Swipes

8 hours ago, Deeper said:

"Strain".  My God, I bet you kept buying Bud Light.  Grow a pair man.

Spoken like someone who has never coached high school football in their life.  If you don't think being a head football coach for 20 years doesn't put a strain on you then sit down and drink you one of those Bud Lights

43 minutes ago, FBfan26 said:

talking about regular season swipes

That can be true but I wouldn't be betting my Bank Account on MC beating Macon like that.  Not when they lost to Upperman Twice by 7 and 3 respectively and you beating MC by 4 scores the first time and 3 scores the 2nd time.  I think you might be giving MC to much credit.  Like i said we shall see on Saturday how that post ages (You might be right and I might be wrong)

59 minutes ago, FBfan26 said:

That’s your opinion, and some things I can agree with some things I can’t. There’s NOBODY on your schedule that’s beating CPA ,MBA or MC.  I’m putting the bank on Marshall County against Macon County. Let’s not forget that White House team you guys were struggling with. The same White House that almost beat 10-0 Harden county. Stone and Dekalb can’t beat Station Camp.. We also have a bigger district. Creekwood would also give some of the other teams in your district a problem. Playing any team twice and beating them is some monumental. Also the D1 stuff don’t do much because everybody we have played has at least one of those kids. Thats the gift and curse of being in Nashville.

I've thought you were the favorite entering the season but to say NOBODY on your schedule is beating MC (I agree with MBA or CPA) is a stretch.  Greeneville laid and Egg and didn't adjust and got beat by 7 and stood toe to toe with Alcoa for a half and Macon was within 3 at Upperman to beat them.  You are essentially saying that you are at least 3 TD's better than Upperman by your comparison.  We will find out on Saturday if you would be bankrupted or not because if Upperman is within 14 points MC is in a dog fight with Macon and Greeneville.  If Upperman wins then it means you would in a dog fight with Greeneville and Macon.  We shall see on Saturday if your post ages well or not.....  

35 minutes ago, UpperCumberlandMan said:

Doing some watching and score comparisons, which can be tricky, I have made a few observations. 

UHS tried to beef up the schedule but some unfortunate things happened. Cookeville refused to play them. Lebanon was a little down this year. Fayetteville didn't have the team they had the last couple years. Whitehouse is not the 90s Whitehouse. 

The 4a region UHS plays in is top to bottom is better than the one PC plays in, in my ooinion. That being said, said Macon is as good or better than anyone on the PC's regular season schedule excluding CPA. MBA didn't have one of thier better teams this year by far. Whitehouse is not what they were back in thier hayday. Playing Greeneville and Macon twice, are two of the top 4-8 teams in 4a.  Fayetteville has 1 maybe two legit d-1  players.  Those two Boarders twins at Macon could play anywhere. As far as size, Smith County the last two seasons is as big as anyone in the state on the OL abd DL. 

I think the problem PC poses, they have big kids like Smith Co. Pc has kids fast like the Boarder twins and those few at Fayetteville and Lebanon, and has some WRs like Greeneville. But all combined on one team.  

 

If UHS starts slow, or has that one quarter they meltdown in, it's over. If they come out like they did vs Stone and Lebanon.....and can keep it up, it will be a ball game. I beleave this UHS team is better than the team that pushed Alcoa to the wire in the semi's a few years ago. Beat a Greenville team who was tied with Alcoa at the half, and yes I know Alcoa was driving. 

I think if you switched the names to Alcoa, Greeneville, Anderson, or Elizabethton vs PC....the narrative would be diffrent. I get it, UHS is the new kid at the big dance. I just keep thinking it  will be way closer than most are thinking it will be. 

Great Post!  I think there would be more people picking the Alcoa, Greeneville, Anderson, or Betsy since they have won it all before and all within the last 5 years.  I will say that I thought PC would be the team to beat this year in 4a just knowing what they have back from last year and how they played against the Best AC team they have had. (I had mentioned this before the season even started)

Like I said if Upperman can control the clock and ball game then they have a shot.  Speed can't kill you if it's on the sideline.  Its going to come down to who can execute their game plan the best.  Bee's want a low scoring game where PC is wanting to put up points in a hurry

4 hours ago, BigTime1950 said:

I thought you were talking about the West zone, not the Farragut zone.

