Fraud or For Real?

[Swipes]

2 minutes ago, Mavericksinflight said:

But they did have a lot of cupcakes to go with some meat and potatoes too!

Says the one who's team schedule is filled with cupcakes.  One of those so called cupcakes put 40 on your boys......

[osunut2]

8 minutes ago, blazer1set said:

Well duuuhhh, who doesn't ??

BTW, I have never seen AC play, so sort of hoping for a GHS/AC Quarter game.   I'll be there regardless of who the Greene plays, but it would be awesome to see two 12-0 teams going at it.

I want the matchup just so we can have that long-awaiting game thread on the T. It will be absolutely epic.

[HTV]

4 minutes ago, osunut2 said:

I want the matchup just so we can have that long-awaiting game thread on the T. It will be absolutely epic.

I would love to see two Mr. Football semifinalist QBs going head to head.  That would be a great show.  

[Mavericksinflight]

17 minutes ago, blazer1set said:

Well duuuhhh, who doesn't ??

BTW, I have never seen AC play, so sort of hoping for a GHS/AC Quarter game.   I'll be there regardless of who the Greene plays, but it would be awesome to see two 12-0 teams going at it.

No that is so true blaze, that would really be a good game, statewide!

[Mavericksinflight]

5 minutes ago, HTV said:

I would love to see two Mr. Football semifinalist QBs going head to head.  That would be a great show.  

Yeah and I believe it would really help many with the process of elimination!

[HTV]

8 minutes ago, Mavericksinflight said:

Yeah and I believe it would really help many with the process of elimination!

Don't think it would have any bearing. The choice will most likely be made by then.  

[Mavericksinflight]

6 minutes ago, HTV said:

Don't think it would have any bearing. The choice will most likely be made by then.  

Oh ok I thought they may be awaiting on Playoff games! Cool!

[ShellbackIndian]

1 hour ago, blazer1set said:

Well that's true, so far this year Greeneville has played 3 6A schools (Science Hill, Dobyns Bennett, Morristown West) and demolished them.     Oh and #5 Elizabethton.     Yeah, it's pretty much a cupcake sched 4 the Greene

I don't think the Green Devils demolished DB, they won but I don't think demolish is the correct word here.

[blazer1set]

8 minutes ago, ShellbackIndian said:

I don't think the Green Devils demolished DB, they won but I don't think demolish is the correct word here.

Could be a matter of semantics I suppose.    DB is the 6th largest HS in the state, in general you would expect them to be able to handle a way smaller 4A school of only 900 students.   But of course, Greeneville is Greeneville.    I heard it was a pretty good game.

[Lost Old Dad]

'IF' this years Germantown is anything like the one that beat R'dale for the state Championship in the early 2000's, they are NOT pretenders.  That team had a pair of linemen that had full beards and hit like a pair of tanks.  I thought Germantown had brought in a pair of ringers when I first saw them.

[midtnmale]

4 hours ago, buckeyeball said:

Thats a solid non region schedule. 

Not to toot Marshall County's horn, but one can also add to that that three teams in their region were in the pre-season AP Top Ten in 4A. And, Region 4 swept Region 3 in the first round, with only one game being even close.

[plumb69]

9 hours ago, hollowman said:

Bear with me (pun intended for MJGB/GB69) -  No disrespect to the fine folks of MJ.  

After looking at 10-0 teams going into the 1st round, 6A through 1A, it was obvious that MJ stood out the most.  I believe that they were the ONLY 10-0 team that didn't make it into the 2nd round.  MJ was outmatched in every aspect of the game.  It can be attributed to several factors, but I personally think it was because of scheduled non-region opponent games.  With that being said, there's not a whole lot Team B can do when Team A has 3 kids to your one that are comparable.   Coach from Team B is proud of his 6'4'' 270lb lineman that runs a 4.9 and a couple of skill players that are sub 4.5 range, and he should be proud.  Knowing that you have a shot at making a run in the playoffs is good.  You should also know that those teams you'll be matched up with will also have those kids that you are so proud of as well.   Why not schedule a couple of non-region games with a team that has three 6'4'' 270lb linemen that are 4.9 kids and half a dozen skill players that are sub 4.5 kids?  I call EGO on coaches that schedule teams that are "for sure wins".  Every team needs to schedule that ONE game.  We call it Homecoming.   What can be done is perhaps scheduling some bruisers that are going to be explosive, quick, fast, and physical.  Does it change the fact that your team won't field as many athletes as your opponent?  No, but what it does do, is it gives your kids a sense of what to expect post season.  It gets them game speed ready under the lights, on a Friday night.  It gives your less athletic kids an insight to what kind of adjustments (angles, leverage, body position) he needs to make.  Typically after the round 2, the teams you'll encounter are there because they're pretty good.  In this case, it happened to MJ in the 1st round.   

Those still in...

6A 

Oakland - For real.

Germantown - ? I don't know enough about 'em.

5A

Beech - For real.

4A

Greeneville - ? I don't know enough about 'em

Anderson Co. - ? 

White House - ?

3A

Johnson Co. - ?

Raleigh Egypt - ?

 

Not really concerned about 2A & 1A.

From the list of undefeated teams, who's for real, and who's a fraud?

I will comment on the teams I have actually seen play this season. Oakland is for real and I hope Maryville gets another crack at them. Johnson County - fraud is not a fair term for a team that is an undefeated region champ but they are in a whole new playoff world. If they make it past Austin East then Alcoa probably looms and that's a team that makes a lot of teams look like frauds.

Of the teams I haven't seen I would really be interested to see Germantown and Whitehaven play again. Also Anderson County is in the same boat as Johnson County - they beat Greeneville and I will think they have something going.

Edited November 7, 2017 by plumb69
bad semantics