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Maryville 31 Alcoa 2. Blew them off the ball all night. It wouldn't be close if they played again. Alcoa was better than Fulton last year but I thought Fulton looked more formidable than Alcoa this year, even without the Fulton Mr. Football running back, they scored double the points Alcoa did at state, mercy ruled their opponent and the Falcon D forced 5 turnovers. They were in the top 4 or 5 nationally in points scored this year with around 850 or so. But the Falcon D is what got my attention and I think they could hinder Alcoa's running game like Maryville did. Alcoa was one dimensional and needed long drives to score. Fulton could score on any play and I saw their D create scoring opportunities. UT really needs to look at the Hawkins kid! Blazing speed and great hands. This Alcoa team was nowhere near their best squad in my opinion whereas this was Fulton's best squad. I think Alcoa will be stronger next few years.

No vote was solicited or needed or can take any of those 666 points out of the record book. They could have scored over 700 if they'd wanted to. You are entitled to an opinion and debate it with one another or whatever you want. It won't change the fact that the 2013 Rebels broke the scoring record at Maryville High School and did what NO other offense had ever done (it's comical thinking back how several doubted them prior to the season, particularly at QB). The dogs were called off early and often. The bar was raised this year and those points were earned and it will be recorded as such. Them chains were moved more this year than any year at MHS.

Like coachspanky, who hung with us for a while at the game, we got in free too. We wanted to see a real game but had no illusions of that happening and knew Blackman was our State (BTW Bowling Green won state in KY/44 game win streak). The 6A game went exactly as anyone who knows anything about football thought it would and became the most lopsided title game we've had and that is hard to sit through when its so frigid. Heck, Taylor Swift didn't even show up to support her H.S. after making millions writing songs about how every boy there did her wrong haha...Commandos were wading in the deep part of the pool and sunk. Finally great to see Garrett get his props. A baby faced killa and on every level coming up has played like he did this year. The most cool and calm qb Maryville has ever had. Check out the first scoring play, two blocks were missed, he backpedals 10 yards and it looks for certain he'll take a sack as he's under duress and then he does his thing, works his magic, stays calm, hits Prevo and turns a broken play into a 50 yard score. That play epitomizes John Garret. He made this team go all year, when a play would break down he improvised and his numbers are as good as any D1 prospect. A point guard of the grid iron! 2013 will go down as the best offense ever, mostly due to the big three of Garrett, Prevo and Carroll. They did it on every level and were great competitors. They were going to get theirs, not in a selfish way but they were showtime all the time. With some players, if they were on the field, it was automatic you knew the job was going to be done and going to be done with an exclamation point without all the rah rah crap. #55 was one of those players. Mr., you played like a man this year. I wish #60 could have been healthy to go out bulldozing the defense beside you and fans had got to see that kind of domination the whole season. A great year. As far as best defense, the 2011 class set that bar so high that future classes will have to aim for that level of perfection. Those players/men played unlike any other to date. Men. Maryville was long overdue to get an easy team as an opponent for state after who they played this year and all other years in 6A. Really great to see my buddy Stokes I grew up with from Fulton and his son go out as a State Champion also. Time to move on to bigger and better things.

This Falcon/Rebel Player Dad will be driving down early, bundling up and supporting my old homies and their boys on the field from Broadway. They better be playing "Falcon Clap" on the loud speakers too haha....

"Falcon clap" is a pretty darn good promo too that I saw from one of my Fulton fb friends. It's on youtube I think, if anyone else has seen it.

Go Falcons, Go Rebels today. Going to watch both play. Represent.

