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That was my first reaction, but Quarles is right up there.

I don't get it, unless I am really missing something here ..... he just received a Million dollar bonus in March, couple that with the Titans offer (that he rejected as a slap in the face), but yet when you look at the announced contract with the Cowboys, it is roughly the same Or did I mis-read the amounts?

LOL, Dad brought me up as a UT fan, but I saw the light when PF backstabbed his way into the job. Born and raised in the East Tn area, still like the Vols to an extent, except for the 3rd game on the schedule.

RR: when did you play at MHS? I agree, playing at Rule was a nightmare, you would come out of the locker room, up the tunnel and it was like you had garbage cans being dumped on you. It was the only road game that Coach Story made us put our helmets on before leaving the locker room. I miss the old region, eventhough MHS has been doing quite well for itself.

This is kind of a take off from another thread, but what is the largest crowd that you have ever seen at a regular season game? The biggest one that I remember locally was at a Maryville / AE game in 1987 that had about 5,000 (stadium only held maybe 3500 or so; I think).

I thought that was 'Who Day?' I miss the old region set up at times, man those were the days.

cool ---> appreciate it! Ya know, that is one of the biggest differences that you see between the scrimmages now versus the past; now they are scrimmaging healthy competition. I can remember our scrimmages from 1985-87 time frame: Sullivan South, Seymour and once against Rhea Co (when Andy Kelly was a rising Senior). Not that there is anything wrong with those schools, but for the most part, we were under matched.

Don't forget Peanut Isom!

Stat Wise: Troy Fleming Pure Power (only got to see him on film): Al Davis Sr ---Alcoa Power & Speed: Leroy Thompson --Austin East Homer Vote: 1985 Maryville backfield; they had something like 3,000 yards rushing running the double wing. I have to agree with the guy @ 3 pages back (too late to go that far back to quote verbatim). I was at the Red Bank/MHS game when Riggs was a senior and saw nothing very impressive. He ran down to the MHS end of the field during pre-game and was thumping his chest, LOL. Take away 3 runs late in the game and he has less than 35 yards rushing. He would take himself out of the game and his Dad would be there at the fence behind the bench screaming at him. Riggs may have been running behind an injured line; however, the depth chart said they were all regular season starters. He had good speed, but a terrible head.

Without looking, it's probably closer than I would think, but then again, count the # of trophies that have came back to East Tennessee in the past five years (gotta stretch that to 6 to pick up that other one for Maryville )

Maryville vs Alcoa old school pick: Maryville vs Austin East