when they came over to scrimmage Riverdale. Speaking of Riverdale, (check out 95 and 96)

http://www.rhs.rcs.k12.tn.us/sports/footba...e%20Players.htm

Name Year College

Tron Baker 2002 Cumberland University

Ward Poston 2002 Rhodes

Curtis Smith 2002 Carson Newman

Marvin Smith 2001 Tusculum

Eric Daniel 2001 Tennessee-Martin

Quetez Burke 2001 N.E. Community College

Zack Swanson 2001 Middle Tennessee

Shaun Sanford 2000 Lambuth

Jessie Chesterfield 2000 Tennessee-Chattanooga

Joe Moos 1999 Middle Tennessee

Eric Locke 1998 Alabama

Reggie Smith 1997 Tennessee Tech

William Henry 1997 Rhodes

Jason Staples 1997 Tennessee Tech

Todd Harris 1997 Cumberland University

Gerald Griffin 1996 Tennessee

Antron Peebles 1995 Tennessee

Fernando Bryant 1995 Alabama

Alvin Duke 1995 Vanderbilt

David Coppens 1995 Vanderbilt

Larry Floyd 1995 Tennessee State

Cory Carney 1995 Samford

Kenny McGowan 1994 Tennessee

Matt Gardner 1993 Indianapolis University

Chris White 1993 Middle Tennessee

Desmond King 1993 Middle Tennessee

Brian Davis 1993 Middle Tennessee

Adam Wright 1992 Tennessee Tech

"how many teams are going to be in the tournament?...and who?"

My copy of the schedule has

Farragut, McMinn, Morristown East, Jackson Chr,

Riverdale, Mt. Juliet, Webb, Daniel Boone,

Science Hill, Warren Co, Overton, Goodpasture,

Morristown West, McCallie, Tullahoma and

William Blount.

Does it seem strange the Holcomb from Fayetteville and Pennington from Knoxville had better days than a certain QB from UT had???

and the fields to be used are

UT (like in where Alabama wins football games?)

FHS (Farragut High School?)

LSU (LSU? Pretty long commute from the Hill To Baton Rouge?)

LSL (Louisiana State Lafeyette???)

Some at Blackman have a long way to go to learn

'class' and 'sports'.

From the 'Candy Bar' baseball game to the band

playing during the plays in football to the banner

about a Riverdale player on the field before

kickoff at Riverdale - Some of the Blaze have some

things to learn when it comes to sports and

sportsmanship.

But there are some great kids and fans at Blackman

as well. Sadly, the actions of a few....

How could the Crawford's from Oakland not made at least honorable mention??? ANYONE who watched any Oakland football got to see two kids who seemed to NEVER miss a tackle... At Riverdale, we got to see them play against us and there is no telling what Oakland's defense would have allowed to us and others if those two didn't make the tackles they did.

Coach Crawford is an amazing coach, and more importantly, an amazing person.

Coach, I Hope we meet again next year!!!

So we will have ball to watch between games while we are in Memphis? And another chance to get to the Rendezvous

Huh? A place for little schools? How does 4 classifications hurt little schools anymore than 5 do now?

25% of schools would be 1A or "small". Using my 6x multiplier plan seems to help "small" schools by 'forcing' private schools to perhaps play in 2A, 3A or even 4A??? How would that not 'help' "small" schools? :confused:

And your team is???? :confused:

I have a hunch these are the reasons:

1) Public-Private split (now 8 champions)

2) Too many classifications

3) Ticket prices

4) By the time the 3rd game is played, the

stands are a mess (no offense to Larry Counts

and great folks at MTSU) because there is

no time to clean the stands between games.

5) Seems like every year it goes head-to-head

with SEC Championship game.

Even though I am in Murfreesboro and love

all those tax dollars from others outside

the county, how about this plan?

Use 'the Limbaugh plan' (see the discussion

on public-private split) to get us all back

together.

Go from five classifications to four. Four

would mean more teams in each region/district

giving more meaning and more competive

regular season games.

Rotate the class 1,2,3 and 4 each year

between UT Knoxville, UT Chattanooga,

MTSU and Memphis. One game in

each location. Kids get a chance to

see new places and if a Germantown is

in the finals the year Memphis is

the location then less travel for them

but if they have to go to Knoxville,

chance for kids and parents to see

'The Hill'.

Also scrap the current playoff system

that allows for teams to play each

other too early in the playoffs. Part

of the 'fun' of post-season is seeing

new faces and new places.

What do ya think?

Why not this plan?

Instead of Division 1 and Division 2, lets all get back together?

One issue is 'recruiting' and 'scholarships'.

Lets do classifications this way:

Public - attendance numbers as they are done now.

Private - Six times the number of students of that gender in that school as the attendance number. This should more than offset any advantages of 'recruiting' or 'scholarships'.

Also, instead of current five classifications reduce the classes to four. And PLEASE scrap the current playoff systems that have same schools playing each other again early in the post-season. The 'fun' of the post-season is seeing new faces and new places. And more schools in each district/region could make for more competive play?

What do ya think?