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Morgan Cruce is moving again. The Brighton head coaching job is open

Depends on how you view Bolivar. The guy at Bolivar who replaced Lowe resigned late into the offseason, and left Bolivar scrambling to find a coach. Bolivar has been dealing with some bad luck due to recent coaches resigning late into the offseason. Lowe resigned from that postition in April. I think Lowe will be fine, he’ll be at a school that’s a better job than the other two. Just saying if there was a list of teams that were disappointing to me, Fayette Ware would be on that list. Reason why because I would expect them to make the playoffs in 2021 and/or 2022 due to his region competition didn’t play in 2020 due to Covid. He may not have the riches of players in Somerville, but I’m certainly positive he had enough to get the job done.

True, I forgot about Bo until right after I posted that.

Fayette Ware? Yes Bolivar? it's a bottom feeder program because they don't support their athletics other than basketball. I haven't seen them in a while to answer that question. His teams still should be able to beat majority of those teams in Region 8-4A to make the playoffs (Melrose, Craigmont, Ridgeway, Wooddale, and Kirby). Michael Hodum went to Fayette Ware (I think he was there only for the 2018 season) and finished 8-3. Point being: you can win at Fayette Ware.

He's going to have to win my over. Spent 8 years combined at Fayette Ware and Bolivar, and has failed to win a playoff (0-4). I think he left Bolivar on "not so good" terms. He didn't do anything at Fayette Ware in a region where we could easily win because region 8-4A has been a dreadful region over the past two seasons. Again, he's going to have to win me over for this position.

For Hardin County? Yes

Woodrow Lowe is the new coach. Spent time at Bolivar and Fayette Ware.

The Lady Vols are horrible. They have played some quality teams. Sadly, they don't have a quality win yet on their schedule, and they have Stanford next Sunday.

And that's why I do believe having it at Jackson would be the best chance for Jackson to host something. I'm fine with football being in Chattanooga as long as each portion of the state host something type of Championship. Now, track would have to go to USJ, but each high school would at least get to host some sport, which would be a win/win for them and the city.

Memphis can't have the state championship for football for two reasons: 1) if the Memphis Tigers finish first in their conference, they can host their conference championship game. That game will be on the same weekend as the TSSAA state championships. 2) locker room space. There's only two locker rooms inside the Liberty Bowl. There's not enough space to store a team that plays in the following game. I'm curious to see how MTSU handled that, I'm sure they sent teams inside the Murphy Center. For West Tennessee to host a state championship, they can host spring fling and have their baseball/softball games at the high schools in Jackson. The "championship game" will be at the Ballpark (Diamond Jaxx/Generals stadium) and softball/soccer champion games at Union University. Jackson can defiantly host the spring fling.

The loopholes around this is going to be crazy. The TSSAA did this so they don't have to go to court.

Does anybody have the link that can send me to the TSSAA website so I can look at schedules?

Thank you for doing the list! Hope everybody have a good time at the All-Star game Friday night at USJ!

I won't go that far unless there are weeks where it's strictly region games (example: the last week of the regular season). I think schools are starting to prefer to have their Thursday game against teams that are preferably the closest to their school, but I could be wrong.

It maybe $400 in the hole before his/her first game. However, that money can quickly be recouped by doing developmental games. Even if that person buys $400 dollars worth of equipment to start out, he's not going to spend $400 dollars on equipment in year 2. He/she will still wear the same shirt/pants/shoes. I'm sure baseball umpires spend close to $500-$700 dollars in equipment to start their officiating career. Is that a lot of money to begin? Yes. But I'm sure he/she can wear the same shin guards, facemasks, pants, etc. for several years. If they have the luxury of umpiring 25 baseball games during the season, he/she can make close to $2,500. Not to mention the potential opportunity for baseball during the middle school season (in West Tennessee they begin that in February), and a handful of travel ball tournaments throughout the spring, summer, and, fall months. So they have the chance to rack up a lot of money if they work the games. I'm sure we have several basketball officials working both middle school and high school seasons. Middle school plays on Monday/Thursday, and High School plays on Tuesday/Friday. Not to mention holiday classics/tournaments and Saturday games. Basketball season runs 3-4 months, so they can make that money back in like 5-6 nights they work. I say let the TSSAA give each "new" official a $300 gift card to whatever store they purchased their equipment from. That's a start.

I agreed, it gives fans more opportunity to watch football. It also gives the players a chance to take the following Friday off. I don't think the state will be in charge of it, it now goes to the local association.

And just for a heads up, Thursday night games will be here for a while, unless there is drastic change.

Schools have to pay for the officials in the regular season. TSSAA will pay for them in the postseason. However, schools cut out the TSSAA a check for each game.

Can't do better pay for officials. Schools are paying a "gas fee" for each official that travels a certain distance. Schools aren't really "paying" for that, they're just rising admission and concession stand prices to offset that. So the fans are basically paying for that at certain schools. Now, I do believe the reason behind that was due to the huge rise in gas prices that we all went through months ago. By the way, "better pay" will not equate to more consistency. It doesn't mean the officials will better at what they do. It will equate to officials staying in the game longer and "officiating for money" when it's probably best for them to no longer officiate.

That's why I'm not a fan of eliminating teams in regions because you're potentially eliminating a team that's good! Look at your region for next season for an example.

Please be kind! Memphis is an amazing city with tradition and lots of culture! Something that some cities don't have anymore. Just be kind!

Liberty Bowl won't be able to host it currently do to stadium set up. They can, however, potentially host it whenever the stadium is finished renovating and when Liberty Park is completed.

21 penalties in this game. 19 penalties in the 4A game

Jacobs did a good job! I'm curious to see how good Jackson Christian will be next year. I enjoy this seeing this schedule more than the 1A schedule. The new region opponents is breath of fresh air.

It's not a surprised to me. New conference for UAB, fairly new stadium. UAB is a good football team that can win the American next season, and if they do, they can potentially be in a New Year 6 bowl game. Bill Clark did an outstanding job being a head coach for the Blazers. Passing the torch over to Trent will only make this team better. He's earned the right! That's for sure.