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Good luck Kent.

I knew Bary Gaither. I worked with Bary Gaither. Bary Gaither was a friend of mine. Gopher15, you are no Bary Gaither. He has forgotten more about kickball than you will ever know.

Gopher Are you the coach for the tide in the Canton City League? If you are, then you are full of yourself. I think it looks ridiculous how you dress in a shirt and tie and your Hound's tooth hat for a junior pro game. You must think you are Bare Bryan Junior. The way you yell at those 5-6 year olds is sickening. I'm glad you aren't a real teacher. I can't imagine putting someone like you in a classroom of kids.

Mustang69, I know that Huntingdon has had trouble with Goodpasture, but they have the upperhand on Lipscomb. In 94, a team that most long time Lipscomb fans feel was the best team Lipscomb has ever had, Lipscomb beat Huntingdon 7-0 in the 2nd round. Huntingdon lost a great running back in the 1st half and that made a huge difference in the game. In 96, Huntingdon beat Lipscomb by a couple of scores in the quarter-finals. In last season's game, well, I think anyone that witnessed that game would be very hard pressed to show any advantage Lipscomb had over Huntingdon. Huntingdon had, the bigger crowd, a bigger band, bigger players, faster players, a better offense, better lines, a better defense, a better game plan,... Huntingdon was clearly the better team. By the way, guess how many players off of Lipscomb's 2003 team have signed DI scholarships. Zero. They may have a couple of kids walk on at small schools. Lipscomb has only had 2 kids (Jonathan Shaub with Vandy in 98 and Ethan Flatt with Ole Miss in 01) sign D1 football scholarships in Coach Mac's 22 seasons at the school. I would imagine that Huntingdon has had more than that in the last 22 years. I know Milan often has 2 kids a year sign D1. While Lipscomb has had some great teams, they hardly qualify as a football factory. Lipscomb will be competitive in 3A, but they will face a huge challange when they have to play the Portlands, White Houses,... on a weekly basis.

That is a great deal. From everything I know about Milan, it is a great school. If my kid can go there for only a $50 application fee (and I lived within 20-30 minutes of Milan), then why would I drive to Jackson Christian, USJ or Trinity? I'll just go to Milan. If my kid is a great football player, then Milan would be the place to be anyway. Are there any schools in West Tennessee who have produced as many DI players as Milan? I know that Lipscomb has produced 2 Division 1 signees (Jonathan Shaub in 98 and Ethan Flatt in 01) in the 22 years that Coach McCadams has been there. Milan seems to have that many prospects each year. Using the logic that some have used against most private schools, then the majority of the success that Milan has had the past 35 + years (since John Tucker went there) has to be explained by this zoning advantage. (The rest of this is filled with sarcasm.) It can't possibly be due to great tradition, great coaching, high expectations,... How else can you explain how a school has had such success on a consistent basis since the late 60's? (I'm not old enough to go back past that era.) Milan even beat Brentwood Academy during the playoffs in the 70's and they have beaten Lipscomb in 2 of 3 meetings. No 2A public school could possible do those things without an unfair advantage.

9 yr old champs. You have a good point (and there are many fine people at Lipscomb, Milan, Huntingdon...). While my kids go to Lipscomb, I grew up in West Tennessee. There is nothing like the game with the big rival, when both towns close up shop just after sun down and turn out for the big game. I grew up a little southwest of Milan, but I have some great memories of Ripley vs. Covington when there were far more people than the stadiums could hold and you couldn't hear the signals because the crowd was so loud and the bands were playing. I know when Milan plays Huntingdon, Trenton, Humbolt,... the atmosphere is electric. Most teams in West Tennessee measure their season on how they can play against Milan. A lot of people up here just don't understand the tradition that Milan developed under Coach Tucker and that continues today. There was a great crowd at this year's Lipscomb/Goodpasture game. It is the closest I have seen to a West Tennessee atmosphere. In 1988 when Lipscomb played Milan in the quarterfinals in Nashville, the Lipscomb fans were shocked when they arrived 10 minutes before kickoff and found Milan had filled the visitors stands (they are small) and over 1/3 of the homeside. Huntingdon did the same thing in the 94 playoffs. Congratulations to Huntingdon.

Is David Tucker interested in the job? David is an outstanding coach at FRA and an even better role model for his students. He may already have his plate full from his teaching responsibilities and track.

One big difference in the Virginia Plan and the BCS is that in the BCS, we are seeing an argument about why the #1 team in both polls is being left out of the "championship" game. (I still don't know how you lose your conference championship game and still make the national title game.) My understanding is that under the Virginia plan, it would be almost impossible for the #1 team to be left out of a classification. 32 teams (including 16 at large teams) will go to the playoffs from each class. Now there will probably be arguments when the 14th best (in someon's opinion) at large team is left out while the 20th best team makes the field of 16 at large teams, but the best 8-10 teams will most likely be in the playoffs. An event like the BCS would be if the TSSAA decided to have an overall champion for this year and invited Covington or Lipscomb to play Germantown for the Championship. They might pick Covington to give them a rematch or Lipscomb because they were undefeated before the Huntingdon game. Bypassing Fulton, Hillsboro or Huntingdon would be a parallel to Oklahoma being blown out and then still making the Sugar Bowl.

