VictoryFormation

Don't even know what the second chance points are, but feel confident in saying it's the difference in the game.

Good write up on JT. https://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/high-school/2023/11/30/tssaa-football-championships-upperman-fan-died-bluecross-bowl/71700721007/

Although he didn't have anyone on this years team, he had five sons play for Upperman. He was a part of the program, but the program was a bigger part of him.

I can vouch for this. When we lived in Oneida, I was a railbird at the home games. Always interesting. One night there was a new guy there, believe he was someone's family member from out of town. Anyways, he was cracking jokes all night and he was hilarious. Most memorable was when one of the raglars shouted: "You're playing scared!" "If you're scared you're gonna get hurt!" Guy didn't miss a beat and yelled back: "Yeah, that's what my wife said!" Always good times on the reservation.

Not sure what you guys are saying about Upperman's offense. They had the ball I believe six times last week and scored on five of those possessions, that's pretty efficient. Probably would have been six if they'd put their 6'4" QB under center and let him lean forward for a half yard. With their defense, not gonna be a lot of shootouts, so it's less about how often or in what manner they score, just continue to be efficient and effective at what you do and take care of the ball and they'll be fine.

Hopefully, the passing game continues to develop. The QB and the recievers are good enough to make plays. Have to make a focused effort to work on it during games though. First couple of games, the run game was working well and did not really go away from it. Last week, while one of the TDs was through the air, still would have liked to seen them open it up a little more. Like you said, gonna have to do it sometime.

Understand what you're saying, but a good defense always gives you a chance. And their defense is pretty stout.

Coach Johnson's son may be the only Freshman suiting up on Fridays.

Upperman lost two senior starters and has recently lost another starter due to injury.

Yes and no, his family actually moved. They do have one transfer, and he sat out a year. Only one I know of.

BigMan, 0-3 or 1-2, lay off the prediction business, lol

Are you going to Sparta, 89? Would like to hear your thoughts on the Warriors if you do.

I believe if he's anywhere near 100%, we could see the re-emergence of Rollins. For two years he was the best play maker in their region; only one better in the area was Dowell at Sparta. Since his injury last year, he's not been in the conversation. If he's recovered enough, we could see JRoll 2.0

I know people like that also. However, you do realize that Cookeville city limits are only about 4 miles from Upperman High don't you? That's much closer than driving to Cookeville High. We have a Cookeville zip code. Can be at Upperman in 5-7 minutes, four to five times as long to get to Cookeville, depending on traffic. It's not Baxter, Cookeville, or Monterey school system, it's Putnam County and most go to the closest school, no matter what city limits they live in.

Exactly, "no merit" being the key phrase here. One of these uninformed people said they get 5-10 talented players a year transferring in. That would be nearly half the team. Been up and down the roster and can tell you that statement has no merit. Real easy to say something like that on a message board though. Funny thing is, no matter how many times one repeats a lie, it never becomes the truth.