Correction on win losses: Station was a 2 loss team in our first year moving up (that Maryville team overachieved to get there), Smyrna was a 1 loss team to Ensworth and both Haven teams Undefeated. Commando's are the only 3 loss team. Will it matter? Probably not. The talk earlier just came across as bold and unearned. I want to see a close game, tough game, the people I sit with want to see a good competition and have wanted to see that all year. Bradley Central played Maryville for one half of ball then Maryville made some changes and took off in the 2nd half and left them behind. Blackman played us for a whole game and was the type of team we typically see in the Finals and what they accomplished this year is well documented. (lots of smack talk from their fan base, you can look up for yourself as it was all over Twitter before the game) We are hoping for another good competition like Blackman. Those games are worth watching. If we have to sit in the cold, rain and snow for a game, I personally want it to be a good game. Good luck to the seniors. A pretty special group every year you have played. I want to add a congratulations to our local teams Webb, Alcoa and West (man you guys let that one slip like Powell did a couple years ago. Was pulling for you.) Looking forward to seeing some of my old friends from Fulton tonight celebrating tonight also. Operation kick your A in effect. haha...

The condensed version: what he said, ain't likely.

They think they will be playing a "good" team when in truth 2013 Maryville is a great team. Big difference. The defense last year was one of the weakest ever, not this year. Not Dodson or anybody else would run through this D like last year. Last year's offense was the highest scoring Maryville offense ever but this year's O has scored more points. The numbers are staggering. Few people have even mentioned being concerned about our QB when his numbers, not to mention his leadership, is as good if not better than any other QB in the state. It would be interesting to compare his stats to a bunch of the D1 prospects or "Mr. Football" candidates. If anyone deserved a Mr. Football award for what they EARNED on the field, not how tall they were, or what they weighed or how many camps they went to, it is him. There is not a better leader or competitor playing at state all of this week on any team. He has been Maryville's MVP all year. Teams trying to rattle him have failed. He's over 2000 yards passing, around 1000 yards rushing, with only 1 interception and when a big play was needed he always delivered. He will rip your heart out methodically play by play and get the win. A baby faced killa.... This team has a good memory and a lot of these players, their friends, siblings etc. got hosed last year. If anybody thinks anyone has forgotten, tune in tomorrow. No team had scored a single touchdown on Blackmans starters in these playoffs. They had a 10 sack DE, which is about 8 more sacks than our best DE's total, teamed with the strongest and quickest linebackers around and with GRITTY disciplined linemen. Yet, Maryville scored 4 TD's on them. The Kentucky team that got them by 1 point is undefeated still and has been for 40+ games and is playing for a State Title tomorrow and looking to keep the #8 ranking for nations longest winning streak. Tomorrow has been a long time in the making for a focused Maryville squad.

"Hendersonville fans and the team expect to beat Maryville and would consider it an upset if Maryville won?" LMAO, no they don't. They are the only team that has ever made it into the 6A Finals against Maryville that was not undefeated. They have 3 losses this year. This isn't being disrespectful it is their win/loss record this year. Webb, Alcoa, West are all in the finals and it didn't fare well for any of them against The Rebels. 2009 White Station, 2010 Smyrna, 2011 Haven, 2012 Haven were all undefeated going into state and all lost except last year and that game went into OT and most people recognize the game was won in regulation. The Semi Final teams of Siegal last year, Blackman this year and previously unbeaten Quarter Final Oakland this year, at one point, had very valid reasons for making such a bold statement as they had earned it at that given point in the season. Hendersonville may play a great ballgame, maybe they are better than all of the undefeated 6A opponents Maryville has ever played at State or the teams we defeated getting to State. Cool. It's state, its the Big Boy classification and it's supposed to be hard, competitive. They may play the best they've ever played but so did the teams mentioned above, none of which were 3 loss teams, moreover a 4 loss team if they loose at state. Earn it, then you can talk about it. Easier said than done.

Thank you. I looked at his highlight film as we are going to make a disk for him to keep. Injuries had him sidelined most of the games. Combining all of the snaps that he was actually playing on the field, he only played 2.5 games total this season. In 2.5 games or 10 quarters of football he had 21 knockdown domination blocks and he never played at 100% this year. That is what I'm most proud of... It's hard for an O lineman to do that when playing a full season. Every opportunity that he got, he was physical and made the most of it. Most of those were recorded so it will make a nice memory. We knew he wouldn't line up against anyone stronger than him due to his training. It would have been nice to see him healthy and physical for a whole season and how it would have helped the team. GQ always says don't let this be the most important thing in your life and while it was a huge commitment it isn't the most important. ie he has an orchestra concert tonight as a violoist, got accepted into The University of Tennessee's College of Engineering for next fall. A lot of life lessons from all of this for sure that will help in life. The team should be fine at State.

