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I can get you the admissions exam from MIT to study, but that doesn't mean that you can pass the test...X's and O's are worthless if you don't have Alcoa's Jimmys and Joes to get it done.

Every school is open enrollment in the eyes of TSSAA, not 95%. Every school is also open enrollment in the eyes of the State of Tennessee Dept. of Education. Every school's policy is dictated by/through their own local Board of Education, and any/all restrictions placed on student enrollment is self imposed and policed. To be technically correct, to be considered "open zoned" is to have zero restrictions at all, and there are very few if any left without some miniscule restrictions for enrollments or transfers.

Psssttt....if you'll lean in close I'll let you in on a secret that I have...EVERYONE WITH A PULSE HAS KNOWN FOR THE LAST TWO DECADES!!! CAK won it with Charlie High a couple of times and one of the last holdout private schools sneaked in the back door and got one, but even they were surprises!!! With only eight practice posts before this you did an admirable job though, keep up the good work!!!

It could happen but usually the Memphis teams build for a few years, have a short run of great talent, then fall off as a different team assembles the current talent from surrounding neighborhoods. Last ten years it's been Trezevant, Fairley, MAHS, Freedom Prep, and MASE. Odds are that soon enough MASE will be replaced with someone else...all the above were 3-4 year flash in the pan then gone.

Sometimes bias doesn't matter. I'm not at all biased in the matter and think that it's shameful to promote this award as "best" or "most valuable" in their classification then use the kids age and eligibility as a metric. If Simpson were a Senior and Smith a Freshman, there wouldn't be a discussion at all because Simpson would have walked away with the honor without much discussion. I even get that upperclassmen have proven over time that they're consistent in their excellence, but sometimes obvious talent level and proficiency should IMO override that. Bottom line is, if you give the committee each kids yearly statistics without names or class...even including opponents' strength of schedule and success rate, Simpson's stand head and shoulders above anyone and everyone else, probably stands true for the past decade or two's past winners as well.

It's pretty sad ST. Bobby Sharp left Lewis Co. and ends up on Milan's staff and along comes 'ol pizz with his hate and discontent dragging along behind him like a toddler with a saggy diaper. Whatever gut punch poor old Bob hit him with all those years ago must have really ruined his life for him to still be following him around crying.🥲

Anybody know the difference between coachT posters and newborn puppies? In about their first week the puppies eyes begin to open, and within a few weeks they mature enough to stop whining constantly.

I like the Pat's old uni's, but I have to go either with the 'Skins or the creamsicle Buc's over Patriot Pat for 2'nd, followed by Raiders & Steelers... I'm a big D fan so the star has to be #1. Coincidence or not...I think the big "W" edges out flying Elvis for worst, even over the Jag's awful ones.

Things have been changed in order to make the site better...unfortunately, one of the side affects to those changes was/is a glitch that isn't allowing profile pic's to be updated. Some posters who occasionally change theirs have "lost" them because of this...you may remove the old one, but not insert a new one. I'm just a dummy who has paid attention to the webmaster's explanation to others, and he's optimistic that you'll be able to make those adjustments later on. EDIT... OOPS!! Foot in mouth again...posted before I read through and saw where ST gave you a better version.

Huge memories for every kid associated with the team Haven...you don't have to believe me, but I'm always happy for the winners. Life is long and troubles are many, even for the blessed...something that will be looked back on fondly and retold for their children and grandchildren should be celebrated. Congratulations to MASE on the resounding win...it was impressive just to get one, but you can add the fact that they beat one of the most storied and respected programs in the state to get it. Nobody can tarnish that or ever take it away, and the kids should be proud of the accomplishment!

Go check it. I've said all along that MASE was favored big on talent alone, and that if the game was close it would be because of coaching. Swap the teams in September, and the SP coaches would have taken the MASE team and beat McKenzie with a running clock, and the SP kids would have been lucky to get out of the first round or two. Enjoy the fact that MASE is the best 1A team in the land by a wide margin, but don't try and start with having the greatest coaches around...you can't have your cake and eat it too. Also, I'm not knocking MASE's staff at all...they may be fine coaches in their own right, but the team didn't have the polish that well coached teams have, even just when lining up to run a play...that and my mom could have been their head coach and won state with the talent on the field.

MASE won the game just as they should have, and if you want to say bullied, I'll say it with you...saying outcoached would be a looonnnnngggg stretch though. When you can see that you're going to have to pull a rabbit out of a hat to match the other teams talent, you have to pull out all the stops and not worry about anything other than "stealing" a score or two. Props to the SP coaches for going all out in an attempt to win the game, and not worrying about just keeping it respectable. The team that lost to OS early in the year would have been blown off the planet by MASE...you don't go from where they were then to where they are today without coaching.

Can't add anything to this list...yours and mine would be identical.

If your players think that it will be as easy as you seem to, they're going to have a rude awakening. MASE will be bigger, stronger, and faster, but I can tell you that South Pitt's coaches will know what flavor of gum they like by gametime, and that the Pirate players will expect to win just as much as the Phoenix players do. Everything being equal MASE should win by at least 2-3 scores, but I doubt that anything will be equal...like I said the Phoenix will be more athletic, but I expect the Pirates to have the edge most everyplace else, the only thing left to decide is the X's and O's vs. Jimmys and Joes argument.