BarneySox2007

Didn't know that.

Would you rather play Bearden or maybe Farragut this Friday as to go out 321 and play a bunch of kids that most likely couldn't beat our 9th grade. Let Heritage play McMinn Central this week. You would see more people come to the game if they evened it out. I seriously doubt I want to waste the time to go out to Heritage myself and I live right behind it. I've already talked to half a dozen people that have picked another game to go to or just stay home as to go see what they already know is going to happen.

No No No. Keep what you have but make some adjustments. If a school had 1,000 kids and the average distance each traveled to school was 2.5 miles and another school had 1000 and the average distance each traveled was 5 miles common sense should tell anyone that less are going to go out for football having to drive 5 miles versus the 2.5. One school has a distinct advantage over travel time and if you cut that number in half for the one that doesn't you just might get some better games instead of dozens of mercy rule contest every Friday Night. It really wouldn't be that hard to figure out. On an out of zone player that should count 20 students per player, very simple. If they don't do something eventually to even up competition other than just enrollment certain schools are doomed to fail.

It didn't work the first time so why not do it again. The only thing this catastrophe did was send a few teams to the playoffs that didn't even want to go but had to in order to pay the T$$AA their ransom from the gate.

BC I followed my nephew for two years ar GCA for the most part and still was able to see the Maryville games here and there but I didn't have plans to follow them anymore until they changed the schedule up some and started playing some better teams. I got tired of the same ole same ole every Friday Night, same song just a different night. I think you guys are going to enjoy seeing a better game and a bigger crowd like we have the past two years. Hope they get a few more good ones signed up along with Blackman. Had Maryville not improved the schedule like they have I would have just cancelled my season tickets because you could find a good seat anyways if you wanted to come so why bother.

I don't like how the TSSAA has the teams broken up is my main gripe. There is more than just enrollment involved it's called open zones, financial ability and the distance the average kid has to travel to get to that school. There should be factors in place to offset some of the advantages and disadvantages if your seriously going to break this thing up into six public divisions. My only beef is with the TSSAA for not recognizing that. Alcoa is a very good school, a well coached football program and a great fan base and I would do the same for my kid also if I lived three miles from the school but out of the city limits. I didn't mean it the way it came off when I said step to the plate. I was actually trying to commend Alcoa but I posted it on the fly while doing two different things and didn't realize I had actually set the buttons for WWIII when I got back on. It was one of those grammar mistakes I usually make like helping Uncle Jack off a horse or helping jack off a horse.

I would go after Greg Ryan from Greenback. He did apply for the D-B job last year and appeared to be one of the two finalist until it was discovered all those coaches had applied at the Political Ponderosa. Greg knows next year is going to be rough at Greenback with heavy loses to graduation. If he stays at Greenback and has to rebuild his next opportunity would be very bleak with a nose dive on next years record. I would bet the house he applies.

Maryville only took a few of the eggs out of Eagleton, Alcoa took the whole chicken coop.

Sure has, free breakfast.

Your Dear Coach with all his Gold Trophies he is so very proud to show off. Whoops wrong picture.

By the way for a Whiner you all sure enjoy reading every word I write. Also Barney knows who all the two faces and back stabbers are on here.

If the TSSAA grew a set of balls and put a rule into play for every out of zone player you have to add 20 students per player you would see Alcoa in 5A in a New York Minute. For some reason you think I'm against Alcoa but I'm not. I would like to see them play the teams they should be playing. There is no doubt Alcoa will possibly have one of the best two or three teams in the state over the next three years and I can promise you the TSSAA will eventually bring down rules on open zoning like I mentioned because of the giant problem it has created with a select few schools. If they finally chopped the head off the Private schools don't think open zoning schools will be any problem. Far as Maryville losing to Alcoa I had nothing to do with that loss. I'm just a fan that went to the game but I did have something to do about it when I played which was a part of a 15 game streak over Alcoa. How did it turn out when you played? Or did you?

Plan on keeping an eye on this one through Diamond Clear since I have already planned to go to receiving friends out at Heritage Friday Night or at least that's what it will feel like.

Well this might be a very interesting game. Glad to see Alcoa step up to the plate and sign this one up.

Willie I'm blind as a bat lately and just saw the ball being picked up down the field on the replay. Glad WB pulled the game off. That to me was a big win and one I didn't expect at all. Beating McMinn was one of those two games I thought before the season they could win if they wanted it bad enough and they did. Love to see them want the next one bad but that's going to be a tall order.

In the last 28 years when the county decided to cut the main feeder program at Eagleton completely out the Heritage Football program has produced 10 teams with 1-9 records and this will be the 4th 0-10 team looking at who is left on the schedule. Even though football was eventually picked back up at Eagleton the damage was permanent. Hamontree done just about as good a job as anyone could ask for considering the situation out there. Speculation at Herb's Market is that he most likely won't return next year. If that speculation has any truth to it at all it will be an interesting few months ahead.

I watched the replay and in the very end McMinn had an excellent chance to win by a point and wasted so much time and topped it off by not kicking an onside kick. Let me guess they probably never practiced that before thinking it would never come into play. Bo don't know S***.

Remember when you pass Opie's Auto on the right going out 321 your only 2 miles from Heritage on the left.

That Shadowens man is on every official in Tennessee High School Footballs S### list and it might be a good thing he is in the press box instead of on the field making matters worse for the team making it 11 on 11 instead of 11 against 16.

I watched the replay of the game from Friday Night to try and get a finger on what the problems are this year at GCA. I followed GCA close two and three years ago when my nephew played there and enjoyed every minute. There are still a few players left from two years ago that I remember well. GCA has some very good players but as a team aren't playing as well. Seems like they still have trouble with teams with blazing speed from what I saw. I watched the Alcoa, Webb and Notre Dame games and all three were so one sided it reminded me of watching a Heritage High game. Much as I enjoyed going to all those GCA games and not having family there anymore I came back to watch Maryville as to see a team struggle for a .500 record and this year is even worse and I can't understand why. Even living here in Maryville I've heard a few whispers about the program that caught a breeze from Knoxville and blew this way. Just hate it with all my heart the team is going through so much and do miss all the great people I met there.

I'm just curious if their going to have a bowl game again this year at GCA with two teams with the worst records to have a chance at a possible win. HTV would be the only person I'm aware of that could possibly know,