tnvols2010

Geez people, let's set the record straight about this one....hold on to your hats but Grace is NOT going to be playing the likes of Alcoa ect. They are simply moving from 1A in the playoffs to 2A in the PLAYOFFS just like Rockwood already is and Oliver Springs ect. They will STILL be in District 3 1A during the season as they are now but in 2012 when they can play post season again the only difference is the road to the state title runs in 2A not 1A so congrats to all the other schools who won't have to play them twice now...cept you Rockwood.

If this was Grace Academy, people would hate that they lost and get over it. But it's not, it's Grace "Christian" Academy and that one word makes it so tough to swallow a loss from them, and so easy to make excuses as to why you lost, and so easy to make yourself feel better because everyone says the same thing after you lose to them, "you guys call yourselves Christians?"...You really believe that since they are a christian school then they should lay down and either allow you to win or just stay in a game? WOW!? I'm sure you feel good about yourself after making those moronic comments every friday don't you? That's okay though, whatever makes you a better "christian" on Sundays right?...lol...

Just looks like a bunch of exuses to me ...a big paragraph full of them actually! Like I said I don't have a dog in the fight. I have no kids at Grace, this is the first year I have really followed them. I don't even go to church there. But I really enjoy how hard other teams take it when they get beat by them. I love it actually.

No, I meant that "you" are garbage. Oh, and hey, I heard that Greenback beat GCA a few years ago bad, the only problem is that was 2 years ago and a 46-0 beatdown just happened. I don't have a dog really in the fight, I've said it before I really enjoy watching GCA games this year and I love to see the other team cry after every ballgame. To me it is pure comedy.

I really thought Greenback would be better....lol...7-2 going into this game and ranked #8?...Please!?!? You guys were garbage.

LOL!!!...Thank you for that post...really!...made me smile!!!...shut up?...really? what are you 10 years old?...okay I'll entertain you for a second...here goes...let's use Doc Brown's time machine for a minute...now stay with me young man...we are back to last friday night and we let Harriman know that they were about to get absolutely dominated 21-0 and get absolutely embarrassed....still with me?...so they changed game plans right at the last minute. We jump back into the time machine, travel back to this moment in time where we find out that the space time continuum has scewed into a tangent causing an "alternate" 3 days later. We read the paper and the new final score is.....drum roll...................Grace 21 Harriman still 0!!!!!!!!! BECAUSE THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD HAVE DONE TO CHANGE THE INEVITABLE!!!!!!! okay...I'll "shut up" now....LOL!!!

YES! Even though GCA is banned from the playoffs, the CAN win the district title. I know everyone thinks that they can't but only say that because it makes them feel better about themselves but yes they can win the District if they beat Greenback and Harriman beats Rockwood.

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well Mr.vols that is why they actually play on fridays nights,i've sat here and listened and not commentented on your ridiculous comments,but you my friend are delutional,to the point of being almost funny,you all are suspended for the next two years for cheating!that means anything you all have done or will do doesnt stack up to a hill of beans,you will forever be labeled cheaters,you all should have good teams every year(you all recruit)and could have been good this year,but you all will be 0-10 no matter what happens!you all didnt give GB a chance against you all last yr(i'll admit i didnt either)but they took it to you all,yes you scored the most when it counted,but you have to admit they wer running all over you all.anybody can be a champion on a computer board thats real easy,but sometimes you have to line up and play a little ball,and when that was done(when it really mattered)you all came up not only short but embarrased!now get over it,you all are and forever will be counted as cheaters your next two seasons are all but over and i have a feeling when you get off probation you will be in a little differnt classification.and oh yes you should be very proud!i have seen nor heard any remorse from anyone associated with you school.you guys have taken alot of hard work from smaller schools to get to championships and made a joke out of their hard work by using ineligible players,you will never get my respect! OH GEE, OH NO! WHAT WILL GRACE EVER DO WITHOUT OLE SKIPPY'S RESPECT?...IT'S ALL OVER FOR THEM NOW!...PACK IT UP!....SEASON'S OVER NOW... THE SKIPPER OBJECTS!

My biggest problem is this....most of you people think that the Grace administrators and coaching staff sat in this secret underground supervillian layer coming up with ways to cheat. The fact is a pastor gave money to a family which was against TSSAA rules. These kids are not cheaters. The school is not cheaters. That's a harsh word to use. Mark McGuire was a "cheater". When you say that your school or your son or whatever was affected by the Williams kid you sound like a whiner to be honest. The game was played Grace either won or they didn't. Had this never came to light or had the church not assisted him who's to say the family wouldn't have taken out a loan from a bank?...could they have just done that?...maybe!?..if they had would you be on here yelling cheater? NO!...but since it somehow affected your life in a way that apparently cannot be fixed since you found out it was big bad villianous church pastor that assisted a family to send a kid to school. And as far as my statement about Grace being the best 1A team in the state...look at the facts...2 yrs ago..10-2 playing with mostly freshmen and sophmores, last year 11-2 playing with mostly sophmores and some juniors and a couple seniors...this year 95% of everyone is back, and the ones that are replacing seniors are even bigger faster and stronger than the ones that left!...the line 2 years ago averaged about 6ft 220lbs with a couple exceptions, last year bout the same...this year...from the looks of things I saw at the scrimmage they are averaging about 6'2 and about 260-300lbs. The defense is unreal with 2 all-state DE's...it's very unfortunate for Grace they are out this year and VERY fortunate for everyone else...

