UpperCumberlandMan

Macon has a tough schedule also adding Fulton and a 6a Kentucky school

Not arguing how weak the district was. Something teams have to play.

Dekalb Co and Smith Co would have both went 7-3 if they had beat UHS like they had traditionally done in the past leading up to 2013. Thst would have made the Dekalb/Smith game for the regional title. Maynord didnt do any favors for SC with the schedule he left them. RB Milon was probably one the fastest I have ever seen for the Tigers. DT Eli Gill was best DT ever at Dekalb in my opinion. RB Jalen Manning was a freak playing RB for the Owls. DT/OT King was a great two way player at around 290lbs. I have seen way way worse Smith and Dekalb teams than this year. And some bettet. Gordonsville did lose alot other that great RB. Agree, UHS should have beat all three and did. How they beat them is what was so impressive. Blowouts by halftime. I don't know thst UHS punted any in any first half of those games. One can argue Herron left to many starters in after the half, but the staff was young and enjoying first time success since the 90s. I can remember a few 40 or more point games when DeKalb and Smith never took the foot off the gas verse the Bees. Particularly DC in 2011. That's part of it.

I agree with that.

Transfers and attempts to stop them have been happening for years. Great teams and programs have always attracted talented kids.

York was diffrent than McCoin, but both were very very good. York was a better runner, McCoin was better passing but close. DeKalb and Smith Co had good teams in 2013 but it didn't matter. Schedule was weak, agree, but they still played the region schedule that they had to, and defended 1a Champs Gordonsville, results were the same. Remember, that was 680 enrollment UHS not today's 920 enrollment UHS. The 2012 LA team was way bigger than the 2013 UHS team in enrollment terms. Herron didn't have the pull to keep baseball and basketball from hoarding all the talent like Caine does. Was always a huge problem for football in the past. That 2013 UHS team didn't have the depth or enrollment, to play Farragut and Beech like this year's UHS. But that starting 11-14 kids were truly awesome.

Rewatched both Macon-White Co games and both Macon-UHS games. Pinion was awesome while not hurt. Both sides of the ball. Totally diffrent team once he was hurt. The Border twins are awesome in the open field. Elite vision. Nothing new here Fitz at UHS is very very fast, seen him track down the twins twice, he needs more touches in 2025. Macon OL/DL was very good. LB Johnson for UHS is huge, very good player. Needs more involved on offense.

Weak schedule, very very talented team. Coaching staff was very young and green. Schedule came back to haunt them. Still till this day, haven't seen a kid close to the York kid. 2700 passing, 2600 rushing, 74tds. 360 ypg 5.2 touchdows per game.

Agree

2 Border kids or the 1 Melrose kid. I agree with having the Border twins. My argument is. We can't build up how much talent Alcoa has, then discount other teams talent.

Not sure what all Melrose had other than the A&M committ and a kid go to Memphis. They beat a good Marshall County and Pearl C teams to get there.

It's happening at every level now.

1 kid? Currently 2 with D-1 offers rolling in daily, qb Chaffin and Te/lb Johnson. I say the Ol/dl Cox will get a D-1 offers also. Wr/db Phillips, Wr/db Fitzs, Rb/lb Fitpatrick, Rb/lb Caine , Ol/dl Bohon could get some OVC offers and are getting lots of offers from the D2 and naia schools. It's not a 1 kid type team. In 2024 they were very young. Half of that group mentioned above will only be Juniors in 2025. Youth, and injuries derailed a good team that was rebuilding from the 2023 runner up season. Still won the region for, I think, the 7th straight year, and won 11 games.

You can't cower down to programs and crown a team before the season starts. I know UHS won't. Playing Farragut, Webb, Greeneville, and Beech will let us all know if the Bees can't compete.

A Memphis team with a Texas A&M signee couldn't beat that Lafayette team. Neither could a loaded Anderson Co. Sometimes you have a Livingston Academy in 2005 type run that now one can explain. Since we are playing the whst if game, Look at 2023 games between Alcoa and Greeneville, Upperman and Greenville. No one is saying Alcoa isn't the favorite. By far, the are. But it won't be as guaranteed in 4a as it was in 3a.