Golden Tate In Sports Illustrated

[my2cents]

So you are saying that the #1 team in 5a with a 11-0 record that is in one of the hardest if not the hardest regions in 5a would go 6-4 with JP II schedule...... Who would they lose to? Knox Webb? St. Benedict? MBA?... Please... JP II is in dII-AA not II-AAA...... Big difference...

 

Golden Tate is a great player. I've watched some film of him on the internet. Good size and speed but he is not playing in the best classification.....

Ok since nobody else asked, what 5a team would you want to put him on to find out?

[2priceless]

Ok since nobody else asked, what 5a team would you want to put him on to find out?

We would have liked to have had him at Oakland.

[sportsfreak2307]

if golden was playin in 5a and they had more athletes to choose from they would probably picked the best ones to play right? if that is so then wouldnt golden have better blockers to run behind.

[ImaOWL]

????? Guys I am not saying Golden Tate is a bad football player. He is one of best if not the best player in the state. I'm not argueing that.... I'm argueing how someone said he is playing in the toughest division which he is not. I'm argueing the statement that Ooltewah (12-0) would be 6-4 at best with their schedule. Golden Tate would stand out in 5a too just not as much in my opinion.

[KnightTime05]

????? Guys I am not saying Golden Tate is a bad football player. He is one of best if not the best player in the state. I'm not argueing that.... I'm argueing how someone said he is playing in the toughest division which he is not. I'm argueing the statement that Ooltewah (12-0) would be 6-4 at best with their schedule. Golden Tate would stand out in 5a too just not as much in my opinion.

Great game by Golden on Friday. Had over 350 total yards and scored 5 TDs and that was probably the most heart of ANY football player I have ever seen during a game!!!

[Guest dare_2_dream]

Great game by Golden on Friday. Had over 350 total yards and scored 5 TDs and that was probably the most heart of ANY football player I have ever seen during a game!!!

 

[feverfan]

For all of the Golden haters out there, ACT score is in... I will not list his score, he can if he wishes to, however it is an excellent score and qualifies him for Notre Dame or Vanderbilt... Golden cleares the clearinghouse with flying colors.. Congratulations son, this definately shuts up the haters out there who wanted to see you faulter. Outstanding job

[mofo11]

????? Guys I am not saying Golden Tate is a bad football player. He is one of best if not the best player in the state. I'm not argueing that.... I'm argueing how someone said he is playing in the toughest division which he is not. I'm argueing the statement that Ooltewah (12-0) would be 6-4 at best with their schedule. Golden Tate would stand out in 5a too just not as much in my opinion.

 

Ooltewah is having a good year but i would bet PJP2 would be 12-0 with Ooltewah's schedule. The toughest games Ootlewah played was Farragut and Cookville. Webb, PJP2, ECS, and maybe even harding Academy would have beaten thoes teams this year. I say this with confidence seeing all these teams play including farragut. Cookville, one of Ootlewah's closest games, lost to Franklin Co who PJP2 beat by 4 touchdowns. Farragut, the best team Ootlewah played this year is not better than Webb. Farragut lost to Powell who Webbs beaten the past 4 years. These are just a few examples that help prove that PJP plays a tough schedule. If Ottlewah played PJP2 schedule they could possibly loose to Father Ryan, Goodpasture, ECS, MBA, and Webb. Harding Academy is no easy win either. So saying that Ootlewah could be 6-4, 7-3 is not a bogus statement.

 

Bottom line Golden played againsts some of the best teams in the state regardless of school size

[ImaOWL]

I'm glad you think the #1 team in 5a who is 12-0 would be 6-4 at best with PJP2's schedule... Thats ludicrous...

Edited November 15, 2006 by ImaOWL

[gridironguy]

If you can't spell a word, you shouldn't use it. Especially when you butcher it as much as you did.

[KnightTime05]

For all of the Golden haters out there, ACT score is in... I will not list his score, he can if he wishes to, however it is an excellent score and qualifies him for Notre Dame or Vanderbilt... Golden cleares the clearinghouse with flying colors.. Congratulations son, this definately shuts up the haters out there who wanted to see you faulter. Outstanding job

Congratulations Golden. That just showed he went to JPII for Academics not Athletics

[Buzzman]

We're probably losing sight of the topic at hand here (Golden Tate), although I guess it (classification) is somewhat on topic since his competition has been called into question.

 

The confusion started when someone questioned the level of competition in "DII", and therein lies the problem: "DII" is a large division with three classifications. The original poster (BarnBurner) could have clarified by opining that "DII-AA" is not tougher than DI-5A, and not saying "DII" as a whole. And I would probably agree with that statement (I-5A tougher than II-AA), just as I would also contend that DII-AAA, with about a 70-75% winning percentage against I-5A and I-4A since the split (and a 19-4 record versus all of DI in 2006), is the data-supported best classification in Tennessee football since the split.