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3a Semifinal: Covington at Pearl Cohn


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3 hours ago, howdoitknow said:

The word on the street is that this game may have an alternate location very soon.

 

Pearl-Cohn is now 122-57 under Tony Brunetti and this will will mark their 7th trip to the State Semifinals since he took over as head coach in 2006.  There's an old saying in sports that "in coaching you don't want to be the guy who replaces THE GUY, but instead you'd prefer to be the guy to replace the guy who had the unfortunate task of replacing THE GUY."  Maurice Fitzgerald was the head football coach at Pearl-Cohn from 1990-2005 and in that time he compiled an overall record of 105-77 (now 145-97 Overall including his stints at Stratford and Hillsboro) and won the Class 4A State Championship in 1996 & 1997.  When he resigned at Christmas time of '05 Pearl-Cohn was a very attractive job and had some suitors.  When Coach Brunetti became the coach in February of '06 many wondered why a job as attractive as this couldn't land a guy who had prior head coaching experience.  Pearl-Cohn has been among the most stable football coaching jobs you could find over the last 30 years with having had 2 head coaches during that time and compiling an overall mark of 227-134 with 9 trips to the State Semifinals and 2 State Championships.  

People have wanted for so long now for Pearl-Cohn and Alcoa to meet on a football field and honestly that should have been the case in 2017 had the Firebirds have held up their end of the bargain.  I personally think this time is different because Pearl-Cohn's players remember that loss to Covington two years ago on their own homefield.  Covington walked into their backyard in the second half of that game and flat out beat up PC physically and deserved to win that contest on that night.  It is only poetic justice that Pearl-Cohn returns to this game with the same dream in mind and the same opponent stands in front of them.  If Pearl-Cohn wants to call themselves a CHAMPIONSHIP football team then 13-0 and wins over Cane Ridge, Independence, East Nashville (twice), Giles County (twice), Hillsboro, Stratford, and even Montgomery Bell Academy just simply do not matter.  This round has haunted them for so long and they need to find a way to win a critical football game against an elite opponent from West-TN.  

 

Pearl-Cohn:  42

Covington:  14

I appreciate the history on Pearl-Cohn. Is your coach the same guy who played QB at Ole Miss?

Looking at your list of wins, I decided to check them out in the Sonny_Moore power rankings. The latest ranking, BTW, shows Covington at 128 and PC at 127. Pretty even.

As far as the teams you beat this year, MBA is the only one who is up there in the power rankings (at 132). The rest are 122 or lower, so I'll give you props for that MBA win, but according to this list, anyway, none of your other wins rated as high as Covington.

If it makes you feel better to project a 42-14 win, that's fine with me. All I can say is that Covington will show up and we'll play the best we can. Let's see what the score is after the game.

 

 

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9 minutes ago, CHARGERFAN said:

I appreciate the history on Pearl-Cohn. Is your coach the same guy who played QB at Ole Miss?

Looking at your list of wins, I decided to check them out in the Sonny_Moore power rankings. The latest ranking, BTW, shows Covington at 128 and PC at 127. Pretty even.

As far as the teams you beat this year, MBA is the only one who is up there in the power rankings (at 132). The rest are 122 or lower, so I'll give you props for that MBA win, but according to this list, anyway, none of your other wins rated as high as Covington.

If it makes you feel better to project a 42-14 win, that's fine with me. All I can say is that Covington will show up and we'll play the best we can. Let's see what the score is after the game.

 

 

Not the same guy, but he is related to him. Don't think PC will rout Covington, but they have at least 3 wins that are better than anything Covington. If Wheeler was still there I might give Covington the benefit of the doubt

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While we are talking history, let's look at data from the TSSAA website comparing the football history of the two schools:

Pearl-Cohn

Playoff record - 43-19

22 appearances in the playoffs

Finals - 2015, 1997, 1996

Championships 1997, 1996

Covington

Playoff record - 46-22

23 appearances in the playoffs

Finals - 2018, 2017, 2012, 2003, 2000, 1971

Championships None

 

What I get out of this is that the two schools have remarkably similar records in TSSAA playoffs. PC has two championships, and Covington has never won one. On the other hand, Covington has been in the finals 6 times to PC's 3. Still, PC gets bragging rights for two Gold Balls back 20-odd years ago.

I think that each school deserves respect. I'm not going to beat my chest and proclaim Covington the winner right now. I'll wait to see who is ahead after the final whistle.  

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34 minutes ago, CHARGERFAN said:

I appreciate the history on Pearl-Cohn. Is your coach the same guy who played QB at Ole Miss?

Looking at your list of wins, I decided to check them out in the Sonny_Moore power rankings. The latest ranking, BTW, shows Covington at 128 and PC at 127. Pretty even.

As far as the teams you beat this year, MBA is the only one who is up there in the power rankings (at 132). The rest are 122 or lower, so I'll give you props for that MBA win, but according to this list, anyway, none of your other wins rated as high as Covington.

If it makes you feel better to project a 42-14 win, that's fine with me. All I can say is that Covington will show up and we'll play the best we can. Let's see what the score is after the game.

 

 

What did 'ol sonny Moore poll say about Alcoa's chance?

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