South Pittsburg vs Gordonsville (Grider against this Clemons man)

[CaptainLongbeard]

6 minutes ago, UncleDave said:

Gordonsville has become almost a constant opponent in the playoffs the past few years.  Pirates just need to come out sharp and take care of business...leave no doubt that they are the better team this year.  Expecting a competitive first half but think the Pirates will put this one away in the 3rd quarter.  Hopefully the rain will hold off as well.  Pirates by 35.

It seems we use to play them about every season. Then we had a little break before last season between games. Now it seems to be back to normal. Go Pirates!

[sportman]

As I said early in the week, rain or shine or whatever, The Pirates win by at least 28.  Since this is the last home game for about 14 or so young men, they will be ready. A little weather want hurt us at all like I know a lot of people hope it does.  The field has also been redone since the last time we played Gordy over here, so it can take a lot of rain. Yes, it will be slick, but the last time I checked both ends of the field are the same. I look maybe for some turn overs from both sides, but the dominant SP team will win. 

[Southtowner]

On 11/20/2019 at 7:10 PM, Southtowner said:

Teams prepare for playoff quarterfinals

30 games scheduled for this weekend

November 20, 2019

Sixty teams suit up for action in the TSSAA state playoffs this weekend. Division II schools play their semifinal games Friday, while the Division I schools are set for quarterfinal play. Championship games in all nine classes will be held Dec. 5-7, 2019 at Tennessee Tech University in Cookeville.

Schools that have not provided their full roster to the TSSAA Portal with jersey numbers, height, weight and positions should do so at this time.

Fans can buy tickets in advance for all 30 games and view programs and rosters on TSSAAsports.com.

Notes

Nolensville and DeKalb County are playing in the schools' first quarterfinal playoff game.

Six schools have a chance to make history with a win Friday. Fairley, Forrest, Riverside, Shelbyville, Summit and Wooddale have never advanced to the state semifinals. This is playoff appearance 28 for Forrest and the fourth appearance for Summit.

Of the 60 schools remaining in the playoffs, 42 have had at least one state finals appearance.

Davidson Academy (4), Loudon (3), Lausanne (2), Oneida (1), Nashville Christian (1) and Brentwood (1) have won the championship each time they have appeared in the state finals.

The last time Maryville did not made the state semifinals was 1999.

This is the 16th consecutive year that Aloca has advanced to the state quarterfinals. MBA is on an eight-year streak and Oakland is on a seven-year streak. CPA, Greenback, Ravenwood and Whitehaven are on six-year streaks. South Pittsburg, Springfield have advanced to the quarterfinals every year since 2015.

South Pittsburg and Gordonsville are meeting for the 15th time in the playoffs. Other more rare meetings: MUS/MBA (7th meeting), Elizabethton/Greeneville (6th meeting), Austin-East/Alcoa (5th meeting).

There are nine first-time playoff meetings this week: Summit/Shelbyville, Peabody/Fairley, Oneida/Meigs Co., Nolensville/DeKalb Co., Nashville Christian/USJ, Loudon/Red Bank, Huntland/Huntingdon, Henry Co./Dyer Co., Covington/Wooddale.

Several schools have not advanced to the state semifinals in recent years. These teams are looking for a win this week to break a 10-year or longer drought:

School	Last Year in Semifinals
Watertown	1976
Dyer Co.	1976
Huntland	1998
Hardin Co.	1998
Houston	2001
Dobyns Bennett	2002
Crockett Co.	2002
Oneida	2008

NFHS Network Games

The full scoreboard, schedules and brackets can be found at https://tssaasports.com/sports/football/.

The NFHS Network will be bringing numerous games to fans that are unable to attend games in person via their live video streaming platform. With an NFHS Network subscription you can watch any and all games for one low monthly or annual fee. You can click here to find your game on the Network. The games on the Network this Friday are:

Maryville @ Dobyns Bennett
Ravenwood @ Brentwood
Whitehaven @ Houston
Knoxville Central @ South Doyle
Knoxville West @ Powell
Summit @ Shelbyville Central
Giles County @ Pearl Cohn
Lausanne @ Evangelical Christian School
Greeneville @ Elizabethton
Austin-East @ Alcoa
Trousdale @ Watertown
MBA @ MUS
USJ @ Nashville Christian
Lipscomb Academy @ CPA

All NFHS Network events are available to watch online at NFHSnetwork.com and through the NFHS Network Live App for iOS and Android.

Article can be found here:

https://tssaa.org/article/teams-prepare-for-playoff-quarterfinals

Some playoff material for those out there. 

[sportman]

It's going to be a foggy night, so all you kind Gordy folks be careful coming over.  It's not raining here in Kimball and hasn't the last hour, but just a little mist, but getting really foggy. 

[Guy001]

Rain holding off?

[The Drunken Sailor]

5 minutes ago, sportman said:

It's going to be a foggy night, so all you kind Gordy folks be careful coming over.  It's not raining here in Kimball and hasn't the last hour, but just a little mist, but getting really foggy. 

Yeah,  visibility is definitely limited tonight.  Be careful coming down and going back as well. 

Hopefully the weather holds off. One map that I looked at showed it coming in at about 9. That means we can get to the 4th quarter relatively dry if that map holds true. 

Edited November 22, 2019 by The Drunken Sailor

[sportman]

3 minutes ago, The Drunken Sailor said:

Yeah,  visibility is definitely limited tonight.  Be careful coming down and going back as well. 

Hopefully the weather holds off. One map that I looked at showed it coming in at about 9. That means we can get to the 4th quarter relatively dry if that map holds true. 

If we get to shoot that cannon a lot we might not be able to see the field!!

[sportman]

7 minutes ago, Guy001 said:

Rain holding off?

Seems to be as of right now and also the  local weather has about 60% coming back around 9 tonite. 

[GeneralForrest]

Are yall aware that Huntland folks were saying at the game last night that SP has special jobs each year for parents of good football players. 

That cant possibly be true right

[cherokee23]

21 minutes ago, GeneralForrest said:

Are yall aware that Huntland folks were saying at the game last night that SP has special jobs each year for parents of good football players. 

That cant possibly be true right

He didn’t sound like a very reliable source. 

[sportman]

3 minutes ago, cherokee23 said:

He didn’t sound like a very reliable source. 

I guess some people like to talk, so whatever is said it's giving someone else a break. People just hate winner's, let's face it.  So ,we get talked about. That's the kind of people you look at and go, REALLY!!   

[The Drunken Sailor]

It's weird at Beene right now folks. Foggy, quiet and empty except for pegleg and a of Gordonsville fans.  

Not used to it being this empty, even 2 hours before kickoff.