alex1118

Heh, guess so. I'd hate Farragut too if I went to Bearden.

I don't see how any field could be better than Farragut's, that thing is absolutely pristine. Coach Pharr and the players put A LOT of work into that field.

Your guess is correct.

Ahhhh HB2021, I feel sorry for you my friend. Obviously, you go to Bearden, and because of that, I feel for you. I mean, I really honestly do. It must stink to be second best to your rival, Farragut, in almost every single aspect of well....pretty much everything. Your argument about Bearden beating Farragut last year 4 times humors me a lot....whats funny is who wakes up everything morning and puts on a State Championship ring? Yea, thats right...Farragut does. just do us all a favor, and come to the realization that you're second best. Farragut > Bearden

Alright, i've about had it with Nick getting posterized as being the worst possible person ever just because he got kicked out of a basketball game. Powellfan, are you a student? If so you know exactly what happens during a basketball game. Every single student at EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL curses during basketball games. heck, the other night i even SAW and HEARD parents cursing at the officiating. The Farragut parents went crazy a couple times, as did the Powell Parents. I wish I could say the Powell student section did the same, but it only comprised of 10 people. Every Farragut fan in that gym went beserk at that GOD AWFUL, ATROCIOUS call. Nick just happened to be on the floor and yell whatever he yelled the loudest. Get the heck off his back and find something else to complain and moan about. And to your comment about Farragut's student section being bad, Powell's is most deffinantly worse. At the end of the Farragut vs. Powell football game this fall, Powell's students preceded to maul a Farragut player who was hurt in the endzone. After the game I had to run back to my car for fear of some Powell redneck trying to pick a fight with me. On another note, the best student section I've encountered this year has to be Maryville's. We played there twice in basketball this winter, and on both occasions Maryville's students were great. They had a big turnout, and didn't talk any trash. Anyways, my rant of the night.

heh, we'll see. Farragut by 14-21. -alex

The win with dignity thing goes both ways. You guys beat us last year in basketball, and in baseball, and im pretty sure you didn't win with dignity. We don't show any class towards you, and you guys don't show any class towards us. It goes both ways, and thats fine. Also, there was a lot of buildup to this game as there is always, including the trash talking, ect. I really feel like Bearden brought a lot of it on themselves. A few examples: the Bearden train rolling into FHS with horns blaring ect. Any respect there? No. Also, totally TRASHING the Senior parking lot. The amount of trash where the Bearden students parked is ABSOLUTLEY ridiculous. The same people also poured paint all over a Farragut student's car. And the worst of all, a Bearden High School guy HITTING and THROWING a Farragut High School GIRL to the ground before the game. Any respect there? Yea, I didn't think so. Take your "dignity" and "respect" arguement, and shove it. -alex

That pretty much says it all, Farragut has almost 4 times the amount of championships that Bearden has. West doesn't even make the list. So yes, Farragut does dominate the West, and I'm pretty sure from looking at the list, they dominate Knoxville as well.

We'll see if Bearden beats Farragut at anything this year. Also note that Farragut's volleyball team BEAT the BULLDOGS on Thrusday Night. Guess it was a prelude, huh? I guess I should cut you Bearden kids some slack; losing 6 times in a row to your arch rival does stink. It was pretty obvious that the Bearden students were excited about the game, they came in at around 5 with about a 10-15 car train that was honestly pretty awesome. Too bad you got beat. Again. Good luck the rest of the season, maybe we'll see each other in the playoffs, and you can get beat AGAIN. -alex

Hey guys, hope you had a good Friday Night. Anyways, Bearden looked like the same ole Bearden. Halliday wasn't overly impressive, He didnt appear to make ANY reads at all; basically picked a receiver at the line and stuck with him the whole time. I really thought Bearden was going to pass all over us, but they really didn't. Nice touchdown from Halliday to Bunch though, that was a nice play. Like the previous posts stated, Andre' Sterling is a stud. He looked absolutley ridiculous last night. His 260ish yards were all HARD fought. On all those long runs he had, he broke numerous tackles with ease. Anyways, it was a good Friday, we kicked Bearden's rear in both the can drive and the football game! Can drive stats were like 45/pounds per student at Farragut, and like 29/pounds for Bearden? So, hows second best feel Bearden? -alex

David Bernard, one of the starting lineman for Farragut, hurt his ankle really bad on Friday night. From what I hear, he broke a bone in his ankle, and tore some ligaments in it, but WILL play on Friday. Other than that, everyone is healthy. Should be a great game Friday, I can't wait. For some reason though I think Farragut is going to win, I dunno why, I just do. I bet Bearden people feel the same way. I will admit though, its gotta be getting close to Bearden's time to finally beat Farragut. -alex

Sorry for the late post, had a busy Friday night, and yesterday was QUITE eventful, Can I get a GO VOLS?!!?! Anyways, Friday night's game was great. Farragut totally dominated the game; the score really doesn't reflect how much Farragut destroyed and controlled Heritage. I was really surprised by how terrible Heritage was, especially for a 5A school. And on top of that, people predicting a Heritage win throughout the week! They had one athlete on their team, #5 who was pretty good but other than that, there really wasn't a lot going on. They just looked like the typical rural team, big fat lineman who are pretty much worthless, slow unathletic players, and REDNECK FANS. Oh my god the fans! First of all, our student section was a good 3-4 times larger than Heritage's. But it was truely a paradise for me, and some of the other Senior guys. We spent most of the night heckling these Heritage fans who felt they needed to walk RIGHT in front of our student section. The highlight of the night involved this track and some Heritage High school student. During the course of the game, this bystander walked by numerous times taunting us, and we pretty much tore him a new one with our taunts. Finally, he came around one last time, and prompted to show us his "man boob" ; this guy was HUGE, the fattest person I've seen in a while, and I pretty much almost died laughing. Anyways, Great game Farragut, way to rebound after a tough loss to Central. As for Heritage, its going to be a long year if they keep playing like the way they did Friday. Have a great Sunday and Labor day! -alex

