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I watched this game on the internet feed (local8now). Stands did not look to be anywhere close to full (maybe half). Was it just the few shots I noticed or was the crowd that sparse?

Straight fullback dive and Central had given up. The G man has never been the kind to run up the score and I don't imagine he changed that philosophy last night. Correct me if I'm wrong but you are a South fan and I remember when Carter was there he was mercilous about beating down the teams that he could and nobody seemed to have a problem with that. I remember that late in a Central game he had Curt Philips running back punts and padding his stats like crazy. Where was the outcry then? Just because your team stinks and is getting ready to drop into obscurity don't cry about what DB does. If South COULD score 75 points against someone they sure would do it. If Stacy Carter can run up 100 points on someone he will. I'm tired of the feel good cry babies whine about teams getting beat down. Either step up and stop them or drop football. If DB was to get pounded by 75 points against someone there would be a parade down Moreland Drive. This is why I hope the TSSAA gets their head out of the sand and corrects this fiasco. DB is in a lose-lose situation.

Wow...that description sounds eerily like my memory of the '06 DB vs South game...a bunch of talk coming in and then they actually kicked off . Bloodbath. Oh yeah... DB won 44-0

You mean reminding them that Chris Sensabaugh had a TD and another huge long run called back and the fact that DB recovered the late fumble that was not given to them after which Boone scored to go ahead? you mean the reminder of "Do not allow high school refs to decide this game!" Come on that was 3 years ago and the last 2 games have been total domination by DB. I believe order has been restored in the world.

Great win last night. I've always poo-pooed the revenge factor as motivation but that may well have been the case. Wow...I hate to hear about Cook. Man he runs that option to perfection. I have to believe this totally changes the offensive scheme. There are alot of great athletes at that school and now is the time for someone to step up and lead this team on. We'll see how they handle adversity because Boone is not going to feel sorry and is capable of biting them. Wow

Hmmm....you're a lot more optimistic about things down the road than I am. After last night I'm not sure those "ifs" can be done. They could not do it against a good (not great) team. And they can't continue to rely on ifs to get the job done. if they can't hit anything deep (which I have doubts) then they need to add something short to mid range to get the playmakers the ball. I did like the addition of #6 at QB with his skills...just not sure this coaching staff will use it for more than a decoy. I think it could be a great weapon. And I believe #8 needs more than 8 touches a game. I'm not a big fan of the socialist offense...everybody gets to share in the wealth. There are some special talents on this team...I just think there are some glaring deficiencies that they have the athletes to correct and an average South team exploited them last night for the rest of the teams on the schedule to see....and I think it will come to a head next week against the Smoky Bears. There is no excuse for South to go down the field on a 19 play drive. And there were south receivers running wide open all night. If they wouldn't have missed/dropped so many passes it would have been an even uglier stat to behold the yards they potentially could have piled up through the air. Even the south radio guys were befuddled how they could be so wide open. I agree with Waco, this South team is decent to good but there was nothing magical about what they were doing (but then again how many times have we experienced that...McMinn county anyone?). Let's be honest...this is a team that is on the edge of dropping down in classification. Everything is gumdrops and lolipops for some on here...I just believe there are way too many over inflated balloons that will be popped coming up. Maybe that is what the DB fans have accepted.

The "deep passes" were nothing more than throwing the ball up and letting the receiver make a play. One "deep pass" was thrown right at the 2 south defenders playing deep...easy int. There was no Zip or accuracy to many balls all night that I saw...a decent defending team will tear DBs passing "attack" down and once again it will all be on the running game to make a play. I'm not sure which game you were at but that's what I saw and I stood beside 2 sevier county scouts and I guarantee that's what they saw. The passing game is woeful on both sides of the ball.

That makes 2 games against south where a girl has played against them. The Brewster young lady played in the '06 game....you remember that was the game that ended up 44-0

I'm tending to agree. Souths first TD with the tight end getting behind everybody was embarassing. All 11 defenders were crowding up to the line and all he had to do was clear the first line and it was over. Even worse was nobody could run him down. South had 2 or 3 sustained drives where the coaches seemed clueless to dial something up to get the defense off the field. Very frustrating. Next week will really tell the tale.

Good: 1. Swafford is pretty special. The punt return for TD was all him. 2. Got the win. Bad: 1. Passing game...don't have a good one and cant defend an average one. Why can't they find a kid with a big arm? Let's be honest, the TD catch would have been knocked down/picked off most times. 2. Defense is not gonna get it done. Period. They were flat outmanned/coached on more than one south drive. A catfish defense it ain't. 3. Penalties....lack of discipline I am concerned about next Friday night. If the pass defense does not improve quick they will lose. If I had to make a prediction right now I would put my money on coming home from dolly town with a big L.

