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Washington County now has only 2 middle school football teams comprised of the Boone feeder schools & Crockett feeders. This started a few years ago and maybe the jury is still out on how it affects HS football, but in my humble opinion it has NOT helped Boone or Crockett either one. Maybe it had to be done for budget reasons, lack of coaches, etc. At least Kingsport still has school independent teams in the feeders.

With Maryville @ Alcoa being the first game this season I would think that thread would be 100 pages by now. Is someone gonna start it soon?

There were maybe a couple of times in the 90's that DB slipped past the Knox County line, but yeah for the most part that is the proverbial line in the sand for NET big schools

Don't know anything about KCS in that regard. Just a Tri-cities guy, outside looking in......

So I'm a bit confused. KCS does not think Brown is guilty of doing something with kids. But somehow because a couple of assistants did it then Brown is guilty by association. So they can't/won't fire him but move him into a safe-zone away from kids, like in the central office or something.... oh wait, they move him to another school where he will be around kids?!?!?! And they're okay with that?!?!?! I have no idea what really did or did not happen, who did what, who knew about it, etc. But it seems that KCS is riding the fence on this one, trying to appease the public but at the same time avoid a massive lawsuit. Or am I reading all this wrong?

Oak Ridge 2025 -------------------------------------------- Thu Aug 21 Knoxville Halls Fri Aug 29 at Clinton Fri Sep 5 at Lenoir City Fri Sep 12 Dobyns-Bennett Fri Sep 19 Cleveland Fri Sep 26 at Bradley Central Fri Oct 3 Bearden Fri Oct 17 Hardin Valley Thu Oct 23 at Farragut Thu Oct 30 at Maryville -------------------------------------------- Wins: Halls, Clinton, Lenoir City, Dobyns-Bennett, Bearden, Hardin Valley Losses: Maryville Tossups: Cleveland, Bradley Central, Farragut --------------------------------------------

Oh yeah, totally get that. For a football team to be successful it takes so many disparate things that have to coalesce together at the right time. Good lines, good backfields, good coaching, good fan/parental support, good team chemistry, etc.

That is the strangest thing in sports sometimes. i.e., when Team A has team B's number and most of the time B is way better. How many times have we all seen a far superior UT team get smoked by Florida? And on and on it goes. Maybe this is where the mental (between the ears) aspect of sports really gets exposed.

Have not heard the usual smack talk coming out of Greeneville. That either means they are loaded or rebuilding. My guess is loaded..... But would be nice to hear that from one of their fans

Ghost of 1986?? I remember that 86 playoff game against DB, they played in the ETSU mini-dome. DB had a really good team that year but Halls was on another level.

Nobody's talking Knox West, is that because of the coaching circus going on?

Oh man I forgot about that Bearden debacle, so yeah maybe the Toppers run the table except for you-know-who

Well....... wasn't going to mention those 2 games, but yeah, you're right. That was under a different coach who's trademark was such. If Gate City & Claiborne are either one within 20 points of DB I'll certainly eat a big dish of crow.

At this point all we can do is guess, so with that in mind here is Science Hill 2025: Win: Morristown West, Tennessee High, Cocke County, Morristown East, West Ridge, Dobyns-Bennett Loss: Maryville, Bearden Toss-up: Elizabethton, Jefferson County

DB wins against both Claiborne & Gate City by a combined 65-13 score. These games will both be over by halftime.