jhawk23

You know Maryville folks aren’t taking the bait on that one. Way too much ahead of both teams for either to be thinking about that

Very intriguing matchup for a number of reasons. Several streaks on the line for Oakland.. never lost at home under Creasy, never lost a region game under Creasy, Oakland has beaten Riverdale 12 times in a row, etc. This is the best team Riverdale has had since Creasy has been at Oakland. This is also likely to be the 1st of 2 matchups between these two this year which makes it even more interesting.

They actually didn’t win their first one under Creasy until 2018. Came close in both 2016 & 2017

Hard to really compare stats because Creasy missed 4 full games due to injury. I do think Freeman is slightly better though. He has a better arm. Creasy knows the offense better

He did win one but it was back in 2008 in his first year there. They went out in the quarterfinals and semifinals in his last 2 years

The only thing I would say on Oakland is that I think it goes back a couple years prior to 2016. McDaniel had them in a great spot when Creasy took over

I know Smyrna won the 5A title back to back while Maryville was in 4A, which is still impressive, but I'm not sure they should be in the same conversation. They didn't have anywhere near the sustained periods of success that the other 3 had or are currently having. Really you could argue that no one should be in the same conversation as Maryville at this point. As impressive as the run is that Oakland is currently on, Maryville's run has lasted over twice as long.

Oakland could conceivably be looking ahead to the huge matchup next week but Creasy usually doesn't allow that to happen. I think Oakland wins this one convincingly.

It was, I recommend watching the replay if you ever get time. I believe there's a 50 min clip on YouTube that shows most of it. Baylor & McCallie would be good matchups as well. Oakland scrimmages McCallie about every year but it's been quite a while since they played a real game. Think Oakland last played Baylor during McDaniel's last couple years there

He has looked good for Oregon this year, bright future ahead of him for sure

It would be a good game, but I don't think it could top the game they had in 2021

Haha, it's close but I think I agree with you

Does this mean nobody in their region or nobody in general?

Centennial usually broadcasts on NFHS

Well said

Clay by 21 sounds about right. Clay-Gordy matchup looming in about a month looks to be another good one

I'm assuming you mean in SP's favor? I think I like SP to win the game but a running clock would actually be very surprising, to me at least.

I wouldn’t have known myself if I hadn’t already seen that Gordonsville hosts Forrest this week

A week early on this one, right? Gordonsville will win

Solid win for Gallatin. Program definitely seems to be headed in the right direction.

Totally agree, it’s clear that some of the voters don’t even watch the games

These polls are good for nothing but giving folks something to talk about during the week

I'm not saying I'll be surprised if East Nashville wins because I won't be. But if you think FRA winning by a couple TDs is outrageous, you're underestimating them a little bit. It's definitely in the range of outcomes

It doesn’t matter for that reason, but it also just doesn’t matter period

Should be a good one but I'll take FRA by a couple TDs