thunderbolts

I know, you are Huntingdon all the way. Region 6 took care of business tonight as we all knew they would. Good luck to R6 the rest of the way.

Have you seen a small college team? I watch two every weekend and JCM has two guys that look like they can play at the college level. Trust me people have no idea what it takes to play at the college level even at the small college level. Even at the small college level you have guys that are all state at high schools like Oakland in Tennessee or maybe Hoover in Alabama. There is a reason only the top 5% of high school players play college football. Not to argue, but so many people say this guy or this other guy have college talent and unless the player has the heart and will to want to play at the next level you will be seeing the local hero at your season opener following there high school graduation. I have seen it time after time and year after year!

I agree! Like you said that group of talent usually only happens at places like IMG Academy.

Is there any doubt who should be 3A Mr. football for the next four years.

I agree 100%. I definitely want the guys to have a fire in their attitude. It has been frustrating the last few years, but in the end these guys have given everything they have.

Those teams also didn't throw interceptions and the o-line and other offensive players not even make an attempt to tackle the guy that intercepted the ball (the MASE game). It is a winners mindset, bad things will happen how do you react to those bad things. The last two years if something bad happens the team doesn't know how to react because they are mentally weak. Championship teams react much differently. Case in point, when we played Meigs County the first time and they were up 16-7 at halftime on us. How did that football team react? Winners mindset!! And I do believe those players were also 16-18 years old.

Watch the reaction of Coach Jacobs also. I believe he met the player on the field. That is not Peabody football, but a lone wolf that realized that his playing days were coming to an end. By no means am I making excuses as a Peabody fan, but I have seen a few of the small things that this team has done this year that teams in the past (the championship teams) would never do. It is obvious the leadership in the locker room is lacking. There is a reason why some of those former leaders are still playing football at the next level at places like West Point. If something like that happened during those years (which it would not have), it would have been handled by the players as it does with championship caliber teams.

Shhhh, we had the Titans groundcrew put in the drainage system a few years ago and they did an amazing job. Earlier this year when we played Adamsville at home in a monsoon our field held up amazingly considering the conditions. The playing surface will not be a problem at all tomorrow night. I have put on the gloves you are talking about you are absolutely correct, they are like glue. I couldn't understand how some of these NFL receivers could make the one handed catches that they do until I put those gloves on and now I could see how they do.

We ordered some special grip gloves that the ball will stick to for our offensive players. We figure everyone else around us is trying to gain an edge one way or another so why not give this a try.

It doesn't matter, we have been running the water hoses we use on our baseball and softball fields to flood the field since Monday morning. I believe our coaching staff thinks that if Huntingdon has to use a wet football they will fumble every drive. LOL!!

Peabody had no intention of playing 1A, but it sure got people stirred up. Some of you have been shown that you really don't know how some of this works. What they did is expose how some schools get around the numbers. With Peabody doing this it caused the TSSAA to have this meeting today. For the people that have bashed the Peabody administration, you should thank them because they do believe fair is fair.

I think there is so much respect within this region. The players have to stay grounded and not get to worked up after a big win or to down after a tough loss. Yes, this week is important but look at who we both have next week too. Either team can win this week, but if we both don’t take care of business next week too then it could be all for naught.

This topic has been awfully quiet this week, I heard something about a Milan Academy on the radio, could someone explain this new school.

Graham Simpson - Westview QB (3A) He might go down as one of the greatest QB that this state has ever produced. He is making plays that some QB in the SEC today can not make. Absolute STUD 100 of 128 Passing 78% Completion Rate 1,955 Passing Yards 32 Passing TD 0 Interceptions 44 Rushing Yards 1 Rushing TD The only thing that might hurt his chances which I don’t think it should is he is a FRESHMAN!! If he doesn’t win it this year, he should win it the next three years.

With or without the hidden earpiece? If it is with the earpiece, JCM has no chance!!