C.A.K. has given them all sorts of problems before and so has Greenback...I don't see Greenback beating them this year even though they might be okay again...but C.A.K really is the only threat I see...it's the high school football kickoff game on the first thursday night so nerves might get them..or nerves might make them play special.

all I'm saying is that if you are good enough, they will notice. I do have ties to Clinton, I went there and graduated from there in the mid to late 80's. I have a friend that is a coach at Grace and I have been attending church there regularly now. if you go to web sites for example, go to carson newman's website (athletics, football) you can fill out a form that let's them know about you so they can come and take a look at you. The player is also responsible to send film out to schools of themselves to get noticed as well. They do that for them at Grace. the coaching staff encourages players to make film, to send out feelers...that's why I'm told McKamey's desk is loaded with letters every day from schools looking at their players. One even get's letters from Harvard to play ball there!...you CAN get noticed easier at a big school...I'll give you that...but Grace is on the map as far as colleges go. Maybe not the SEC but it's a 1A school in knoxville, unlike let's say rockwood or greenback, so it's a huge advantage even if they are 1A...at their spring scrimmage like I said before, CN was there, Tusc. was there, MTSU and It looked like Western Kentucky had a scout there. At a spring Scrimmage!...You are right though, it's easier at a big school but if a player is good enough and does a tape and actually responds to feelers, the sky is the limit.

Let me ask this....how many of you have a state championship ring from when you played?...how many don't?...those that do, if you look at you entire life, was that the most important, the most shining, the one single moment in you life that mattered the most and was that the best it ever got for you?...those that did not, are you okay?...have you had a good life so far?...any problems attained from not receiving that championship?...didn't think so. and all of you that did get one and say "yes" to all those questions then it would suck to be you cause if that's the crowning achievement in you life you my friend are a sad and lonely individual. And once again, scouts DO NOT only come to playoff games...if you are good enough they WILL notice and begin the process of recruitment. Just ask Hazelhurst....no playoffs for him last year...but was still VERY MUCH noticed!

ALL THE GOOD PLAYERS ARE STAYING BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS ABOUT MORE THAN A RING. IT'S ABOUT PRIDE. THEY ARE GCA RAMS....SOME GREW UP FROM KINDERGARTEN ON IN THAT SCHOOL AND THAT'S ALL THEY KNOW. IT'S ABOUT BROTHERHOOD. THEY KNOW IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO TO STAY. TO SHOW EVERYONE THAT JUST BECAUSE THE PROGRAM WAS HIT WITH A PENALTY THEY STILL WANT TO SHOW EVERYONE THAT THEY ARE THE BEST 1A TEAM IN THE STATE. WHEN, AND I SAY WHEN, THEY GO 10-0 THIS YEAR WHOEVER WINS THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP WILL ONLY BE A PAPER CHAMPION. YOU GUYS AND EVERYONE ELSE WILL KNOW WHOEVER WINS ONLY WON BECAUSE GRACE CAN'T BE THERE. AND AS FAR AS "EXPOSURE" CLASSOF2002, AT THERE SPRING SCRIMMAGE, CARSON NEWMAN, TUSC., MTSU AND I BELIEVE WESTERN KENTUCKY WAS THERE SCOUTING ABOUT 5 GRACE JR'S AND A COUPLE OF SR'S SO I THINK THEY WILL BE JUST FINE. THERE IS MORE TO LIFE THAN THAT RING. AND IF THEY DO TRANSFER THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO TO ALCOA OR MARYVILLE TO EVEN BE ABLE TO SAY THEY HAVE AT LEAST A 90% CHANCE OF WINNING ONE ANYWAYS!...IF THEY GO TO KARNS, OR POWELL OR CLINTON, WHO'S TO SAY THEY ARE GOING TO WIN ONE? WHO'S TO SAY THEY ARE EVEN GOING TO HAVE A WINNING SEASON?...AT GRACE THEY KNOW 10-0 IS ALL BUT IN THE BAG. 9-1 AT THE WORST!...THAT'S A GUARANTEE!

Tonight we watched Grace play West in their spring game. I tell you people what....whether or not you love them or hate them, Grace looked outstanding!...Teams in this state should thank the almighty God that they ARE on probation because they wouldn't stand a chance this year! A 1A team shouldn't make a 5A team look that stupid BUT they did! Great job Grace!