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2 hours ago, TheBlueprint said:

Also just out of complete curiosity, what team does the SP faithful consider to be their best ever ? 
 

Been a ton of really good teams and some great teams over the years but I was curious which one is thought be on another level of good?

That 2007 team was NASTY. They were up by like 50 in the finals. 

4 hours ago, Geno said:

1 Mase 

2 South Pittsburg 

3 Dresden

 

4-10 doesn’t matter! One of those 3 will be your State Champion!!

Moore County is loaded too. I wouldn’t count our Union City either. Didn’t Dresden barely beat them Friday?

4 hours ago, TheBlueprint said:

The longer this season goes on, the more I dread the fact that we may be just good enough to make it to you guys, and get embarrassed

SP typically doesn’t embarrass Gordonsville. If we play I’d expect a competitive game like always. 

20 minutes ago, The Drunken Sailor said:

Yes. They will be 4th in the region from the looks of it, just behind Sale Creek.

I could tell when I checked their scores they were obviously improved. Last year they couldn’t score on Copper Basin. This year they put a bunch on them. 

8 minutes ago, Southtowner said:

B.I.N.G.O.

I guess I should say.. passing needs to improve. The running game is a lot better from last year but we miss too many wide open receivers. That’s not a knock at anyone. Just an observation I made. 

9 minutes ago, powerp said:

They are absolutely horrible lol

You can’t convince me they aren’t better than last season. Looking at scores. They did beat Copper Basin by 60. They appear to be a playoff team lol. 

Are you talking about the legendary Greenback coach? He’s the coach at Midway?

Go Pirates! Great win on Friday. Just my take but if this team gains some consistency on offense they will be hard to handle. Last year was all pass. This year is almost all run. Find some middle ground and it could be great year. 

They looked to be improved this year looking at scores. They aren’t improved nearly enough though. I remember last year they looked like some good players but then when the game started it was bad. 

Who gives a ****. MTCS and SP will be a great game. It makes you  not want to read anything here because of the idiots on here constantly showing their ignorance. I hope the Pirates can pull it out. 

If Whitwell can’t beat Bledsoe by 3 scores or more they aren’t a legit contender in the east this year. 

22 minutes ago, CougarDadx2 said:

Yepper - we are a dying breed. That rock will be there long after we are all gone. I've gone from a Tiger to a Cougar (while keeping an eye on those Cleveland Raiders).

Cleveland Raiders?  Seems like your eye would be NJ and SP since you’re from here. 

1 hour ago, Southtowner said:

I used to live up on Battery Hill a long time back.  On Olcott.

I soaked that rock every weekend. 

Soaked it? Oh my…

21 minutes ago, The Drunken Sailor said:

I would like to see that happen. 

Good and bad to those games. Just my opinion on it. 

4 hours ago, CougarDadx2 said:

I'm just happy this game is finally happening (have been asking for years. I had much rather see us play SP than the 4A / 5A schools we were scheduling at one time, who did not travel well.

This game is an opportunity for iron to sharpen iron, while not having an impact on getting to Chattanooga.

It's easy travel for both schools, just a little over an hour. Both schools will benefit from strong gates.

We have a solid team, but we have never had numbers. We will dress ~30 boys Friday night. We don't recruit or have a bunch of transfers for sports. The majority of seniors on this team have played together since elementary school. Most of our kids play both ways.

I look for a great game, pray there are no injuries, and hope the zebras don't screw it up for either team.

GO COUGARS!!

I saw some highlights online. You boys are good. The team looks like they have played together for a long time. 

I’ve never seen a private school that wasn’t disciplined. They always are disciplined teams. This team won’t be any different. That all goes with the territory of private school kids that are paying a tuition. Comparing public and private is apples and oranges. As for Pitt. I just always try to trust the process. We had the better team last week and won 62-0. I’m glad we didn’t lose 62-0. 

12 hours ago, TheTruthHurts22 said:

5 kids may have left, but you guys got 6 new players from other schools, dont leave that part out! Granted I’ve been watching Lance Taylor lay kids out at Bartlett, he is missed more than the most. Coach Miller has a firm grasp of what goes on in and around Memphis and knows how to manipulate situations to get an advantage for his squad, similar to how SP does in the South from Chattanooga into N Alabama and Georgia! It is a busted year for both if they don’t make the championship game. Especially SP they have a literal cake walk to Finley Stadium! 

I wasn’t aware SP had anyone from North Alabama? Who is it? I know a kid came from Georgia and one from a private in Chattanooga. That’s the only transfers I know of at SP in the past 3 years. No need to compare us to what us going on in Memphis.

At times the offense seems in sync and at times it’s not. Defense is the constant that’s always seems to be there. Win or lose next Friday this looks to be a great game to help both teams get ready for the playoffs.  

Might as well give my two cents like the rest of us. Was it just me or did the first half go by that quick? The Pirates could have easily been up 21 or 28 to 0 at the half. They need to get that efficiency fixed and score on every possession lol. Seriously though that defense is nasty and fast. The offense took awhile to get going but when it did.. in the famous line of the late Keith Jackson… woah nelly…

34 minutes ago, Bushog02 said:

Easterly won’t play much this week, trying to rest him. Still got some pretty good skill players 

Saving him up for the Pirates I guess. 

1 hour ago, CoyDillard said:

From what I'm told with the current administrations this game is "years" down the road. I remember a few on here saying the Jasper gate wasn't needed, other teams would bring just as much in. If you had this game at the end of the season with 2 undefeated or maybe 1 loss team just think of the gate. Someone is missing out on about $50k this year. Not sure what the Pirates bring back next season but Jasper should be just as good if not better so there's a gate that the other team will miss out on next year.

I always liked that game too but I guess in the long run it has no bearing with either team trying to win championships so I’m good either way.  Regardless they probably could care less what I think.  lol

i did hear once that Jasper got the huge gate from the last contract in 2019 and SP did not get one in 2020 and that was a sticking point. No idea if it’s true or not. 

3 hours ago, Geno said:

South Pittsburg 42 NJ 10

Goodness gracious. SP couldn’t score that much on Sequatchie and after seeing their score last week they obviously don’t have a great defense. I don’t look for SP to score like that in this game either.  Go Pirates!

I will take Smith County in a close one. 

8 minutes ago, BigCornbread said:

You reaching patna. NJ won’t just lay down and take a whipping. Piratez win, but it’s up to da piratez and how dey display dey discipline to determine how many points dey win by. 

Pirateman 28 might not be a Pirate. lol.. I’d bet all my assets they don’t come anywhere close to that prediction. I got SP 28-14 in this one. 

SP by 14