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Proud of our Oak Ridge boys for fighting thru a tuff 2-3 start and losing key players all yr.Tonight Summit was a great team with a great QB.I hated to see our defense start so bad but was proud of how we made adjustments and kept fighting.Thats what good coaches do and Miner and his boys was great this yr.It just kills me that we wasted another good team because of our pathetic offense.Blame it on OC or whoever you want but our offense has been a joke the last 7 or so years.We change offenses every yr and its never the right one.We have had some really great players and for some reason waste them by running BS that dont work.How in the world can you explain running the same offense that was even worse vs DB and the 1st time vs West again tonight.We looked so good vs West and then went back to the same crap that only works vs teams like Clinton and Karns.We didnt have a good Oline when healthy and we sure didnt with 2 key starters out so why in the world would you hang your hat on the Oline blocking.We looked exactly the same or worse early in yr and didnt improve what so ever running that offense.Somebody make sense of anything we do on offense under this OC.Your talking Tee Higgins,Caleb Martin,Jordan Graham,Kendell Jackson and tons of good skill guys we waste.How many Oak Ridge fans was shocked by us not being able to run the ball tonight.Surely not one because we havent vs a decent team all yr.But anyway proud of players and the special group of SRs we have.Yall made us proud

Good luck South Pitt

I am proud of the Cats and the great playoff run they gave us.I want more than anything for this team to get to finish things on a great note.My fear is the elite players from Summit will take over and put game away fast.My final prediction is Summit 37 Oak Ridge 6.These highly ranked stars with experience on big stage will be too much for our smaller guys who just play hard.RWR

Yes 14 is the key to the Oak Ridge offense.Look how good the offense looked vs West when he was running and on target all over the field.Compare that to the 14 that wasnt running much and was rushing throws vs SD and its like 2 different teams.From outside people think Jackson is key to our offense but he hasnt had the blocking vs decent defenses to be what he can.He is the kind of RB that needs to get going to show his true talent.Its hard to do when he is being hit behind the L.O.S almost every play.44 do u think Miner can come up with a good plan to try and slow down the big time QB a little.

Thanks for info.Yea players like that dont come around much.And besides being good players Ive heard nothing but good things about them.I look forward to watching them at Army.

Thanks and I think you are spot on with what we have to do to win.Oak Ridge struggles to run vs a decent defense so it sounds like we need the offense that should up at West to have a chance.Our Dline has been playing good but I dont think we can compare to what the Central D line could do.Somebody in Oak Ridge needs to pop out some twin boys because its worked for Central and Summit.By the way Bobcat someone told me Summit put up a bunch of yards on Central but yall forced a bunch of turnovers.Is that right or did they have a lot of yards after game was in hand

So the Summit QB had 394yds vs good Henry Co team and 412yds vs good Beech team.Thats unreal and he averaged over 200 yds rushing in those games.The Oak Ridge offense would have to play best game of year to get those numbers as a team.The brother is ranked 4th best player in Tennessee and 185th in the nation.O and I was told the QB had almost 250 yds rushing and 3 tds im 2nd rd but Ive not looked it up.Maybe the Cats can play their best game of year and hang around till 4th.I hope the Central staff has been in touch with our coaches and gave us some tips.The QB is a lot better this yr but we need all the help we can get

I hope your right.Thanks for the info

The Oak Ridge offense will have to play as good as they did vs West which would be hard to do.Even though this Oak Ridge defense has been good I think we need 30 plus pts to win this game.The Summit QB is just a different animal from anything we have faced this year.Really is the worst matchup for how we play.Main thing on offense is can we just be decent upfront after getting ran through by the SD Dline.Can the defense keep the QB under 250 all purpose yards.Seems to me that Miner defenses has struggled in the past with duel threat QBs and Wade is one of best Ive seen in high school

Seems like everybody has Summit winning big.Lets hope Oak Ridge can keep it close until at least halftime.I think the score I hear the most is Summit 38 Oak Ridge 7.

