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What does Alcoa have in common with the Tennessee football team?? They can't beat their #1 rival. After watching Maryville play by themselves Friday Night, one conclusion can be made. The Maryville-Alcoa game has nothing to do with talent, execution or even the players. It is all mental. You could tell when Alcoa came on to the field that they were going to lose, no emotion whatsoever. As an Alcoa alumni it frustrates me to see them play their worse game every year against Maryville. Alot of talk has happened about how "overated" Alcoa is and the talk is warranted b/c of the way Alcoa didn't show up on Friday. But, next year we'll look at how many D-1 players Alcoa has compared to how many Maryville has. Whether you want to admit it or not, Warren (the best player in TN) not playing definitely had an impact; not sure if Alcoa would have won but it the game would have been closer because on both sides of the ball, Maryville nor anyone else has a player that can stop Brandon Warren. As for 2000, Marvyille making excuses for a loss??????????????? Seems like to Maryville fans they can make excuses but when someone else does it, it becomes unacceptable. Wilkes wasn't that good any way and Alcoa (who made mistakes in that game as well) won that game b/c they outplayed Marvyille. Every year Maryville jumps out on top and Alcoa decides to play mid way through the 3rd quarter. Stat of the game is that Lindsey only had 7 carries!!!!!!!!!! Even so, Duck had 100+ yards and 2 td's, if he had 15-20 carries he may have had 200+ yards. Bottom line: Maryville won b/c mental factor and the coaching factor. Same thing every year, not b/c of superior athletes but b/c of a mental factor. You think GQ is a good coach??? He is, but if he coached against James Dalton and this Alcoa team it would have been the same result as when Dalton coached Alcoa teams against Maryville in the 80s and 90s: Alcoa win

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I think the key in this whole Alcoa-Maryville talk is to recognize what a great rivalry it is. Nothing in this area compares to it. As for the game: When the 4th quarter comes, if Alcoa still has some of their swagger Maryville better watch out. The key for Maryville is to jump on Alcoa early b/c for Alcoa this is as much as a mental game as it is a physical one. If Alcoa believes they can, they will.

All I will say is this. Maryville is a 4A school and Alcoa is a 2A school; based on that alone Maryville should WIN EVERY YEAR. But, they don't and the reason why Alcoa beats Maryville; even if it is once every 5 years is because Alcoa has the better athletes. Always has and always will. You should be embarrased that you lose to a 2A school as often as you do. Tell me, who is the last NFL player that Maryville has produced??????

Bottom line is that Alcoa will not need Brandon Warren. They can win without him on Friday night. This Alcoa team is alot better than what people think. This team rivals the 1989 team which is hands down the best team to ever come out of this area. Maryville has not seen a team with this much talent nor have faced a team with this many D-1 POWERHOUSE athletes. The only way that Maryville wins is if Alcoa beats themselves. I'd like to see Maryville play the schedule that Alcoa has and go undefeated. They won't because they can't. Brandon Warren deserves to play because the official made a stupid call and if he does play then Alcoa will win big. And as far as Memphis Melrose goes, bring 'em on