There is something eerily quite from the south enders. I'm not sure if it is accpeting the inevitable or they have something "special" for tonight and the coach has mandated silence. Add to that south taking the bye during week #1 and puling the game back a day for "ecomomic" reasons and it has the makings of an ambush. The G man sounded a little...irritated about the change in sheduling and I'm hoping that feeds into the team and they come out with laser focus. In all honesty this game should be a walkover but stranger things have happened. Here is the way I'm seeing it could go: South will display a 3 ring circus full of gadgets in order to keep the Tribe off balance...DB weathers the storm lays the hammer effectivly making the 4th qtr a time for the yung uns...half time will be extended to 1 hour for a pickup truck parade...at leat one pair of daisy dukes and 1 halter top made of stars and bars wil be worn....South wins at the gate and concessions and the AD petitions the TSSAA to have DB on the schedule each week as part of the counties plan to use the money to pay the legal costs for the cat fight between Sheriff Anderson and Mayor Godsey.

So did it stop raining when DB was on offense or something? Wow that is an interesting weather phenomenon..I think Mark Reynolds and storm team 11 need to check into this. Come on...both teams played in the same weather. Besides, what does the fact SH couldn't run their offense because of rain have to do with the defense giving up 47 points? Give the DB defense some credit. Please if SH would have won this thread would have blown up with rubbing it in our faces junk. There would be 10,000 new coacht members from the JC area joining just to take a shot.

HA HA HA HA!...shew that's funny. Seriously, I work with someone that played for Carter at South and he basically said Carter could not handle DB week and was virtually beat before the game started. ?That's not me saying it that's someone that actually played under him. Go back to '09 when DB was struggling and South was pretty good and DB went to Pactolus and laid the wood to Carter's Rebels. Chris Sensabaugh had 200+ yards rushing. You are crazy if you think he is the better COACH. He went out and blew a wad on an all-star coaching staff. He will never be a better coach than the G man. NEVER

How about Coty...but Swafford is great though

So the problem was DBs stadium setup...that is what caused the fans to show there true colors. Interesting. That fits right in with our society where it is always somebody else responsible for our actions/problems. The reason DB warms up on that end is because the team enters on that end from the field house. That is called home field. And the fact that the field is so close to the stands is what makes JFred the great Friday night atmosphere. Question: if DB plays at Death Valley would South change there warm up procedure? Yeah, right. And would that justify the actions of the opposing fans?

That's only because Gate City was playing in Kentucky and the SW Va Times News doesn't send anybody to cover games out of town (town being gate city)

Man...Tom Taylor and Rick Spivey. It didn't get any better than that.

I agree. The 80 yard drive was just ramming it down the Tribe's throat. Not sure why they didn't keep on that until DB showed they could stop it. I have to admit after that drive I was more than a little concerned this was going to turn into a slugfest and I feared DB would get tight and make some mistakes and then anything could have happened. I think it backfired because when things started to unravel for South it snowballed.

is he the missing brother from the Jackson 5? I wanted to reach thru the radio

South better forget this quick and focus on GC for next Friday or they could be staring 0-3 in the face. Although the "defending state champ" Blue Devils have been getting knocked around pretty good the last 2 weeks. Maybe South should consider moving to Va and dropping down to AAAAAAAAA/Division 127 or whatever GC plays in. It seems to work for them. Somebody will HAVE to get there first win of the season. interesting...has any team ever played 3 straight games in 3 different states? FYI: for those of you who paid for tonight's game and feel empty check out the end of the TCU-Baylor game. WOW!

boy can you call 'em there. everything you said would happen turned out 180 degrees the other way. couldn't contain Swafford, DB WAS able to run on that big front 7, Cooke could and did deliver the good ball. I guess IF south hadn't given DB the 63 points the Rebels could have made it a game. The South radio team made it sound like it was a squeaker and if South would have just been able to make that one play they would have been carrying coach back to Pactolus on a wave. I guess the players that spent last Friday night at the Fred running their mouths should have been out running some sprints cause they were flat worn out by the middle of the 2nd qtr. If it wouldn't have been for some trickery the SS team would have not even had a sniff of hope early on.

Clinton was pretty big across the front as well but we know how that works out. Shawn Bradley was 7'-6" but he stunk at basketball. Seems like you think you know a lot about what Cook can do. Will you actually be on the field to contain Swafford? If so let me know who you are so we can give you all the credit you deserve come Friday night.

Awesome!

Volman! It has been a while. I don't claim to be on the inside or have the football IQ as you and Compusat but I can use the eyeball test. And my eyeball says the Dragons did very little in the long run to improve this team. Add to that the Big8 looks very down and this could set up for a tough road come year end (science hill and the playoffs). We'll see. I'll be honest, I am more than a little concerned that with DBs "speed" advantage against Clinton it never seemed liked #6 and #8 could get around the corner as easily as I had hoped. I believe most of the big runs were through the line with the ball carrier making it happen from there. I'm sure Coach Haynie will have a few wrinkles with an extra week to prepare. And #16 for South concerns me as well as #15 on offense as much as defense. Where do you guys seem to find the 6'3, 210lb prototype QB every year? Is there something in the BBQ at Phil's Dreampit? I say annexation can't come quick enough!