Tornado89

Tadvols,

 

Cant argue with ya on the refs...seems like they just want to be apart of the game. That wasnt very good either way! Good luck to you and your falcons the rest of the way.

Hopefully there will be Knoxville area refs at the next game. SR should be ashamed of himself......it is so, so obvious. Great game and I honestly don't see either team as the favorite in three weeks other than Alcoa has the home field but that's it....very evenly matched. Each team's strengths are offset by their own weaknesses which happen to be the other team's strength.

You guys might want to put up another section of mini-me bleachers, that's for sure...and you may be right about the score. But I think we can agree that football is more exciting (at least as far as East TN is concerned) when Science Hill is relevant. Just think of those electric atmospheres during basketball season at both schools even when SH was the obvious favorite.

 

Just to clear up the playoff implications, which I know we're all concerned about:

 

DB win = No. 2 seed in quad 1 (Maryville has the edge in the next two playoff standings criteria, so they'll be No. 1 unless they lose to Lenoir City (8-1) this week which, yeah, ain't happening)

 

SH win = No. 1 seed in quad 1 (SH has the edge on Maryville in those same criteria)

***shouldn't really say "edge", but rather the system favors one over the other...

 

If SH loses, they'll probably end up with the No. 6 seed. (Not sure about DB, but I'd imagine it would be something similar). In that case SH would probably travel to Oak Ridge. Such a scenario would also set up a potential rematch between SH and DB in Round 2 of the playoffs (oh, goodie...)

 

This game won't be close. SH is very weak on defense and has progressively gotten worse as the season has worn on. They leave way too many open lanes on the perimeter which is an absolute nightmare against DB's speed. If your prediction on a 6 seed is correct, their season will end in the K'ville area. Honestly I'm not sure they would be a top 5 team out of that district. SH has got to start scheduling teams out of the area in addition to developing more kids instead of leaving starters in and scoring with seconds on the clock. Last night was very troubling and I believe they will finish the year with back to back losses. A lot of SH's yards come on big plays because of number 11's feet and arm but that won't work against top 6A defenses like it does against the local talent level which is way, way down. Hard nosed teams advance in 6A playoffs and I think DB may have a decent chance to make some noise this year. I hope it is a good game this Friday but I just don't see it.

They are tough and mean.

 

PS: I liked the white britches against Kingston. Didn't they used to wear silver/grey britches back in the day. That all maroon is tough to look at for a whole game.

Yes, in fact AHS wore white jerseys at homein the late 70's and sometimes in the early 80's much like some NFL teams. Coach Dalton changed that beginning in 82.

found out today that the alcoa v greeneville series probably will not be continued.....heard that security had to step in and basically stop an alcoa fan who evidentally grabbed one of our players as they went to thelocker room at halftime and said to him " how'd you like that B***H"? also heard that alot of greeneville folks were treated horribly by the alcoa faithful....personally, i was treated with nothing but respect by every alcoa person i encounered....i was even escorted to the alcoa alumni dinner to get some sweets when i had a diabetic episode...im not revealing where i heard this, or which player was grabbed, because that's irrelevant, i just hope that somehow, someway, this series can continue. i think both programs benefit from it, HOWEVER, if this stuff is what's happening, no matter where it's happening, i cant blame them for not continueing the series. i just thought there was a level of respect between the two programs that transcended this sort of crap...i guess every school has its share of buttholes, even ours. anyway, i had several people ask me at the game if the series would be continued after this year and I didnt have an answer, and STILL may not have the correct one here, im just passing along something I heard.....

I hope that's not true!!!! If so, it is disgusting and shameful.

As our DB friends would say, does this qualify Alcoa as Okie Dokie High?????

Thanks for sharing the link to the game. Look more explosive with Foreman at QB as he has the ball in his hands more. You will present a problem for anyone you play in the playoffs and if you stay healthy who knows. The biggest negative to playing against Maryville is depth. No one goes both ways for them but who know in the playoffs. If you could get them up here anything could happen. Graham does a good job with this offense and the kids seem to respond. You can really get "outflanked" in a hurry if you are an opposing defensive squad. I don't think SH will have what it takes in 6 weeks so you will enter the playoffs 10-0 once again.

