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Thanks a lot for the info.

Does anyone have a final score and updates on the events of the game? If so, could you post them on here?

I believe that this will be a game that may come down to coaching. I think that there will be some major wrinkles in both teams play books and whoever executes more will come out the winner. I believe that on paper Maryville should be the favorite but the game is at Alcoa and our coaches will have our boys ready. Alcoa has to hit Robinette on almost every play because he can run. If they don't account for him he will kill us with his legs. The turnover battle will play into effect as well. Both teams have to protect the ball if they want to win. This should be a great game and I hope that it can live up to last years game which was the best high school football game that I have ever seen.

I read an interesting article about how both of these two teams are refusing to play Alcoa. Signal Mountain is jumping up two classifications to avoid playing Alcoa and South Pittsburg is only going to have a nine game regular season because they are turning down there original agreement to play a home and home with Alcoa these next two years. The South Pitt coach said that he didn't want to get his kids beaten up right before the playoffs. The Sig Mnt coach said that instead of moving up to 3a from 2a he wanted to go ahead and move up two classifications because it gave his kids a better shot at winning a state championship. I found it odd that both these coaches would come out in an article and basically admit that they were scared to play a 3a school in Alcoa. If I were a player for either one of these teams and found out that my coach had been saying this stuff in a public article I would be extremely mad. A coach should never show any type of fear to his players even if it is a legitimate fear.

What channel are the games on?

I know the only championships from around here in the past 10 years are alcoa, maryville, austin east, catholic, and fulton none of which won them in the highest classification. These so-called powerhouses havent even gotten that close either. I am sure that 6a, 5a, and 4a don't want anything to do with alcoa. They probably wouldn't let them in the higher classifications even if we wanted to go. I wish that we could get some regular season games with some better teams but the only good teams in higher classifications that are willing to play us are fulton and maryville. Props to both those squads for stepping up. I wish that there would be more that would put there big boy britches on and play us during the regular season. I think that it would be good for all of east tn football. So we will be in 3a as long as we are aloud. So all the other teams either get better and step up or move to a higher classification so you will not have to play us.

I heard that George and Gary were leaving alcoa and maryville to be co-head coaches at TSD.

Yeah I am not complaining about our running dominance but i believe that we could be even better if we utilized our atheletes in the passing game as well. I think that Tallant is athletic enough to use him in some of the ways that Rankin used Cobb. Play action fakes and role outs. Get him on the move and allow him to throw while rolling out. He doesn't have to be a 5 step drop back passer. Just utilize the tight ends and ISOM. I wonder if he Tallent can throw a 10 yard out to isom or a hitch. I would love to see some more creativity. But I know that is not typically Rankins style. They would just be a more complete team. I love them though and love the way they win. No complaints about that. So if they can't be more creative and still win than stick to ole faithful and pound that rock.

Loudon struggled with LC last week and we destroyed LC in a scrimmage(which i know scrimmages don't always tell the full story). So i believe that this year will be different than last year and we will dominate 49 to 7. We are way to big and strong and maybe we will get Isom involved a little. Talent needs to improve and the play calling needs to be set up to help him a little. I don't understand why they wont throw a quick slant or something to the tight end. They throw nothing around the middle of the field. Every pass shouldn't try to be a home run. They need to be a little more creative. I would suggest too that they find some way to get talent off of the field on D. He didn't do a very good job against maryville and needs to rest so he can be fresh for offense. Just my opinion what does everyone else think?

Hahahaha. That return comment made me laugh out loud. What else do we have to do to shut this kind of crap up. This guy has no clue what he is talking about. Yeah move us up to 4a and we will do the same thing. Move us to the private league and we will do the same thing. The argument from this guy gets so OLD. We hear it over and over again every year. Thursday's game is the best Alcoa Maryville game ever. It was the best HS football game I have ever watched. Alcoa did look more physical than maryville. Maryville had a few more atheletes than I anticipated. Two great teams though and it would look great if maryville one the 6a state. I think that alcoa is going to go 15 and 0 once again for number 7 in a row. Very impressive and GREAT GAME.

Yeah I hope that it will be a good game. I think it will but Alcoa has too much for the red rebels. Next year though I think will be a different story. I am excited to see the 2 best programs in the state go head to head. The best display of HS football in tennessee all year.

Well its Alcoa vs Maryville week finally. I can't wait until thursday to see if Alcoa can repeat for once. I believe that we have a great shot this year to beat them again. Alcoa has great coaching, great strength, great atheletes, great experience, and great disclipline. With all these components put together they make a tough opponent for anyone in any classification. I believe that Maryville will not have the toughness to match Alcoa for the second straight year. I think that Maryville is still too inexperienced and not having a proven qb hurts there chances as well. Both coaches are great and I wouldn't hesitate to say that they are the best 2 in the state. So it will come down to the players and who wants it more. I think that Alcoa will win by 2 tds and if there passing game is firing on all cylinders than I believe 3 or more. But we will see. Thats why they play the game right. I would like to get some other opinions about the big game so feel free to chime in.

Is Maryville tough enough? That is the question. Last years game proved that they weren't tough enough up front and over all to get the job done. It was a reversal of roles last year. In years past Alcoa wasn't tough enough to beat Maryville. I truely think that the team who wants it the most and is tough enough to go through some pain will win. I believe that there is not hardly a nickles difference between GQ and Rankin. By far the best 2 coaches in the state. I believe it will come down to the players. I believe that Alcoa is going to win by a couple of td's because I don't think that Maryville will be able to match the physicality of Alcoa. But we will see on Thursday. I believe that the qb for Maryville whoever it is will not have time to look down field to complete many passes bc of the pass rush that Alcoa will put on. It will be interesting also to see if Tallent for alcoa can throw the ball this year. If our passing game is good than we will win by 3 or more tds. Go Alcoa.

Yeah I am sure that we will do the national weather service thing again. Yeah that is pretty good but I like coming out of the helmet with the fog machine better. You all have definately improved every year and yeah I am sure that it is tough coming up short to us. Well I hope that we continue to beat you all but I do enjoy a good game. I believe that for anyone this year it is going to be really tough though. I think that we may just be better this year than last. But we will see. You never know what can happen once the season starts. There is no doubt though we both have disciplined and hard working programs that represent the state well in 3a. Good luck to you and we will see you on week 10.

Hey don't get your feelings hurt, it was a compliment to you all for your fan support. I love the crowd that you all bring over. Definately you all are the best crowd besides maryville every year. You know all you millionaires and everything.