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I hate it for the kids, but Blackman and Watson will get exactly what they deserve, huge helpings of humble pie.

I totally support Coach Shad, and have had to speak with Coach Shad and Justus pertaining to my kid, and although Coach Shad and I have not always agreed, I have always come away knowing that we had the best my child's best interest at heart, I can assure when I came away from my discussions with Justus, It was clear that my child's best interest was not the main concern but rather her positon and authority. Many of you know me on here and I dont pull any punches, what you see is what you get with me, I sympathize with the parents that have to deal with this in the upcoming years.

What a joke,the defense was the worst part of the team, and gave up 40 plus points to a very sub par Independence team, the scores came on the same exact play nonetheless,once again politics as usual!!!!

If David gets his wish, It will be a bunches of coaches from a certain program on the other side of town

Qb being out is not going to matter, all they have to do is run the ball and throw it up for a jump ball occasionally.

Oakland will win this one. They will use a ball controlled offense to eat up the clock and keep Maryville's offense off the field. Maryville will have to commit more defenders to the box which make them susceptible to the deep throws down the field to Oakland's big receivers.The speed and quickness of #1 and #8 will give the Rebels fits.

To all other posters I apologize for the rant,but I take just as much pride in raising my kids as the next, hence me and a handful of parents attending just about every practice the last four years, I am done with this subject!!!!

Matt 73557 you are a joke to even make a comparison those two games, our players were called the "N" word repeatedly by the bowling green fans, as I said before I dont condone the behavior either but If thaf was me out there playing oh you would have saw what a thug acts like if they were calling me such vile names, but of course like most Blacman parents I am sure you are just the perfect ciytizen and has always been, even as a young adult, kudos to you and your perfect kids cause I am sure yours wasnt apart of such an unprecedented event, trash talkinh in a "barbaric sport" go figure!!!!!

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Again, Congrats to Oalkand and all of the sensible Oakland fans.

I was very disappointed in the sportsmanship from both teams especially Blackman, but everyone on here that keeps referring to these kids as "thugs" needs be embarrassed by those remarks, take a trip with me back to my old neighborhood and you will get a first hand view of a thug, I was trying to refrain even getting on the message board solely for this reason, I told my son after the game as he crying his eyes out that they didnt deserve to win with all the unsportsmanlike penalties they had then I wrapped my arms around him and told him I Love him, I am really apalled by the mentioning of the word thug when referring to these young men, and yes oldfan and any other idiot that has referred to the kids as thugs I got a huge problem with you Sir!!!!!!!!!!

I've been a 7aaa fan for 20+ years and loved almost every minute of it until tonight! This was the game everyone has been waiting for since the final second of the first game. The coaches and players on both sides let every fan down. Both teams were so built up they couldn't play football! Blackman never did settle down! Oakland finally did half way through the third quarter and took over the game. It was the worst showing of sportsman ship I have seen in a very long time on both sides. Now Oakland has the daunting task of taking on a Maryville team that will destroy them if they come out with this same attitude! Guys I've been around since my kid was 6 years old he's 28 now and I've never been more embarrassed as a fan as I was tonight! Patriots I'm asking as a fan come out next Friday and play with all the nastiness and vigor as u need to but as a football player not a thug! I'm not a Maryville fan and I hope we beat the snot out of them come next Friday but I do respect them and their coaches and the way they play the game! GQ and his teams always seem to play with confidence and respect of the game, that's the tradition u all should strive for every time u step on the gridiron! Sorry for the rant but i love this great sport and I love every player in the 7AAA district!

I dont condone the behavior,especially of mine acting like that, but yoi dont see any any of these kids getting arrested or addicted to pills or any any other drugs like many of the students at these schools, and My wife and I dont raise thugs with that being said you and the rest on here that are embarrassed can go fly a kite!!!!!!!!

Congrats to Oakland and their fans! They were certainly the better team last night and deserved to win.

 

With that said, I am so disappointed by the terrible display of sportsmanship and poor attitude by both teams. I was embarrassed to sit on the Blackman side last night and most of our long time fans and supporters felt the same way, and told me so. I wish that game had not been on TV for everyone to see.

