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I'll go by the one in mid- December,it is pretty accurate as to who is number 1

I'll take a Devil victory by any amount. I wouldn't say it's over if the Devils don't beat Boone by a large amount or even a very tight game either way.Who knows exactly how good anyone is at this point. I remember an early game several years ago and many thought there was no way for a championship.

I will be shocked if he wins by a landslide,unless a landslide takes out two or three of our biggest liberal states in the next couple of months .

Reading back through some post,no way would I wager on who will win the election unless is was back when Ronald Reagan beat Mondale and I actually did bet on my favorite president to win. In Tennessee is one thing but on a national level ,you never know who will turn out in the swing States.The electoral college was set up I guess to keep states from cheating .I was glad of it in 2016 because the amount of popular votes Hillary won by would have filled up Neyland stadium nearly 30 times.You would think in this day and time,our government would have figured out a safe and fair way for everyones vote to count the same, nomatter if your a republican living in California or a Democratic living in Nashville. There was zero question in 1984 because president Reagan won the popular vote by about 60-40 and the electoral was all red except Mondales home state of Minnesota and the district of Columbia.Now President Reagan was a winner and someone you wouldn't care to have as a neighbor if he was making movies , into politics or just a regular guy. Not everyone liked him because that's never going to happen but I did and just like the folks who like Trump,I understand.

That would be most impressive since Boone already has a game against probably a good opponent . I'd take that score in a heartbeat.

You are 100% correct, Trump will carry Tennessee because he is running on the GOP ticket. Aleast we have some options with our other votes for reps and so on. Thank goodness it wasn't the woman he once supported ( Hillary ) who ran on the GOP ticket in 2016 . That was how Trump got my last vote.It would take Cortez or pelosi running on the DEM ticket against GOP Hillary... .Nope,I couldn't do it, that's one vote I can't cast.

Yep,they make the lines for most teams today look small.I know your right tackle was listed at 345 alone.I'd say that was without shoes .

Both teams have had some big victories but this was my favorite trip to Oak Ridge.The night Chris ran wild on the Wildcats. That was a monster of an Oak Ridge team in terms of size.I bet their O-Line went 300 average.The QB looked like he went about 240.My memory isn't good but the QB I remember was number 11 at the end of the game. Rewatching,he might have been closer to 275

Probably why the T has let this thread live,so we could talk about Covid and politics and never accomplish anything,,while we talk about the games on other threads. I'm with you on the political stuff.I can't wait to turn on the TV and watch another add about how bad the other side is doing. I've narrowed down who I'm going to vote for to three ,after going down the GOP ticket for the undercard.the more I watch , I've thought about a write in....Mr.B . I've kept up with him since the sixties and he is a winner like no other.

That was pretty darn thorough.I've always been to lazy to put that much effort into my analysis. I would probably not give an A+ if I did.Maybe if it's in a state championship game and a team had just dominated another opponent. After one or two games you really don't know what you have.Now if you opened up and beat Oakland and Maryville instead of a couple of teams you were supposed to beat. Then all you have to worry about is staying healthy and finishing a very long season. That all said, I give an A to the DB team from top to bottom for not playing a perfect game and still winning with no problems in a first game without the normal preseason work.

I've talked to a lot of DB fans over the years that were very confident about how good the team was but very few would ever overlook a playoff opponent this day and time . During the season against a weak team, maybe, but not a good OR team. The great thing is none of them have to play on Fridays and it's up to the coaches not to let the team get to over confident.No way DB overlooks OR this week.

I'll have to let someone much more in the know give away any weaknesses.Even when I went to every practice,I tried to only share common knowledge stuff . That's why a lot of coaches won't let folks watch or record little Johnny's practice.I got hours of my little Johnny's on tape, permission or not.As a parent, you just never know when the ride will end, so enjoy every practice or game your able to watch.Better edit, The last part was for any parent or grand parents with kids still playing or coming up.

It was great to watch the games and I know the kids loved every minute.I agree with the article, especially with the last couple of paragraphs. It looked as I said before that the people in Elizabethton tried to do it right. That's the best way to make the end result much more positive. If you get schools that let thousands into their stadiums with hundreds of folks not being smart. That's the ones who might ruin it for everyone. I don't see a difference with a crowd being at a super market,sports event, church, protest , political event,school or anywhere. You can try and take care of your part or not, in my opinion, that's going to decide the rest of this year .

