MidTennFootball

Creasy makes high 5-low 6 figures from RuCo schools and bc of service years he has it'll probably go up each year till it maxes out

There's alot of 5A programs that would happily take their place. Page has been the underdog in each of these games. Early in the week I was thinking first one to 14, but not sure the winner will have that many. If you like a good ple fashioned slobber knocker this is your kind of game

Not alot of parallels to draw from that game other than the fact that Upperman will be a underdog. The weather will help even the playing field. Pearl sure isn't Lipscomb and Upperman isn't some .500 team that just got hot at the right time Have the highest respect for both programs, both are well coached and do things the right way. Upperman does have their motivations, but let's not act like Pearl doesn't either. Pearl has been right there on the cusp of a title so many times under Brunetti. I'm sure most of the players are aware of what this game means not only to their program, but to Metro going on a 15 year title drought. Brunetti truly embodies everything it means to be a coach. I haven't wanted to see a non-Oakland team win this badly since Tullahoma broke through and send John Olive out a winner in 2021. I think Pearl finally gets the monkey off its back and wins 28-20

Wondering what the attendance record for the title game is, this game could come close to breaking it

Come on now BC, your just mad your 'naders couldn't pull that Blackout trick like you guys did on Bearden

Don't think either team is going to be throwing it that much Saturday with rain in the forecast for the day before and day of the title game

That's what they call having the common touch. I believe most truly great football coaches have it

Thanks Barney, I always found it curious he left and I know Maryville folk talk about him like Bama folk talk about Bear Bryant

I had heard he put he supported all the local programs not just Cleveland, guess I heard wrong. I'm not much for moving around once I get inside so I didn't mind

Question for some of the Rebel folk.... What led to Ted Wilson leaving Maryville and ending up at DB?

You can take Goodpasture off the list, just hired Tyler Turner

Daune Morris would be the first one to tell you he doesn't do it by himself. Ashton Jones will def factor into the running game as well. Every year I hear fans from every other team say Oakland is too 1 dimensional and yet they've won a title 4 out of the last 5 years. The fact that you can't spell Bradley and think Houston would "kill" them tells me all I need to know

I think Page would fare pretty well in 6A. Each title run is pretty special bc it's incredibly hard. Hopefully Page can score one for Middle TN in 5A

Best thing Glencliff can do is to co-op. At least gives their kids a chance of being involved on a team with a hope of making the playoffs

Lol was just my way of turning it around on Barney, don't expect that to happen but it's a entertaining thought seeing what he could do with a roster like that. Oakland is probably one of the very few public schools he'd consider if he came back to coaching HS

I'm a Oakland guy so don't have to sell me on anything I just think it's incredibly difficult to make that big of a jump, even for a coach as good as Creasy. Quarles had a few years to acclimate himself to FCS and went 6-16. If Creasy has his eye on coaching, the Tennessee Tech vacancy is a better chance for success than mtsu would be

Obviously so. Then again, maybe Central's requirements are toO high. Gotta figure there's a good assistant or 2 in the area ready to be a HC

There's a reason why Stevens hasn't been a HC since 2019, how he was allowed to coach at LaVergne for 10 years is beyond me. I know Cummings has had some problems, but if it's down to them, it's a no brainer

Until he struggles to adapt to all the other things that being a HC at the college entail. Like MM said, maybe at the FCS level. Huge personality isn't Creasy

If Central wants to torpedo their football program, hiring Stanton Stevens would be a good way to do it

Exactly. Don't think I can recall of an instance where a coach made the jump from HS to FBS and was successful in doing so. I know some Middle fans have pointed to Insell and Breeden for making the jump to college but Football is a completely different animal

They're breaking ground on new facilities and the fan support is poor bc they got tired of just making a bowl game as the bar set for success The next coach will have to be a go getter while being able to recruit well in-state and across the southeast. I'd be surprised if Creasy even gets an interview

Has more to with that albatross of a contract the athletic department drew up based off of 1 good season. It's the fault of the university for setting the bar too low. MT has too much going for them to go under .500 over the last 20 years

BA has some stuff to fix before they can get a coach of Creasy's caliber on board. MTSU is about to undergo a major upgrade in facilities. Not gonna find a better person than Stockstill but he had a sub .500 record against FBS competition and a poor record of recruiting his own state which has been putting out more and more FBS talent. MTSU can do better

There are going to be better candidates than Creasy who have been successful at the college level. On second thought, maybe Oakland can replace him with GQ.....