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BA definitly has been underachieving, however all of their games could have gone BA's way if a couple plays or calls go BA's way. I think with the return of senior captain Parker Cason soon and if BA just can improve some they will find a way to start winning these games and will have a chance to make a run in the playoffs, similar to the MBA 2002 team.

Any thoughts on the eagles trip to memphis to take on MUS this week?

It's back!!! I thought this had been sucked into a CoachT black hole, Obviously the biggest surprise this year has been losing the first two region games. Another was losing Parker for the year supposedly and finding out he'll return. If B.A. Always is still around I will have to give him credit and say he was correct about Griffin being the better QB for the team. Brad did a fine job but the team has played much better with Griffin at QB, if Tyler plays a good game vs. MUS than I think he will solidify himself as the starter for the rest of the year. Obviously things haven't gone as well as BA would've hoped but there is still plenty of time to make up for it, it is a wide open 6-team race for the title. MBA has emerged as the favorite but BA, CBHS, McCallie, Baylor and MUS certainly aren't out of it.

1. You show up to a road game and see a white flag on the field instead of the American flag.

Braswell did not play but his backup- i think #44 was very effective at times. I think if you threw Braswell into the game and Baylor hung onto the ball a little better this game could have come down to the wire. I think DII AAA is wide open this year, I think 6/7 teams have at least a chance at the championship.

Amazing, high school football is an amazing thing, how one team can beat two of the better teams in the state and than get run over by one most consider to not even be close to the caliber of a BA or Germantown- that's why you have to show up every night.

The game will still be played despite the bad weather right?

This is great news, Parker is BA's senior captain linebacker and one of the best players on the team- he was presumed lost for the season, it was reported on this site and The Tennessean that his season was over....but we just received news he will be back soon. He will give the team a huge boost for the 2nd half of the season and the playoffs.

As most of you probably know only four of the games played each year within the conference count towards playoff rankings- I was wondering if anybody knows what those games are for each team. I can contribute BA's 4 ( CBHS, Baylor, Father Ryan, and McCallie ). Anybody else know their teams? Also what do you guys think of this system? I personnally don't like it because there is a lot of luck involved in which games count.

What about Christian Brothers? They killed Whitehaven who beat Germantown and than turned around and knocked off BA, if they beat Germantown next week, which I think they will, I think they should be considered at least a top 2 or 3 team in the whole state.

CBHS was very impressive- they really shut down BA's offense in the 2nd half and made big offensive plays when they needed to. BA clearly is a very good team, but must work on their coverage teams and start moving the ball a little better in order to win state. I bet CBHS takes out Germantown next week and I have a feeling we'll see CBHS and BA again...possibly @ Vanderbilt.

I am not a fan of either team but......Ravenwood a has been??? This is their first year as a full varsity squad- that comment makes no since.

Due to the odd format in DII AAA where only four region games count towards playoff seeding ( for BA this year it is CBHS, McCallie, Father Ryan, and Baylor ) this is one of the biggest games of the year for BA. CBHS no doubt wants revenge for their playoff loss to BA last year and BA still remembers what happened in the regular season matchup last year. Both teams have played pretty well to start the season so, who do you guys think will take this DII AAA battle?

AintSkeerd is not Griggs, I used to think so also but trust me it's not him. Just a general update on some topics we've talked about a lot over the summer: Philip Masters has taken over the extra point/short-midrange field goal duties, he was 6/6 on xp's vs. Oakland. Baker is doing the punting and kickoffs. Brad is taking almost all the snaps at QB and is doing pretty well. Parker is lost for the season with an acl, and Nick Forte is out indefinitly with mono-pray for a speedy recovery for him. The four games that count in the region standing for BA this year are Christian Brothers, McCallie, Baylor and Father Ryan - so this weeks game vs. CBHS is huge in terms of playoff positioning. Also.......there is a JV game vs. Beech this Monday @ BA at 6pm.

I was wondering the same thing as itzme....I can never remember seeing offensive PI being penalized with a loss of down, I agree with the call just not the rule, and yes we did fumble one time, I was wrong, but don't worry Wes all of our regular ball carriers did a great job hanging onto the ball. Brad also looked like Tyler a couple times in the pocket escaping pressure, he did a great job eluding the rush- also I noticed Tyler didn't play QB much if any- I think that shows our confidence in Brad.

