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Best quote I heard tonight was a Coach Morris response to a question regarding CPA. He said, "We may go and get embarrassed again but one thing about it, you can't beat'm if you don't play'm."

Best quote I heard tonight was a Coach Morris response to a question regarding CPA. He said, "We may go and get embarrassed again but one thing about it, you can't beat'm if you don't play'm."

Milan had the ball for a little over 30 min. to a little over 16 min. For CPA

My suggestion may not be the, be all to end all, but Maryville would probably end up with more competition if some of the better 3,4,&5A teams had to move up after a few years. Never the less, my suggestion seems to make more sense to solve the majority of the problem than a lot of the other suggestions I've seen. And, It is a lot less complicated than most. Nothing is going to completely level the playing field, but my suggestion goes a long way towards doing so.

I suggest maybe a different approach to even the playing field. Don't worry so much about open zoning, tuition etc. If a school wins a state championship in any sport say, 2 out of 3 years. That school has proven they are ahead of the other programs in the state in that classification for whatever reason. The next 3 years they step up a division in that sport and play there for the next 3 years. For example, if you win the 2A state football championship 2 out of the next 3 years, then you move up to 3A in playoffs for the next 3 years. I would think this would make the games more meaningful and competitive for even the school which has to move up. After you win something several years in a row, winning the gold ball don't really mean as much. Sort of like a middle weight boxer, after he has beaten all his main competition in his weight class, a lot of the time they move up in weight class to take on more difficult and challenging competition. The TSSAA already reviews the classifications every couple years anyway, just include this in the classification consideration.

Congradulations to Toney. He deserved more recognition. I still think is a shame that kids from both sides got little recognition this year. I aslo think it is a shame that they won't be playing together at UT. Go Dogs!

Check This Video out, Alcoa locker room at halftime. http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/5767507

Just thought about the name of the field Milan/Alcoa will be playing on. "Tucker Field" Interesting.

f5seekshelter, I haven't known any around here who don't respect Alcoa. I have not seen posts from people who have played Milan in West Tennessee say anything about how some other team in West Tennessee would beat Alcoa or this and that like I have seen from the East regarding Milan. Most teams in East Tennessee would not have any more chance of beating Milan than they would at beating Alcoa. Most of the posts I read from this area talk about how it will take a perfect game from Milan to have a chance to beat Alcoa. So there is no disrespect from most of the Milan fans towards Alcoa and all their achievements. Its just, Milan being in the championship game is no fluke or have anything to do with a weaker bracket or any of that other junk. They are in the game because they are a good team.

Ok, I can appreciate that. Friday, we may get to see if any Alcoa people say Milan is the best team period. Hope So. It will be interesting to read the comments.

Ok, I understand. So if Milan happens to beat Alcoa Friday, then there will be no comments similar to the ones we have been seeing from the other east Tennessee foes. None about Aloca's execution. If Milan happens to beat Alcoa then Milan is the better team period, right?

f5seekshelter, I agree, I thought Alcoa was the better team last year. I thought it before we played the game and after. But, I believed if we executed like we should, If we ran the plays that got us there, we would have had a good chance of beating Alcoa even though they were the better team. My point is I don't know what lame excuses the other person was referring to cause I haven't heard any. Everyone knows who won. It's hard to argue that. Its easy get on here and say they heard lame excuses, I would just like to know what they heard because to date I have not heard any.

I don't know what lame excuses you are talking about. I personally didn't think there was an excuse for how we played last year. We should have played better. Aloca was good, but there was no excuse for us not executing better. I haven't heard any of the kids that will be on the field or any of the coaches making excuses for last year. I think they were all disappointed with their performance and did not make excuses for it. They made it their goal to get back there again this year and prove that they are a better team than that.

Paintedbridge, Ms. Johnnie had more spunk and drive in her 5' 3" frame than most men in this world. The stadium is named after her because she started the football program at Milan High School. She would occassionally come back and teach after she retired and I had the fortune to be in a couple of classes she taught. A great woman and educator, who could teach most people a thing or two about winning and being a winner.