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Did anybody catch the stats on the radio.I think our Oline played better which aint saying much but we got better as game went on.I was wondering if we broke 100 yds rushing.We had to be close but wish we would find ways to get Heyward the ball.He showed 1st game just how good he is if you give him a chance and since 1st game its like we quit trying to throw him anything but screens or 4 yd outs.I would give him 3 plus deep balls a game and let him play QB some.I think Rogers is another weapon if we can find some pass plays that work.I know Oline has been really bad but also need QB to step it up.For some reason I feel more hopeful about the offense so maybe this change mid yr will pay off.

I like the new personnel and formation for our new offense.I think we can at least improve with this offense.We couldve kept it closer if we didnt have that 10 pt swing in last min of half.Hard to gauge much off this game because Greenville is so good and light years ahead of us upfront.Ive seen Alcoa play West in person and Powell last week.I think Greenville beats all 3 of those by double digits.That offense is just in sync together and is really impressive.Proud of fight my Cats have shown.Met couple of nice Greenville fans who said they really respect the Oak Ridge program and know we will be back soon so dont lose hope.Glad I made the trip.RWR

Very true.This is all time bad for Oak Ridge and we can still make playoffs with a young team with not many SRs.

I have to agree with you Wille.I think something had to change and I was one of those who said it.Odd thing was I didnt know for sure who to blame.The line has been bad long before Rodney got to Oak Ridge.I know he is a good guy and I never really blamed him because he has proven he is not this bad at being an OC.At the same time its the worst offense in history of Oak Ridge and something had to change.I dont know how it went down but maybe Rodney was good with stepping down.With what we have on Oline he really didnt have a shot but at same time you cant be worst offense in Oak Ridge history and things stay the same.My guess is Gaddis didnt want to step down so Rodney had to take the fall.I wish him nothing but best and hate it didnt work out.

Never thought I would say this about Oak Ridge but the goal is not to have a running clock by halftime.Some other goals might be one first down a qtr would be really nice.Greenville could bring the freshman team Dline and still have advantage upfront.I would guess it would be hard to find many teams with a better trio of RBs and WR Oak Ridge has but it doesnt even matter.Heyward has proved u just have to throw it his way and he will make plays and we cant even do that.All 3 of our RBs can do big things if we can block long enough for them to get past line of scrimmage but we cant do that.I would guess 9/10 times our RBs are hit before they can take 2 steps.You just cant believe it until you see it

Great point and I agree 100%.The S&C is a joke if we even have one.

I dont know what to say but my score was almost right again.Unless you go to games you just cant understand how bad the Oak Ridge offense is.I keep hearing Oak Ridge is always plays better at end of yr but its not gonna happen with this team.Its so bad I dont know who to blame.We know the Oline is awful and we have no options left unless we go with guys under 160 pds.7 is a heck of a RB and Jackson is a good high school RB.Heyward is one of best WRs in the state.How can the offense be that bad? Would we be better benching Tarwater or is Oline so bad it dont matter.As a head coach u cant ever be this bad at Oak Ridge.I dont care what happens but something has to change now.You can not go back out and do that that same crap again.

Bad matchup for the Cats.This yrs defense is not good vs decent pass game.You either need a good dline that can get in backfield all night or really good CBs.Our strength this yr is LBs who can go sideline to sideline tackling anything that moves. Powell 38 Oak Ridge 13. If we have over 150 yards of offense Ill be happy

Wait until you see the Oak Ridge offense.I will say Powell only needs 14 to win.Also Oak Ridge doesnt have a DL that can get pressure on the QB which is huge vs Powell.I would love to see the Cats win but after that Halls game I see Powell having a big game and win

Oak Ridge better think of 2 or 3 plays they can run all night that gets ball out fast.We could triple team Nolen and couldnt block him.Big boy from Farragut maybe 75 looked like A.Donald vs us.The Beardon Dline looked like Alabama vs Alabama St.Dont feel bad Willie Im excited to see Rogers play to if it happens.He is 6'1 175 with D1 offers and proved he can play.He might be rusty but Ill take any help we can get and he at least has chance to be a star if he has got even better since last year.Even more important vs teams like Powell with big WRs cause 17 is a little on the small side.Guess we wont know unless he ever plays at Oak Ridge.Side note big shout out to Miner for another shut out last week.That man has coached a lot of them in his time at Oak Ridge

A lot of young Wildcats making plays and getting better tonight.If we can just find some guys upfront we could be really good next couple of years.Throw in what should be one of better incoming freshman classes we have had in a while next yr and things could be good for a while.Not having our 2 best offensive players tonight and still moving football was good to see.Hopefully we get those guys back after off week.I was watching warm ups and the Rodgers kid was throwing the ball 50 plus yards with ease.He looks like a really good player and I hope we get him out there.He could help Heyward getting doubled but more importantly he would be big help on defense.Defense has been good but besides needing lineman a really good CB would be huge for this defense.Go Wildcats and enjoy the win and some time off

