BIGblueLBs36

Betsy fans probably want to listen to this guy, he knows the Burg like the back of his hand! Speaking of golf we need to go tee it up "Brad!"

Good luck to both teams. While I agree that Greeneville is a double digit favorite, they better not have the same disrespect for the Eagles that some of you have. They run a difficult offense to stop that requires very disciplined, assignment football by the opposing defense to stop it. They run it very well with some pretty good players. With that said, if Greeneville comes out with fire in their eyes I believe it will be a sound beating, but if they are the least bit sluggish Gibbs could turn this into a game.

Don't be sending people to Best Italian! Thats where I'm going for pre-game (if the wife gets off work in time, don't want to be late for the game) Good luck to G-P! I'm not a huge fan being a Smoky Bear alum, but I would rather see the East Hades Red Devils win than any Carter Co. team other than Cloudland. No offense to the Cyclones, just not a huge fan of a certain school(s) up there. Any way, I'm gonna say Highlanders in a close one, lets say 24-17.

I've tried to avoid posting on this thread, but I have to say a few things, some may agree, some won't, and some won't care. With all that being said, I think Mike is a good football coach, you don't win games and put your program in the position hes put his in not knowing the game. As for JC being a better coach than Mike, I think most people know that Mike coached that team for the last few years, the wins just went on JC's record. Now, I also think that Hampton has a hard time when they play a team that can match their size because they don't really throw the ball great and teams can stack the box on them. Not always the coach's fault, I don't think that they had a QB that could win them games by throwing the football, but unless you call the plays you never know. Also from what I've gathered reading this thread the Price kid is a real wedge that seems to have drove the team apart and it sounds like the program will be better off without him next year, but why did they put up with him this year would be my question, and only Mike can answer that, so we will never know his side of the story, so none of us will ever fully understand what was going on behind the scenes, because its none of our business! Look, every coach runs thier program different, I'm not taking up for Mike and I'm not agreeing with him either, but being a coach myself, I have an idea how I will run my team if I ever get a chance to be a head coach, and I'm sure not everyone will agree with it, but thats just the way it is and parents, boosters, and supporters will never fully agree, because they don't know the real reason we coach. Its not for the money, I'll tell you that! Most of us do it because we love the game and we love teaching the game we love to kids, because we love being around kids and we want to see our boys succeed. I think everybody needs to take a step back and really take a look at what your coach has done for your school and your community, I think EVERYBODY NEEDS TO DO THAT IN EVERY COMMUNITY!!!! Chances are your kids love their coach and what he does or has done for them, so learn a lesson from your kids and pat your coach on the back, because trashing him will only lead you down a road you don't want to go. See yall next year at "THE NEST!"

Bigblue....Sorry to hear about your father. There are several sites out there for information on leukemias and lymphomas. Have you tried googling (or your favorite search engine) on his disease? Or webmd.com, americancancersociety.org, etc. Good luck and Trust in the Lord! Thanks so much for your time and infromation, all we can do now is trust in the Lord and have comfort in knowing that Dad is a saved man!

Not trying to be nosy, but what kind of cancer did the coach suffer from? My father is terminal with this awful disease as well and I'm trying to learn as much about all different kinds. My father's is called Mantle Cell Lymphoma, and he has battled it for 6 years, thats 4 years longer than the average person lives once diagnossed with this certain type. Any info is greatly appriciated, and my thoughts and prayers are certainly with the community and his family. Thanks and God Bless.

Yeah, that post right there just wreaks of innocence! Attitude is not a bad thing especially in football, but it does have limits, and giving the "bird" to the oppossing team's bench would be a case of those limits being exceded. I don't know what happened so I can't say one way or the other what happened, but I like OldEagle have noticed a serious decine in respect for authority by adolecent males AND females over the years, and the thing about it is I'm not very old. Its all happened in the last few years and its a very sad thing to see.

Solly I picked Bearden in your lifetime membership give away also. I've seen SC play one time and that was on tv and seen Bearden one time against Maryville to me based soley on those games Bearden just has more weapons. But let me say this about SC years ago my family owned a restaurant in Maryville and one Friday afternoon we fed the entire SC team on their way to some far off playoff game and I have never met a better group of young men! We told them as they were leaving they were welcome back anytime just as we told a local team not to ask us to feed the team again,based on poor behavior and a head coach who apparently saw nothing wrong with it. Congrats to the SC coaches and players on a perfect regular season but I think Bearden just has more play makers, but it won't upset me if you prove me wrong.LOL The year was 1994, and we were going to play at Bradley Central. I was on that team that ate at your family's place, and you are right about Coach Brewer and his staff. Theres not a better group of leaders of young men in the state. I know that my opinion is a biased one since I played of Coach Brewer but trust me when I say the Bears will be ready! Again, thanks for the nice comments about us and our coaching staff!

Well, CG is anything but healthy right now. I looked out there on Friday and saw kids all over the place playing out of position!! But, that's why they play the game...anything can happen, especially in hs football. In the end though, i feel that all the injuries and the youth will be one of the big differences. I would feel a whole lot better with the whole cast playing! Good luck CG, give'em heck on friday! You guys have busted your butts all year and have fought til the end. Keep on gettin after 'em! A daunting task for sure, but any team on any given night! Remember CAK in 04 I think it was, a bottom seed that made it to the SHIP! Good luck Panthers, from the Eagles.

Thank you very much Bigblue...is Cosby in the playoffs as well? Gotta win tonite vs Unaka, winner goes!

Like I said before jerk, we have played up, way up in our non-conference schedule. Three of those wins are against district opponents which I'm pretty sure you have to play. Nobody said that Travis was going to the HOF, they are proud of a kid that plays his guts out, and there is nothing wrong with that. Hes gettn 4.6 yards per tote against what you presume to be quality opponents, thats pretty good, that moves the chains every third carry, not bad against good defenses!

This is going to be a SERIOUS beatn! Good luck to the Panthers in the playoffs, this Eagle is now a CG fan, except for when we play that is!

Explain to me how we are a horrible single A team when everyone of our out of district games came against much bigger schools, and they are all, with the exception of PF going to the playoffs, and two of them are ranked in the top 10 in the state. The only game we have lost when we play teams our size is Hampton, and the only two games we were never in was the GP and Claiborne games. We replaced about 80 percent of our offense this year, and every front 7 position on defense had a new starter, so if that is horrible in your book so-be-it, but if we played the Tigers again the outcome might be a little different, but neither of us can hold GP's jock this year!

Unfortunately this game will NOT be as close as people are saying it might be. The Tigers almost slipped up on the Highlanders last year and Benny won't let it happen again. As far as the whole "Fieldgate" deal at GP, trust me that field was ruinned back in August, and the weather has just kept it wet and nasty all year. I would love to see the Tigers get a win, but I think it will be pretty one-sided. GP 42-PF 7

I was very impressed with the level of sportsmanship that the Panthers displayed and what a great game! Gap pulled away in the 4th but up until then it was nip and tuck with both teams playing well on offense and even played a little "D" every once in a while. Good luck to the Panthers the rest of the year, #31 is a dadgum stud! very impressed with that guy, can only imagine the numbers he would've put up if he'd been healthy all year.