Loose End

Ooltewah and Red Bank (and all the teams really) will have a chance to separate themselves from everyone else. Red Bank has several challenging opponents ahead, but so does Ooltewah (with the fifth highest SoS in 5A) against Oak Ridge, Farragut, etc. Until they lose, I think most signs point to Ooltewah still being noticeably ahead of everyone in the area except McCallie, and at this point it could go either way, really. And I, too, am excited about the talent in the Chatt. area, and this should be an exciting week.

Ooltewah has had a particularly strong sports program the past few years. Football, basketball, and baseball all have been clearly one of the best teams in the Chattanooga area (with the exception of basketball this year). Congrats to this year's field of athletes, and lets hope future years will bring similar success.

Ooltewah wins 4-0 according to the coacht score. Good day for Ooltewah sports. Congrats Soddy, good luck in the tournament (unless you play against Ooltewah )

Ooltewah was looking for a sign, and they got one in probably the biggest and clearest rainbow I've ever seen halfway through the game. Ooltewah wins 4-2 with Burke giving up 3 hits. Good game Blackman, good luck the rest of the way Owls.

Yea, as an Ooltewah fan, hats off to Farragut for having a good team and playing well. Farragut unfortunately matches up their strengths with Ooltewah's weaknesses which made it very difficult for Ooltewah, but they hung in there for most of the game. It would have been interesting to see what would happen if these two teams played at Ooltewah, but I guess we'll never know. I do think the PA was pretty ridiculous. I know I've never seen anything like that, and I thought it was pretty classless. It didn't even bother me all that much at first, but when he kept doing it towards the end, when it was obvious that the game was over, it made me angry. Of course, I'll be rooting for Oak Ridge next week. Not that they'll need any more support.

I wasn't replying to you with that paragraph, but BuckOSUeye, who stated explicitly "Private schools are better, the kids that dont like private schools are the ones that have never been to one." I apologize for not making that clear. I also took offense when you told Sarge earlier on in the topic, and again I quote, "By the way, you might want to take a shot at editing again. You missed several spelling and syntax errors - that old Ooltewah education bites, doesn't it?" Compound that with flawed reasoning that Ooltewah has to play McCallie to prove their the best team in the area, and I think it's ridiculous. I don't know why we don't play private schools, but I don't think it's that big of a deal. Ooltewah's in one of the toughest regions in the state and doesn't need to schedule several other good matchups. One of the main problems is when big schools play good small schools, you have little to gain and a lot to lose. Ooltewah is much better served to go and play a team like Cookeville that is a 5A contender every year. Would I like to see a McCallie-Ooltewah matchup? Definitely, and I don't anyone who wouldn't besides the administration. But I don't think it has much to do with fear, because Ooltewah does schedule tougher opponents.

I usually don't come out and speak about Ooltewah's band as I think their record speaks for itself. I really do think that their show this year is as good as any year I've seen it. The music and the theatrics are both excellent. At half time against Oak Ridge (before that miraculous comeback) it consoled us that at least we have a good band.

Yea, I could see how when you were trying to type two o's and a t, you just happened to hit a u, a t, and an e. A typo indeed. And how long do we have to explain that the Chatt Central game is one of importance even if one team is having a down year? It's just like McCallie and Baylor playing. Would either team not schedule the other if they were having a down year (like Baylor going a spectacular 1-3 against opponents with winning records)? Of course not, because that game is important due to the rivalry and the history behind it, just like the Ooltewah-Central game. They are very close in proximity and have the same feeder school. And, for the record, I'm not against private schools. I went to a private school for a lot of my elementary education and my little brother is at Notre Dame now. I wouldn't mind seeing Ooltewah play private schools at all myself. What I am against are elitist schoolboys who think the price tag that came with their education somehow makes them smarter or more cultured than us lowly public schoolers, which I think is patently untrue. And I don't necessarily see how private schools are "better" than public schools. Perhaps you could explain?

You know, with all those thousands of dollars that was paid for your McCallie education, I thought you might know the difference between a "mute" and a "moot" issue. Anyway, it's quite obvious that Ooltewah isn't afraid of losing, because they have plenty of other good teams on their schedule, three of which are in the top ten of 5A according to the AP poll (which Ooltewah have gone 2-1 against). McCallie's opponents might have a better overall record, but Ooltewah has definitely played against better teams, who in turn have played against better teams and maybe don't have as good an overall record as McCallie's opponents. No matter, if it wasn't McCallie talking about strength of schedule, it would be Red Bank talking about overall record or some of other school giving other asinine reasons of why they're better. Unfortunately, the season's not long enough for the top team to play every contender, but any impartial survey of the situation would have to name the Owls as the best Chattanooga area team.

I might have disagreed with you putting Woods up there after the Farragut game, but he really showed some stuff playing OR. I hope he can keep it up into the postseason. Also, it would be nice to have a TD and Int total to really get a good indication of their performance. It seems Woods has the highest completion pct. and smithson has the most avg. yards per catch.

Ooltewah is 2-1 against the top ten teams in 5A (according the last week's AP poll which probably hasn't changed much). I've seen McCallie play, and I wasn't very impressed, and neither Red Bank or Notre Dame have played against any stiff competition this season. I think Ooltewah showed they do have some heart tonight, and with the talent we know they have, you have to put them on top of all the Chattanooga teams.

Ooltewah has a better quizbowl team than Farragut, so I think I have to give the edge to Ooltewah Friday night.

I think you could put Coach Monroe out there at tailback with that O-line

Err, sorry, I should have said I was talking about Central in the second paragraph. I guess that's what happens when you try to edit as you go and don't proofread.

And as an Ooltewah fan, I'll agree that at least one of those punts had a blatant block in the back, either Ooltewah was just lazy and complacent and not thinking or that's something they'll have to work on. I don't know what the holdup with Central was. It didn't look they even cared about playing tough. Of course, I got there about 10 minutes late and the score was already 14-0, so maybe they had already given up. I just hope Ooltewah can get a little bit more practice against resistance before they play OR.