Westside was a recruiting machine. I played all 4 years there for Ron Lingenfelter and Jimmy Foxx.

9-12 year olds running a pretty complex wing-T offense with motion and everything. was a lot of fun.

There were kids from Alnwick (most), Bungalow, Maryville (a lot), Greenback and even a few from Alcoa after the practice field got moved from Bungalow to Pole Climbers.

We were in the Aluminum Bowl about every year. These were the years that everyone was chasing WIllie Lundy around...We had to chase him until we were 18. That's a long time to chase one guy, and he rarely got caught.

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....Wing Left Fly 46

Countryreb,

 

There was some smack being talked out at alcoa high last night regarding the upcoming middle school game. Let's just say the team from montvale station road might as well forfeit. I had no idea alcoa was that loaded. Where did all those studs come from? I don't remember them being that good in the youth leagues. Maybe it's like murvil where the kids start to excel once they get some real coaching and not daddy-ball. I heard they have 2 kids from out west (maybe Montana) and a new pipeline opened up from atlanta with a kid or two. Maybe you should hope for rain. Nope, that won't work with the new turf. Maybe mid-term grades will come out at alcoa today! It sounded like murvil was gonna need a miracle to keep it close.

Whatever happened to the Westside Raiders???? That was a true dynasty many moons ago. Had kids from every corner of the county including the mean streets of Alcoa, the hamlet of Bungalow, the hood in Alnwick and of course the fertile recruiting grounds of Middlesettlements. I don't remember them dipping into Fairview

Feel bad for the young man but his health is paramount. It makes high school football unimportant. Praying for a speedy recovery and NO long term effects.

I'm not so sure Fields is more of a D1 prospect at WR than Basketball, but I guess time will tell. I don't even remember Stephens playing against Elizabethton, plus the Pierce kid is a very good runner with a lot of skill as the backup to Will.

First half was a solid defensive game by both teams...as seen by 7-3 Halftime. Science hill hardly passed during the first half. Their score came when Ehs fumbled it in scoring range and it was via pass. Ehs was able to make a lot of big runs and passed maybe 2 times in the first half. Ehs defense was able to stop the science hill run game. 2nd half was more offensive. Science hill maybe passed 1 out of every 6 plays. All their scores came via the pass. Ehs started passing and got a td via pass and the final td came via run with no time left in game. Science hill stuffed the run all 2nd half until the end of 4th when Ehs broke for some.more big plays.

 

I was surprised that sh didn't pass more. They were like 75%-25% run-pass. And all their scores came.from passes. Sh o-line fell apart and Hayes ate a lot of dirt tonight. Hopefully sh does better against the division teams. It wasn't a pretty win but it was better than a pretty loss. Science Hill had a number of penalties, mostly holding. But Good game science hill!

Wow what an ugly game. You hit on everything, nothing to add. Elizabethton kids played hard but were outnumbered that's all. SH fundamentally looked poor and honestly I left scratching my head, just a poor, poor effort on their part.

Over there counts for 14 less points, but I still think SHS wins by 28.

Very impressed with Webb's character and desire. They competed hard with only 35 players. Very, very impressive. Reminded me of some Alcoa teams from the 80's.

Congrats on a big win tonight....Enjoy your season til you come calling at J fred Johnson in Week 10...Remember last year at your house??? This year you come to our house!!!! Is there a difference??? Ask Farragut. Good luck and win them all until then, It makes another Indian victory that much sweeter.

It's nice to see SH get a thread started devoted soley to them---thanks, it means someone is thinking about them early. DB is still king untl SH puts up, but I can tell you SH is deep and loaded. They do not have the look of typical SH teams, and they have 9 more weeks to improve and gel as a team. Depth is the key to playing big boy ball and I think the coaches may have figured this out. There is a reason DB fades in the 2nd half of games and in the playoffs. We shall see in a couple of months so until then good luck.

Could someone please post information for how to view these games streaming on the internet?

I would love to know as well

If I liked Greenfield, I would feel really sorry for them when they travel to Alcoa. They better hope Rankin is in a good mood, or he may hang 60 on them.

Greeneville's weakness is defending the pass. Rankin won't throw it as much. SH QB is really good! I'm sure the Wilson kid for GHS is not excited to return home in Sept. He played hard tonight.

