wornoutwildcat

7 minutes ago, SouthernTNguy said:

This is not 2021,  Tullahoma nowhere good as that ream.

I know that now. But I didn’t know that at the start of the Pearl-Cohn game.  I didn’t know that at the start of the Haywood game.  I didn’t know that until the overtime interception at the state championship game.  What do I know? The odds are against the Cats but anything can happen.    

I watched the Tullahoma vs Haywood county game last night. It was 2 years ago. There were things that happened in that game that changed the outcome.  Haywood county stacked up in several ways as the favorite.  They only lost by 26 points.  This Tullahoma team isn’t that team.  But things happen in games that change how you planned to play the game.  Has Page started every set of downs from their own 20 all night long? Have they had punts stay up in the air so long that eight guys are there to make the tackle?  Have they given up a 58 yards field goal?   They haven’t played a team this year that only allowed 10 points a game. So what they have been doing may not be what they get to do tonight and that’s where teams get into trouble.  If Tullahoma runs the ball,  screen passes and punts to control the field position while the defense upsets Pages offense then they got a shot at this.  It gets harder for the good teams in the playoffs too.  Ask Betsy about it.  

Not really.  I still think it’s 11 kids on 11 kids.  2 years ago not many people thought Tullahoma would beat Pearl Cohn ,twice.   The Haywood county folks felt really good about their chances with the cats.   And Betsy after taking care of business with Greenville knew they were getting a state championship.  But in the end 11 kids showed up and got it done.   A good quarterback helps but lots of teams win without one.  This isn’t 2021 and the stars won’t align for Tullahoma like they did 2 years ago.  And after the fiasco at Shelbyville last week I have to concede this one to the Knights regardless of who takes the snaps.   I hate to see it end for a team that showed moments of greatness this season.  The second half of the Rockvale game was one we will all remember.  But the consistency to get past this Friday I’m afraid is long lost.  

11 minutes ago, TtownReject said:

Who Was?

The school AD might have helped out

1 minute ago, TtownReject said:

Coach Sisk probably should've sat Delaughter for Bratcher, JUST SAYING!

Maybe he wasn’t calling the shots 

31 minutes into this game and Tullahoma still has zero offensive points

39 minutes ago, wornoutwildcat said:

2 counting the interception

3 counting the second interception 

This is really a good test game for both these teams as we know the matchups next week are the best teams they have seen yet.  I mean Shelbyville did play Marshall county but other than that they need to both step it up or Region 5-5 A is one and done this season in the playoffs. 

2 minutes ago, TtownReject said:

Bratcher has 1 completed pass. 

2 counting the interception

Special teams could be the difference here. I'll bet Shelbyville hasn't started every drive at their own 20 every time this year. I'm sure they have had some pretty good kickoff returns to help get those high point totals.  One of the reasons Tullahoma has only allowed 99 points all season. When you have to go 80 yards all night long you run out of options.  And they may have been in some games where they wore down a defence up into the game. I haven't seen our defence slow down at all in the fourth quarter. Not sure they Golden Eagles can do what they've been doing for a full 48 minutes.  I think Tullahoma will get them off their game plan pretty early and they will struggle to get back on track. I look for a very low scoring game played in the middle of the field most of the night. The punting edge goes to Tullahoma and I think if it comes down to it, the field goal game goes to Tullahoma also.   We haven't made them all but we might just make the one that counts in a low scoring game. 

Spring Hill high has the worst lit football field I have ever seen.   

I got Tullahoma over Shelbyville.  The golden eagles have given up 184 points to opponents so far. Tullahoma has given up 92 points.  The difference in the defence alone makes this a mismatch on paper. The Lawrence county game on Friday was a telling sign that Shelbyville isn't ready for prime time just yet. The Tullahoma defence will be much more of a factor than Lawrence county was. After listening to last Friday nights game I honestly thought that Tullahoma would have had the mercy clock running on the Golden Eagles. I wasn't this confident in week 2 but now that things have sorted themselves out I have Tullahoma as region  champs and winning at least 2 playoff games this season. They make it past Hillsboro and one more region 6 team before hitting a wall. I hope they surprise me and i have to make the long drive to Henry County  to settle the west. 