I was but there are other zones in Knox County that holds true like the West Zone, Bearden zone being one of them that kids live closer to Farragut than they do Bearden or Kids zones for Carter that live in Holston Hills area when AE is 5 min down the rd not 15 min+ depending on traffic 

57 minutes ago, BigTime1950 said:

I wasn't commenting on how to get to West High School.

You made it sound like you had to drive past Bearden to get to West in certain areas of the West Zone.  I could say there are areas of the Bearden Zone that you can actually drive past Farragut to get to Bearden and those kids live closer to Farragut than Bearden too

11 minutes ago, BigTime1950 said:

What do you mean the Bearden Hill area. West zone goes way past that. You can actually drive past BHS on the way to West if you live/zoned in part of the West zone. A lot of not most West zone students live closer to BHS

I agree it goes farther than the Bearden Hill Area (More like all the way to the West Side of Rocky Hill and cuts off at Whittington Creek and South of Parts of Westland).  I would't say the easiest way to get to West High School  for kids zoned for West is driving past Bearden High no matter how for west they live in that zone. (I'm taking Northshore or Westland and cutting over).

1 minute ago, BigDaddyDave said:

Wasn’t that Walker Martinez last season?! Martin had kryponite called Greeneville! He never made it past the quarterfinals.

You are correct!  @Mavericksinflight must be smoking the good stuff in Washington tonight .  Even though Martin never made it past Greeneville, he was a true competitor and a player i liked to watch with his Grit in that 2017 playoff game.

2 minutes ago, BigDaddyDave said:

EXACTLY! That game plan by Witten was the difference in that game. Gudger couldn’t hurt us standing on the sidelines. But give the Bees credit. They stuffed the G-Men run game. And the Devils didn’t start trying to throw it more until it was way too late. Just got out coached. Again. 

It was a genius game plan and you couldn't have asked for a better QB to execute that game plan.  Speed (Track Speed when Gudger finished 2nd in the state in the 100 and only got beat by Steven's for first who was at WR for the Devils and a Division 1 Track Athlete now) can't beat you when it's on the sideline. I 100 agree with you and have said all year we needed to be more balanced and could throw the ball some which we did for over 200 yards against Upperman but to little to late like you said. (I got major heat from some so called Greene Devil Fans  before the AC game for speaking my opinion of what I just said.  Got the we need to rely on the D and keep feeding the ball to #12).

Back on topic.  If Upperman can do ball control and control the pace they have a shot.  If they turn it into a track meet and have some 3 and outs PC will run away with it.

5 minutes ago, crow6424 said:

Yeah, Greenville turned us into a one dimensional team after that first series. Your pass rush did that. I’m surprised they didn’t switch it up to at least make us think about passing but that never happened.

You are as surprised as me man but it seems like the staff doesn't learn from previous years and game plans.  Maybe we shouldn't have passed rush you the first series .  You all kept to your game plan and made adjustments and thats what a good coaching staff does.  I'm still pulling for you all and think if you can control the pace of the game then you have a shot in a dirty grind it out kind of game.  Go Bee's!!!!

31 minutes ago, BigDaddyDave said:

PC does look the part and check all the boxes. But like I said last week. This is why you play the game. Anything is possible and it not only comes down to size and speed but game planning and in game adjustments. Greeneville never adjusted their D last week and just kept getting beat up by the run game. (2 tight end, RB, HB and running QB with size against a 4 man front?). I think it speaks less to the success of the Bees and more to the coaching deficiencies of the Devils. Don’t get me wrong. The Bees earned it! I just wasn’t impressed by the Greene staff. And it’s this kind of behind the scenes stuff that makes the game fun to watch or agonizing depending on which side of the stands you sit.

I figured the Greeneville Staff would have learned after the Betsy playoff game in 21 with Rollins running 5 yards and a cloud of dust and controlling the clock and didn't adjust in that game either to lose 14-7 when we had beat you by 30 earlier in the year.  Still scratching my head why we didn't go to a 5 man front (We had that in our D when I played at GHS and Spradlen was our DB's Coach).  Upperman was 1-3 for 3 yards and an int in the game but you don't have to throw the ball when you are running it down their throats with only 6 in the box going against 7 or 8 blockers

53 minutes ago, JohnnyRay said:

The Greenie Weenies are fortunate the game was cancelled and their "undefeated" regular season saved. No need to save face now. Y'all been bragging all week about how you were tied (LMAO) 7-7 with Alcoa when everyone and their grandma knew Alcoa was about to put another 7 on the board and lay the wood on the Gwomen for the rest of the game! You sissies have been saying Alcoa like Beetlejuice hoping the Tornadoes would appear Friday in those diarrhea-green leotards to save you from that whipping

I can agree that Alcoa was driving to score before half but doesn’t take away with what Greeneville did in that first half.  I would say act like you have been here before but well you never have and getting beat 21-14 is not a whipping. You still have one more game to win and if you don’t it’s a lot of talk for nothing…..

