Wk 3 of the Playoffs: Rhea County at Oak Ridge

[catswild]

I am not talking about 23 years ago

Are you saying that you don't recognize the one he brought to Oak Ridge in 1991?

[catswild]

Rhea's game against Ooltewah was impressive but then I look at their scores from the rest of their games this year and I am not impressed. Granted our schedule and scores aren't that impressive either, so I don't know if it is Rhea is just that good or the stars just aligned for them perfectly Friday and it was just a perfect storm type of thing because none of their scores have been what I would call real impressive until Friday night. I guess we will see. May the best team win.

I haven't seen Rhea County but I have friends who have seen Ooltewah and the way destroyed them is impressive. Rhea is for real

[SweetScience]

I haven't seen Rhea County but I have friends who have seen Ooltewah and the way destroyed them is impressive. Rhea is for real

I'm sure they are. We can beat them though. The key is for the D to be very disciplined. Holefully the D has been watching a lot of film on the wing t. Also hope our OL works their butts off this week. They still haven't blocked anybody since the Soddy game.

[rheacountyeaglefan]

Rhea ran flat over Ooltewah. Period. Did Ooltewah's QB have an off game? Yes. 

 

Rhea is essentially one dimensional with their old school, smash mouth Wing T. It's like someone else said a few pages back: we have five or so plays and they work. We're not fancy with the reverses, long passes, or anything like that. We just have multiple running backs that can get the job done. York can pound out the short distances with his size, but he can also move a decent pace for his size. Bice has speed and if he gets open field, it's over. Daoust doesn't care. Up the middle or around the end, he would rather run over you than around you. He's not big and he has one fast set of wheels. Two other boys, Smith and Stephenson, fill in when either of the wings (Daoust/Bice) or back (York) need a break. They, too, shouldn't be overlooked.

On to Rhea's defense… Yes, we only rushed three linemen most of the night against Ooltewah. This isn't a surprise to anyone who has seen us play all year. It was mighty entertaining to see three linemen still have the skills to pressure a supposed All-World, Big Boy Football QB all night long. Our secondary is the weak link to our team. This, too, is no surprise. Soddy threw on us early in the year. Ooltewah could very well be playing Oak Ridge if they had a decent air attack a couple nights ago. However, our boys still got it done. 

Botton line: Rhea is nothing flashy. I believe we're back to our 80s way of playing. Wing-T all the way and our defense has kept us in the game all year long.

 

I will say that it's sad to hear about the OR receiver being hurt. I had heard so much good stuff about him. I wish him a speedy recovery. I hear he is even better on the basketball court; so hopefully this injury doesn't hinder him too long on the hardwood.

You say "we" but I think if you had our playbook you'd post it, too.  WTH?

[rheacountyeaglefan]

SIR YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. OUR QB HAD AN OFF NIGHT . DIDN'T SEE DOUST RUN OVER ANY BODY. THE QB HAD AMPLE TIME TO THROW THE BALL BUT MISSED OPEN RECEIVERS. WE MADE RHEA LOOK GOOD. ENJOY

You sure did. Thanks for that.

[hankeypankey]

gosh... this passive kid takes over our oak ridge thread to justify their loss. go to the rhea Ooltewah thread

[ChattanoogaFBFan]

http://www.rheaheraldnews.com/sports/

 

there are several Rhea County articles on this web site. They haven't put the RC vs Owls up yet, though.

Another good site that does articles and highlights for Rhea is the rheareview.com

 

http://rheareview.com/tag/rhea-county-football/

Edited November 17, 2014 by ChattanoogaFBFan

[Cactus Jack]

And Tee will probably be out for next weeks game. Gaddis is saying it was a hyper-extended knee and those usually take 2-4 weeks to heal. Hopefully I am wrong on that. Hate that because we are so much more formidable with him out there, but it is what it is. BTW the PI call on our guy in the EZ was one of the worst calls I have ever seen in 35 years watching football. Couldn't have played that ball any better than he did. A horrendous call that about cost us the game.

I gotta agree about that PI call, the DB was in position to pick it and the Cleveland guy pulled him down from behind, it should have been an offensive PI, but a lot of refs never call that....

[dragnfan]

I would love to see OR win, but I don't think they'll get past Rhea. I have all the confidence in the World in OR's D, but

I think Rhea Co's size will just be too much for OR. I hope I'm wrong, but I see OR losing a close one. 21-17

[IrishFB1]

Are you saying that you don't recognize the one he brought to Oak Ridge in 1991?

I Recognize it

[catswild]

I'm sure they are. We can beat them though. The key is for the D to be very disciplined. Holefully the D has been watching a lot of film on the wing t. Also hope our OL works their butts off this week. They still haven't blocked anybody since the Soddy game.

Oh I agree we can beat them but your post seemed to lack respect for them. Maybe I misread it. But destroying Ooltewah makes them for real in my book. The O Line will be the key as well as not fumbling

[catswild]

I gotta agree about that PI call, the DB was in position to pick it and the Cleveland guy pulled him down from behind, it should have been an offensive PI, but a lot of refs never call that....

The call was really bad