#1 Oakland @ #1 Maryville

[MidTennFootball]

1 hour ago, thegreatone36 said:

The Rebels are 0-1 when tgo36 is in the house. I have never witnessed them win a football game! Luckily for Maryville fans, I wont be making the drive to East TN this Friday night. Maybe that is the recipe needed for an Oakland championship spoiler?

Need a ride?

[thegreatone36]

33 minutes ago, MidTennFootball said:

Need a ride?

I see what your'e doing there midtenn but i'm gonna go watch Whitehaven play Cane Ridge Friday night. So Oakland will have to beat Maryville for the first time in East TN without ol' tgo holding thier hand. Not that they need any help though 

[REBELHELL]

9 hours ago, nowlisten said:

AW MAN YOU TRYING TO FIGURE ME OUT,  BECAUSE I GOT A NEW IDENTITY DOES NOT MEAN I'M THE BEAR. BUT DAM YOU GETTING CLOSE i MITE HAVE TO TRASH THIS NAME TOO.

Ebonic tho

[GREYRIDERx]

Go REBELS!!

[Red Rebels]

 

Average Score the last four meetings:

MHS 18.5

OHS 16.75

[rebelwoman87]

11 minutes ago, Red Rebels said:

 

Average Score the last four meetings:

MHS 18.5

OHS 16.75

[strongx]

-20.5

[AllRegion]

Everyone in the Mid-State that I've talked to is taking Oakland in this one, and I'm not sure why. Maryville was missing their QB and some key players on defense and still almost beat Oakland in the first meeting this year. Oakland has been playing lights out, but Maryville is still Maryville. It would be an upset for sure if the Patriots leave East TN with a victory on Friday night. I've said all along that this Oakland team is a year away, and I think that holds true this week. Maryville 24 Oakland 21

[MidTennFootball]

6 minutes ago, AllRegion said:

Everyone in the Mid-State that I've talked to is taking Oakland in this one, and I'm not sure why. Maryville was missing their QB and some key players on defense and still almost beat Oakland in the first meeting this year. Oakland has been playing lights out, but Maryville is still Maryville. It would be an upset for sure if the Patriots leave East TN with a victory on Friday night. I've said all along that this Oakland team is a year away, and I think that holds true this week. Maryville 24 Oakland 21

You must be talking to different people than I do because most of the ones I talk to are talking Maryville. 

I do want to say one thing. Everybody is talking about how many starters Maryville was missing and so on. However, Oakland was in game #2 of nearly replacing the entire starting lineup on both sides of the ball. I'm not sure who wins this game, but to be picking Maryville just because Hopkins is playing (when his past performances in these type of games is anything but stellar) is pretty silly, IMO. Oakland may very well be a year away but what I know is they straight killed two really good offenses in back to back weeks

[AllRegion]

2 minutes ago, MidTennFootball said:

You must be talking to different people than I do because most of the ones I talk to are talking Maryville. 

I do want to say one thing. Everybody is talking about how many starters Maryville was missing and so on. However, Oakland was in game #2 of nearly replacing the entire starting lineup on both sides of the ball. I'm not sure who wins this game, but to be picking Maryville just because Hopkins is playing (when his past performances in these type of games is anything but stellar) is pretty silly, IMO. Oakland may very well be a year away but what I know is they straight killed two really good offenses in back to back weeks

That's a very good point...Oakland had a TON to replace, and I am honestly surprised with how well they have reloaded. I didn't expect them to be at 13-0 again with a very real chance to run the table. That's a credit to Creasy and his staff (which is one of the best in the entire state). There are a couple of people at Oakland that aren't my favorites, but I love Kevin Creasy and respect the heck out of him. 

However, it was also Maryville's second game without the best coach in the history of TN HS football, and they were in adjustment period as well. Also, I don't think it's silly to state that the absence (or lack thereof) of a D1 QB would be a deciding factor in a very close game between two evenly matched teams. 

[Red Rebels]

[rebelwoman87]

16 minutes ago, MidTennFootball said:

You must be talking to different people than I do because most of the ones I talk to are talking Maryville. 

I do want to say one thing. Everybody is talking about how many starters Maryville was missing and so on. However, Oakland was in game #2 of nearly replacing the entire starting lineup on both sides of the ball. I'm not sure who wins this game, but to be picking Maryville just because Hopkins is playing (when his past performances in these type of games is anything but stellar) is pretty silly, IMO. Oakland may very well be a year away but what I know is they straight killed two really good offenses in back to back weeks

But somehow Hopkins is still a finalist for Mr Fooball