The devils are young and will regroup after the loss. The big picture is there and that's a 3 peat. They will take the loss and learn from it. Glad to see the passing game is back somewhat. Devils will make noise in the playoffs. Gotta say we killed ourselves with giving the hill some easy tds

GHS is lucky they didn't get beat 56 to 7. SH must have had over 150 yards in penalties. If they had any discipline, the score would have been worse. SH has a bunch of talent, just too many stupid mistakes.

I seen SH practice too . . . And I have to agree, but don't forget the Jamaal Stephens kid "wow". . They look to be improved over last year. I think Johnson City gets the best of Greeneville.

This is a good opportunity to pick a name recognition win. Jamaal looks much better this year. We shall see this Friday.

I would rather trade Clinton for Oak Ridge on our Schedule, we sure miss plyaing that great game...it was the best.

Wierd, back 3 or 4 years ago when Farragut had it rolling in Football they had all kinds of posters on CoachT, now there are very few Admiral fans on here. Is it true that Alcoa scored on all 5 possesions against Farragut in their scrimmage?

 

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Alcoa was 5 for 5 on their drives. Farragut is banged up though.

I'd say it like this..... if Stacy Carter/Toppers don' beat Greeneville, then the Toppers wont have a good season at all. This is maybe time to pay the piper in Greeneville...but I wish them well and I hope the dominate 4A again.

Cook may not have been "on" on his passes, but that bomb to Foreman was on, on the money and he always runs the offensive set to a tee. I think he could run the toss sweep to Swaford with a blindfold on, and that goes for both of them being blindfolded. I though the DB Offensive line played really good especially for all of the new players. I dont remember one GDevil in the DB backfield in any of the first 4 DB possesions. I hope we can only improve on that execution leading up to Farragut next Friday night at J. Fred.

 

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You are correct about the Toppers. They had a rough go of it at Knox West last Friday according to a Father I talked to this evening. They looked okay tonight against weak competition. They depend so much on the big play though and that is often not a recipe for success against a grinding team like Greeneville. SH needs to work on their run game and learn to tackle better on D.

Doubleheader at Alcoa: Maryville vs Cleveland followed by Alcoa vs Knox Webb.

 

Greeneville at Science Hill is the most interesting to me however. I think SH will turn the corner this year. I look forward to the game.

I have watched SH practice the last two nights and they have more numbers and better looking athletes than I have seen in a long, long time. Now, whether that means anything on the field; I don't know, we will have to wait two more weeks. I hope SH commits to the run more this year as they have some strong looking running backs besides 45. They pass the "eye" test that's for sure.

Got to know him originally when he was Rankin's DC at Riverdale and he got it in the back when he applied for the iniatial Blackman HC slot. VERY GOOD Coach and an even better man that you would want teaching your young men.

 

Good luck to y'all this season.

Ron was my neighbor in the Boro 20 years ago before he left the first time for Coffee County. Great guy even thought I was a bit surprised he took the Cleveland job after having lived in Middle Tenn his whole life. Cleveland is lucky to have him. That seems like a long, long time ago. Rankin had one heck of a staff in those "formative" Riverdale years. Seems like yesterday. This Alcoa Boy enjoyed watching those early Warrior Teams.

i betcha gq doesnt let them comeback,

41 to 0 in 3rd

I may be wrong but i think at Alcoa,RANKIN is the head coach, he brought in two more coaches with him that were head coaches at other schools one to run offence and one to run defense.DB keeps Clark as head coach,Carter to run the offence,Jenkins to run the defense now that would get it done

That is not the case at Alcoa. Rankin calls his plays NO ONE else touches his offense it is all him. The defensive coach is Brian Nix who is young and very talented and has turned down other jobs but has never been a head coach. He played at Maryville ironically but IMHO will be Rankin's replacement someday. Gary is one of the absolute best and no one builds PROGRAMS like he does. However I cannot see his family moving further East than the Knoxville area. If they move anywhere it will be back to Middle TN or another state. Plus I'm not sure Kingsport can pay as much as Alcoa. He likes to have him some talent though and won't go anywhere he cannot win. This whole conversation is useless though as I don't think Graham would be forced out and honestly DB is lucky to have him.