LOL you guys went back and forth for over an hour. Now was that really worth anything? Word of advice, never get into an arguement with Nick(ihavenofriendszz) -alex

I don't think Farragut will ever excel at sports like football or basketball, even if they had the greatest coach. The motivation of the players just isn't there. The young men who play football and basketball for Farragut have a lot more going on in life other than football. For most other athletes at other schools, all they have is football or basketball, its honestly all they know. Thats pretty evident when you look the kids who get offered scholarships by major colleges, most of them don't even qualify because they didn't give a flip about school. I guess what I'm trying to say if that the student-athletes's oppurtunities at FHS extend past sports. I hope that made some sort of sense, probably not though. On another note, 35 state championships of some sort in 6 years isn't too shabby, even if it isn't in basketball and football. Im an optimist, but I don't ever see Farragut winning a state championship in basketball, theres just too much talent statewide. Look how good Bearden's team was last year, and they didn't win state. As far as the basketball team goes, its been evident for a long time that a coaching change should be made; past and current players have even acknowledged it. Time to end the ramble -alex

heh you got me there, ill use the excuse that it was a typo correction....lofty thanks for the watchful eye eric(im guessing) -alex

It's hard to go against Farragut in this one. Farragut by atleast 14. -alex

Nice post Knoxvillian . I agree with you on every point, although I'll attempt to give you my two cents. As for setting up right next to the school, I can see where you're coming from. I think the only reason we set up there was the fact that we got there very early, and parked in that front parking lot, so it was only natural to walk the 20 feet over to that corner and set up there. Thats funny that you mention the portable gazebo, as the fact that it is mine : ). On another note, the young lady who made that snide comment; stuff like that is going to happen. I think it would be safe to say, for the most part, that most of the other schools we compete against ARE in fact jealous of Farragut. Not all people are going to be, but like I said, for the most part. In almost everything we do, we're close to the top; State champs in baseball, recent soccer championships, volleyball team dominates, both golf teams are consistently at the top(especially the girls), girls soccer team is always at the top. And on top of all that, we also have the distinction of being the "smartest" Public high school in knox county academically, by a loftly margin. I'd like to stress that I don't intend to come across as being snobby or arrogant here, although it may seem that way, I just think its the truth. As for the flags, It's more of a "We're seniors" kind of thing than a "Lets annoy the heck out of the other team." If you noticed, all the flags had something to do with seniors. Also, I'm pretty positive that NO students ran around on the track, it was indeed the cheerleaders with our flags. I almost did at one point, but there was a cop by the gate, and I figured he wouldn't let me by. On another note, I totally don't understand our whole 3-5 setup. The only reasoning that I can see behind it is that against slower teams, our linebackers will be able to go right around the lineman. I've always been partial towards the 4-3 formation, and in high school it would make even more sense since the fact that running the ball is almost every high school's priority. Then again, I'm not a coach. Thats all for now I guess, -alex

I for one did not understand Strange's article in the paper referring to the Admirals kicking game. The kicking game appeared average, and maybe a little above average all night, except for the shank punt for about 15-20 yards. Our kickoffs looked pretty good, inside the 10 yard line i'd say. There were special team screw ups though, Central consistently managed to return punts and kickoffs for some pretty respectable yardage, but not because of the kicking game, but because of coverage. Also, referring to soccer players joining up, they have. Theres about 4 or 5 of them on the team, one handled the kick off duties, and then another one kicked the lone extra point of the night. What I am confused about is how one of the isn't handling the punting duties. One of our starting linebackers is doing that, and for the most part he did a good job last night. Back to the shank punt, it almost looked like he had to turn to the right at the last second because he got pressured, but Im really not sure. Overall, I had fun going to the game(I attend FHS where im a Senior). Central played very well, and they really did impress me. The quarterback looked very good. On another note, Farragut dissapointed me. I figured it would be a good, close game, and from the talk of the players, we would "be fine." Evidently not. Judging from the way the game turned out, you have to give credit to Central's coaching staff. The pressure that was issued on Farragut's QB was immense the whole night, and he pretty much ran for his life the entire night. On another note regarding the hospitality, i really didn't feel like Central was being any more disrespectful than any other high school would have been. I was in the front row of our student section, and fans were walking beneath us, and I did quite a bit of heckling. To be honest, I'd say we brought a lot of the stuff on ourselves, which is totally fine. The most memorable moment of the night was when some fellow FHS student 5 rows above me apparently spilt liquor all over his face, then somehow it got ignited. If your stupid enough to do that, your ###### should be yelled at in front of everyone. Anyways, good game Central, and good luck to you in the rest of the season. I'd deff. like to see you guys beat Maryville, God knows you deserve to after the last couple of years. Lets hope the Admirals can bounce back next week, and prepare for Bearden : ) -alex