OAK RIDGE WILDCAT FOOTBALL 2018

[SweetScience]

37 minutes ago, REBELRON said:

Didnt Oak Ridge have a lot coming back? 

Yeah, but a whole new OL and QB. It showed. Maryville exposes your weaknesses and they did tonight. We didn't help ourselves with some costly offside penalties that kept drives alive. Missed a few wide open passes that could've been big gains. We have a lot to work on obviously. Maryville makes everybody look bad with the exception of Alcoa.

[boyfromsi]

35 minutes ago, REBELRON said:

Didnt Oak Ridge have a lot coming back? 

We definitely have some talent, but didn't get off the bus tonight. I know it's a scrimmage, but pretty disappointed with the lack of effort and focus.

[boyfromsi]

Maryville's QB's were amazing tonight.  All of them.

[JSamson7]

17 minutes ago, SweetScience said:

How can you possibly not be ready to play a scrimmage against a team like Maryville? Unreal. BTW, we beat their freshman team last year. Those same guys from both teams looked like night and day from last year. Their kids looked like they had worked their a-double s's off in the weight room (which I am sure they have) and ours looked like they had been eating little debbies all summer long while playing Xbox. They were throwing our kids around like rag dolls. That was very telling. 

Those Sophomores have worked hard, they haven't played well the previous 2 years and if what you say is true they've really improved. That may be our weakest class talent wise outside of 2 skill players. Glad to hear their hard work has paid off and they're playing with a chip on their shoulder.

[BarneySox2007]

The one thing I really think hurts our freshmen a little bit is being down at the junior High and not at the high school.

[SweetScience]

14 minutes ago, JSamson7 said:

Those Sophomores have worked hard, they haven't played well the previous 2 years and if what you say is true they've really improved. That may be our weakest class talent wise outside of 2 skill players. Glad to hear their hard work has paid off and they're playing with a chip on their shoulder.

They sure looked good tonight. Not sure what was wrong with our kids, but it all starts in the off-season workout training. I saw a lot of arm tackling from our Sophomores. Hard to watch. 

[GREYRIDERx]

34 minutes ago, JSamson7 said:

Those Sophomores have worked hard, they haven't played well the previous 2 years and if what you say is true they've really improved. That may be our weakest class talent wise outside of 2 skill players. Glad to hear their hard work has paid off and they're playing with a chip on their shoulder.

Yes they do play with a chip on their shoulder. That is all we have heard about them from everyone else out there. But as a parent of 2 of those " weak sophomores" I say get ready because these sophs are gonna take some names. Many of them are going to be playing alot this season.  And btw , there are more than just 2 skill players.

[ORTX]

Hahaha!!!  Sad!!!

[catswild]

56 minutes ago, SweetScience said:

They sure looked good tonight. Not sure what was wrong with our kids, but it all starts in the off-season workout training. I saw a lot of arm tackling from our Sophomores. Hard to watch. 

I agree that the tackling (or lack of) was hard to watch. But I would think the offseason training is about the same every year, and we tackled great last year. I’d chalk it up to just a bad tackling night. 

[catswild]

I’ve been telling you guys that the offensive line would be a problem....they are too young and small for our schedule!

[WilleTheWildcat]

4 hours ago, SweetScience said:

Not me Ron haha

It doesn't seem like it  was a good night for Oak Ridge but maybe a lot of tough lessons were learned and improvement will be made. I am still looking for a great year.

On the bright side, I am glad Sweet Science, froshpop and others are back posting. RWR!

[JSamson7]

3 hours ago, GREYRIDERx said:

Yes they do play with a chip on their shoulder. That is all we have heard about them from everyone else out there. But as a parent of 2 of those " weak sophomores" I say get ready because these sophs are gonna take some names. Many of them are going to be playing alot this season.  And btw , there are more than just 2 skill players.

Cool your jets. I've known many of these kids and to be fair they haven't had as much success as the classes ahead or behind them. They've come a long way since getting blanked by Alcoa a few years back in 8th grade. Things can change and like I said I'm happy they worked hard to get there.