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2 minutes ago, BIGPURPLEMACHINE said:

I have been wrong many times before. And to be honest I don’t know a lot about your team. What will be different this time that will keep it from being 58-0 like the first time?  What has changed??

There will be a difference in this game. We wont be up 21-0 only 3 minutes into this game. Lol Henry County wins big though. Probably something like 49-7.

Unfortunately for the Eagles, the Patriots will be prepared this year. Last year won't repeat itself! 

2 hours ago, Swarm4Life said:

As much as I hate it, I'm going to have to agree with Brother Bump on the playoff opponents. The days of playing Melrose, Ridgeway. or even a stout Memphis East squad (at times) in the second and third rounds are over. This may well be the easiest road to the Semifinals ever. But, the question remains, will it help HC or hurt? I feel this is where coaching comes into play. The Patriot coaching staff knows quite well how to prepare the team mentally and physically for this situation. And, therefore, I think it helps them. They should be well rested, healthy, and extremely prepared.  And my prediction for this week...HC keeps Northeast's whole team quiet. 56-0

Personally my opinion is with our first round bye and fairly easy 2nd and 3rd rounds I think it helps us a lot. We will still be pretty fresh. Beech or Summit will be coming off a tough game no doubt. Advantage Patriots.

35 minutes ago, 17NCS said:

Knox Central lost one of the best coaches in the State last year and won't win it all this year imo.  

Knox West is the front runner according to most...

4 hours ago, mmb said:

Actually, I don’t think Beech has gotten better as the season goes.. typically they don’t. I started not to post this, as it seems I’m jumping in on y’all too, but I’m really just offering an opinion. They’re always a tough out Week 2 because they’re so fundamental and just do what they do. We’re more multiple, and not typically as far along early in the season. I think if we played Week 8 every year instead, we’d win the majority of them. That’s just my opinion. Outside of a few oddity’s, Beech usually fades as the season goes. Case in point, 2019. That being said, if they beat a healthy Summit team, we’ll probably be the underdogs should we meet in the semi’s. Anything can happen in the playoffs. I hope we get to see. Maybe we can make a bet that you’ll actually pay up on.. because I’m betting on my kid and his teammates, every time. GBR

I agree with this. If we had some of those tough games later in the season I would like our chances in most of them especially this year. My personal opinion is that whoever wins Summit or Beech will of course be the favorite in our game but I can't see either one of those teams beating the other AND beating us in back to back weeks. That's tough!!! And if they did they would HAVE to be the favorite going into Cookeville. I dont know about our chances with Summit, outside of the twins I know hardly anything about them. Beech on the other hand I feel like we have a great shot at beating them. That week 2 game was more of a scrimmage than anything being the way the season started with practice and stuff. 

4 minutes ago, eers said:

Haha!! 

5 hours ago, Bump11 said:

i feel the same about us. which is why i really hope we both get there. i wanna see that game and feel that energy. if it happens, it’s gonna be awesome. but we both have work to do this friday. hopefully we can both get it done

For sure!! One last thing from me....the only meeting that I know Henry County and Beech met in the playoffs Henry County won in the semifinals to go to Cookeville in 2018. Lol so we are 1-0 in the playoffs against Beech  I had to....lol

11 minutes ago, eers said:

 

Oh God!!! I can hear it now 

1 minute ago, dadriot12 said:

Page 17 --1st and 2nd quote. But it's all good. Glad to see some one that cares about High School Football as much as Henry County does. We kind of get a little excited about football this time of the year.

Especially when we are THIS confident in our team. Last time I was this confident was in 2018. I love where we are at. Nothing more could be asked of anybody right now. We play and execute like we have been, everything will work in our favor.

1 minute ago, Bump11 said:

whatever you say dude lol

I'm just messing with u man 

7 minutes ago, Bump11 said:

i could say the same thing about us? ever since the powell loss we have gotten better and better each week. i agree it will be hard to do it twice but you act like just cause y’all have gotten better means we haven’t. or that we won’t be ready. and i could do the same and tell you the same things about us but i’d get attacked again for talking about beech. so i won’t. i’ll let the team do the talking if we can both get there. like i said just let the kids play! leave it at that. nothing is won on a stupid message board. this is all irrelevant. they both have to get there, they both have to show up, and they both have to play their butts off. period. now like i said before, just let the kids play and may the best team win. and then hopefully whoever does win, brings home the gold ball. 

Feathers ruffled!! 

6 minutes ago, Bump11 said:

that’s not at all what i’m saying. he tried to say i’m worried. my point is why would i be scared if we beat you this year already? i know y’all have gotten better. i’ve been watching lol. it would be a heck of a game. obviously i think we’d win, just like you obviously would think y’all will win. that’s the fun of this thing called a rivalry. 

also if you don’t think we are head and shoulders better too, let your bias go a little. let the kids play and may the best team win. simple as that. 

I know yall are but I cant see Beech beating this team this time around. I just can't. It will be hard for Beech to do it twice in the same season. Especially with the way we are playing now. That's not being biased that's just telling you what I have seen from this team from week 2 till now. I have seen every game and its night and day difference. 

1 minute ago, Bump11 said:

lol name calling? who did i call names? surprise, you’re trying to start more crap and make up more arguments. you must be new around here. it’s okay like i said i’m done arguing

yeah i’m so scared. it’s not like we haven’t beaten you once this year already.  yet another idiotic statement from you trying to start more crap lolololololololololololololol. I’m not worried about anyone. i hope we both win. i want to play HC. said that multiple times. but i guess you don’t read. 

