EastTNGoogleGuy Posted February 11, 2019 Report Share Posted February 11, 2019 Tennessee Football........ Pros Top Tier teams can COMPETE with others across the south region. Great Coaches across the State. High talent level all over West/ Middle/ East TN (in this order) Small communities that CARE about their School/ Community! Great Area to live, coach, and rise a family (have all 4 seasons) Cons Pay Scale low (Except private/city schools) Expectations are very low in most county's Hearing Processes (to much of what have you done or who you know) "Take Chances on 1st year Guys" Water down (Playoffs and Districts) Not enough funding for Football to be a priority at most places TSSAA whole system with other sports makes no sense Programs that should be top tiers are Mediocrity (Year in Year Out) Tons of Pros and Cons to add. However, other states in the south (Georgia) do things right. School Systems care about sports. Because we can all agree on, football drives a program. It can be good or bad! Depending on who is in the leadership roles. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheppy Posted February 11, 2019 Report Share Posted February 11, 2019 bluedevil58, According to TSSAA enrollment numbers we have 8 HS that would play in Texas largest class. Bartlett, Blackman, Cookeville, Collierville, D-B, Mt. Juliet, Oakland, Stewarts Creek all have 2100+ students according to the latest TSSAA enrollment figures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueDevil58 Posted February 12, 2019 Report Share Posted February 12, 2019 15 hours ago, sheppy said: bluedevil58, According to TSSAA enrollment numbers we have 8 HS that would play in Texas largest class. Bartlett, Blackman, Cookeville, Collierville, D-B, Mt. Juliet, Oakland, Stewarts Creek all have 2100+ students according to the latest TSSAA enrollment figures. You're right. The cutoff for 6A in Texas is 2190. We actually have 9 schools who'd fall into that category. D-B, Science Hill, and the schools you mentioned would fit according to the TSSAA figures from 2018. I had thought D-B was down to about 2000 or so, but I was wrong. I really like how Texas does their classification system, actually. I wish the TSSAA would look at it and learn some things. The UIL, which is the closest thing that Texas has to the TSSAA, has the following classes: 6A: over 2190 (this would only be those 9 schools in TN, but Texas has 142 in this class) 5A Div. 1: 1840-2189 (this is the bulk of Tennessee's 6A) 5A Div 2.: 1150-1839 (this is the bulk of Tennessee's 5A) 4A Div 1: 790-1149 (Greeneville, most 4A schools, and the smaller 5A would be here) 4A Div 2: 505-789 (this is most 3A schools in TN) 3A Div 1: 335-504 (this is the larger 1A schools in TN and most 2A) 3A Div 2: 225-334 (this is the majority of Tennessee's 1A class) 2A Div 1: 161.5-224 (these are the smaller of Tennesee's 1A football class) 2A Div 2: 105-161.4 (I think this catches all the 1A football schools in Tennessee) 1A Div 1: 55.5-104.9 (6 man football!--we don't have that in Tennessee) 1A Div 2: 55 and under (6 man football, too) Tennessee just doesn't have enough HS to support a classication system like that, but what I like about is that the numbers are drawn sensibly. Rather than just dividing the enrollment list into even 6ths and lumping schools into conferences with opponents who are 2 and sometimes even 3 times their size in 1A and 6A, class 4A and below vary from 69 schools to 105 and 5A Div. 1 and 2 have 127 and 125, respectively, to go with the 142 in the largest class. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueDevil58 Posted February 12, 2019 Report Share Posted February 12, 2019 21 hours ago, orngnblk said: I thought Maryville was a 5A playing in 6A has that changed?? They used to be under the old Super 32 system, but in the new 6 class system they were just over the cutoff for 6A by about 160 kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheppy Posted February 12, 2019 Report Share Posted February 12, 2019 That is correct. The first playoff game I saw was 1983 in the old Astrodome. I could be wrong but I think Houston Yates was one of the teams and possibly Odessa Permian was the opponent. I think attendance was in the 40,000 range and it was not for the state championship. We had been at Rice for 1 week and had been on the road recruiting and we all got back in town on Friday afternoon and went to the game. Paid our own way so it was legal. I remember watching film at Richardson HS in Dallas. The coach was Winston Duke and he advised me to buy some boots. I wore a pair the next week when I visited! I didn't know UIL played by college rules at that time so it was different watching a HS game played by college rules. Recruited Texas for 7 years, Metroplex and west Texas. Apples and oranges when comparing Tennessee to Texas is an understatement. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastTNGoogleGuy Posted February 12, 2019 Report Share Posted February 12, 2019 Texas Football is Bigger NO QUESTION about that. 1) Population (6 Cities in top 25) 2) Oil Money 3) Expectations ( Winning State Titles) "more parody" 4) Coaching/ Teacher salary (Starting Pay $49,750) " Not including Head Coaching Supplements" HInts why Texas is Bigger. Also they have over 1,200 school districts which is the most in the Nation. Look at Population #s alone 6 total cities in the US are more populated Than TN #4 Houston #9 Dallas #7 San Antonio#11 Austin# 16 Fort Worth #20 EL Paso #24 Memphis/ #25 Nashville Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Rebels Posted July 22, 2019 Report Share Posted July 22, 2019 On 2/12/2019 at 9:39 AM, BlueDevil58 said: You're right. The cutoff for 6A in Texas is 2190. We actually have 9 schools who'd fall into that category. D-B, Science Hill, and the schools you mentioned would fit according to the TSSAA figures from 2018. I had thought D-B was down to about 2000 or so, but I was wrong. I really like how Texas does their classification system, actually. I wish the TSSAA would look at it and learn some things. The UIL, which is the closest thing that Texas has to the TSSAA, has the following classes: 6A: over 2190 (this would only be those 9 schools in TN, but Texas has 142 in this class) 5A Div. 1: 1840-2189 (this is the bulk of Tennessee's 6A) 5A Div 2.: 1150-1839 (this is the bulk of Tennessee's 5A) 4A Div 1: 790-1149 (Greeneville, most 4A schools, and the smaller 5A would be here) 4A Div 2: 505-789 (this is most 3A schools in TN) 3A Div 1: 335-504 (this is the larger 1A schools in TN and most 2A) 3A Div 2: 225-334 (this is the majority of Tennessee's 1A class) 2A Div 1: 161.5-224 (these are the smaller of Tennesee's 1A football class) 2A Div 2: 105-161.4 (I think this catches all the 1A football schools in Tennessee) 1A Div 1: 55.5-104.9 (6 man football!--we don't have that in Tennessee) 1A Div 2: 55 and under (6 man football, too) Tennessee just doesn't have enough HS to support a classication system like that, but what I like about is that the numbers are drawn sensibly. Rather than just dividing the enrollment list into even 6ths and lumping schools into conferences with opponents who are 2 and sometimes even 3 times their size in 1A and 6A, class 4A and below vary from 69 schools to 105 and 5A Div. 1 and 2 have 127 and 125, respectively, to go with the 142 in the largest class. Here are Oklahoma's numbers for comparison: Class 6A Division I – Largest 16 football playing schools Class 6A Division II – Next largest 16 football playing schools Class 5A – Next largest 32 football playing schools Class 4A – Next largest 32 football playing schools Class 3A – Next largest 32 football playing schools Class 2A – Next largest 64 football playing schools Classes A –Remaining 11-man football playing schools Classes B & C –The remaining eight-man football playing schools to total 80 make up Class B, the smallest 32 eight-man football playing schools make up Class C 6A-I 1. Broken Arrow 5037.73 2. Union 4688.77 3. Jenks 3381.31 4. Owasso 2958.14 5. Mustang 2846.07 6. Edmond North 2561.27 7. Yukon 2464.93 8. Moore 2353.00 9. Westmoore 2323.00 10. Norman North 2321.51 11. Edmond Santa Fe 2237.72 12. Edmond Memorial 2187.74 13. Norman 2007.19 14. Southmoore 1936.00 15. Putnam City North 1806.71 16. Enid 1798.02 6A-II 1. Putnam City 1749.22 2. Sand Springs 1730.47 3. Bartlesville 1721.69 4. Bixby 1715.08 5. Putnam City West 1707.22 6. Choctaw 1638.11 7. Lawton 1605.01 8. Stillwater 1544.77 9. Muskogee 1538.72 10. Deer Creek-Edmond 1528.57 11. Ponca City 1411.14 12. Sapulpa 1398.15 13. Midwest City 1309.51 14. Shawnee 1305.54 15. Booker T. Washington 1287.10 16. Del City 1281.91 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allabouttheO Posted July 22, 2019 Report Share Posted July 22, 2019 I know 7 v 7 is different but Oakland beat a team out of Tyler Texas 37 2 last week in North Carolina. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbg Posted July 23, 2019 Report Share Posted July 23, 2019 13 hours ago, allabouttheO said: I know 7 v 7 is different but Oakland beat a team out of Tyler Texas 37 2 last week in North Carolina. Depending on the area of Texas I could easily see Oakland going 8-2 or 7-3 playing in Texas. If they had to play Lake Travis, Allen or Southlake it could get ugly. Keep in mind you have schools in Texas with 5000 students. Communities would rather have a freshman/sophomore campus and a campus for the junior/seniors down the street. This is done because they want the talent pool at the schools to remain large for athletics. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FBfan26 Posted July 23, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2019 25 minutes ago, cbg said: Depending on the area of Texas I could easily see Oakland going 8-2 or 7-3 playing in Texas. If they had to play Lake Travis, Allen or Southlake it could get ugly. Keep in mind you have schools in Texas with 5000 students. Communities would rather have a freshman/sophomore campus and a campus for the junior/seniors down the street. This is done because they want the talent pool at the schools to remain large for athletics. That's crazy if you think about it... 5,000 kids Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EHSTrack06 Posted July 23, 2019 Report Share Posted July 23, 2019 It is insane. Me and the wife went to Houston and some of the schools stadiums we passed could outdo some smaller college stadiums. Their schools looked like small colleges. It's crazy the difference. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWAVE1 Posted July 23, 2019 Report Share Posted July 23, 2019 2 hours ago, cbg said: Depending on the area of Texas I could easily see Oakland going 8-2 or 7-3 playing in Texas. If they had to play Lake Travis, Allen or Southlake it could get ugly. Keep in mind you have schools in Texas with 5000 students. Communities would rather have a freshman/sophomore campus and a campus for the junior/seniors down the street. This is done because they want the talent pool at the schools to remain large for athletics. I wish Gallatin would have done this years ago and Station Camp would have been nonexistent! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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