crittertrap1431

I think you're hoping its just "move on". Are you worried that TSSAA will see the tape and eject more Burros? No Shelbyville was not as guilty in the plays leading up to the fight and it was certainly not "brief". Obviously over 5 minutes of game time was run off during the fight and clean up of the "brief" skirmish. Again, my feeling is our coaches see the film and run some kids extra and TSSAA chews some rears and gets that crew some training...Nothing more needs to be done. However, the Green Hills I grew up in would use this to teach character not win and cover your rear. I do think other than the above sugestions and admissions ( which I would think you would at least admit to) the boys were the better team and deserve to move on and I am sure we all wish them the best next week vs Ridgeway.

If you were at the game and a fan like me AND you are honest, you know we/HHS got away with PI's, holds, obvious flinches on the line (especially on 3rd and 4th down- which would have turned short yardage situations into long yardage situations and that directly led to points that may not have made the game so one -sided. More over, the taunts and unsportsmanlike like behavior (especially, in the 2nd half when the game was NOT in doubt) that was allowed to continue led to the fight. As a fan I am in total agreement we had the better athletes and were the better team. Naturally I would love to see better control by the kids and our coaches in that situation. However, it never should have come to that, which is why I said those officials need more training and a serious rear chewing before they take the field again. I assure you as a fan of the game and school, the behavior of the officals led me to sign up on this thing and say something in hopes that this crew gets the training they need and TSSAA looks at the film (it usually has to come from the wronged team unless a self-reporting violation takes place) and sees what a PR disaster was avoided last night had Shelbyville not shown some class. I am glad to see the best team move on but felt that the coaches and players at HHS should not have been put in that situation had better control been shown by the refs. Also would we know on here if those 2-3 boys from SHS were hurt? It was a shame. To my best count, HHS had 20-25 players across the line and atleast 3 coaches during the incident.( they were obviously trying to get the kids back.) I would think someone will post this on you tube.

Hillsboro looked great last night and certainly Ridgeway will play well. I cannot wait to see this game.

Hillsboro was so much bigger than shelbyville and really showed that they were faster and more talented. With that said, given Shelbyville's location and enrollment, they did a great job getting this far and I thought they played with heart and class. It really looked like a match up of teams from two different classifications. I am disappointed that no one on here talked about the terrible fight and even worse officiating that occurred. The fight saw the majority of the burros on the field and some of those players were kicking and swinging at the visiting team. Only 1 player was ejected. I was sitting on the home side and what I saw was terrible. If the Shelbyville coaches and players not shown better judgement, it easily looked as bad as the video posted on the boone-crockett fight. Worse to me was that there was terrible calls that changed, what could have been, a much more competitive game. Not to mention they kept the clock running while the officials deliberated the fight..nearly 6 minutes and no where does a running clock rule allow for this during an official's timeout or meeting. I surely hope the AD from shelbyville will send the tape in to TSSAA, so those officials NEVER work another game without getting some serious training. Glad the better team won BUT disappointed in lack on control by HHS coaches and horrible officials.