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Liberty 34 Dyersburg 24

I don't see the rain being a factor. We are in a big drought and we are only suppose to get a quarter inch of rain for tomorrow, if that. Not much.

Coaching won't be a deciding factor either. The only way it can be is if Stowe pulls out a few tricks that he has in store.

Safe travels and Goodluck to both teams! Winner has my pick to Cookeville.

. West - Liberty , Haywood , Memphis East. Honorable mention would be Lexington , Dyersburg , Northside

Might want to take North Side off the list. Other than Greg Emerson, we don't have much coming back. We are losing a ton of quality football players with a young and a little inexperienced coach that is about to go through his first offseason. There will be questions in 2017 for the Indians.

nothing. Why are you over here. You said you only chime in on 1a and 2a when you here the expert comment. Like I have said. You think you are the expert and you want people to hear your wisdom. So go ahead. Speak wise one.

I was just wondering to see if you're okay, that's all. 🙃

congrats on being able to say that this year. Wasn't able to last year. I understand. Finally able to puff the chest out and gloat. It feels good. We know. This new region has been sticking its chest out for a while now. Multiple state champs and multiple state runner ups in the last 7 years Good luck the rest of the year. I really hope you guys can get it done this year. With all of those seniors it will be a good way to finish their career. and go ahead and down play the new region. Your right these teams will suck.

What's wrong BigEd?

Bigster regarding schedule next year. We will have 6 region games and play Fulton Co for sure. I doubt Obion Central, Dyer Co will play us. I have heard Halls will not play LC next year. UC in my opinion will be doubtful. Peabody will play Milan and Humboldt for sure and probably have other teams they want to play before LC. Maybe Martin Westview or someone like that will play. If I see you I will explain why Obion Central or Dyer Co won't play. I would like to see LC and Central but I don't think it will happen.

Ripley? Jackson Christian? Trinity Christian? 

I don't think a Madison co public will win a state title any time soon...the school board and central office have made that very evident...they refuse to support local athletics bc they have such poor academic standards...a 21 on the ACT is a goal for high schoolers??? That's a joke...the curriculum they force is ridiculous...students don't have to take tests if they have a high attendance record, you're kidding me...they don't want to look like hypocrites by having state championship caliber teams...we can't even get buses to away games here...the answer is to get down to 1 or 2 public high schools...stop spreading the resources so thin

I have to agree with you DHS. I don't think any team win a state title anytime soon, possibly in any sport. I don't think the school board simply cares about athletes for their schools. I pour absolutely no money into them, everything that a school wants has to be by funding. North Side was suppose to get a new football stadium due to safety reasons, that money went to iPad's to the middle schoolers at the academy thing at Northeast Middle.

I am totally for putting turf fields on all 3 public schools and here's why:

1. Family. I am assuming coaches, parents, and a few players are painting the field on Wednesday and Thursday nights, but that's time away from family. Also, when there is a middle school game on Thursday night, North Side coaches would have to wait until the game is over just to paint the field. Which would be about 8:00/8:30-11-midnight. 

2. In the long run, it probably saves money. I hope a D-Burg supporter helps me out on this. I know  turf fields are expensive, but with it lasts 8-10 years I believe it saves you a little bit of money, not having to buy all that paint. Just curious on how much the turf field cost Dyersburg

3. Too many non-Friday night games. Since North Side is land-locked, we have to let our soccer players play on the football field. And with girls soccer, freshman games, middle school games, JV games, and boys soccer in the spring. It has to kill the football field.

I do think the academic standard is too low. I truly believe that if you don't put to your standards sky high, you're just setting yourself up for mediocrity. But the ACT prep teachers don't want to teach and the students always want to take classes with their favorite teachers. That's what gets me! Students just don't realized that a 21 ACT score gets them into every university except UT-Knox. So I don't think they get it, also don't want to learn either. Also, if a coach lets a player that has a D, that coach should be suspended (I don't think that happens, but it won't surprise me). Everything is Academic, academic, and it's not working out.

