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Tribe looking good out of the gate

Well,Batman is on the home side and the family is accross the way.Band is on the field getting ready.Wish the Devils had some more depth for these kinds of games,but may the best team win and both have a great season.

Should be a great game.This will be the first time I've seen either team live,so here is what I think might be the way they play it.I agree with DB doing  ball control but I see them putting it in the air as well to back the Devils out of the box.I see the Devils throwing a lot of quick passes because I'd say DB brings the backers and maybe the house a few times.I think DB fakes it as well to try and jump some of those passes.Mistakes for sure will be the thing both teams have to stay away from.The most important thing to me even before who wins is that both teams have as injury free game and everyone gets back home safe.

3 hours ago, ShellbackIndian said:

I hope i'm wrong but I think the Devils take this one. On a side note the DB band will dominate.

Good luck and safe travels to all. No Injuries Please!!!!!!!

Yes ,Dobyns Bennett has a great band.Not only the largest in the state in high school or anywhere else,it's also one of the best in the nation....As to the game .This is a win-win game for Batman.The ride home should be interesting either way.If DB wins,I'm happy for my former Indians and their friends.However,if Greeneville wins,I"m happy for the Devils,MYSELF, and every former Devil and Devil fan that has ever lived.

7 hours ago, WBNC83 said:

I actually remember your post from yrs ago. You definitely called it. For years I couldn't understand for the life of me what was wrong with the football program at SH. Then, I found that a large number of the better athletes in the school weren't even on the football team. The football team was seen as a joke therefore a lot of kids didn't want to be apart of it. The program had a loser mentality. 

I know Coach Carter gets some flack from rival schools but I don't feel it's deserved. He's a good man, great coach and his players respect him. He's completely turned the program around at SH. And yes, maybe they're not exactly where the could/should be but they've come an awfully long way from where they were. And Coach Carter and his staff deserve all the credit for that. 

I agree that SH and DB should rule this area and be in the state title hunt ever year. They have the athletes and resources. But the truth is, we just can't seem to find a way to get through Knoxville and Nashville. The coaching and athletes are just a little bit better. It is what it is.

Your right,there is no lack of money and there have been some great athletes come out of DB and SH.Some of the best in the world at different sports.It can be done from a team in this area,I've got a couple of Devil championship shirts at the house.

On ‎8‎/‎15‎/‎2017 at 0:31 PM, johndeere said:

Biggest decision this week is what kind of sandwiches to order for team after the game.  Tribe already practicing for game three...

I know it's a joke but I could  understand a few looking towards a region game and saying these games don't count as much. Not myself,I don't care who it is,I don't like to lose.That said,give all you have and go shake hands like a man if you win or lose.Oh yes,act like you have been there before if you do something big and hand the ball to the ref.Stupid stuff could cost your team a game,seen that before.

2 hours ago, WBNC83 said:

DB fans used to be all over this board until SH started stomping them in the ground and began their own streak. Then, aside from 3-4 fans, they just kind of disappeared.

You can look back about 6 or 8 years ago and I wrote that the one school that will give DB a problem in the future is SH.I can remember the jokes at the football banquet about how coach Carter couldn't beat us at South and it wasn't any different now.That was early and I new  that joke was going to bite back at some point .SH just needed someone to get it's athletes out and coach them.I'm not saying they couldn't take it up another notch ,the same as DB could.These two schools should never have competition in this part of the state with their size and athletes.Really there isn't a reason they shouldn't compete for a state title every year.DB use to be very strong  15 years ago but just couldn't finish the job.I told a friend a couple days ago who has had kids play for the Tribe. DB "should" have plenty of depth and strength to take on any team they play this year, and still could.This is a very strong schedule for an average DB team but if it's not,this should have been a great DB team.No need to throw in the towel if they do lose a couple,but there should be no early exit in the playoffs

8 hours ago, leadfarmer said:

Project -A- match up  has 2012 DB'S beating 2010 Greeneville 35-27. That's the closest you'll ever come to knowing.

No,we will never find out.We will find out who wins a 2017 matchup.I give it a tossup.

7 hours ago, Red Rebels said:

I don't understand your infatuation with your undergarments.

RR,you take posting to another level.

3 hours ago, BVDevil said:

quit " Butch Jones'ing " the question and answer the man Batman...lol...we all know your allegiance to both schools, so just throw it out their. H. E. double hockey sticks, who knows, it might even spark a little banter between the DB and GHS fans if any of them are sitting back and just reading as opposed to commenting.

I'm sure there will be plenty of banter after the fact .Nomatter how the game turns out, both sides will see one of the best bands in the nation.

37 minutes ago, Compton said:

I watch the video Bvd posted on Greeneville vs Fulton back in 10' that qb was lightning. Did he go anywhere?

To be honest, I can't remember.Best guys to answer that would be Swipes or BVD.I can tell you where a couple from the DB 12 team went however

18 minutes ago, Compton said:

BatmanDevil who would you give the edge too Db 12' team  or Greeneville 10' squad.

