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I saw a short clip of a sophomore LT named Bafford and man that kid has future potential. 6'3" 260 now and he can move. OR looks young on some of the OL/DL, but, talented. Hurts we lost Garza, hopefully Stooks is ready to take over.

I think Rembert and Armes can be good RBs if needed. We're gonna start some young OL and DT, but, I think they're pretty talented kids and we'll have bigger DT and OL than we're used to. Our soph and jr classes might be excellent, too early to tell yet.

Good question, I'd like to hear an observer.

I haven't, but, I did have a talk with Joe Gaddis this morning. He's friends with Josh J at Bearden and he told me Josh was impressed with the CHS starters. Said depth might not be there, but, a good starting crew. Could be a great year, we'll see.

1)Creasy 2)Hunt 3)Incognito

I remember Joe. I was there for the 86 game. Very good RB. Excellent acceleration. My view on OR's tops is Shawn Summers. Best HS player I still have ever seen. Not the best RB, best player. He had something like 280 yards, 5 TDs and 20 tackles against Knox Central in the 4th round playoff game in 1991. I've never seen another good HS player be that dominant on both sides of the ball and I've seen many kids that played that were way better athletes, but, not as accomplished as a HS FB player. Todd Helton was darn close. Jackie Pope was before my era of watching, he averaged 17 yards per carry which is hard to believe. Choo Choo Charley Justice averaged ~ 25 yards per carry. Hard to see how either did that.

Years back now, OR had a kid like this. His dad owns a super well known business in Knoxville. He started him out at Knox Central, then they moved to OR for 1 season, then he left for his senior season at Anderson County. Kid was a good HS player, but, his dad wanted him so bad to be the QB and he didn't have QB talent. Central nor OR gave him a QB opportunity, AC did. To show you how much $ can help a kid, he was given a scholarship at Alabama because his father is a huge Bama donor. Of course he never played.

Best I've seen is DB. Gallatin's wasn't anything special in 1993, but, they probably have upgraded since then. No doubt, that's an awesome venue for the fans

From Jeff Co?

I missed it myself, but, here are some "Clary" highlights:

Wish Jackie Pope would have lived long enough to have seen it

Thanks you ole Nole you! Hahahaha! Is tomorrow a scrimmage?

Anyone have any insights into Rang's staff?

No imagination on offense. They had pretty much run over everyone until that game. Played good enough D, not O.

OK, thanks for the head's up.

Declare/request. If a kid from AE wants to play FB for Farragut, he can. That's all AP meant.

GA, but, Heupel has given full time jobs to 2 of his recent GAs.

Any rumors about assistant coaches?

The Knox County school board rules make recruiting inevitable. According to Austin Price, a kid from any middle school can attend any HS they want as long as they declare that in middle school. Austin agrees with you, he said "they all are doing what Powell succeeded at the last several years".

Remember those great Knox Central teams around 1990? Todd Helton? The center on that team told me they practiced year round. He said they would leave the county and go to a farm in another county to practice year round.

Karns is real good. West is tough, too. Comer got a bad concussion and apparently is done. Shamar Green. Never played BB until last year, he's rapidly improving. He and Cooper Williams are going to be a heck of a low post combo next 2 seasons.

Karns really blew this game. That #11 getting a technical at that time was a game loser. OR hit like 8-9 FTs in the last couple of minutes and as always Ray gets to the hoop at will when he wants. Karns is a really talented team, they just messed around and gave that one away, IMO. That huge guy is a sight.

Very well coached group that can shoot.

If the team has a good S&C off season, based on Rang's past, we should be darn good honestly. The junior class is loaded. Saw where Ayres left OR for a UT job, be interesting to see on assistants.

Yea, I like that, too. That's a great rivalry between 2 teams that respect one another.