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By saying this, you're telling me that Milan will finish the season ahead of Riverside in the standings? If not, then you have Adamsville/Peabody... This is the one region that it doesn't matter as much where you finish in the region standings. It matters, but I think it carries little weight.

Chester County was arguably the best 3 win team last year. I was impressed with their play at times. I was also disappointed with them at times as well. Chester County should not have lost to TCA last year, they dropped a game to Milan in a game where they were leading late and could've won. They lost to Dyer County last year by 1 point. They lost to South Gibson in Medina in OT. Lexington was a game they probably could've/should've won. Chester County were just a few plays from being 5-5/6-4 last year. When the officials botched the late call in the Lexington/Hardin County game, I do believe that eliminated Chester County from the playoffs. That game had little impact to Lexington when it comes to seeding. I know the Eagles are losing Schippers are Barnham, but they should be good enough to get into the playoffs. How far? I'm not sure. Questionable region for sure.

I agree, the only reason why I would put Riverside at 1 was due to being state champions, that's it. I think Haywood is the "best team" because they did well in the second half of the season. Henry County also lost their QB. I'm curious to see where Covington will stand. When it comes to Huntingdon, and I'll be honest, I am burned out from the "This might be Huntingdon's year" crowd. I do appreciate their passion.

There's no respect to the defending state champions in Riverside. In the last 3 years, Riverside went to the state semi-finals and lost to Westview (Simpson's senior year), state title game and lost by 2 points, and won the state championship this past December. Now, if they beat Westview, they arguably win the state championship game because Westview/Hampton was a blowout game. Riverside has played on Black Friday 4 of the last 5 years.

Since we are doing non-Shelby County teams 1: Riverside 2: Haywood 3: Henry County 4: McKenzie 5: Dyersburg 6: Huntingdon 7: JCS 8: Covington 9: TCA 10: Union City

I know we're not doing Shelby County teams, but I do believe Houston and Southwind are the two best teams in West Tennessee. I do believe both of those teams can make another deep run and potentially can make it back (Houston's case) to Chattanooga. Houston's path is easier, but I do believe Southwind has the best QB in West Tennessee. I'll even say they have the best QB in the western side of I-65.

Yes, Peabody was listed for 405 students in the 2023-2025 classification. The lowest school in 2A was MASE with 378 students. There are actually 13 schools in between Peabody's 405 and MASE 378. Not sure how many students Peabody averaged this previous school year. I'm just saying if they're in the 370's then I could see them in 1A because based on the current classification system, 374-378 separated the highest 1A school (Houston County) and the lowest 2A school (MASE).

You know schools are trying to figure out strategic plans for that to occur. Peabody would have to find a way to jump 12 schools for that to happen.

Is this post necessary? It's just one game...

That was the Z-Plan, right? If so, I didn't have a problem with that.

Taking off two weeks "immediately" after the school year would not be fair for the spring sport athletes that also participate in fall sports, it's not just football players alone. The dead period isn't going change anytime soon.

Good, hopefully it’ll make that side of 4A more entertaining.

Pencil them in for Black Friday due to the district 7 and region 8 being weak. Pearl-Cohn is still the favorite out of the Regions 5/6 but there are much better suitors to potentially eliminate PC compared to the suitors trying to eliminate Haywood.

Don't think the TSSAA would matter about traveling due to the games being on Friday night. In addition, we also see teams travel a far distance for a regional basketball game on a week night. If the TSSAA cared about traveling, then I have a feeling the state championship games wouldn't be in Chattanooga.

It depends. With TSSAA receiving money from schools for ejections, then I’m hopeful they would be entertained by the idea, but I doubt it. A lot of money they would be missing out on.

I'm sure Brentwood Academy put more money in the NIL/football budget to get better players after going 2-10 this past season. I'm sure the new Humboldt coach appreciates a school tampering with one of his players. This is nothing more than a PR move for him (the player) and his family. I don't know what his dad does for a living, but you described it best, he is a project. If he was truly dominating at the 1A level in one of the weakest districts in the state, then Humboldt wouldn't go 0-10 last season with losses to Harding Academy, Greenfield, and Halls.

He's a big kid that has a lot of work to do. That's all I'm going to say. Potential is there for sure, but that's a scary word.

Trust me, and I am speaking for everyone in West Tennessee. Based on what you just said, I know for a fact you never watched this kid play in person.

I'll post it on this thread instead of starting a new thread. Humboldt's Stephon Shivers hit the tinder portal and will transfer to Brentwood Academy. Good to see this happen for Hayden Williams, as it'll give him a laser focus mentality to develop players for now on.

50 is about right for a 3A school that had a combined total of 4 wins in the last 3 seasons.

Not bad! Just please put some more respect on Riverside's name.

You know what they say in West Tennessee, it's the best time of the year to be a Huntingdon fan!

McNairy Central has 18 seniors? It doesn’t matter regardless because they’re playing for 2026.

They'll do it in two situations. One, if they feel embarrassed and something is caught on camera for everyone in the whole state to see. Second, if they feel like they have to stand up for themselves or for someone else (example: a game official). In this case, they arguably don't care because they're receiving around $3,200 dollars in what would be house money to them, and Clinton has already dismissed their previous coach, so they feel obligated to not have to take action. I think it'll be lazy on TSSAA's part if they don't want to take more action.

Covid killed the city because they chose not to play football in the 2020 season. Therefore, kids weren't able to practice and develop, and continuing to lift weights. Memphis basically had 7/8 graders, skipping a year, then playing 9/10 high school football. Now, there's only one team that has made a "dent" which will be Southwind (made it to the 5A semifinals last year). If you want to go more suburbs, then it'll be Houston, which won the 6A state title, defeating Oakland Other than that, I agree.