While I know that the spread offense has been called the offense of the future, this year's state championships were dominated by teams that play smash mouth football. Huntingdon lined up and ran it, Knoxville Fulton was a big, physical team, Hillsboro and Germontown both ran the ball well. While I know that some teams must use the spread to be competitive with teams that are physically superior, a big, physical team may have an advantage in making a playoff run. The odds are that during the playoffs, you will have one or more games when conditions are not going to be suitable for throwing it around (extreme cold, rain, sleet, snow...). On those nights, you better be able to control the line and run the ball.

Does anyone know the long term effects of creatine? What is going to happen in the human body 20-30 years out of those who take large doses of it? Why not just do what others have pointed out? Eat plenty of vegetables and fruits, take a good multi-vitamin every day and work out 3-5 times a week. Short cuts to success often lead to problems in the future. After all, football is just a game. It's not worth risking unknown future health problems for quick fix. Don't take it. In 30-40 years when more research is available about long term side effects, I may change my view. By then, I don't think you will be playing football anymore.

John, Who was the 2nd returning offensive line starter? Brandon Tidwell started at LG in 2002. He was the LT at the end of this year. In 2002, senior STARTERS were LT-Try Coke, C-Travis Adams, RG-Justin Seamon, RT-Jonas Fridrichsen, and TE-Richard Whitfield. All of those guys graduated.

Gerry was right about Lipscomb being a physical (big team) last year. That was last year. They also were in 1994 and 1998. 1994 was the most physical team Lipscomb has ever had. They had a few tough games in the playoffs that year. They beat Huntingdon 7-0 in round two(after Huntingdon's best back was injured in the 1st half.) They had a goaline stand against Milan to hold them off in the 4th and win by a touchdown. The West side of the bracket is often much more physical than the east. There were 2 things those 3 Lipscomb teams had in common. Each had big, senior dominated lines that featured 2 and 3 year starters. This year's Lipscomb line was a senior dominiated team, but they weren't very big and only 1 player started last year. They graduated about 30 pounds per man and many years of starting experience. Huntingdon did a great job of dominating the line on both sides of the ball. Lipscomb was a finesse team this year. They thrived on big plays in games against big, physical teams like Greenbrier and Goodpasture. The big plays didn't come against Huntingdon. Credit the Huntingdon D for most of that. The people on the East side of the state who thought that Lipscomb was a physically dominating team, better get off of the interstate at Waverly. It might be hazardous to their health to cross the Tennessee River into West Tennessee.

I can promise you that if Huntingdon wins, Coach McCadams will walk across the field, congratulate Coach Mansfield on a great game and shake his hand. If Lipscomb wins, he will do the same thing. I fully expect that Coach Mansfield will act with the same class. If Huntingdon wins, it will be because they are the better team tonight, and vice versa. Both teams are playing well and it should be a great night of football.

You are so very right! This thing is a scam! Who is to say that there won't be a change in the system? I expect a multiplier will be put in place by the board of control. While it was 62% who favored a "change", 48% wanted a split, 42% wanted a multiplier and 10% wanted some other option. When you consider that most (if not all) of the D2 schools voted for a split, was there really an overwhelming mandate for a total split? I wish I knew what the other 10% wanted, but they didn't seem to want a split. This can (and probably will) be discussed on this board until the cows come home, but it is now up to the Board to decide what action to actually take. I can appreciate the plight of the rural 1A schools. I think there will be some sort of change. Someone has already mentioned the 2 West Tennessee members. Dan and Phil are both good men. They seem to have gone to a great deal of effort to gather information from the schools in their area and their votes reflected that total vision.

Ted, If your idea pans out, then I will have to take USC in the Sugar Bowl. Los Angeles has to have a huge advantage over Norman, Oklahoma.

Ronald Holland from Covington. He was about 6'5, weighed 225+, and ran a 10.1 100 yards. He played at TSU in the late 70's. I have never seen a back that could dominate a game like he could.

Eddie, You lost all of your credibility when you made Beaver Cleaver and Larry Mondelo think that they had turned you into a zombie. That was a cruel joke to play on those 2 boys.