Let your statement be a lesson that we around here already learned last year.  Just because you beat a team very early in the season (and this year we had very very little prep time going into the season) doesn't mean you will beat them in the playoffs. Last year we destroyed Dyer County in the regular season and then they got better throughout the season and came into the playoffs on fire and beat us. If you think this is the same Henry County team that yall faced back in August at Milan you will be sadly mistaken. This team is head and shoulders above where we was then. If Henry County and Beech makes the playoffs I'm calling it right now, Henry County will win that game and it may not be as close as people think. 

11 minutes ago, Frauddle said:

You play who you play. Who cares if your road is easy or difficult. You can only play the teams in front of you. Besides it doesn't matter until someone beats the Knoxville teams. They've owned 5A these last few years

Facts. Our side of the bracket needs to make sure they bring home the gold ball. Whoever it is.

5 minutes ago, Bump11 said:

upsets happen. that’s not a fair measuring stick. look at total playoff teams. the point is y’all have the easiest road in the state. I KNOW ITS NOT YOUR FAULT. i’ve never said anything bad about HC and i won’t. but y’all gotta stop taking simple statements and twisting it into poor me or trying to turn it into bashing us. i’m done though. i won’t talk anymore if it will make y’all chill and be happy 

Chances are Haywood and Brentwood will be in the 4A and 6A semifinals. Beech also has a shot to be in the 5A semifinals. Nuff said.

HC scores at least 40 again. Wouldnt be at all surprised if we hit the 50 point mark again. These boys are on fire. No matter who you play it's still impressive to score over 50 as many times as we have this year.

34 minutes ago, RollRed said:

They dont seem to take any hints about high jacking these threads to plead their case about how gooood beech is. And how tuff if is to be poor beech. They never mention how they have had 6A numbers for a while now and that makes a difference.  They have done the SAME exact thing over on the NE V HC thread. Beech beech beech all I hear is a lot of beeching.

And I will say this. I dont see Beech beating both Summit and Henry County in back to back games. BUT if a miracle happens and they do Beech would have to be the favorite to win it all.

5 hours ago, Bump11 said:

first of all it’s weak** but not surprised you can’t figure that out. second...NOTHING HAS BEEN SAID ABOUT HC’s SCHEDULE. jesus. stop trying to make that a thing.  It’s the playoff opponents that are weak. That’s literally what we’ve been talking about. HC peeps have even agreed it’s an easy path. i don’t know why you’re trying to start another argument. but no it’s cool. you just hop in whenever without reading any posts and throw your ego around when you have no idea what you’re talking about. 

He is kinda right tho, Brentwood, Haywood, and Beech are still playing. Who's left on Beechs schedule??? Henry County is the only one I can find. Sorry not sorry, truth hurts.

Hey Henry County fans, can yall tell how salty other people are of our situation? I think it is hilarious!!! Not only have we had a first round bye but a fairly easy 2nd and 3rd round!!! I think it is amazing!! I love that our road to the semifinals ticks other people off this much!!! And the thing about it all, there is nothing wrong with it, it's just the way it worked out this year!!! I love it!!! 

I see a somewhat lower scoring game. Something like 21-17 and right now I have no idea who will win. It's a toss up. I lean towards Beech very slightly.

1 hour ago, RollRed said:

Its 50/50 that north east just stays at the house and saves the travel cost. I have no idea how they were the #2 in the region.  Every team we played put up a better fight. I'll be surprised if we get any interaction at all on here from them. 

Over the course of the season NE has had the best defense in our region besides us. I know it doesn't  seem like it because we put up 58 on them but they have been solid. Henry County is just that much better this year though 

4 minutes ago, Bump11 said:

oh no i’m not at all saying it’s your fault lol. i know how it works..i’m not blaming y’all for it, but that doesn’t make it any less true. like i said in the other thread, i’m excited to see y’all matched up with springfield once or twice a year. should produce some great games and eliminate a bit of the easy schedule talk

Easy schedule? That's why we schedule tough non region games. Haywood, Beech, Brentwood, and Gallatin (even though they are down a bit)

10 minutes ago, Bump11 said:

are you seriously trying to discount a win over Hillsboro, a perennial power the last decade, to try and make your games against Brighton and NE look better lol. stop it. the difference is we were not supposed to win like that...it should’ve been close but we took over. y’all are supposed to breeze through this quad. Also, Hillsboro is no slouch like you’re trying to make them out to be. id like to see y’all play them twice a year and see how that goes. Hillsboro was 5-2. and Beech/Pearl Cohn are not small losses. that’s 2 losses to 2 of the best. HC also lost to Beech and would probably lose to Pearl as well. you trying to compare your wins over brighton and presumably NE, to Hillsboro’s losses to Beech and Pearl, is the joke. it’s not even close. Hillsboro would roll through that quad too every year if they were swapped. HC has been blessed with the easiest region alignment in the state

We always get that same ole talk about "easiest region" blah blah. We have heard it a million times. You act like we can pick and choose what region we are in. We have no control over that. We just play who they put in front of us. It's part of being a 5A school in Northwest Tennessee. It is what it is. 

Wow. Kinda surprised with some of the responses. I figured this will be a close game coming down to the wire.

1 minute ago, dawgs82 said:

Henry Co. by what ever you want! You guys are on a roll!

Thanks bud!