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[justinnici]

Looks to me like middle won 3 and east won 2 or does the east take credit for middle tennessee now

[misssports]

Is that what is meant by the mysterious "multiplier"?

 

 

If so that means its in the West too and there goes my theory.

[misssports]

If so that means its in the West too and there goes my theory.

 

 

Maybe its a county by county thing. If thats the case we need a superintendent with a football background. /roflol.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":roflol:" border="0" alt="roflol.gif" /> /roflol.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":roflol:" border="0" alt="roflol.gif" /> /roflol.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":roflol:" border="0" alt="roflol.gif" />

[misssports]

Looks to me like middle won 3 and east won 2 or does the east take credit for middle tennessee now

 

 

There is no middle. The state playoffs are divided into east and west. Look at a map and cut Tennessee in half from top to bottom. That is roughly your east and west divider. Logistically you are right.

[Raynok]

It seems like every year, in the smaller classes especially, the top 2-3 teams in the state are facing off on one side of the bracket. Only to meet the 4th or 5th best team in the finals. Why can't the west be competitive?

 

Here's Slims UNOFFICIAL top 5 rankings for 2008, with West Teams in bold.

 

Class 1A

 

1. TC

2. SP

3. Oneida

4. JB

5. FCS

 

Class 2A

 

1. Alcoa

2. CAK

3. Marion

4. Boyd Buchanon

5. Milan

 

Class 3A

 

1. KC

2. Austin-East (pre-suspension)

3. White House

4. Anderson County

5. David Lipscum

 

Class 4A

 

1. Hillsboro

2. Maryville

3. Henry County

4. Melrose

5. Maplewood

 

Class 5A

 

1. Oakland

2. Franklin

3. Brentwood

4. Smyrna

5. Wilson Central

 

Can anybody dispute those rankings?

 

Yes I can dispute them because regardless of what you feel you still have to go by facts and the facts are

1A

TC #1

JB # 2

 

2A

Alcoa #1

Milan #2

 

and so on and so on. You should not make the assumption that any of the other teams out of the east would have beaten the representive from the west and to do so is the equivilant of using ifs and buts in relationship to a teams loss trying to prove that you should have won when the fact is you lost.

[misssports]

Yes I can dispute them because regardless of what you feel you still have to go by facts and the facts are

1A

TC #1

JB # 2

 

2A

Alcoa #1

Milan #2

 

and so on and so on. You should not make the assumption that any of the other teams out of the east would have beaten the representive from the west and to do so is the equivilant of using ifs and buts in relationship to a teams loss trying to prove that you should have won when the fact is you lost.

 

 

Well, its hard to argue this point without speculation.

[flyingblind]

1. Alcoa

2. Marion

3. Boyd Buch.

4. Milan

5. Loudon

No respect for the Redskins. How can CAK break the top 5 when they were handled by Loudon. Plus when Alcoa beat Loudon in the 3rd round it was closer than the score allowed. Congrats to Alcoa, another dominating year.

[hsfbfan07]

There is no middle. The state playoffs are divided into east and west. Look at a map and cut Tennessee in half from top to bottom. That is roughly your east and west divider. Logistically you are right.

 

I'm pretty sure when this post was started, the poster was assuming Tennessee's three grand divisions, not east and west brackets in the playoffs.

[tcaee]

imo the problem with west tennessee football is definitely the number of schools and the issue of zoning... carrol county has alot of football talent but when you take that talent and break it into 3 or 4 different schools it definitely hurts, the same goes for madison county. alot of the teams from the east are in counties with 1 or 2 different schools so the amount of talent is of course higher. some places like henry county pull in all the area talent bc they are the only school... if some of the other west tn counties only had 1 or 2 schools the football teams would be ALOT better

[thedawg44]

imo the problem with west tennessee football is definitely the number of schools and the issue of zoning... carrol county has alot of football talent but when you take that talent and break it into 3 or 4 different schools it definitely hurts, the same goes for madison county. alot of the teams from the east are in counties with 1 or 2 different schools so the amount of talent is of course higher. some places like henry county pull in all the area talent bc they are the only school... if some of the other west tn counties only had 1 or 2 schools the football teams would be ALOT better

 

milan doesn't need any help in the west. /thumb[1].gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":thumb:" border="0" alt="thumb[1].gif" />

[tcaee]

while that may be true you cant deny the fact that if milan was one of the only schools in the county they certainly couldve better competed with alcoa

[Solomon]

while that may be true you cant deny the fact that if milan was one of the only schools in the county they certainly couldve better competed with alcoa

 

 

I believe there are 4 schools in Gibson County......just as there are 4 schools in Blount County. /thumb[1].gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":thumb:" border="0" alt="thumb[1].gif" />