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My two cents... MIF... It appears you guys are playing better now that your healthy. However, your boys better be focused on Betsy. A very disciplined team, well coached, and better then they were last year. Once you beat them, IF.... you beat them... then you can focus on your friends from Greeneville and maybe they can arrange for a special half time performance. You can fly all the way in from Seattle... LIVE and in concert... It's Mavsinflight here to sing Kumbaya with Devilman. Maybe there will be some extra fireworks they can light off at half time to commemorate the occasion. That would probably draw a few thousand extra fans in and off itself from CoachT and could prove to be the bigger draw. Think of all the extra $$$ for the schools and TSSAA. Not to look ahead... I don't think the Devils will blow you off the field necessarily, but it could happen if you guys aren't at your best. I feel like we are around a 2-3 touchdown favorite. Too many weapons as others have said and it's hard to stop a team that does everything real well. The Mavs better be focused on protecting Stanton because you know those Devils are STRONG up front on defense and will be working overtime to bust through the line and I'm not too sure that Stanton can take too many hard hits. Better be getting rid of that ball quick to prevent those hits. Also, based on last year, some of those deep balls didn't work out well as they landed neatly in the arms of one Mr. Seth Crawford. Now, if you guys play well and Greeneville has penalties and turnovers and plays an ugly game... I think you guys certainly could win this game but I wouldn't count on that happening again. I do feel that Ballard will work to make sure that last year's 1st quarter mistakes are not repeated. While it would be nice to have Betsy win so we can play on our home turf... I hope you guys win so we can beat you on yours. No fear here... As much as I'd like to see Betsy win, I will pull for you guys so we can beat you on your turf in beautiful Anderson County. Best of luck to all teams for a good and safe game.

It appears that Anderson County's strength of schedule rating (According to Coach T) is last in all of 4A at 47 of 47 teams. Greeneville's schedule is rated 30th out of 47. 30. Greeneville 47.4% 31. Montgomery Central 47.4% 32. Livingston Academy 47.0% 33. Macon County 45.0% 34. Portland 43.2% 35. Crockett County 42.7% 36. White House 41.0% 37. Fayette Ware 38.9% 38. Creek Wood 37.5% 39. Tullahoma 36.6% 40. Hardin County 36.2% 41. Dyersburg 34.9% 42. Grainger 34.5% 43. Stone Memorial 33.7% 44. Jackson South Side 32.3% 45. Maplewood 31.3% 46. Sequoyah 26.8% 47. Anderson County 24.1% Strength of Schedule...

Wow, so much has been said here. This is how I see it. Greenevilles's run defense is unbelievably good. They shut you down in the middle and are just as good on the outside. While they may give up an occasional play here or there, I don't see any team sustaining a running attack on them. The pass defense may be the biggest question here, but it seems to have improved as well. In addition, the penetration of the defensive line is so consitent that even a good quarterback is not going to look all that great against Greeneville. When you constantly have pressure in your face, it will rattle the best of quarterbacks and cause them to make poor decisions at least some of the time. Giles will have to hope to be successful in getting the ball off quickly on shorter throws and peppering in a run here and there. I don't think they will be able to throw the ball down the field too much as he is not going to have the time with the way Greeneville penetrates. In addition, Greenevilles defense has created numerous turnovers for scores and/or put the offense in outstanding field position. Even if Greeneville can't punch it in on occasion, Mr. Ogle is there to make sure that they don't leave empty handed. While Greeneville's offense may not be their claim to fame this year due to the stellar play of the defense, it is not too shabby and has improved as well and has been putting up outstanding numbers as of late. Ballard will have them focused and ready. They just need to make sure and take care of the football. I would expect Greeneville to win by a minumum of three or possibly more touchdowns depending on whether or not the defense can get some cheap scores off of turnovers. With that said, I expect Giles will come up and give it %110 and will be motivated to play to the best of their ability. Safe travels and happy turkey day to all.

Game of the Week along with Science Hill and Dobynns Bennett. Alcoa by 11 over CAK 35-24(Dobynns Bennett 35, Science Hill 28)