Pre-Season Top 10 in 5A

[BigSneaky]

1) Riverdale

2) Oak Ridge

3) Franklin

4) Germantown

5) DB

6) Ooltewah

7) Cookeville

8) Ravenwood

9) Houston

10)+/- Gallatin,Brentwood,Lincoln County and Smyrna

[orcats2005]

These are the results I came up with after some analysis a few weeks ago:

 

1. Germantown 101

2. Riverdale 100.6

3. Dobyns-Bennett 100.3

4. Cookeville 100.1

5. Collierville 99.1

6. Farragut 97.8

7. Bolton 97.3

8. Smyrna 96.7

9. Ooltewah 96.6

10 Oak Ridge 96.4

(Tie)Houston 96.4

Admittedly, OR and Ooltewah should probably be a little higher but I was a using a formula to arrive at these scores and that's where they came out.  Franklin and Brentwood should be good as well.  My impression was that it is going to be a very strong year in 5A.

 

With the way the school system up in Montgomery county hates sports, I'll be surprised if any of those teams ever make a serious run.  To be competitive you have to have support and the the school board never provided any support that I am aware of.

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no matter what way you got to your decision I would have thrown them out. There is no way that Oak Ridge is at the bottem of any top 10s. They are #1 going all the way!

[bhsOL]

I'll keep on picking Riverdale # 1 until someone finally knocks them off.

[orcats2005]

Dont yall find it hard to put Oak ridge at number 1 with a new coach? have they had their spring practice yet?  but why not have RIVERDALE still there they are returning A LOT of their talented players from last years squad

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Oak Ridge has had a ton of talent for the last 3 years. This year is no different. Even with a new coach coming in we have a great chance of going all the way, and I think they will. Riverdale is the state 5a Champ, but they are not returning as much talent as I think they need. The only real threat I see coming back is Gaston but he has to have a line and good quarterback to go anywhere. Losing their quarterback they also lost about 5 other positions. Riverdale is always good regardless, but i don't think they have what it will take again this year.

[orcats2005]

1. Cookeville

2. Riverdale

3. DB

4. Farragut

5. germantown

6. oakland

7. OakRidge

8. Coffee County

9. Franklin

10. Lincoln County

 

i am just naming teams off the top of my head; i know i would be happy with this except for #2

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How do you put Oak Ridge number 7. There is no way. Oak Ridge is #1

[Sweep Left]

Oakland[/url'>Grad' date='Apr 19 2005 - 03:31 PM']I appreciate your optimism concerning the Patriots, but at this point, i dont feel they are a top team, although that can certainly change.

 

As far region 4 goes, Smyrna deserves mention before Oakland, as they return the core of their varsity roster. At this point, I think you have to make Riverdale, DB, OR and Germantown your top 4 being they have consistenly been in the hunt for a state title. My top 10 would go a little like this:

 

1. Riverdale

2. Oak Ridge

3. DB

4. Germantown

5. Cookeville

6. Ooltewah

7. Franklin

8. Ravenwood

9. Farragut

10.Smyrna

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Same teams..............different order

 

Riverdale ..................Rankin's last season

Germantown

DB

Oak Ridge

Smyrna...........earning more respect each year

Ooltewah..............rebirth of the Wing-T

Cookeville...........lots of talent, can Joslin get it done?

Franklin ..............air show

Farragut...........haven't heard from them in a while

Ravenwood .............this one is a long shot

[BLUEcash]

Teams better watch out for Lebanon this year because there gonna have a good team. With Bobby Brown coaching they will always produce good teams but this year they should be able to make some noise. Good Luck Devils!!

[5A football fan]

How do you put Oak Ridge number 7. There is no way. Oak Ridge is #1

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because this is my opinion new coach and i like faragut

[thorough97]

We will see in Week 0 between two of these teams when Cookeville comes to visit Ooltewah at the Nest

[5A football fan]

We will see in Week 0 between two of these teams when Cookeville comes to visit Ooltewah at the Nest

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didn't you just loose your coach? i want to come see this game should be very good but i have to go see my boys get the biggest upset of the season

[GradfromtheNest]

didn't you just loose your coach? i want to come see this game should be very good but i have to go see my boys get the biggest upset of the season

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Ooltewah's coach of 7 or 8 years resigned to go into private business. Just yesterday, legendary Coach Benny Monroe was named the new Owls head football coach. In the mid 90's Coach Monroe won 3 straight 4A state titles at Cleveland High School and held a 54 game winning streak through those three years. He took Cleveland to the playoffs in 16 of his 18 seasons there. He has also been inducted into the National High School Football Coaches Association and the TSSAA Hall of Fame.

Edited April 20, 2005 by GradfromtheNest

[BiggieEarl01]

doesn't matter to who will be in the preseason 5A top ten as Oak Ridge WILL win

 

the 5A state title when its all said in done.

Edited April 20, 2005 by BiggieEarl01