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So how did the Maryville vs Ensworth scrimmage go?

Thank you!

Is the Jamboree this Friday?

Never Mind... 6 man football...

http://www.texasfootball.com/assets/2013-Playoffs/6M-DI.pdf 108 points. Not once but twice?

Great season Rebels. I've enjoyed watching this team as much as any I've ever watched. Also congrats to Hendersonville. You had a very impressive season moving up from 5A all the way into the title game.

Pancakes, White Station did have two losses when they beat Maryville in 2009. But you are correct. Maryville usually runs the gauntlet of undefeateds to get the title game.

I don't think anyone has made the claim (Maryville or any other TN team) that they are National champs. At the end of every year there never is a unanimous choice for the #1 HS football team in the nation. On poll or publication declares their favorite #1, and yet another declares someone different. So what does that ever prove? There are a few things, however, that are facts concerning this thread. 1. Maryville has won more games over the last 10 years with GQ than any other program in the country. Alcoa's coach Rankin is 2nd. 2. Maryville defeated a very formidable and impressive Blackman team with an equally impressive fan base. 3. When Maryville plays Hendersonville Saturday, the winner will be the state champs. I look for the game to be played with skill and dignity from both teams as was the Blackman game. All this blather over national teams, strength of schedule, ancient glory of other teams long out of contention for any title, attitude of former players, etc. won't mean a thing when they award the gold ball to the winners of the games this weekend. If it did matter, then the playoffs would be meaningless. What does have meaning is the preparation Maryville and Hendersonville is making for a game that still does matter. I think some on here would do well to look up Desiderata, read it, apply it, and then consider what they post, and if they even have to.

Well anyone who starts a thread proclaiming anyone who post counter to the initial posters blather to be a troll, I instantly consider the source and let it go for that part of it. The whole intent of the thread was to be a troll's safety nest. On the other hand, this is a message board and anyone is equally allowed to post their views and feed the troll, state the obvious, or whatever else needs to be shared. But I see you point Pepvol, and I like using my energy for a thread that actually matters on the HHS vs Maryville topic. We can stick a fork in 7AAA for this year and move on.

I'll take that a step further. How many other schools in "any" district (at the same classification as Maryville) has won state titles? Maryville would still be dominant since 1998. Same with Alcoa...

I think it is suspect from the beginning to start a thread by calling anyone a troll who comes on and disputes comments the thread starters claims. The Blackman fans and certainly their team was a class act last Friday. They didn't win at Maryville this year is all. I wouldn't be surprised if they were back next year though. Certainly 7AAA has good teams. Perhaps they have the toughest schedule. Does that really prove anything? For instance, if Maryville was located in that area, and the population of the schools was divided up equally as it seems to be now, is there anything that says that Maryville could not be dominant there? I guess you could conjure up some kind of logic to support that. On the other hand, it might be like it is here, where GQ gets the most out of each player and makes him a better young man in the process. If you follow Maryville any at all, you soon learn that GQs teams are always the best prepared well poised team you will find on any level. If they get down on the scoreboard they don't panic and usually find a way to adjust and win the game. I don't think that would change in 7AAA and it would probably be a recipe for dominating that division just like it is here. I think most people anywhere close enough in this area to achieve it tries their best to get their kids in to play at either Alcoa or Maryville. That is if they have any talent at all (sports or academics) . If not, then they try to get them anywhere they might get a little playing time (or a passing grade). It is not just because of sports either. Both are two of the states top academic schools. Complaining about how rough a district is, is meaningless when you think it all the way through. On the one hand, if there was a program like Maryville that had built their program up like GQ had here in the 7AAA, then there would be even more complaining from the original poster, just like there is here that "recruiting" is going on or some other unfair advantage, or other merit-less claims against that program. On the other hand, when your district champ loses to a Maryville, you complain that you beat up each other amid claims your district is just too tough. Sure, every team dwindles down the roster each year with injuries, just like Maryville did, but Blackman seemed to come in no worse for the wear than most. If your point is that 7AAA is a tough division then OK, it is a tough division. If you are saying that it has a bearing on Maryville always winning championships then you haven't poked your head up looked around in awhile. Are you saying that White Haven won last year because they didn't have to play in 7AAA? How about Bowling Green (discounting the refs of course) this year? Too weak of a conference? I just think you open a big can of speculation that doesn't mean anything when you start childish threads like this one. Blackman has a great team that represented 7AAA well. That is the one KNOWN thing about this thread. I think the rest of it is only about a die-hard trying to live on in contention well after his season is over. There is no proof one way or the other on the 7AAA being so superior that it has a bad influence on the state championships, especially in terms of it being like the SEC. Because the SEC has produced a national champion the last 7 years, regardless of how difficult the conference is to play in. However, if Florida State wins it all this year, does that mean the big bad SEC provided for it? Or was I not suppose to notice that?

