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thur night antioch (3-4) at CPA (6-1) - fun non region match up. CPA takes this one. fri night knox catholic (4-2) at BA (1-6) - BA has to get another win. LA (2-4) at MBA (2-5) - i keep thinking LA is getting back on track but now im not sure. toss up. BGA (3-4) at FRA (7-0) - FRA is rolling to CPA I think. columbia academy (4-3) at NC (3-3) - nashville christian seems to be on a roll. ensworth (5-2) at father ryan (3-3) - toss up not the most interesting week so far. any others?

LA has been using a service to find these OOS matchups I think. I know christian bros is a perennial top 100 or thereabouts so I dont think anyone is overlooking them. maybe like our record, there is a better team hiding underneath. should be a fun matchup!

all good!! no hurt feelings here.

yeah might not be working out as well this year but hopefully things settle down soon.

I was just trying to thoughtfully answer your questions and have a conversation and in no way meant to make anyone feel bad. you asked a question, I answered. that's it. you seem to have a strong opinion and I don't mind at all. but as a parent, if I can choose between a public school with good athletics and academics, it's nice to have the option for the same at a private school with the same cost. sounds fair to me and as you pointed out, it is a different division so no harm no foul.

all athletes have to go through the admissions office same as other kids at a private schools. they are not supposed to contact the coaching staff first. many private schools have a coach working in admissions for this reason I think. anyway, I think they don't lead with financial aid in any case. to my knowledge, it's not an "offer" like in college.

absolutely correct about this. however, I would say scholarships even the playing field between public and private because many kids go to school out their school zone and it costs little to nothing. they choose schools based on athletic and to some degree academic opportunities. private schools being able to make attending their school more affordable only levels the playing field for parents who want to consider all options. I think the recruiting that most successful schools are "legally" doing is twofold... 1. the kids talk amongst themselves on social media, at camps, etc. 2. success is attractive and is the best recruiting tool there is.

great thread!

not sure who you mean being butthurt. LA folks mostly are fine, I think. tav was our guy to begin with and is doing a great job plus he's a local kid. I think the team is better with him gone honestly. not happy about the drama though. outside of LA, folks are always looking to knock others down, me included. i am not sad that bama isn't doing great. : ) mostly sour grapes but notice since LA isn't doing so great, the noise has died down.

thanks for the detailed post! I agree with y'all's assessments

thanks. i guess i can see the wisdom in either path but a private school doing it is much different than a public, I think. in any case, no one asked me for my opinion either way! the nerve... I was getting bored with the games last year but dang the close loses have wrecking my nerves!

you're preaching to the choir but if alcoa isn't doing it, no reason anyone else will/should do it. on the flip side, LA might be the example for why NOT to do it. you never know what the future holds and might not be able to handle the tougher competition for long. the decision was made well before dlifer left to play up and now the new staff is having to navigate some tough times. if LA were in D2-AA with a in state schedule like many schools, they were probably undefeated with a path to play CPA in the 4th championship game in a row. in the end, if someone wants to be kramer ruling his karate dojo, more power to them I guess.

gotcha. BA, ensworth and LA are all playing up a division currently. I am not sure I have ever heard of a public school doing it though. not sure what benefit they would receive from it.

why is this such a big deal to you? there are plenty of teams that could play up but dont and some of them are collecting gold balls like nobody's business. i believe PC hasn't won one since 97. it would make no sense for them to be like, well, thanks for all the fish we are going to 6A!

but you didn't score in the 4th quarter, or 3rd, or 2nd. FRA rattled off 28 unanswered points, EN was 0-9 on 3rd down and had 35 yards rushing. east nashville is a great team and this was a fun game but FRA did dominate much of this game. plenty to build on but call it what it is.

yeah the first half or so was like trading haymakers!

can you explain the what you mean? I thought it was a great match up and east nash should be proud of their effort!

you're on the "I told you so tour!" hahaha

MTCS (6-0) at south pitt (6-0) - MTCS off a huge win on the road against a tough opponent! this game is super intriguing! I bet MTCS is the underdog here but would love to hear your thoughts. christian bros (st louis) (3-2) at LA (2-3) - hopefully LA gets one OOS win this year! I think the pieces are coming together and we should have DL monster tony carter back. we missed him terribly and our pressure was non existent without him. baylor (5-1) at mccallie (6-0) - D2-AAA game of the week for sure. baylor looked beatable in the second half against BA but I hope they beat mccallie to give LA a path to some home playoff games. : ) davidson academy (6-0) at FRA (6-0) - the D2-AA game of the week. FRA got a nice win vs east nash but their d gave up some chunk plays and DA has weapons. im still going with FRA. thoughts? other interesting games?

huge win! this may be y'all's year!

they definitely showed signs of life in the second half on both sides of the ball!

I guess the knee pad thing gets dropped in college cause UT's wide receivers look like they are playing in shorts.

off week for LA. whew, I think we need it. need to get tony carter back on the d line. BA (1-4) at baylor (4-1) - dang. season just won't let up but maybe they showed signs of life against mccallie? MBA (1-4) at mccallie (5-0) - at least MBA got a win? friendship christian (5-0) at MTSC (5-0) - maybe the game of the week over here. who's going to come out on top? east nash (5-0) at FRA (5-0) - great mid season, non region match up!! MUS (4-1) at ensworth (4-1) - interested to see how ensworth responds to their first loss. was pretty impressed with them in the first half against LA. any im missing to talk about?

you called it. big win for CA. also big win for MBA! didn't see that one coming!

and we are finally back at home after 3 road games to mobile, memphis and chatt.