X Rays and Doc say no go... it will do significant further damage if he dresses and will fracture. Can't get on toes at all right now. 4 weeks to heal and in a boot.

Recent points in playoffs when Maryville played in the cold or rain. Hung 49 on Mo East. 42 on Bradley Central. Hung 56 on Sevier County. Lots of passing yards. Balanced attack. Weather made no difference at all.

Whitehaven HS vs Maryville HS (Dec 03, 2011 at Cookeville, Tenn.) Haven Rebel Stats FIRST DOWNS................... 11 14 Rushing..................... 5 9 Passing..................... 6 5 Penalty..................... 0 0 NET YARDS RUSHING............. 79 113 Rushing Attempts............ 29 43 Average Per Rush............ 2.7 2.6 Rushing Touchdowns.......... 0 2 Yards Gained Rushing........ 130 156 Yards Lost Rushing.......... 51 43 NET YARDS PASSING............. 142 117 Completions-Attempts-Int.... 14-37-1 8-12-0 Average Per Attempt......... 3.8 9.8 Average Per Completion...... 10.1 14.6 Passing Touchdowns.......... 0 1 TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS........... 221 230 Total offense plays......... 66 55 Average Gain Per Play....... 3.3 4.2 Fumbles: Number-Lost.......... 2-1 2-1 Penalties: Number-Yards....... 10-77 2-20 PUNTS-YARDS................... 5-105 5-136 Average Yards Per Punt...... 21.0 27.2 Net Yards Per Punt.......... 17.0 27.2 Inside 20................... 1 0 50+ Yards................... 0 0 Touchbacks.................. 1 0 Fair catch.................. 1 0 KICKOFFS-YARDS................ 2-114 5-293 Average Yards Per Kickoff... 57.0 58.6 Net Yards Per Kickoff....... 36.0 31.6 Touchbacks.................. 1 4 Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD. 3-0-0 0-0-0 Average Per Return.......... 0.0 0.0 Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 1-55-0 1-22-0 Average Per Return.......... 55.0 22.0 Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD.. 0-0-0 1-5-0 Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD. 1-74-1 0-0-0 Miscellaneous Yards........... 0 0 Possession Time............... 20:19 27:41 1st Quarter................. 6:04 5:56 2nd Quarter................. 3:51 8:09 3rd Quarter................. 4:52 7:08 4th Quarter................. 5:32 6:28 Third-Down Conversions........ 4 of 15 4 of 11 Fourth-Down Conversions....... 2 of 5 0 of 1 Red-Zone Scores-Chances....... 0-2 2-2 Touchdowns.................. 0-2 2-2 Field goals................. 0-2 0-2 Sacks By: Number-Yards........ 2-15 2-16 PAT Kicks..................... 1-1 2-3 Field Goals................... 0-1 1-1 Patton said 2011 Haven was the most athletic, most physical and fastest defense Maryville had played. GQ said individually, they were better than us at a lot of places and it would be hard to beat them several times unlike beating them once in a championship game. He said we had trouble moving it and had to use double passes and brought all of our plays out to win. It looked like that was what we had to do again v Blackman's D. As good as Haven's 2011Defense was.... (I'd rank them 1st and Blackman's defense a close 2nd in best defenses we have played against) Maryville's 2011 defense was hands down better than both and our 2013 offense has shown to be the best Maryville scoring offense. Turn overs and penalties are about the same with Maryville only being penalized for 20/24 yards in both games and Haven/Blackman penalized for 77/63 yards. Discipline and composure is huge in these big games. The two bad punts for Haven are basically the same as a turnover. Particularly, the negative yard punt, followed by another one we scored off from and the 1 int in the red zone, compared to the 3 int's for Blackman, one also in the red zone, coupled with all of those yards lost in penalties were too big to overcome. Blackman Maryville 1st Downs 19 18 rushes-yards 39-227 35-158 passing 121 176 comp-att-int 8-24-3 17-19-0 punts 2-35.5 3-40.6 fumbles-lost 3-0 1-0 penalties-yards 11-63 4-24