That is accurate, Tyree, Ryan, and Brad all took some solid hits where they could have fumbled but held on..........if we would have fumbled 4 or 5 times like last week this could have been a close game. Also you're right itzme, Jason was the only one to start both ways but the whole line stepped it up in Nick's absence. I think the lines are playing above expectations, the o-line keeps opening up those little gaps which is more than enough for our backs to bust through and pick up big yards.

Pretty good game for both sides....about what most expected it to be like. BA did a nice job recovering from their early turnover and offense breakdowns. Oakland played hard and seems to have a bright future but just simply wasn't ready to overtake BA on this night. I think the Patriots might have tried to be a little too fancy with some of their special team antics, they almost worked but ended up hurting more than helping. Other than the one awful throw on the flare that was picked off, Brad played very well throwing many short precise passes along with two other longer TD passes to Barry Turner and Bill Kottas. The running game started out slowly but picked up, Ryan White really stood out scoring several TD's while Tyree did a great job hanging on to the ball this week. The starting D was solid as usual only giving up 3 points, and laying several big hits on Oakland's QB.........the pass rush and passing D was very impressive I thought. Very good job by Jason Huie who was the only one going both ways due to Nick's illness. Special teams were also good, stoping Oakland's fakes and pinning them deep most drives, also Philip Masters was 6/6 on xp's and looks to have solidified the place kicking duties. Overall about a B+ performance, BA played well but is definitly capable of playing even better........huge game coming up next week ( @ Christian Brothers ) it is one of the four region games that counts towards playoff seeding....we will know a lot about the team this time next week.

Question for all the people who said they weren't impressed with BA vs. Centennial.....what were you not impressed with? I admit we put the ball on the ground too many times which is a correctable mistake, but beyond that all we did was beat the #4 team in the mid-state solidly, the starting D only gave up 1 score and the offense moved the ball all night, take out the turnovers and that was one of the best games i've seen BA play in awhile.....what are you guys seeing that I didn't?

I in general agree with this post. I do think that there are more than a couple around the state, but every other guy it seems like talked about on here runs a 4.4 or 4.5. Many first round NFL skill guys run 4.5's and to think that a lot of TN HS football players are faster is stupid. And even for the guys that are blazing fast that doesn't make them automatically great, you have to make it to open field for that 40 time to kick in, for example I know Centennial had a ton of speedy guys but when they played BA they had a hard time finding open field and their speed was useless. Also I have the same complaint about weight lifting numbers, anybody else notice how everybody benchs 400 and squats 600?

Mikki is now a coach at BA and yes he went to BA, you are correct in saying some travel from places like Murfreesboro and Antioch to come to BA, but that's true of regular non- football players at the school also, that is part of a concept of a private school, there are no zones. My point simply is ,not a MAJORITY of our players travel in from a distance, only a handful. I have a listing of every player and their home address right next to me. I will not dispute that some do come from far away I was just disputing 82cat's comment that most of our players do, that is simply not true. And I'm glad to hear Lance works at Oakland now, he was a great player and is a great guy.... Oakland is now my favorite team.......in Murfreesboro.

82cat- You really think most BA players drive an hour to school each day? That is so far from being right I'm not going to even go into it. Please don't make ridiculous comments that you and I both know aren't true. And as for the Bhs cheap shot, BA 17- BHS 7, looks like something BHS' scoreboard would say in 2002.

Region and Oakland, if you guys are really that confident in Oakland WINNING than surely you would return that bet to Wes and buy him one if the score is within 20, just a thought.

Barry is a solid 240 and definitly could add more weight to his tall frame, I think he could play a lot of different positions in college including end. And yes Parker is a huge loss to the team, hopefully he'll hang around and provide an off the field spark but he will be missed at LB. I don't think it will devastate the D though, Addison Edmunds and some underclassmen will fill in well, and hopefully the whole D will step it up to replace him. There are a lot of leaders on D Barry, Tyler, Terrell, Bruce etc.

BA has three highly rated D-1 prospects, LB/QB/WR Tyler Griffin, DE/TE/WR Barry Turner and G/DT Nick Forte, all three were listed in The Tennessean as top senior prospects. There are a few others who might have a shot like DT Terrell Murphy, but those are the three big names on the team.

Yeah BA is generally afraid of scheduling good public schools... 2004- preseason #4 Centennial 2003- Two 5A teams- one making playoffs 2002- 5A champion BHS That is just recently, I could go on for awhile...not to mention games with KY public powerhouses Paducah Tilghman and St. Xavier.....I don't know the reason BA and FHS don't play but I would bet it's not because Flatt is scared of them.