Just got home. Blackman is one fine football team. They are definitely bigger and faster than Maryville. Maryville won on the skill and poise under fire that has became their trademark. I feel sure that this is the game that was for the state championship. Great game Blackman! Congratulations on great season.

2:44 PM and I'm walking out the door to get in line for a ticket. I sure hope the info was correct about having to buy them at the gate because I dread waiting in line, or hopefully getting there so early that there won't be one. Good luck to both teams. Go Maryville though!

One team will go out and one will not. Hopefully, like the song says they will go out with a blaze of glory. I hope both teams play their best and stay healthy. Good Luck to both. I am hoping for a Rebel win, but I think Blackman has had a remarkable season, as have the Rebels. It should be a great game to watch.

You are correct. My bad... http://www.coacht.com/tennessee/inside/schedule.cfm?schoolid=314&seasonid=84&sportid=1&

2008 6A championship game to White Station. Maryville had also lost earlier in the year to Alcoa big, 41-24. In the championship game with White Station, Maryville had a really young front 4 (two or three sophomores if I remember correct) and they simply could not tackle the big strong QB for WS. He made play after play after tackles were missed or he simply ran out of them. I forgot his name but he went on to play for Memphis in college. They also had an excellent athlete that played both offense and defense that made some really big plays that helped them jump out in front early. Still, Maryville finally regrouped. After falling behind big, they came back and made a game of it late, but it was too late. They lost 37-27, and that is the biggest point margin to anyone but Alcoa the the Rebels have given up in a loss since 2000, 4 games into the George Quarles era.

It will be a tough contest. Maryville may win and win big, but this will be the biggest team we faced this year, and the fastest. I look for it to be more of a struggle than anyone we have faced this year. They also seem very focused after their loss in KY. I'm not going to get too smug about this one either. I'm pulling for Maryville and think they win it, but I think Blackman will come ready to play will be formidable.

You are correct. In my eyes the best brand of football on any level. However, I am sick today. Physically sick, and sick that I won't be able to make it tonight. I'm stuck with listening to it on the radio. Next week I'll be there if I have to roll in a hospital bed...

I'm not sure who wins this one. From the outside looking in, and without a cat in the fight, I would give the slight edge to Fulton. But whoever wins, I'm hoping for a repeat of the last few seasons where I watch the championship game with fans from the East end of TN in the 4a championship game as await the 6A game Maryville plays in following the 4A game. I'm just hoping whoever wins is not so drained as to not be able to compete at their highest in the games that follow. Good luck to both teams.

I have to believe that SC can play much better than they did in the first game. I'm leery of a team with a 2nd chance after a lopsided loss. They should have all the motivation in the world and I think they know they are a better team than they showed last time. Maryville should still win. But I look for it to be a much more contested game this time. Teams either grow from a loss to a good team or become discouraged by it. I think SC rebounded nicely and will be ready for better go of it this time.

I think the rain affected all area team crowds some last Friday. I too think SC will come determined to make a much better than the last game. I think Maryville wins, but not without a fight. I think Maryville will put up their points. It will just be a matter if SC scores like they have most of the year. I just hope it is not so draining physically and emotionally that the winner will have a hard time facing probable semis opponent Oakland.

There are not many places I would rather be than a Rebel football game. I buy my tickets early in the week. But, I have to admit, I thought about staying home out of the rain last night. I came home after the game cold and wet. I can see how the crowd would have backed down from attending. I think many people anticipated a easy Rebel win, although I can't really every feel easy about that. I think the weather played the biggest role in the low turn out.

I thought ME would have came out better. 49-6 Maryville. They had a good spirited crowd, but it just wasn't the night for the Hurricanes.

I watched OR play Maryville the last few seasons before this year and always felt that OR had the talent to have won most of those games. I was a little surprised this year that they didn't go very deep into the 5A playoffs. They ususally played Maryville or Riverdale into the Quarter-finals or Semi-finals in 6A. I always felt like they were a team that could hang with anybody and I think time will prove that they do very well at 5A and could still do well in 6A as well.

I enjoy the Chick-fi-la at the Maryville games, but I have thought about the deal at Hardees for two little Thick burgers for $4 and bringing them. It is a pretty good deal, but in the end I think I like my ritual of getting everything at the concessions stand.