Meigs County vs. McMinn Central

[logcabinman]

3 minutes ago, Imthayeti said:

I kinda thought we had a slowish start at Cumberland Gap. I do wish we had a game where we had to come from behind though. Really see how bad they want it.

We have 6 seniors this year.  They play their guts out.  It will be nice to be at home.  Would like to see our boys play a turnover free game.  Hoping for the best.

[Yeti]

4 minutes ago, logcabinman said:

We have 6 seniors this year.  They play their guts out.  It will be nice to be at home.  Would like to see our boys play a turnover free game.  Hoping for the best.

Wish you guys the best of luck man. I know it has had to have been a hard season last year and the start of this one.

[logcabinman]

57 minutes ago, Imthayeti said:

Wish you guys the best of luck man. I know it has had to have been a hard season last year and the start of this one.

Thank you so much.  Hope we can find some fire and find some kind of rhythm for this next half of season. 

[TigerNation]

2 minutes ago, logcabinman said:

Thank you so much.  Hope we can find some fire and find some kind of rhythm for this next half of season. 

Well I personally hope y’all find it Saturday morning. 

[Charger64]

3 hours ago, TigerNation said:

DANG! Hoping we’d have a little something to give our guys some extra juice. I’ve been waiting on us to have a bad game or a slow start. 

Do you know how this became a rivalry? I believe it started gaining traction in the early nineties, but didn’t know if there was anything before that. 

Heard a story a few years ago.  In the 60's Meigs was playing Etowah. The score was 13-7 Meigs. Time was about to expire and Meigs had the ball on the one yard line. Meigs went for the TD instead of taking a knee and fumbled. Etowah returned it for a TD to win the game.

Anyone know if that is true?

[MarsBlackmon]

Meigs County dominated this rivalry all the way through the 90's and mid-2000's. Unfortunately, there was a period between 2008 and 2014 where we only beat Central 1 time (dark times in Decatur). However, since then, we've been on the winning end for the last couple of years, and I don't see that changing anytime soon.

Hope logcabinman's son has a great game and a healthy, successful senior season,

 

.........but I hope we win by 60.

[logcabinman]

30 minutes ago, MarsBlackmon said:

Meigs County dominated this rivalry all the way through the 90's and mid-2000's. Unfortunately, there was a period between 2008 and 2014 where we only beat Central 1 time (dark times in Decatur). However, since then, we've been on the winning end for the last couple of years, and I don't see that changing anytime soon.

Hope logcabinman's son has a great game and a healthy, successful senior season,

 

.........but I hope we win by 60.

Thank you, but please no 60 point spread.

[HasBeenHero]

On 9/17/2018 at 2:13 PM, Charger64 said:

Heard a story a few years ago.  In the 60's Meigs was playing Etowah. The score was 13-7 Meigs. Time was about to expire and Meigs had the ball on the one yard line. Meigs went for the TD instead of taking a knee and fumbled. Etowah returned it for a TD to win the game.

Anyone know if that is true?

This is true. Sounds crazy, but I have heard this story as well.

6 hours ago, MarsBlackmon said:

Meigs County dominated this rivalry all the way through the 90's and mid-2000's. Unfortunately, there was a period between 2008 and 2014 where we only beat Central 1 time (dark times in Decatur). However, since then, we've been on the winning end for the last couple of years, and I don't see that changing anytime soon.

Hope logcabinman's son has a great game and a healthy, successful senior season,

 

.........but I hope we win by 60.

Unfortunately Central was unable to ever do anything with the teams from 08-14.

[MarsBlackmon]

44 minutes ago, HasBeenHero said:

Unfortunately Central was unable to ever do anything with the teams from 08-14.

The 2014 team was pretty good. Made it to quarterfinals and lost to Notre Dame. Had some talented players and a good senior class (Davis, Knight, Dahle, etc.).

I agree though. I mean heck the 2011 team that beat Meigs went 1-9. We were literally their only win. Lol like I said: dark times in Decatur.

[logcabinman]

11 hours ago, MarsBlackmon said:

The 2014 team was pretty good. Made it to quarterfinals and lost to Notre Dame. Had some talented players and a good senior class (Davis, Knight, Dahle, etc.).

I agree though. I mean heck the 2011 team that beat Meigs went 1-9. We were literally their only win. Lol like I said: dark times in Decatur.

Yes, this was a good year.  We had a group of seniors that stuck together, and our athletes played.  I will say, even though you guys gave us the loss last year, I seen some fight in our boys against in that game.  Hoping we just come out and compete.

[RunnerUp]

On ‎9‎/‎17‎/‎2018 at 10:45 AM, logcabinman said:

I know in the around 1990 to about 95' MCentral and Meigs had great programs.  I think the basketball rivalry kinda helped with this rivalry as well.  I did feel we played hard at Meigs last year, just can not overcome our own mistakes.

I believe you are right on this one. A good rivalry never hurt anyone. I'm certain it was going in the early 90s not sure how far before that it began.

[nakedbootlegger]

Meigs in a big way.