 

Both teams had kids who just couldnt shut their mouths. Why is it that our kids have to physically restrain some of our players over and over again? Many of the Blackman seniors have been placed on pedestals and walked around with their heads swollen for some time now. I think Blackman created their own monsters by allowing that to happen. Several of those seniors have set a poor example for their younger teammates to follow. I am afraid its happening again with some very talented freshman players who are being placed on the pedestal by allowing them to dress and play varsity downs when that has not been done in the past. Bowling Green called us thugs last season and several of our players acted like it last night.

 

It seemed the same was true for several of the Oakland players last night as well. Pedestals are bad. Keep kids off of them.

 

As for the game, the Oakland coaches will take credit for executing their game plan, but simply put, Blackman beat themselves last night. The team that I saw play last night wasnt even close to the team that I have watched all season. Jennings throws out a terrible decision which leads to a costly INT, I dont know how many passes hit our receivers right in the hands or chest and were dropped...all at very key points in the game. The stupid running of the mouth penalties that cost us TWO drives. Those were especially egregious and stupid. I dont understand why some kids are SO undisciplined and selfish. I will lay down some Adrien Peterson style discipline on my sons if they act this way, but several parents think this kind of attitude is admirable and acceptable. The terrible play calling and execution at the goal line when we failed to punch it in was also confusing and disappointing. When Oakland lined up the two point conversion, Blackman fell for the spread and Oakland runs it right up the gut for the easy 2. That really got them excited. I could go on and on.

 

Blackman had a very successful season, but relied too heavily on a shallow depth of players. I think when we played Hoover there were probably 35-40 kids who played meaningful downs. It seemed to me that they had 11 on offense and 11 on defense and reserves for both. I know its not the same at Maryville, but it has to be close. It seems to me that Blackman may be in the low to mid 20s. Why with 100 kids, do many of our kids have to go both ways? Last night, 24 was limping, 7 was limping, and 2 was getting hammered, but they all have to play defense because no one else is better? Really? I understand you have to put your best players on the field, but until we work on developing football players instead of relying only on the most talented ones, we, and this county are never going to beat Maryville or Alcoa, or Hoover, etc.

 

Congrats again to Oakland, I am rooting for them to win and I certainly hope that they represent our county better than both teams did last night.

Someone should, I think its remarkable what the coach does year end and year out with kids that just simply are "all in" for the TEAM!!!!!!

I second that motion, I also played my high school football in Texas and was fortunate to play in the Sec as well as professionally anf some of the programs here in TN are second to none, for instance Maryville,Oakland,Riverdale, and of course my beloved Blackman, I actually have a dog in this fight and he is not being fed this week so by the time we get to Hoover I guarantee he will be hungry and ready to eat, We are, We are Blackman, Go Blaze!!!!!!

I spent almost 20 years in Texas just outside of Odessa, home of Permian Panthers and at the time one of Texas' biggest baddest football teams. In fact the season Friday Night Lights was being written was the year after graduating.(1988 in case you wondered what season that was) I can say with certainty that everything shuts down for football there and everyone believes Texas football is best, but I gotta hand it to you fellas here in Middle Tennessee, the coaching,programs and opponents and quality of ball is at a higher level than most states can begin to imagine. The type of programs we have here is what we all wanted back in Texas. Lets GO Blaze fans, Lets GO Middle Tennessee. Time to show why we are the best district for football anywhere!

Blackman will represent the state very well in this one I am sure,and we arent traveling to play for moral victories!!!!Can't wait for this one!!!

I'm with ya much respect to BHS for scheduling this game, so many of the so called "powerhouses" would have never took this risk. I hope BHS gets it done but I say HHS by 20 or so... Good luck represent TN well.

Rb Charlie Davidson Blackman High School

OL Caleb Lafleur Blackman High School

Difference between Vaughn and Davidson is that once Vaughn gets to the second level, he's not getting caught. Davidson will.

Vaughn 5'10 190 Davidson 5'10 215 Quickness-Vaughn. Power-Davidson Vision-Both. Elusiveness-Vaughn. Hands-Davidson, If I was a college coach I would take either one.

Yeah, running styles, thats about it!!!!

But it is a difference between the two.

If you think it is that big of a difference in those two kids either way you are clearly not a very good judge of talent!!!!!