3 hours ago, NoahMcKayUCR said:

Because I guess I’m supposed to know who you are? 
I had several people, who apparently had more guts than you, come up to me and shake my hand. 
 

it’s okay, you thought you were going to get a victory lap. You’re right, I misspoke when I said the Alcoa score, but other than that we were exactly right. 

No you’re not suppose to know who I am but I would expect someone who does sports commentary for a living to actually read through the entire thread before quoting something but not surprised since you didn’t do your homework on the Greeneville vs Alcoa score when you said “Alcoa was beating Greeneville at half and that’s why the didn’t want to continue”.  Hard to shake someone’s hand when I wasn’t there and watched it online since I don’t live in Greeneville anymore.  I would have if I was there but not when you come on here and just acted the way you did.  
 

Misspoke and not doing research are two different things, either you knew good and well the score when it was called for weather or you were to lazy to actually gather the stats.  You’re not going to change my opinion about you all being annoying homers and it’s not just me that thinks that, you said it about yourself 

1 minute ago, NoahMcKayUCR said:

Update? 

I already gave an update with my previous post today but maybe you can't read.  I still think you are bunch of homers (Annoying to anyone thats not a fan of your team compared to the Greeneville Radio Guys) and needed to get facts straight before you said wrong information online (It's called responsible journalism but guess you don't want to admit that).  Still don't think the Fayetteville vs Tennessee high was a good comparison as a sports commentator and should have taken a different angle.  Good Luck in Chatt like a said earlier to Upperman.  Funny you didn't say anything to me yesterday but wouldn't have expected anything different from watching your show the other day.

Congrats to Upperman and will be pulling for you in Chatt!!! You came to Greeneville and ran it down our throats and stopped our run.  The game was won at the line of scrimmage and you dominated that last night.  I think the same game plan next week is what you will need to do to win, control the clock and limit the big plays from PC.

Also praying for the Upperman community on the tragic loss of one of their fans last night after the game

13 hours ago, crow6424 said:

It’s on Facebook 

they will be biased a little so beware haha

https://www.facebook.com/uppercumberlandreporter?mibextid=LQQJ4d

You weren't Joking when you said a little biased   I just listened to their coaches show from yesterday and good lord.  First they said Alcoa was leading at Half when being tied 7 to 7 when the game was called right before half and then tried to compare Tennessee High to Fayetteville as being the same level (2a vs 5a) with Fayettville losing in the playoffs to Smith County by 33 and Tennessee High lost to Powell by 28 in the playoffs. (Do they really think Smith County is on Powell's level and Fayetteville is on Tennessee highs level this year?).  They also think everyone on CoachT are idiots and they know it all like people on here can't watch film on both teams . Atleast they admitted at the end they were homers and think those two guys will be humbled a little come Friday.  May the best team win!!! 

Happy Thanksgiving to you Crow,  I always respect and enjoy your posts.  You're a realist

8 minutes ago, SouthFL305 said:

How did they do in them games against Alcoa and dobyns Bennett go were they up or down on scores or did they not even play?

Alcoa game was tied 7 to 7 with a little less than 2 minutes to go before half with Alcoa Driving in Devil Territory.  DB game tied 14 to 14 with 2:30 to go in the 3rd.

16 minutes ago, SouthFL305 said:

You do realize pearl-Cohn is playing the same teams upperman is right and if I’m not mistaken pearl-Cohn beat Anderson so what level are you talking about I’m from south Florida and I can assure you the no team in this state is on any Miami team and I would be willing to bet money on that I was at the upperman vs Elizabethton game 2 years ago that team and this team have no comparison.  You should go to uppercumberlandreporter and watch games there not much on YouTube other then them 2A games but you’ll see either way Friday 

I don't think you realize how far off you actually are .  Pearl-Cohn in no way playing the same teams Upperman is (Your one common opponent was White House who is in their region and beat them by 50 when Upperman beat them by 14).  White house is not a good team.  Pearl-Cohn beat CPA (Playing for the State Championship) and MBA who has wins over teams like Ensworth, Brentwood Academy, & Lipscomb Academy this year.  You are definitely mistaken because PC lost to AC last year in the State Championship.