It's over an hour and a half from WC to Middleton and close to two hours from Middleton to Cwood

Thanks for the insight! Totally forgot about Collinwood but Middleton got robbed to the point where I feel bad for those guys and their fans. Congratulations on the win against Gordonsville! Heard things got a little spicy! Goodluck this week and congrats to Rice on breaking the record!

Feel bad for the Middleton Tigers. A team that's not a very good program, traveling at least an hour 30 to play Huntingdon and Bruceton, 2 hours to play McEwen I believe, maybe longer. An hour and 15-30 minutes to play Perry County and at least an hour drive to play Wayne County. I know they get unlucky geographically reasons, but they probably need to be in Region 8-1A. To make things worse, Middleton does not have a very good fan base, and probably lacks community support and funding for their football team. They got robbed a little bit. Would've been better off co-oping with Bolivar in football.

Spring Hill will win their region next year.

How's Jay Emmons?

brownie points for starting this thread as early as possible!

Seems pretty intense, just to clarify a few things, a player can be ejected from a game for throwing a punch (doesn't have to be connected or not, doesn't matter what happens before the punch was thrown either). Obviously, I didn't see what happened because I wasn't there nor I was able to watch the game via Internet. I hope both teams traveled well! Congrats WC on the win. Also for Gordonsville, the player that was ejected will miss the first game of next years game if he is not graduating in the spring. But I'm sure Gordonsville will send a tape to the TSSAA and try to appeal it, a lot of schools do that. 1A football is underrated!

If you don't believe you can beat Alcoa or at least want to make it to that game then why even play in the playoffs. Its bad when a team's fan doesn't believe they can win games. And yes if Liberty was not in the playoffs that would make your road to the championship easier. My logic is clear except for the fact that you don't believe in your team.

So should Tennessee Lady Vols and Vanderbilt girls basketball teams play women's basketball when they know UCONN will win a national championship? Should the Memphis Grizzlies play NBA when everybody knows that the Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavilers will play in the NBA Finals in June?

I'm sure they are players that are on Milan and Liberty's football team know they have a shot to head to Cookeville, but they probably won't beat Alcoa.

I'm sure whoever Alcoa plays tomorrow, there's players on that team know they won't beat Alcoa tomorrow. Milan fans know they probably don't have a shot to beat Alcoa, but that doesn't take away the fact that there season is a complete bust if they don't win the gold ball, especially losing to Alcoa.

Believe that was Henry County and Chester...I never heard any rumors from Milan. Liberty did nothing wrong and never even practiced the kid until tssaa cleared him the first time...Milan better be focused on stopping Castille or he's gona bust 300 on em from the ground...

 

Johnson had 284 on them last year and #18 is a much better athlete than CJ

I think he's talking about the Dysart kid that transferred from South Gibson to Chester County over the summer.

In all honestly, that end zone is no where near safe for the players. Having a 4 feet hill at the end zones is completely dangerous. I'm surprised that Haywood doesn't have a specific play for a fade route in the end zone and make a 6'3 type receiver go up and jump and catch the ball, basically a jump ball to get the football.

Also, surprised that the TSSAA hasn't informed Haywood that they can no longer have that hill at the endzones. I'm sure they have the money to give to the TSSAA to remove that hill. Same goes for Ripley and their end zones as well.

Meanwhile on the football game. Haywood squeaks by. Tomcats 28 East 20.

But I honestly will not be shocked that East takes care of them. 

I will have to miss this game also I will be out of the country the 11th-20th. Hope all stay healthy on both sides and hope see Tech in Cookeville.

Safe Travels!!! Hope all is well to the place where you are going. 

Tech is clickin on D. Offense has been a little banged up but should be healthy for this game Tech 35 puppies 7.

