3a Semifinal: Covington at Pearl Cohn

[FBGIRL]

4 hours ago, PurplePanther said:

Middle TN/ Nashville area is about to be the home of the gold ball!

MBA

CPA

Oakland

Pearl Cohn

DA

It would be one heckuva year for the area if this happens!  Now I’m waiting on the “hate” replies!

Nolensville, Ravenwood, Trousdale and Springfield still in it

[BCsportsfan]

21 hours ago, PurplePanther said:

Middle TN/ Nashville area is about to be the home of the gold ball!

MBA

CPA

Oakland

Pearl Cohn

DA

It would be one heckuva year for the area if this happens!  Now I’m waiting on the “hate” replies!

East TN! 

Greenback 1A

Alcoa 3A

Elizabethton 4A

Knoxville West 5A

Maryville 6A

McCallie A3

[WestTnFootball13]

20 hours ago, BIGPURPLEMACHINE said:

I don’t think the guy I was talking to was a legit Covington fan. Haven’t seen him all year. 

Haven’t missed a Covington home or away game in 5 years. I may be new to Coach T but I’m surely a “legit” fan.

[Charger Girl]

WestTNFootball13: ignore the stupids!   GO!  GO!  GO! Chargers!

[Throwdeslant]

2 hours ago, BCsportsfan said:

East TN! 

Greenback 1A

Alcoa 3A

Elizabethton 4A

Knoxville West 5A

Maryville 6A

McCallie A3

Agreed!

[CHARGERFAN]

So, what effect will the field conditions and the weather have on Friday's game?

Field Condition - One poster says that PC's field is already in bad shape. Weather forecast shows showers Tuesday, Thursday, and 60 % chance of rain on Friday. Sounds like mud could slow down some of the speed in the offensive backfield for each team. This could be a game where Andrew Scott from Covington could do well running right up the middle. Does PC have a power back who could do that for your offense?

The other factors may come into play:

Fumbles - A wet ball could lead to more fumbles. I'm not sure which team might benefit from that.

Passing- Rain at game time can definitely affect a passing game. Covington should not have to worry about that. We've won most of this year's games by making from 1 to 4 pass completions. The passing game is not a big part of our offense. We tend to let opponents put 10 guys in the box and we then say "Let's see if you can stop our run game." There is a reason the Chargers lead Shelby Metro in rushing yards.

 

[00Chargers]

4 hours ago, BCsportsfan said:

East TN! 

Greenback 1A

Alcoa 3A

Elizabethton 4A

Knoxville West 5A

Maryville 6A

McCallie A3

West TN!

Lake County or Huntington without a doubt 1A

Peabody Defending 2A

and maybe

Houston 6A 

ECS A2

Edited November 24, 2019 by 00Chargers
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[FBfan26]

1 hour ago, CHARGERFAN said:

So, what effect will the field conditions and the weather have on Friday's game?

Field Condition - One poster says that PC's field is already in bad shape. Weather forecast shows showers Tuesday, Thursday, and 60 % chance of rain on Friday. Sounds like mud could slow down some of the speed in the offensive backfield for each team. This could be a game where Andrew Scott from Covington could do well running right up the middle. Does PC have a power back who could do that for your offense?

The other factors may come into play:

Fumbles - A wet ball could lead to more fumbles. I'm not sure which team might benefit from that.

Passing- Rain at game time can definitely affect a passing game. Covington should not have to worry about that. We've won most of this year's games by making from 1 to 4 pass completions. The passing game is not a big part of our offense. We tend to let opponents put 10 guys in the box and we then say "Let's see if you can stop our run game." There is a reason the Chargers lead Shelby Metro in rushing yards.

 

We haven't played that much on our field this year but this past game killed it. On top of that we have the best field in metro hands down which the head coach is in charge of up kept of the faculties. Ran tues,wed and Thursday is not going to help. Power back? All of our backs can run you over or run past you.

[CHARGERFAN]

As far as potential Champions from West Tennessee, check out those still in the playoffs. Here's a complete list:

Semifinal teams 1A - Lake County 2A - Peabody 3A - Covington  4A - Haywood 5A - Dyer County 6A - Houston

Championship Game teams (already slated for Cookeville) II-A USJ II-AA ECS

Edited November 24, 2019 by CHARGERFAN

[CHARGERFAN]

18 minutes ago, FBfan26 said:

 Power back? All of our backs can run you over or run past you.

A little exaggeration there, I assume? I guess we will see Friday.

[BoardHater71]

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

[FBfan26]

12 minutes ago, CHARGERFAN said:

A little exaggeration there, I assume? I guess we will see Friday.

No exaggeration at all...Check there highlights