Just done a quick look back and there wouldn't be a great number of new holidays if you started with the 2000 season. If I'm correct,1999 was the last year Maryville didn't make the semi's.Since then , they have won it all 13 out of the 17 years they played in the finals. It would indeed be great to have a local school do that well. Since 1969, In NET ( I'm using Batman's map to make it better then the JC press would say ) from Morristown on up to Johnson county,there have been four schools with a grand total of 9 finals combined. The good news is when they get there, NET teams do very well.

Reading back through the thread,I didn't hear the coach but would say this when comparing any program to Maryville. I would think he was meaning that is where he wants to take the DB program in the future.You don't get there with one good team.It's a building process that takes years of success.I think Betsy used the same process in being like the Greeneville program with their strength and conditioning along with coaching. Maryville is the Mount Everest of 6A Tennessee football since it was started in 2009. We all know that if you were the first 6A team in East Tennessee to get past Maryville, there are always several more who will give very different match-up problems.Even the Red Rebels have had some off years against those opponents.It would be awesome to have a 6A team in NET that was the biggest hurdle for Maryville to even make the semi finals.To be honest,I don't remember the last time they didn't make atleast the final four In 6A or 4A.I would say the late 90's,give or take.Even if they missed one or two in that time, think about just how successful that is.What percentage of programs in the nation have a run like that ? I'd take beating them one time as pretty darn good.

I for one think the tradition they have in Oak Ridge with state titles and a national championship,along with their team coming down the hill at Blankenship Field is an awesome place to watch a game. The Castle in Bristol is great because of the Stone as well as the state titles and also a national championship for the TH program.The third place is DB's home stadium,J Fred Johnson. Not many high schools in Tennessee can hold as many people and the DB pregame is my favorite just ahead of Oak Ridge.I'd probably switch the two if my kids had went to OR . There are a lot of places in East Tennessee that have awesome views of the mountains or great football traditions but these are my three favorites to watch a game.

Seems just like yesterday when Greeneville tied Maryville 13-13. Yep,1950 wasn't that long ago compared to the Earths age.

DB' s first few games are played at three of East Tennessee' s best stadiums to watch a game.I would say this is a much better game and no blowout either way.

Yep, that works even better at Walmart. We can talk trash on coacht or online Fox news because it's just our opinions and it can be fun. None of us are going to get anyone converted like in religion. My attitude on this is like talking to my best friend who is an atheist .He has read every text on about every religion there is ,several times .He loves to prove there is no way any of them are correct and you might as well believe in the tooth fairy. I agree with him that not everyone can be 100% correct because I've seen three different kinds of Baptist sit in the break room and each say the other two were going to heck.Always we end it somewhat this way.I tell him that I hope God has forgiveness and loves all humans as I love my kid's with zero conditions and understands he made everyone of us imperfect.If that's not the case, I just hope if anyone has is right, it's not you.

I understand what your saying 100% and I also understand the other side of this.That as some say is what makes me on the fence about what the truth is and how the country has tried to make it political. Ive got young heathy sons and I know they are bullet proof in their minds . I also have one that is a police officer your going to say " yes sir " to ,when he speaks to you.He has one of those underlying conditions and it's not being old or fat .He knows it's a risk but does his job every day.I do my part for not only old people but for people that put their lives on the line every day . I'm not just talking about Covid because there are a lot of things that will kill you .I got my flu shot already and a little early because the other side of this is also correct.The flu kills .To myself the flu is like a mountain lion that mostly hunts a few months every year. Covid is similar but more like a Tiger that we already see hunts every month with the same hunger. We live with both and really the biggest difference is we own a small .22 to protect us.It sometimes stops the Mountain lion but will just make the Tiger mad.

I watched the Elizabethton game on TV and it looked like they tried to do it right for the most part.I guess many of those that were lucky enough to get seats didn't want to lose them or take a chance of it.

Hopefully things will work out and we will get to see a full season.Who knows what the next couple of months will bring but atleast we got to enjoy a few football games this week. You guys have a really nice program and I hope the Devils get to play you a couple of times again this year nomatter the outcome.

That was a class move not returning the pick, don't know if I could have done that .

Yep,with their size and athletes ,they are going to be hard to stop in 4A again this year.Just hope the Devils get to play a game or two as well.

I'd take an ugly win .Aleast Elizabethton is getting to play and work out some of the early season stuff.That interception will end it. A win over SH is still big even when your supposed to win.