The "puppies" have a few state championship under their belt. Yes, your defense is rolling, but with Westview, South Gibson, McNairy Central, South Side, and Fayette-Ware, its hard to give up points with the defense that Liberty has.

so GC is right. That is because he was rational in his observation of your comment. Your comment didn't make sense. And good grief. You always get on threads and give your expert inside knowledge. Just like I said about how u said TCA was going D2. Wrong. You just have opinions. And you know what they say about opinions. They are like butt holes. Everyone has one and they stink. Good grief

Funny. I told you many times in the past that I was wrong and will be wrong in the future, still not going to change who I am. I don't get on numerous amounts of threads, the only one I go on in the 2A is Trinity (which I stopped for a few weeks until you bring up the word expert, which is throwing a shot at me). I told you guys last week that if TCA was going to beat Lewis County, they have to play defense. Which, you guys didn't. But I get slammed by Intense for an ignorant band comment which he totally ignore my statement. Giving up 34 PPG in 10 games is awful. Basically giving the offense no chance to be successful.

However, all I said was Roland was going to leave JCS anyway. Could it be done in a different way? Absolutely. But I said that because I didn't want everyone completely slamming JCS for 'firing' him. Was JCS going to be a better football team in the near future? I don't know. But coaching football is a privilege, if you don't do a good job, chances are you wont be at that school for a while. That's how the way it goes.

Not trying to stir up controversy, but if he was going to leave, why wasn't he given the option rather than being fired. Also, if you read the article, it looks as if he had no intentions on leaving as he said he's going to miss seeing the success of this program that they are about to see. It looks like Roland has high expectations going forward for the Jackson Christian program even with his departure.

 

If he did plan on leaving, they should've given him the option of resigning or be terminated... firing someone from their job is a life altering situation and is nothing to play around with. Just my two cents worth...

You're right.

there u have it. The expert is in the know. Just like u were 99.9% sure TCA was going D2.

I saw it on a Facebook page. Good greif

Before all heck breaks loose, just want to let you know that Coach Roland was going to leave anyway. So even if JC didn't "fire" Roland, Roland was going to leave.

Does anyone think Brandon Gray will agree to play McNairy Central next season? He chose to not to play the Bobcats when the schedules were made two years ago.

 

I do not think he will play McNairy Central. If he can get five non-region games without playing his county rival, he will skip it for the next two years.

 

He and McNairy coach Brian Franks are friends and that may make a difference.

I don't think that'll be the best thing for McNairy.

I do not always agree with everything TSSAA does.

 

But This is Unaka's fault!

 

Quitting on the football season and then having the audacity to file an appeal which is the Cowards way out!

 

Granted they need to seed teams like in the Z-Plan

 

But Unaka proved that they are a bunch of cowardly quitters!

 

More Football = The Better

 

Hire a great head coach like a Gary Rankin or the like etc.....

 

Because in truth I DO want Unaka Football to succeed!

 

I used to feel sorry for and Root for Unaka

 

But this one is on you, at least show up!

 

And the Kids who turned in their jerseys should not be allowed on any sports teams for at least a year!

 

And especially if they win this appeal, the Unaka Rangers will be remembered as The Unaka Cowardly Quitters!

 

I would rather show up and be blown out 71-0 than to forfeit and quit.

 

Unaka WILL NOT (and should not) win its appeal, after that if I were TSSAA I would look at it and shred it or burn it up!

 

TSSAA was right to slap a Boys Basketball Postseason Ban on them Cowards, they are lucky its only a 1 year ban and not more!

 

This is going to be a Black Eye on Unaka!

 

Unaka is going to look alot worse for pulling this stunt!

 

This one is YOUR FAULT!

 

You did this to yourselves!

 

Not trying to sound Negative Im not trying to sound mean or anything and I apologize but TRUTH is TRUTH!

 

The TSSAA did not start it this time, Unaka Did!

 

Stupid Move Unaka!

 

The Greenback Cherokees football team is the REAL Victim

 

~THE UNAKA LOW SCHOOL COWARDLY QUITTERS

 

I have one word to describe ALL of This....