I could be wrong, but my guess is that "windtalker" is either a non-player Lipscomb supporter who thinks he can make the Mustangs mad and get them fired up by posting bad things about them, or an ex-player who quit and really wishes he were still on the team. (He has to be associated with Lipscomb to bring up the name of the back-up longsnapper and B-team right tackle who came to Lipscomb in kindergarten as an example of recruiting.) It won't be the first time someone has tried to fire up a Lipscomb team. In the early 90's, a parent sent a funeral wreath to the stadium the night before a big game and signed the other team's name to it. None of the players believed the other team was dumb enough to do that. They laughed that an old 1940's coaches trick was tried in the 1990's and figured out among themselves which dad did it. I guess internet chat rooms are the "funeral wreaths" of the 2000's. Windtalker, give it a break and head to Kroger to buy your Thanksgiving turkey. Any artificial emotions that you could possibly hope to arouse will last about 2 plays. Then the teams will just play football. Lipscomb has a big task in front of them this Friday. Anyone who gets on a message board and declares a game is a sure win is crazy at best. Anything can happen when eleven 16-18 year olds take the field. Alcoa is a very talented team that plays with a lot of excitement. The Mustangs better bring their A game. I am sure that Alcoa will bring their's.

It was on the back cover of KICKBALL COACHES QUARTERLY. Have you got your holiday issue yet?

Choo Choo, 1. I first said that the game is played on the field. Easttnfootballexpert plagiarized it from me. 2. Why would you have already lost if the game was not played the field? Tyner has 4 HUGE lineman that all have quick feet. Your DL outweighs Lipscomb's OL by 50+ pounds a man. You have plenty of speed. If the game where on paper-Tyner would have already won. They should be the favorites. Lipscomb's players are very well aware of the talent that Tyner has and know they must be at their best to be competitive in the game. NONE of them is looking at Tyner as a stepping stone. Tyner is more like a HUGE bolder tumbling down Lookout Mountain with Lipscomb in it's path. LOOKOUT!!!

Hit the quote button at the top right part of the message box and you can do the quotes. Don't knock the catfish. The people at Tyner are always great hosts, except of course they don't often let you win. Lipscomb has played at Tyner 4 times and has a 1-3 record there. I am going out on a limb and predict that it will either be 2-3 or 1-4 after this week. That's right. You heard it here first. Either Tyner or Lipscomb will win. Then they will play either Alcoa or Oliver Springs. The winner of that game will face Milan, Carver, Lewis County or Huntington for the Championship. Friday should be a great game. Chattanooga Choo Choo, the game will be played on the field Friday night between the players. The junk on the message boards is just for fun. It's ok for people to have a little fun once in a while. Isn't it?

Tackle, You are so very right, my friend. In fact, you are so right that I am going to totally disregard your comments b/c you did not sign your name. By the way, 47% of all statistics are fabricated. Sincerely, Lou Holtz Head Football Coach University of South Carolina 2 Cocks Pass Columbia, SC 23456 I guess you called me out on that one Lou. I will have to reveal my true identity. I am Lee Corso. Not so fast, my friend, not so fast. I bet you are wondering where I got that saying. It was from my old college roommate, Burt Reynolds. I used to drive Burt over to Stinky Pete's BarBQ and laundry mat in Tallahassie for a quick cappicino at night. Anytime my foot got too heavy, Burt would say, "not so fast my friend, not so fast." Who knew when we were roommates at Florida State that I would grow up to be an ESPN analyst (who knew there would be an espn-or TV for that matter) and Burt would grow up to be a contestant on Celebrity Jeopardy? I guess all that Trivial Pursuit we played in the dorm with that Semanchik guy finally paid off. Well, I've got to get over to Home Depot and pick up a few more pencils before I leave for Columbus. Lee

Gobigred, I read a quote in this morning's Tennessean from Lou Holtz that fits here. He was asked about internet chat rooms and he said, "I don't pay attention to anything where people don't have to sign their names." The same is true for many of the things you read on this message board-especially when it comes to matters regarding private schools. I think there are some people on these boards who really believe that all successful private schools were founded as a farm system for Division 1 college teams. All private school players are recruited and have college football scholarships and NFL contracts waiting on them. They probably have good reasons to believe this. Their uncle's, mom's, best friend's, cousin's, mailman's, brother's, fourth wife had a 3rd cousin who dated the father of a guy who was recruited to play at Football Academy.

More Humor from Scotty McTillman: If a cat always lands on its feet, and bread always lands butter side down; What would happen if you buttered your bread and strapped it on the back of your cat? The Physics class at Mt. Union tried this experiment a few years ago. They found that the bread landed on the bottom 54.73% and the cat landed on its feet 65.48% of the time. The results were inconclusive the other -20.21% of the time. Results were calculated with a margin of error of + or - 4 points. PETA sent representatives to protest the experiment. They held a non-violent sit in at the Weber Science Center. Mt. Union assured them that they had used 100% all vegetable margerine rather than real butter, but the protestors remained for 2 weeks. The school felt sorry for the protesters and sent out for hamburgers to feed them.

Yes, especially when he has a camera in his hand.