You're right... On top of the year round commitment; he gave an ACL, hamstring, hand and ankle for the team. Nobody notices an O lineman until they miss a block... It's easy to see one when a sack takes place, or a running back gets blasted behind the line of scrimmage several times like Friday, lol. When Prevo hurdled the BC player, as usual, we were amazed with the freakish ability. And it is amazing how many times he has leaped over players. How many people noticed the pulling lineman #60 on that play that laid a wicked knockdown block to set up that move and score? None, lol. It's just the nature of the position and it requires players who could care less about interviews and accolades but take pride in the work they put in year round to have the strength and agility to dominate the man in front of them..

It has been one of my greatest joys watching him practice and play this sport. Maybe one more game if God allows it. Thank you sincerely for your prayers.

He was blocking at UT last week and another lineman got pushed into him from behind during the play as he was blocking the DE, trapping his foot and turning the ankle as he was hit from behind, he couldn't see it coming... Ligaments messed up. He iced it and meds all week, practiced in a brace and had a brace on in the game. It has hurt the whole time when weight was put on it but had improved slightly. He did therapy first thing Sat AM and about to go again now to Joes. Have pt set for all this week and hoping it heals. Unlucky, to say the least. It bothered him pretty bad in warm-ups and he blocked it out for as long as he could. He only had 5 plays before it popped and went out. Of course you know how proud I am of what he did on that first scoring drive and those 5 plays with the pancake block he laid on the DE. I told him after warm ups, to play each snap like it was his last and he did. In limited playing time he has had 21 knockdown blocks this year. Folks are praying, we'll see if it can heal quick. If not, he has some great highlight clips on hudl that he can be proud of.

With the game on the line there was no doubt in my mind that Garrett would be composed and make plays. #40 got his sack and those linebackers did what we knew they could do but Maryville was more disciplined and the better team. Blackman you gave us a big challenge and have a great QB, gritty D, and the best linebackers. However, all of the extra stuff after the whistle (numerous no call personal fouls) won't beat a disciplined team like Maryville. This was a great game and your team imo is the best we have played in a long time. If anything about life was fair (it isn't) we would have got Haven again. With or without the same refs, it wouldn't matter this year. We beat them back to back years and last year's proclaimed champion has a big asterisk by that title and always will. But they are done after a two year run. Was hoping we'd get White Station for a rematch as they are the only 6A team to beat us outright but they got hit in the mouth and folded. They have only been to the finals one year while we are going for our 10th consecutive time. One more game.

Numbers: Garrett 2,086 yards, rushed for 869, 37 TD's, 1 Int. One of the best MHS has ever had. He's always played great coming up the pipeline and a gamer. I said in preseason, if the game is on the line... I'd want the ball in his hands and he's shown he does too. Protecting him from big hits and keeping him healthy is key tonight. This offense averages a school record 45.6 ppg. Blackman's first-team D has not given up a single TD in the playoffs and didn't in the first meeting with powerhouse Oakland. Three excellent linebackers with 60 tackles each, and another big DE #40, like Sevieville's #45 last week, with 19 tackles and 9 sacks coming into tonight's match up. Welcome to Maryville, Blackman Blaze. Looking forward to something special tonight.

Maybe over rated compared to what their coach was hyping before the game but they were a tuff bunch. 23-7 and if they don't shank those two punts in the 4th that gave us the ball around the 14 and 30 yard line its a different game. We got 14 points and momentum from those miscues. Seems like we only got around 200 yards or so on that D and we had a good O with Patton, Jay, Brandon, Shawn. Bad game management by coach S, as he admitted. Haven D scored the 7 points also after our tackle missed that block. Blackman's linebackers look better than 2011 Haven's and while their D front isn't as big they look like they move about as quick. Hoping we don't turn the ball over.