That would be a tough game ,never know how teams will machup.If they could change places,would DB have ran the table in place of Greeneville in 2010 or would Greeneville had beat Maryville in the third round.Another hard question because Maryville doesn't lose in the playoffs that much and DB has never made it to the finals

As for this game being an upset for Dobyns Bennett to win....Dobyns Bennett was gifted 3 years ago with one of it's better classes in years.Both Robinson and Sevier sent them loaded teams that played against each other  for the conference championship that Greeneville middle school was a part of. They played and beat SH twice as 9th graders and their only loss was to Greeneville's " JV " team.Now, if DB wins,it's because they have still got enough talent from that class and some great underclassman to boot as you should expect from a school their size.This would in no way be considered an upset to me.On the other hand,when you factor what Greeneville's coaching staff has done over the years and the fact Greeneville has also got some fine athletes,it's no surprise some folks would put DB as a underdog in this matchup .Like I've said,I wouldn't bet against either of these teams come friday night                

I'm thinking I seen Union play against Sullivan North a year or two ago.Had helmets that looked like university of Miami " The U ".That team looked pretty darn athletic .

1 hour ago, Compton said:

I know south is down in numbers, but i hate it for you guys that they got rid of the rivalry. No matter what south vs db should be played every season. It's great for the fans and for the school money wise. It's a win, win

As it would happen to be.I'm able to wear my Greene Devil colors much more on Friday nights and they play in the same conference now as South.So,it's not that bad for this Kingsport area fan.

Have to say Compton.My favorite DB vs South game however was in 2009.It was almost like everybody in the area had one of their best teams and ranked highly in the state,while DB was down.South would have gone to number one in the state by beating DB that week and pretty much every South fan in the world was there at death valley to see it happen.A few DB fans even made me mad by saying it was going to happen while we were walking into the stadium.One said he should have worn blue and I told him to go  do something I probably shouldn't have.Halftime was a beautiful sight watching all the folks leave on the home side

51 minutes ago, Compton said:

Batmandevil, i say Greenevillewould handle the cyclones pretty easily. Betsy got taken to the Woodshed but Union Va on Thursday. 1' vs 1' Union 24-10. Final Union 38-24. Union is a very small school on the Va side. Their so small that they had to combine Appalachia and powell valley to form union and i still doubt they have over 400 students.

I agree with everyone on here, Greeneville is the better team. I think db is catching them at the right time, 9 out of 10 I'm taking devils, but I'm going with the INDIANS in a huge upset 27-24.

Batmandevil i see you always comment on the south vs db crowd from a few years back. 2012 db vs science hill was a huge attendance. Didn't get to make it out to either game, but which game had the larger crowd.

South at DB in 2006.Monster crowd with the baseball stands full and about a thousand kids running around on the baseball field.South was thinking upset after nearly beating DB in 2005,but they didn't have their first two centers and coach Watson brought the house all night .It was impossible  for Curt to do anything.

23 minutes ago, lawnman said:

The question I have is this game next Friday night going to be boring.

Hope it's a great one.Any way ,your never going to please everyone all the time .Even if Greeneville and Elizabethton had DB and SH types of  games every week and Maryville types of teams from the first round to the finals,someboby would complain that you just had a better coach or players and it wasn't earned.

25 minutes ago, Tadvols said:

You guys got a cake walk .. 4A easily the least competitive class .. the last 3 teams that have knocked y'all out of playoffs Catholic, Fulton (twice) and Central have all moved up .. so you guys got it made .. beat Betsy and your in Cookeville .. no drama here .. Will come down to 1 game .. rest of season will be boring .. 

I'd take boring over going home any day.

5 hours ago, lawnman said:

Greenville has a good team and a great coaching staff and are the team to beat if you want to go to boro in 4a.

Maybe so,but if Greeneville wants to get passed "Mosheim",they have to beat Elizabethton.I seen what happened against Alcoa.If either team looks passed there own schedule ,then they may not go anywhere. Got to take them one at a time ,even if you have great goals.

I've never seen it this slow on coacht for an opening DB game.I know the fans may be a little reserved to talk it up  because of the last few years,but my goodness.That reminds me,yes I got the message that was obviously meant for me a few days ago about my Devils.When I heard it, I thought ,how ironic.All I have to do is point to the job coach Ballard and his staff have done.Hey,I guess there has to be a designated dung talker for every staff.

43 minutes ago, BVDevil said:

indeed batman, some choice words can be heard on any BVD video...words like " awesome, great, fabulous, dramatic, incredible, unbeleivable ".....are a few i like to choose when talking about my Devils....and Vols.....by the way brother...my videos are family friendly now sir. 

Trying to work it out to come down next friday but I won't know 100% until next Thursday .I'll give  a call if I can make it

6 hours ago, WBNC83 said:

If DB's secondary looks as bad as I'm hearing it could be a long night for the Indians. Greeneville will air it out all night and I'm not sure the Indians will be able to stop them.

I never go into a game saying to myself that  it is a done deal either way,"except for that one time" when I had a kid playing in 2009 for Dobyns bennett.DB was 5-5 and their first round was at Maryville.Now there could have been divine intervention about to happen ,but I had already accepted the fact God was probably a Maryville fan.

42 minutes ago, DevilMan03 said:

Actually far from it. We went up and down the field on the while being very cautious with qbs. No an runs or long pass. Defense kept them furious with the ones in 

Great to hear! I could see some spots that needed a little tighten up during the Fulton scrimmage.Thats why you take on these kinds of teams .

4 hours ago, johndeere said:

The TV coverage, which I believe was originally planned by the Greenville staff or admin, has now been cancelled, per Tribe staff.  No reason given.  Most likely to improve ticket sales.  Where can video be found (BV Devil) for tonight's scrim?  Should be a fair test.

Yep,A fair test for any team in the state I'd say,Most likely find it on YouTube late tonight or tomorrow.Warning #!, BVD "Might" use a few choice words on his channel  before you surf it at Sunday school, but he knows the game and tells it like it is.Just ask Lane Kiffen.Type in" Big VoL daddy"