Bradley visits Science Hill

[TnBear]

Let's get this thread started. Who ya got and why. I take Bradley by 14

[stockton4182]

46 minutes ago, PolkCoAlumn said:

Let's get this thread started. Who ya got and why. I take Bradley by 14

It will be closer Bradley by 3

[PassiveAggressive]

BRADLEY WILL THROW AND SCIENCE HILL WILL RUN THE BALL. GOT TO KEEP UP AND WHOEVER'S DEFENSE SHOWS UP WILL WIN..

#LOP 

[BatmanDevil]

Best of luck to SH

[OldCharger]

Science Hill with the upset 23-19

[rebelwoman87]

12 hours ago, PassiveAggressive said:

BRADLEY WILL THROW AND SCIENCE HILL WILL RUN THE BALL. GOT TO KEEP UP AND WHOEVER'S DEFENSE SHOWS UP WILL WIN..

#LOP 

I’ve not seen SH, do they have anyone that can cover 12? 

[cbg]

It's totally stupid when a school is forced to make a 3 hour trip each way to play in a first round game.  For a semi-final game or maybe on a rare occasion even for a quarter final game but a first round game just tells me how out of whack the system is for high school football in Tennessee.  Between paying for the bus and meals this will cost the traveling school a small fortune not to mention the time out of the classroom.  

Edited October 30, 2018 by cbg

[FootballFan51]

2 hours ago, OldCharger said:

Science Hill with the upset 23-19

LOL - how is a 2 seed (at home) beating a 3 seed an upset???

[Red Rebels]

1 hour ago, cbg said:

It's totally stupid when a school is forced to make a 3 hour trip each way to play in a first round game.  For a semi-final game or maybe on a rare occasion even for a quarter final game but a first round game just tells me how out of whack the system is for high school football in Tennessee.  Between paying for the bus and meals this will cost the traveling school a small fortune not to mention the time out of the classroom.  

We play a team from the same region, and they have to drive 20.3 miles.

[cbg]

7 minutes ago, Red Rebels said:

We play a team from the same region, and they have to drive 20.3 miles.

Congratulations on your opponent not having to travel very far.  Bradley will not even get close to financially breaking even on this game.  Again this type of travel for a first round playoff game is ludicrous but the TSSAA has forced the D2AAA to travel like this for regular season region games.  

[toppernationfan]

13 minutes ago, cbg said:

Congratulations on your opponent not having to travel very far.  Bradley will not even get close to financially breaking even on this game.  Again this type of travel for a first round playoff game is ludicrous but the TSSAA has forced the D2AAA to travel like this for regular season region games.  

We have been to Bradley County 2 times over the past few years. By far 2 of the worst experiences in my sons athletic careers. 4 years ago we won in spite of a phantom off-sides call late in the game among many other terrible calls. We had our coaching staff confronted and attacked after the game then arrive to the locker room to find many things stolen and ransacked that belonged to the kids.

Last year the staff and admin at Bradley was less than welcoming making life very difficult for us getting set up pre-game. No Southern Hospitality lets say. Then the worst officiated game i have ever seen on any level in any sport. Bradley had a player shove the ref and another ref grabbed him put his arm around him and talked to him on the field. Thats an automatic ejection at any level. A extra point that was clearly good that mysteriously was called no good after Bradley missed theirs on the previous score. A fumble SH clearly recovered that was awarded to Bradley is just a few of the calls. It was just awful and a embarrassment to the TSSAA and the officials that in spite of we almost won.

Were very excited to have Bradley coming to Johnson City in what should be a very good football game. If you look at head to head games it should be a SH win but it wont be easy. I expect a very tight game with turnovers and special teams not the refs deciding the outcome. We owe them some revenge in a big game. Go Toppers!!!

[KennyPowers55]

2 hours ago, cbg said:

It's totally stupid when a school is forced to make a 3 hour trip each way to play in a first round game.  For a semi-final game or maybe on a rare occasion even for a quarter final game but a first round game just tells me how out of whack the system is for high school football in Tennessee.  Between paying for the bus and meals this will cost the traveling school a small fortune not to mention the time out of the classroom.  

Citing missed instructional time for a high school playoff... I have seen it all now.