Agree 100% with above post that the team that is most physical controlling the los wins. When Blackmans big linebackers come crashing in like they did against Oakland's big and mobile linemen, they won. They beat Oakland at Oakland's own game and nobody had beat that dominating Oakland team, until Blackman who nearly beat them twice. Our linemen on both sides need to bring it and our linebackers hit like they did in the Webb game. Would love to see our DT's after the QB like they did against Alcoa. A mobile QB like Blackmans can make you look like you are running in sand (which is why an endless number of D1 schools want him), our DE's need to contain to stop the big play or at least minimize them. The Bradley Central QB gave us fits. It looked like we were going to sack him half a dozen times and he'd somehow get the ball off. Agree with Jake, passing game favors Rebels and not playing players both ways also. This is a deep Maryville team and that is a huge factor this late in the season when all teams are banged up.

Cody West 6-3, 215lbs of Riverdale came to Maryville a few years ago as a pretty good dual threat QB and his line avg. was around 290lbs. Siegal's Stockstill was a dual threat but had a torn ACL when we played them. One of the gutsiest performances I've seen by a QB. More schools are after Blackman's QB than the one's we've seen in the past and he's a junior. In our most recent game with Riverdale their QB was out with an ACL. We had 3 turnovers in that game and trailed early. The first time a team had been up on us all year. It was a good gut check. The Rebels responded. In games where we've been challenged, turnovers were the culprit. A great D will cause turnovers. Blackman has the best D we've seen since 2011 Haven.

31-2, read that. Blackman would do the same to them. Maryville seniors never lost a game to Alcoa in youth ball, middle school, freshman team or high school. None of the games were close.

Those 14 trophies weren't earned by this group. The topic is about 2013 Maryville and 2013 Blackman. 2013 Maryville will be in it's first semifinal this year, same as Blackman. Proud of past championships but most of those players are long gone now. It would be nice to have a bunch of them suit up Friday but those players, Championships, rankings etc over the last 10 years won't move the football one yard forward on offense or make any stops on D Friday. Can't expect to toss a jersey on the field and win. As far as the Alcoa rivalry... I'd feel a lot better about the outcome of this game if we were playing Alcoa, but we aren't. Blackman would curb stomp Alcoa and all other TSSAA teams. What they did to Oakland was eye opening. Home field advantage, yes. Coach making the right calls, yes. Blackman out gained Bowling Green 328 yards to 197 yards AT Bowling Green (42 game win streak). We've only seen two QB's close to Jennings from recent memory. Siegal's Stockstill last year (Butch Jones wanted him at Cinncinatti) and the big Sullivan South QB who is playing at Wisconsin. Do you know which players from Blackman are being recruited and where? If folks haven't seen your two SEC sized linebackers play ball, supported by exceptional OLB's they will be surprised. Picture TK Jr and put 30 lbs of muscle and a couple of inches on him and that is about right. I do think Maryville wins, but imo Blackman will be the best team and group of athletes to compete against us on our field and it will take guts to win this one even more than Siegal last year.

"Can David slay Goliath" Huh? Blackman has players on both sides of the ball being recruited. Your two linebackers (the best I have seen) are bigger than three of our O linemen. Your QB is 6'4" and every D1 school wants him. Your RB's are both studs and nobody has stopped them. Your team outgained Bowling Green (currently ranked 8th nationally for 42 game win streak) by over 100 yards. Your team totally dominated the strongest Oakland team ever that has some of the best linemen in our state. A David v Goliath comparison for this year doesn't fit. We haven't seen a D this physical, strong and athletic since Haven 2011. This is our highest scoring offense ever against one of the best D's we have ever seen. A great match up but hardly a David v Goliath. This game will be every bit as challenging and exciting as Siegal was last year but twice as physical.