doubleplay96

Even if they were in AA they would get spanked right now. South, Betsy, Unicoi, East, and probably North would all beat volunteer right now and it probably wouldn't be close.

What has happend to Volunteer basketball? They used to have a pretty solid team every year. The last few years have not been pretty. I havent seen a game in a few years but I remember when they would win 20 or right at 20 games a year.

DB 34 TN High 21 Science Hill 30 Boone 14 South 33 Volunteer 21 Crockett 35 Central 15

Just a quick question... If you were Crocketts coach would you have gone for the long FG at the end of the game or maybe try something and perhaps win the game? Honestly, I think he made the right call by going for the long FG. Great game by both teams!

My picks.... Central with a big win over East 22-8 Crockett over SG 33-14 Boone over North BUT closer than the experts think 28-22 And for the game of the week.... Greeneville over TN High in a nail biter 30-27

I understand that but has he had to kick a FG to win a game yet? No, that is why I say that SH kicker is proven.

This is a big game for both teams. If Crockett wants to have any chance of going to the playoffs they must win this game! Volunteer needs this win to snap a 17 game losing streak and what better game to do it on than a conference homecoming game. Volunteer will build on last weeks offensive success and begin to throw the ball more and will also catch a few breaks with a couple of Pioneer redzone turnovers. Crockett will score some points but in the end Volunteer will hold off the Pioneers in the final minutes for an upset 29-27 win on homecoming. The goalposts could come down this Friday in Church Hill!

My week 4 picks... D-B 37 Boone 14 - DB looks to be just too much for just about every team in the Big 8 this year. We will know for sure if they are or not come week 10. Science Hill 24 TN High 21 - The Hill will win on yet another last minute score. Could really go either way I just think Science Hill has a little more talent and speed than the Vikings at this point and also a proven FG Kicker! South 42 Central 7 - South will play with something to prove after last weeks loss to GC. Central just doesnt have the horses to keep up. Volunteer 29 Crockett 27 - Volunteer will build on the offensive success from last week and will throw the ball a lot more. Crockett will score with them but I believe the Falcons will catch a few breaks with a couple of Pioneer redzone turnovers and will hold off Crockett in the end for the upset on Homecoming in Church Hill and will snap a 17 game losing streak. The goalposts may come down Friday night in Church Hill!

whats so wrong with it?

Heres my NE TN conferences proposal Conference A - DB, Science Hill, TN High, Elizabethton, Sullivan South, Sullivan Central, Sullivan East, Johnson Co. Conference B - Jeff Co., Sevier Co., Morristown East, Morristown West, Cocke Co., Grainger Co., Seymour, South Doyle Conference C - Crockett, Boone, Volunteer, Sullivan North, Greeneville, Unicoi Co., Cherokee, Happy Valley I believe these conferences would be more competitive from top to bottom. I dont think conferences should be made up solely on school size although i tried the best I could to make them as geographically fit as possible.

My predictions... DB 48 Central 14 Boone 27 South 21 Science Hill 35 Volunteer 6 TN High 42 Crockett 20 Is Spurrier supposed to be at the science hill-volunteer game???

I got to see the boone cherokee game and was not impressed at all by Cherokee I figured after they whooped up on Johnson Co. (which i did not see) and after hearing from some people on here that CHS' QB Ryans was "the real deal" that they would play boone tough but apparently I was lied to about the Ryans kid. I understand hes young and will only get better for sure but some people are blowing him up way too much he and along with the rest of the chiefs football team have A LOT to work on. Chief fans need to bring this Ryans kid back down to earth because its obvious that fans and coaches are filling his head with how good he is when in reality hes got a lot of work to do and i mean a lot of work in order to live up to the hype. After watching last nights game Im even wondering if he should even be starting this year im sure they have an older more mature QB on the roster that might not have made the mistakes that he made last night. As for Boone they were just as good as I thought they would be. They are an experienced ball team that will win a lot of games this year and maybe even challenge D-B for the big 8 title...MAYBE! Their defense is tough and I like how they use both of their QB's to their advantage. Should be an excellent year for the blazers! Good luck to both Boone and Cherokee the rest of the season!

rogers... I wasnt trying to relive the 07 season like you apparently thought I was doing. All I was trying to say was that the 07 team had more talent as a whole than most years at vhs and thats why they had a respectable season and until vhs starts to get some of that all around talent again its going to be hard for them to compete thats all i was trying to say. vhs always has a few athletes they just either never have enough of them or they are athletes that cant play inside the trenches. I honestly believe that vhs will have a respectable football program on a yearly basis one of these days and im sure you probably think they will have one too but after 30 years of below average to average football teams its not going to happen overnight. Good luck tonight vhs! Volunteer 22 North 12

Theres really not a whole lot any coach can do when the talent just isnt there and the talent at vhs just isnt there and hasnt been there since the 07 season. Yeah there are some good players on this team and there were some on last years team theres just not enough to compete especially in the big 8. If vhs wants to win more games they are going to have to somehow find some guys that can play on the o-line. That is vhs' problem every single year and when they do have a descent year theyve got some talent on the line until vhs gets those players it will be rough on them no matter who is coaching so dont put all the blame on coach rider.

should be a good week for the big 8 going 5-2. D-B 32 Clinton 17 Science Hill 35 Betsy 20 Boone 21 Cherokee 6 Tenn High 38 East 8 Volunteer 22 North 12 VA High 18 Central 7 Greeneville 34 South 14