10 hours ago, SouthernTNguy said:

Region 5-5A will probably go 0-4 in the first round of the playoffs against Region 6-5A. Shelbyville looks like the only team with a chance of a first round win.

So If Tullahoma beats Shelbyville in the final game of the regular season does the picture change?   Do Shelbyville and Tullahoma have a chance to play a second round?  Other than the Stewarts creek game in week one and the fluke loss to a Franklin county team that even they don't know how they won it, Tullahoma hasn't been challenged. The first half of the Rockvale game went to Rockvale but the second half was the Tullahoma team we see today.  I like the Wildcats chances of seeing at least a 3rd week in the playoffs and then the competition might get the best of them.  A few of these kids on this team were on the State championship team in 2021. 

Kinda wish this was being played in Mcminnville. I remember something about fried baloney at the concession stand.  I do hope the damp conditions don't mess the W.C. Dub "Cooper" field up as we need it to host some playoff games in 4 weeks.  The pioneer bowl has a great atmosphere for a game though. I know their coach is pushing for a new field at the high school off the bypass. 

One thing for sure. Should Tullahoma make it to the playoffs whoever their opponent is will not be able to prepare for the opponent.  Because even we don’t know which team will show up from one week to the next.    

1 hour ago, CatsAndPats said:

What happens this week? Has the Wildcat passing attack turned a corner? Does Marvancy Johnson continue to run through and around everybody? Can the Wildcats stop the wing-T and get off the field? I think Lawrence Co. will try to do what Franklin Co. did and limit possessions. I also think the Wildcat defense has the dudes to stop the running attack and make LawCo one dimensional. Wildcats 27-13. 

Pretty sure the wildcats will pull this one out.  As both mascots are wildcats.

The Monday thru Thursday work at Tullahoma is starting to pay dividends.    They seem to be stepping up at about the right time.   We might to lean on the female kicker from here on out just let #24 just pass a few each game.  

It ain’t over but didn’t see this coming tonight.  The big Columbia DLine is getting tired.  They might not be capable of hanging around for the 4 th quarter. 2 more long sustained drives by the wildcats and the big line is done for.   Tullahoma’s conditioning may be the difference at the end of this one.  

For the rebels to pull this one out they have to control the clock and “run da bawl”.  I think the cats have the edge in this one but it is going to be close and take till the last set of downs to decide it.  Tullahoma special teams may just be the difference tonight.  

After the Stewart’s Creek game I was beginning to question the team’s conditioning.  I felt like they didn’t stay in the full four quarters.  This is usually not the case with a Tullahoma team.  Even in the years when the talent level is not there they always play the last play as hard as the first.  After the 21 unanswered points in the 4th quarter at Rockvale my fears were unfounded.  Being ready to play at the end paid real dividends.  

As for the Tullahoma vs. Rockvale matchup I caught a bit of the rockets practice tonight while eavesdropping on their band, they have an awesome band, but concerning the football team, I thought they would be bigger.   Pound for pound my edge in the trenches goes to Wildcats on this one.  And it’s really hard to start every offensive drive on your own 20 all night long.  Cats by 6 field goals in this one.  

15 minutes ago, PercyPeabody said:

I thought of making this point but was afraid of the wrath lol

It is painfully obvious that these kids weren’t conditioned this summer.  

Could be the slowest wildcat team in history.   But punting with 45 seconds in the half from midfield says they don’t have a coach anymore.  The kids were in the game but the coach took them out of  it. It’s gonna be a very long season. 

On 11/16/2022 at 12:29 PM, RTRRudy1189 said:

I think haywood has a good chance but recent history shows the east has had the west number.

Excuse me, wasn't the Tullahoma team last year in the West bracket? 

On 10/26/2022 at 8:59 AM, IPOPU2022 said:

Not Tullahoma. . according to their posts they could have whipped everyone in the State last year regardless of class. But it took double OT to beat Elizabethton ?

Betsy could have whipped everyone in the State last year also regardless of class that's why it was the best game ever.