COLUMBIA ACADEMY VS UNION CITY CLASS 2A SEMIFINALS

[TryNotToSuck]

16 hours ago, Monkey Wrench said:

It's actually likely one of the reasons that TN has such a hard time getting a good coach, Tennessee just doesnt have the talent that the other states have, so makes it harder to recruit.

Tennessee has had their fair share of great coaches, but failed to maintain them. What I am about to say is a shot at Jackson-Madison County Schools. Jackson have four high schools, all four schools sent a team to the state tournament. All these athletes and coaches work constantly hard, and the school-board does not do anything in terms of updating facilities or congratulating the teams. There's no reward for the athletes and coaches that work hard. Therefore, coaches see no support, they leave. Liberty had Tyler Turner who coached football, and they went to the 3A state championship game against Alcoa. Granite, Turner was going to leave anyway, but he left near Memorial Day to head down to 6A Olive Branch (MS). Olive Branch went 0-11 in 2016, now they're 12-1 and has a game Friday. School systems are not supporting their athletes and coaches.

Second, there are coaches that are stubborn and want to have this offense and will run this offense regardless of the players. Coaches need to run their offense based off the players they have. But they won't. If I know I'm a receiver, I want to go to a school that throws the ball. It utilizes talent. But there's a lot of offenses that has a certain offense that ruins a player and his talent.

Third, I don't think the state of Tennessee do a good job of developing players. But that's just me.

Fourth, our playoff system is so run down, that every team pretty much gets in the playoffs, and you see us (posters) complain saying that this class or that class is weak, because of the playoffs system. Majority of the time, the playoffs really determines whether if this class is strong or not.

[OldMain]

Can’t wait for this one. Old school football from both sides. Our CA line basically walks up to the defense and tells them we are just going to run up the gut until you stop us or give up. Sounds like UC does the same.  CA can also sting with the pass when they feel like it is time. The key may be determined by how many players play both ways and who tires out first. Then it’s all about “want to.”  Turnovers could be detrimental to either side.

[Big Bigby]

Go Bulldogs!

[Vandychris]

On 11/17/2017 at 11:22 PM, BulldawgsRise said:

After missing out on the semis last season, Coach Lansdell is back for redemption, and I can GUARANTEE they will be ready unlike we were in 2015. We just took down the “unstoppable” offense of Waverly. I think we are in for another GREAT game this week, but CA is winning this one and going to our first state championship ever. 

First state title game ever? Not true. In football, yes, but in 1997, CA played Perry County for Boys State Championship in basketball. Perry County won and completed 37-0 season. I believe your baseball team has played for state championships as well....

[BulldawgsRise]

2 minutes ago, Vandychris said:

First state title game ever? Not true. In football, yes, but in 1997, CA played Perry County for Boys State Championship in basketball. Perry County won and completed 37-0 season. I believe your baseball team has played for state championships as well....

I was talking about football

[Vandychris]

Just now, BulldawgsRise said:

I was talking about football

Just wanted to make sure...The way it read is that yall had never played for state in anything when you said the word "ever"...Being I Summertown guy, I send good luck. Was very proud of the little schools from CA and Corversville taking it to the big bad west Tenn teams that nobody was supposed to be able to play with. Good luck....

[wildcat89]

31 minutes ago, Vandychris said:

Just wanted to make sure...The way it read is that yall had never played for state in anything when you said the word "ever"...Being I Summertown guy, I send good luck. Was very proud of the little schools from CA and Corversville taking it to the big bad west Tenn teams that nobody was supposed to be able to play with. Good luck....

Uh, they're both in the west bracket

[Lead]

46 minutes ago, wildcat89 said:

Uh, they're both in the west bracket

In the west bracket yes, but geography wise middle Tennessee. 

[BigSwo]

Do you really want to split hairs?  I know we are almost as far west as you can go before you run out of Tn but both teams are considered west. Come on man.  If you consider recent history over the last 6-7 years it's not a bad thing being in the west bracket when a team gets to Cookeville. Just saying.  If you prefer to consider yourself east or mid-state, then by all means go ahead.I suppose it could give you a psycopsychological motivation and make you feel like you are fighting off a big ole monster. I think you need that type of inspiration for some reason. However, it won't change the fact that both teams are from the west. I hope I have been able to be of some assistance. 

[jmj1961]

UC is a very good team.  Peabody contained the veer to an extent, but couldn’t stop it.  Doubt any team can. Trenton was one of the few teams to hold UC under 30 pts, and did it twice, but to beat UC you have to either contain the veer or hope UC beats themselves with turnovers or drive killIng penalties. Or else be able to match them score for score.

[BulldawgsRise]

12 minutes ago, jmj1961 said:

UC is a very good team.  Peabody contained the veer to an extent, but couldn’t stop it.  Doubt any team can. Trenton was one of the few teams to hold UC under 30 pts, and did it twice, but to beat UC you have to either contain the veer or hope UC beats themselves with turnovers or drive killIng penalties. Or else be able to match them score for score.

All we heard all last week was we weren’t gonna be able to contain Waverlys high powered offense. And we did. 

Edited November 21, 2017 by BulldawgsRise

[MisterObjective]

We had zero yards passing last week. Stop our run and we are done.