RollTribe87

Rapcan (Soph, 15-10) from Dobyns-Bennett upsets Armstrong (Sr, 32-3) from Volunteer in the 1st round of 132 wt class by score of 6-4.

Well stated HorseCollar. Granted, I played back in the day when South was our big rival and Science Hill/Tennessee High always gave us a great game and beat us on occasion. Oak Ridge was a constant on the schedule. We had just gone 4-6 my junior year and lost most of our skill players. We were projected to go 5-5 and finish middle of the pack in the Big East. We ended up going 10-0 in the regular season and lost in the quarterfinals to eventual state winner Knox Halls. Do you know what my most vivid memories are from that year? The entire team busting their azzes in the off season weight room. Coaches expecting more out of us than we thought possible. Enjoying the camaraderie in the locker room. Calling out guys who weren't pulling their weight and praising guys who were exceeding expectations. I learned life wasn't fair and that if you work hard you will be rewarded. Big picture - DB football taught me life lessons I still use today. And Coach Clark was a big part of it. If I had a gun in my hand on practice days,I would have shot him more times than not. Hindsight 20/20, he was preparing me for life in the real world. In the process, I got to play a little bit of football with my friends.

I will concede that I haven't been in a D-B huddle since 1986, and I've lived out of state since 1987, but I follow the games on the radio/online. My experience is that Graham Clark knows how to run an offense. Extremely good at matching his players' strengths with offensive sets/alignments. I was fortunate enough to play defense under Coach Watson. Talk about a coach who put his players in position to succeed. We talk about opportunities lost, but nobody gives Clark and Co credit for getting more out of his folks than others would/could. Do I think we should have won a title or two over the past 25 years? Sure. Do I blame the coaches for that? No. We're talking about 14-18 year old kids playing an emotional sport under all kinds of field conditions in various stadium settings. Let's look at dbFan91's "should have" results: 1998 (Semi-Finals): lose 21-7 to Oakland who beats Hendersonville 46-24 for State Title 2000 (Semi-Finals): lose 21-13 who beats Riverdale 27-7 for State Title 2002 (Semi-Finals): lose 14-9 to Riverdale who loses to Brentwood 10-7 for State Title 2012 (Quarterfinals): lose 41-20 to Maryville who loses to Whitehaven 36-35 for State Title We had a "great chance" to win championships, but I argue that saying we "should have" is a stretch. And we didn't get squat?? Off with their heads?? C'Mon Man!

So KAStroker, you said you've supported the Indians...but did you play? I totally disagree with your assessment of Clark. You said that "I had him as a PE teacher he always had his picks and it has kept him from ever winning a State Championship."connecting dots between dressing out for gym class and Clark's inability to win a state championship? Maybe your inability to properly address the shuttlecock kept you from earning a top seed in the 10th grade winter session of PE badminton.

Exactly. And take them away from you so you have to sit at home, alone, on a Friday night trolling DB football message boards. Now it all comes clear why you hate DB so much. Try to rub that "L" off your forehead. It should come off with soap.

How did you hear that? Oh, that's right - you've been trolling the DB-Maryville thread. I can assure I (and I assume 99% of the folks here) have never even viewed a Greeneville thread (or any other school's thread for that matter). I would rather color by numbers with Bob Ross. As I stated earlier, it's pretty pathetic that you are so lacking in life that you follow a DB thread asking for updates. I guess their ain't much going on in Greene County...where the women are few and the sheep are scared.

Greeneville still isn't in the playoffs and you're still trolling the DB-Maryville board...

14-6 Maryville with 1:55 left in the half.

Thanks Nostradamus. Don't you have another game to follow? No idea what the school of that one is - I could care less (like you should could care less about the DB score).

Devilman03, your obsession with DB football is borderline psychotic. Pretty sad you're spending a Friday night, at home, following a game on a message board (not even listening to it), and you have no connection to either school. You remind me of Merril Steep in "Fatal Attraction." I bet Coach Clark comes home to a rabbit boiling on his stove...

7-0 7:39 left in half. DB has two fumbles inside Maryville 15 and a TD called back.

LOL. It was '86. I played OLB in that game. Frustrating wasn't the word for it. Randy Hall and the bigs would pull and Julian would fall forward for 3-4 yards everytime. Lulled us to sleep and then threw a pass over the top. Must've been a 12-15 minute drive over two quarters.

You might want to be careful with this plan. The Boone players might hear you say it's a playoff game. They'll end up going home before the game starts because they never go to the playoffs!