WannaBeReferee

Lol, sorry I had to mess with you! I really hope that MC can make it a game. But from hearing from everyone else on this thread, PC is pretty good. Good luck to both teams, hope they both come out injury free.

Of course they won't be able to, they don't play until Friday.

Well I mean you have to play those that are on the schedule. No matter if they are good or bad, by your opinion, you still have to play them. Go Dawgs!

This week is as good as any to get back on track. It's homecoming week hopefully the stands will be packed and the kids are ready to roll. Go Dawgs!

It's Gameday! Hope that both teams come out injury free and we get a Bulldog victory! Go Dawgs!

Since you stated that Cornersville won't win, what would you say if MC wins a close one but Franklin has a big game, will they change your mind any?

62-28 final Bulldogs!

Hoping and praying for a good game that both teams come out injury free. Go Dawgs!

I hope and pray for a good game for both teams while coming out injury free. I will not be able to attend tonight's game but wish all the luck to the Bulldogs!

It's GameDay! Here's to praying an injury free game for both teams. And Go Dawgs!

I'm glad you decided to comment after only 1 quarter. Looks like the carries picked up there in 2nd. So yes, new coach, new philosophy.

I thought it was a rule from the TSSAA that if the humidity/temperature is over a certain amount that they give mandatory water breaks.

It's what this particular general is known for! Just messing! I know you posted it was going to be hot, hopefully these refs will give mandatory water breaks like the ones in the Marshall County/Shelbyville game did last night.

Come on out tonight and see for yourself!

Yes a coach can make that much of a difference! When you have a coach that knows these kids, knows the parents and the community, then that coach can make a difference, a HUGE difference. No matter the outcome tonight, you will see a totally different Bulldogs teams this year than what you did last year. These kids love the head coach and yeah its only been 1 game this season but the atmosphere and the joy you see in these kids is leaps and bounds above last year.

I wouldn't mind having all three of those guys back but Cook would be the head coach for the 2023 season since Randolph's son would graduate in 24. If Cook did move to coach for the '23 season, who would you have fill in as Defensive Coordinator during that season?

I know that based on records, not speculating due to these being high school kids, Marshall County has opened up the past few weeks after the PC loss. Maybe PC woke up a sleeping giant in MC and they may go on a tear in the playoffs but only time will tell. Once again, I know the opponents in the last couple of weeks haven't won many or any games at all but feel that this could be the motivation to get MC on that streak to do some damage in the playoffs. I think MC wins this game and keeps their #2 rank in the region (getting that first-round game at home).

Actually, they got beat by Knoxville Catholic in 2015, it was Knoxville Central that barely squeaked by in 2016. That was one of the best and worst games I had seen up to that point.

I wouldn't mind seeing ole Trent Dilfer on the sideline in Cornersville but we all know he isn't leaving Lipscomb Academy. If/when he does, I see him going back west since he played his college ball at Fresno State and grew up in California. He may even go to Florida since he played QB for the Bucs. But we can all dream, right? LOL

When did he tweet that? Man, Cornersville has a McDonald's but we are going to do that to them. Well at least on the one hire, lol

If they base it on their numbers then they are square right in the middle of 3A, but who knows, they may pull a Pearl and move up. It's crazy that a 3A school can compete with 4, 5, and 6A schools on a yearly basis.

Got it! I thought I had heard something about them being classified as 3A but played up but wasn't for sure. Hopefully they go back to 3A and take another shot at Alcoa for the title, lol.

There is a region in 4A that currently has 9 teams. Region 5 in 4A has Marshall County, Pearl Cohn, Creekwood, Greenbrier, Lawrence County, Tullahoma, Hillwood, Montgomery Central, and Glencliff. But this one will change dramatically when they change it all up: Pearl Cohn drops to 3A and Lawrence County, Tullahoma, and Glencliff will all move up to 5A.

By no means am I blaming the fans for everything. I know there are refs out there that will intentionally do things during a game just to see what they can and cannot get away with. It is blatantly obvious, but there is nothing we can do about it. But I also know that there are fans out there that all they want to do is antagonize the crap out of the refs and that is their sole intention. They could care less about the actual game. But I see more and more fans immediately jumping on the refs and bashing them due to a missed penalty in the game early on and not let up. As far as you bulletin points 1-3, parents are going to do that whether or not the game has good refs or bad ones. They want their kids to play so those points are invalid. Why can't these officials make a living off of it? I mean they do in the NFL and college (I know that these guys have other jobs along with refereeing).

I will say that the fans (family, friends, other fans) are the main reason that we are having a shortage, but I have seen refs that are literally right in front of the penalty and not throw flags. I know that each ref is in a certain position to watch certain things from certain parts of either the offense or the defense and they can't see everything. It happens! I have seen high-ranking people within the community/state that have been a real "burden" to most of these officials. The yelling/berating of the officials is just horrible. I will say that I have given some officials a little bashing over the years but not to the point of actually cussing them or wanting to fight them. I have figured out which officials tend to officiate our games on a regular basis, those that have a really good time with the game and really enjoy it. Those I will mess with due to them not getting mad as easily. I told one once after he got done writing something in his little notepad that "he better write it down in his little Blue's Clue notepad so he wouldn't forget." He turned around and laughed and said that was one of the best things he had heard during a game and told me thanks for the laugh. I have seen during a youth league game on Saturday, a coach from the sideline telling his team to get him a flag, so the ref threw a flag on the coach for unsportsmanlike conduct. The funny thing about this was that the coach was the coach of the flag 2 division of the youth football league.