I think its pretty obvious that Maryville is gonna come out pumped.... its Maryville and they know what they have to do. To say that Mcminn playing with emotion means nothing I think is wrong. Just think about the Alcoa game for the past 10 years before this year... Alcoa come out jumping around all rah rah, after about the first couple series all that adrenaline starts to slow down, and the big red machine just keeps rolling
I think 101 hit the nail on the head earlier. This game will come down to the QB play. Its all about decision making and whoever does a better job of it friday night between Juhlin and Ables will put their team in a better position to win the game. That being said, I think Maryville is good enough for Phillip to struggle and still win. I do not think Ambles can play bad and Mcminn still win. Maybe it is a blowout, but I like many others, don't see this one getting near as bad as last time.
Thanks Stars for refreshing my memory on the the old Central teams... I honestly had forgotten how much talent they had. Boy those were some fun games to watch. No doubt about it Region 3-4A was tough.
One of the best games I have ever witnessed was the 2002 Maryville-Central game. There would have been another epic battle in the playoffs that year if they had made it to us (I still think that Central team was better than Cleveland that year).
Those Central teams were GOOD, like someone said, I think they would have won state multiple times if it wasn't for Maryville.