The word is they do.Im no expert at middle school OL projections so its hard to say for sure just watching.All though down a little this yr we have done pretty good most yrs avg 35 plus freshman.I notice some of schools we play have only 45-55 total on varsity roster counting FR.Oak Ridge is one of few schools I see in papers that dont list FR on varsity roster or we could dress out 80-90 players.I think we have a bigger problem keeping guys from fresh to soph than we do from middle to high school.It would be really nice to see us hire a great freshman coach and put a lot of time and care into them instead of sending them out of the way and forgetting about them until next yr

Yes they are and not just a star or 2 that does it all but a well rounded team.Heywards group was really good at Robertsville and we see a lot of those guys already playing and even though Jefferson was awful that yr.Good news is Robertsville is a solid or a lil above avg to go with a really good Jefferson team this yr.

I was talking bout the middle school game but I didnt make that clear.Speaking of Robertsville was in a close game tonight but I never heard the final.Jefferson was beating Clinton like they stole something 34-0 at Half.I wonder what mercy rule is in middle school?Also I wonder if the better team won or not?Sorry I had to to say it

Some positive things to talk about would be so many young guys growing up fast.I know I said it early in year but P.Davis is gonna be a player the next couple of years,His improvement has really stuck out in just a few games.Also the freshman LB Frendt went from not dressing out to starting and played solid vs a big 6a team in his 1st game.Sophs like Dozier,James,Pendergrass,Mitchell and more keep improving.I missed the combined fresh/jv game but a lot of guys are getting better on that squad and show a lot of promise.I wonder why J.Coats hasnt got a shot with big boys yet this yr.He looked good in mop up duty last yr.I think we have some really good freshman and Gaddis says the middle school teams have some good lineman on the way which is great to hear.Everybody come out to da ship tomorrow and watch.Big props to 70,77 and 59 for having to go both ways without many plays off.Thats not easy to do in the trenches

Probably not good but I guess it depends on how it looks.But with our awful offense I would not be surprised.We better not take anybody for granted.

I remember that early in yr but he said 8 players more than once pregame and after game

You make a good point.Im just going by what Coach Gaddis says.He says we lost 5 before the 1st game even started and I guess 3 more since then.I wasnt close enough to program in summer to know the depth chart or who we lost before the season.

That dont sound good.Thanks for the info

I really hope we play this game because we for sure need all the reps we can get.With so many guys playing without much experience we need to get all the reps we can.I would love to see a big win to help make this season a little better because I know the guys are beat down physically and mentally.All the injuries suck but hopefully we can build some depth for the future and it will pay off next yr.By no means do I think we should give up on this yr but I would be playing guys with next yr in mind way more the usual.Our depth is sad this yr and unacceptable.

You nailed it and upfront was gonna be the biggest weakness for Oak Ridge and then lost a bunch of players on top of that.Coach Gaddis said we have lost a total of 8 now and I think all of them are done for yr.So not much hope for rest of yr besides cool weather might help with big guys getting tired.We have played 4 man front all yr and had to move to 3 man because lack of players.I had to sit on Ads side of field because no seats left on Oak Ridge so at least the fans are still behind the boyz.Crowd was good on both sides for and 1-2 vs 0-3 matchup

Proud of the boyz for fighting even after awful start.We had played bad and was only down 14 to 10 and fumble a punt and give them a TD right before half.Then get all the way down to 1 yd line and cant punch it in before the half ran out.14 pt swing killed us.I fear their is not much hope for fixing the Oline this yr.We are out of bodies and dont have many options left besides guys all the sudden getting better.This kind of thing has to be worked out in off season and not wait until it is this bad.Maybe one off season we will decide to fix it and break the long streak of awful Olines.I give Hewitt all the credit in world for all he does both ways upfront.I knew our defense would struggle vs passing team and will all yr because QB has all day to throw and like Oline we have no bodies left to throw at problem to try and fix Dline.I just hate it for all the good players who work so hard and are handcuffed because of the same problem yr after yr.It sucks but just so we dont give up Ill be there hoping for the best

After watching ADs I think Oak Ridge will be lucky to keep it close.Unless some magic happens and we find some kind of offense it will get ugly.Our defense is solid but this is an awful matchup for us and if we go 3 and out a lot it will get ugly fast.Out matched upfront and our defense hasnt seen a passing team like this so far and I expect some growing pains.Hopefully we can learn a lot and get better from this game like we did last yr.They did a great job of picking on our weakest link last yr and I wouldnt doubt if they try that again.We need to get better so Im all for getting guys reps and trying to find some bodies to keep so many guys from having to play both ways.Playing such a bigger school like this really test your depth and this might be the least deep Wildcat team I can remember.Ill be there hoping for the best.Go Cats

I agree with everything you said.Main thing is we at least have to try something different

Any Wildcat fan should be super happy if we scored 35.All we could do to get 35pts from offense thru 3 games