Oak Ridge was there in 2005.Tell everybody about how Clinton had to borrow shoes from Oak Ridge just to lose.Clinton been around for so long and has never won state in any sport.No wonder you have banners for region titles and make shirts when you beat Oak Ridge

Ok moving on

Your team lost and its time to move on. Your crying about calls because the team you wanted to win didnt.Im sure both coaches will work on what cost them the game instead of the calls that didnt go there way.We got to watch 2 good games and all you can talk about is the calls u didnt get and BS about calls that wont happen in finals

Oak Ridge outplayed West and deserved to win.Bad calls on both sides happen and u have to respond.West gave up the long TD then went 3 and out without gaining a yard.South Doyle had chance after chance and the Oak Ridge defense ate them alive.Its sad that you and others try to take away from what these boys have accomplished.They went and made the plays when they had to all playoffs long.

I agree with all you said.If you go back after West game a lot of us was wondering if we could get to 5-5 or not.Its been a work in progress replacing our center.Its amazing that we have fought through when the Oline had so many injuries and that was the one spot we couldnt afford to have any.No matter what happens at State this team will go down in history.What a 3 week run beating 3 good teams and 2 shutouts and our best offensive game in a long time

Im right there with you.Nobody couldve seen this coming.But you didnt stop being a fan and it made it that much better.Proud of the staff and players

Im so happy for the kids and these SRs who kept getting better every week instead of going the other way.What a great night to be a Wildcat.That was the kind of football that I miss.Every 1st down and yard was huge.I thought for awhile the blocked FG might cost Oak Ridge the game but the defense wouldnt stop coming.The Oak Ridge fans that watch every week know how much this Dline has improved and its been amazing.The past 3 weeks has been a total team effort.Congrats to the fans that go support the boys every week no matter what.All the Oak Ridge haters are crying and I love it.ROLL WILDCATS ROLL ALL THE WAY TO COOKEVILLE

Great post.I look for big things in future for SD.I love your coach and your boys never quit.See ya next yr when we run it back

Your right.Im hoping for some Blankenship magic.Maybe Oak Ridge will somehow pull another big win off.I hope our boys fight until the end

I didnt get to watch South Doyle last yr but I was told they was the best team in 5A last yr.He said the Central QB just would not let his team lose that playoff game.He said South Doyle is even better this yr.He said the RB gets a lot of attention and is that good but said the defense is one of the best in state.Also said the QB was as good as any QB in 5a.

After hearing the experts picks and watching the Gaddis show I just hope Oak Ridge can keep it close.Sounds like South Doyle is loaded and Oak Ridge will have to put together another really good performance to have a chance.Some of experts said Oak Ridge dont have the size or toughness to slow down the South Doyle offense.They said Berven and Kelly was solid LBs but dont have the strength to take on the SD oline and RB.They said South Doyles front 7 is too much for the patchwork Oline Oak Ridge has right now.Maybe we can come up with something to hang in there.Im headed back from Texas in couple of hours and wouldnt miss it for nothing.RWR

Clinton won 1 game and Oak Ridge is still playing.He is trying to think of anything to make himself feel better.He wants SD to win more than SD fans do.If Oak Ridge only won one game I think I would shut up and stay out of it.Go argue with Karns

What is your point about us having more kids than them?Clinton has more than AC and how has that worked out the last 20 yrs?Would it make u feel better if we replace South Doyle with Heritage since they have about the same amount of students as Oak Ridge

The wildcat scares me.I have wanted Oak Ridge to run it for so long.When you have a really good player they can run it over and over sometimes and teams cant figure it out.I would love to see Jackson,Stewart,Turner or Heyawrd get some wildcat action.Who do you think has a better defense between West or Central

I agree.I just hope Mitchell comes close to what he did at West.We know we gotta get big plays out of Stewart and or Jackson.We gotta have somebody else step up like Preston did last week to keep the offense rolling.I worry about J.Adams because he was exhausted by end of game.We gotta have our Dline to play as good as last week to have a shot.Cant start turning the ball over or going 3 and out.I think we have a better offense than Central but Central had a better defense so this game is hard to figure out