 

CLASSLESS!

I get and understand your argument, but I'm going to have to disagree with you. Playing and practicing football in October for a team that gives up 50 PPG is no fun. I don't care what team you play for. I saw where Unaka was outscored by 300+ points total this season, and they have 1 win to show for. Plus, losing by 30+ with a running clock, that's no good. The players aren't dumb, they knew coming into this week that they were going to be tossed around like dummies and lose by 50+. I have no ties to Unaka football, but I have a feeling that the players for Unaka are tired of losing, and I bet they got criticized an awful lot on Social Media this season. Get a new coach? People seem like that's the ultimate solution to everything, but it's not. Coach Rankin and those guys are lucky and the schools have to be blessed to have those type of coaches. I don't know who the coach is at Unaka, but I hope he didn't enter the season wanting to lose games by 30-40 points. Truth is, this sends a message to the TSSAA. Because a 4 win Lake County (1A) team lost in the last seconds to Humboldt and missed the playoffs. Instead, Lake a County was watching their neighbors Union City beat Middleton (2-8) 74-0 because Middleton's region has 4 teams. That right there is what bugs me, and bugs H.S. Football fans across the state. Just Examples like that.

So it's more than just 'coaching' on a reason why a team is 1-9 while giving up 500+ points this year. It could be the lack of talent, lack of depth, resources, not updated facilities, lack of support, or it could be just the fact that Unaka is not a football school. I hate for their basketball program because I don't think they deserve to get their postseason eliminated when the season starts next week. It just shows you how screwed up the TSSAA, really is.

Please inform me on why the State Championship game is at Cookeville anyway? I know they moved the championship weekend from MTSU to Tennessee Tech, but why? 

I honestly would love the state championship games to be played at Vanderbilt. It's pretty much in the middle of the state, a great city, and it has turf. In a matter of that, I would love for all the state championship games to be played at Vanderbilt University. With the basketball players able to play at Memorial Gym and the baseball tournament to play at Vanderbilt, that experience will be amazing for the athletes who worked hard to get there. I understand it being at MTSU and Vandy doesn't have a softball program, but that would be cool for it to be played at Vandy.

The truth is, I want whats best for the kids. And I know a lot of High School fans across our beautiful state want that as well. But I looked at the 6A bracket to see the scores and it's awful. The only 'upset' was Collierville beating Wilson Central. But seeing scores of 49-3..38-7..43-0...63-0..48-0..56-14 is not good. That's bad. I know all the 6A teams are playoff teams, but seeing those types of scores are bad for 1A-5A schools that barely missed the playoffs that could've done better. I'm not dogging 6A because they're scores like that in other classifications. But I think the TSSAA needs to start considering adjusting the playoff fomat in the future, or this will go on for a while in 1A-5A classes. The production on the field in November across the state is making it a water-down system. That's all!

Well it's here. The game most expected in the 2nd rd. Who ya got?? Milan proved they can play with Liberty in the first meeting but if they put the ball on the ground numerous times like they did last night it could be very ugly.

Thanks for starting this thread early this morning and not late last night while fans are still traveling at home. The addiction to the T, is real...

I was at this game and I was impressed with Riverside. About a year ago when Coach Robertson announced his resignation as football coach, I knew whoever the next head coach would be in for a rude awakening. They lost a lot of Seniors off last years team and here they are. I'll be the first one to admit, I was wrong. Heck, I'll even admit that I was scratching my head over the hiring of Coach Frost because of he resume at previous school(s). I know it's a small sample size, but it appears to be a good hire so far. Congratulations to Riverside on the victory! Drake Smith reminds me a lot like Camden's quarterback Hayden Abernathy. Jackson Christian played hard, but they relied to Whittmore a little too much and it appears that he got exhausted at the end. Pretty good football game in Jackson! Goodluck to Riverside next week! Bring out those broomsticks Region 5-2A!