dom730

Just for the record, The City Paper in Nashville isn't an AP subscriber and can't vote on player of the week or in the polls.

Easily the funniest post I've ever read on this site. Good mark from me, VG.

I just wish my salary was in the same boat as lawyers.

Cypx, the pleasure was all mine, but thanks for the acknowledgment - it means alot. Good luck at Hun - keep that same attitude and big things will happen for you. Keep me updated...

That's a lost cause, ScottyP. Rollred's like that girl in the movie Don't Say a Word - "He'll never tell."

34th annual metro football jamboree Thursday, 7 p.m. at Maplewood Antioch vs. Maplewood Overton vs. Pearl-Cohn Friday, 7 p.m. at Hillwood Hillsboro vs. Hillwood CPA vs. Glencliff Saturday, 7 p.m. at McGavock Stratford vs. McGavock Whites Creek vs. Hunters Lane

All indications from Brentwood's athletic office is that the game will be played Saturday night, 7:30 p.m. at Brentwood.

Thanks, rollred. Hopefully you saw the print version. The Web site article looks all spread out and confusing. I hate that alot of people's exposure to the paper is only through the internet because, frankly, our site isn't worth a darn. MBA's "cookbook" is coming Thursday, along with a Friday preview of their matchup with DB, complete with comments from Graham Clark (confirmed) and Brad Gioia (pending). Should be worth a trip to the newsstand...

Chakra, Congrats on your 500th post. Hopefully, not all of them were falsehoods like your one about owens signing yesterday. I don't know where you got your information but try and make sure it's a fact before posting.

Can you expound more on how you know this?

According to coach Mac, there are three potential qb's - senior Chris Binkley, junior Clay Lehning and sophomore Burton Elrod. Each has a plus, each has a minus, and he hopes to have settled on one before the first game.

I meant to post something yesterday, but did any of you see the article about the MBA 7th grader in Monday's Tennessean? (http://www.tennessean.com/sports/localspor...ent_ID=21059013) What an amazing story - not only written well, but an intriguing storyline to follow in Nashville for the next six years. I know what most people think about the Tennessean's coverage of prep sports, but I'm curious as to what y'all thought of this article in particular. Comments? [Edited by dom730 on 8-13-02 7:33P]

Although I'm not rollred *nor do I want to be* , I do have an opinion about whether Michael Fisher has D-1 talent. Michael has three things working for him: 1) Coming from great athletic bloodlines (Fisher's father was a quarterback and, i think, baseball player at Vandy in the 70's), Michael automatically has a leg up on other college prospects. Like with Peyton and Eli Manning, Fisher's name will automatically command attention from those in the know. But even with that on his side, Michael will still have to prove himself on the field. 2) Barring injury, before his high school career is over Michael will have had the experience of being a three-year starting quarterback in arguably the toughest classification in the state. Those three years of competing against some of the most well-coached teams in the state is something that can't be taught - it's cliche, i know, but it's also very true. 3) Fisher has had the priviledge of working with two great offensive coaches with contrasting styles - Ricky Bowers last season and Jeff Rutledge this season and next. Rutledge's tutelage may prove to be the most beneficiary for Michael, in that Rutledge knows what it takes to become an All-American quarterback - he was one himself at Alabama, under another great coach, Bear Bryant. With Rutledge as a mentor, Michael not only has a good blueprint to follow, but also a great head-hunter when it comes to the recruiting game after the season. Along with those three things, I was completely impressed with Fisher's performance in the CPA scrimmage last week. In the second or third offensive series, it was first down and Fisher was on the run. With about five yards to go and a couple of CPA players ready to eat him for lunch, Fisher ducked out of bounds, avoiding the hit. What was so impressive to me was that instead of risking injury, Fisher took the five yard gain and went back to the huddle facing a 2nd and 5 situation, which is much better than having 1st and 10 while being carted off the field. Whether he did it on purpose is debatable, but the fact that was his instinct says alot about his potential. Also, speaking with Rutledge after both the CPA scrimmage and the Riverdale scrimmage two weeks ago, he told me how impressed he was with the how quickly the kids were catching onto his new offense, especially Fisher. Save for a pair of fumbles in the CPA scrimmage, I didn't see Fisher make any mistakes - pretty impressive for a kid learning an offense for the first time. Now if that doesn't merit a good mark from you, rollred, i might just have to retire from posting

Ahh, the pressure of readers with high hopes ... maybe making myself known on this board wasn't such a great idea To ie3, the best thing you can do is inundate (sp?) the editor at that paper with requests for stories about the teams they fail to cover. Trust me, nothing gets me moving faster on a story than the constant annoyance of emails and phone calls from the same person. Plus, I'm constantly soliciting coaches/players/fans for story ideas, so when I do get requests, I try to follow through. Hopefully, that east tennessee paper does the same.

Did anyone else sit there and think, "What's a TODO list?" after reading iamoz's post? I'm sitting there thinking it's a geeky computer term or something. In my head , I was like "Toe-doe?" No... "Toe-do?" No... "To-do?" Ohhhh... to do list! I'm officially a moron [Edited by dom730 on 8-7-02 9:59P]

I posted in an earlier thread that the location was to be determined. But it was confirmed by coach Pack that the scrimmage will take place at CPA Friday night at 7 p.m. Should be an interesting match-up, if only for the intrigue of the coaching match-up. Pack, an MBA alum who turned down the Big Red job in May, going up against Rutledge, the new coach with a great background but no experience in the tennesee high school football traditions. Too bad it's not a real game...

According to Rutledge, MBA will scrimmage CPA Friday at 7 p.m. It was scheduled to be held at CPA, but because of field problems, the scrimmage may be moved to MBA.

Rollred, you're right - we don't run our paper on the weekends. Prep football-wise, you can expect in-depth game recaps on mondays, a notebook on tuesday and game previews on Fridays.

If you guys don't mention Nashville's The City Paper in the next post, my ego may suffer permanent damage. Just kidding, folks For those of you who don't know me, I'm Dominic Bonvissuto, prep writer for The City Paper and moderator for this board. I hope this message board will be a useful tool for everyone. I don't have any pre-existing hopes of this board's purpose, so feel free to turn it into whatever you want. Now my plug - As a one-man show responsible for covering over 40 schools in the Nashville area, it is hard to know everything about every team in my area. Therefore, I'm constantly seeking information about all the high schools and am open to ideas for features on high school coaches and athletes. If you have any ideas or info or what have you, feel free to drop me an email @ [email protected].

Hang on a sec, rollred. Which medium are you talking about? From what I saw, there were two stories written in dailies about this situation. Neither took anyone's "side." Both wrote very similar stories that highlighted the facts surrounding the situation, and each story used PREPARED quotes from Chip. Now, knowing that Chip didn't want to draw any more attention to this matter, I totally agree with him not wanting to expound on it more. From my understanding, there is more to the story, but what can be gained by dragging out rumors and allegations for all the public to read? I shuddered when I saw this thread move back to the top of the board because all it's doing is providing a forum for more rumors and speculation - which is fine and dandy when discussing who's the best offensive lineman in the state, but is totally inappropriate when discussing a matter with a high level of sensitivity.

Looks great Jim!

...you laughed out loud more than once while reading this thread.

http://www.nashvilleCityPaper.com/index.cf...s&news_id=13980

http://www.NashvilleCityPaper.com/index.cf...s&news_id=13816 at the end of the story, it lists the dates and times of the shoetiques games