What does Miami football have to do with Tennessee?  Anyway I would bet you 1 million dollars that a lot of teams in Tennessee could beat South Miami High School Cobras, want to take that bet? 

I can agree we will definitely see Friday and don't think Upperman is a bad team just not as battle tested because of their schedule.  Good Luck and Safe Travels to Burley!

16 minutes ago, noonesfool said:

I don’t believe Mike wanted the job. He was drafted after some craziness and he did his duty. Duty over.

You are correct coach.  I could see him staying on as an assistant since that was he was doing that this year before that craziness happened. 

A lot of people don't understand how much strain being a head coach puts on you.  Coach Z has had many great years as a head coach and respect the heck out of him for giving me a call to help at LC when I went to UT. Some fun times turning that LC program around under him

11 minutes ago, Fandom101 said:

Who have they played that has been a threat to throw the ball besides a beat to death backfield Powell team? Nobody.

Ewww Wrong.  Clinton, Farragut, Alcoa, and AC all can throw the ball around.  WV hasn't faced a D like Knox West all year.

50 minutes ago, Volsfan52 said:

I havnt watched anything on Greeneville yet. How many 2 way players does Greeneville have. Upperman has quite a few. If Upperman wants to get over the semifinal hump. They our going to have to figure out how to beat teams like Greeneville. Greeneville is very good from what I have heard so Upperman has to play there best game of the year to beat them. Upperman has figured out a way to win all year and I think we can beat Greeneville but definitely can’t have turnovers and lot of drive stopping penalties. Upperman can’t also get down big early and have to become one dimensional. If they do it might be a long night for them. 

Greeneville rotates a lot of players and some have been playing more both ways because of Injuries this late in the season (We had two starting guys in our secondary that didn't play last week and had two starters get hurt last week too but the backs up stepped in and didn't miss a beat).  Look for Greeneville to put pressure on you with their front 6 and make you pass it to beat us with two high safeties (Both can run in Quillen and Anderson). The front 6 have been starters for three years now and played in many big games.  Last week vs AC Greeneville shut down Moog (Up for Mr. Football) and the run game holding them to 87 yards on 29 carries (46 of those came on a QB scramble on a missed tackle and taking out one of our own players).  I was glad Greeneville got to go against a QB that could sling it last week in Hall (Had 24 passing TD's and over 3,000 yards passing on the year and started for 6a Jeff County the two previous years and holds Jeff County career passing TD record).  I don't see Upperman being able to throw anything at us that we haven't already seen this year after playing teams like Alcoa, DB, Morristown West, Betsy, and AC.

13 minutes ago, UHSbees931 said:

That team had played no one before Alcoa. This team has played plenty of good teams

Who would you say the best team Upperman has played this year?  Looking at their schedule i would say they have played some decent teams but wouldn't call them really good teams by any means compared to who Greeneville has played.

2 hours ago, GVegasMafia said:

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 Ballard that’s the one that has won 4 championships and 1 Silver.  Eddie and Caine are close so I’m sure they have been talking.  

26 minutes ago, noonesfool said:

Nice assessment Swipes. I can only add a good kicking game and a tough environment to play in.

Yea not trying to leave out Brandon, especially knowing he can knock one through from over 50 yards in a pressure situation.  I’m sure Burley will be rocking next Friday Coach!

7 hours ago, BigMan101 said:

What does Greeneville look like? I don’t think upperman has ever played them

Here is the Link to the game against Anderson County so you can get a look at the Greene Devils

Greeneville Prides themself on D and being the most Physical team.  The team goes as Quillen (Upperman fans should know this name from the baseball state championship game last year) goes and very hard to stop.  We will try to run it down your throat and will throw some quick slants, bubble screens, and try to stretch it down field some to open up the run game if you stacked the box (Its what we in the 2nd half against AC).  Athletic Line on both O and D and have some guys that are great in pass coverage.  You better be able to throw the ball because lining it up and trying to run right at us won't work. (Held Mr. Football Semi-Finalist to 33 yards on 18 carries last night).  Should be a fun game but feel Greeneville is more battle tested and a couple of scores favorite from what film i've seen of Upperman