Loretto History 1990 and 1992

[orngnblk]

33 minutes ago, rtl112 said:

When I played the top 2 teams only made it and that was late eighties. That was in the district which now they call region if I'm not mistaking.  

Correct

[wow1029]

I recall the Portland region had 7 teams I believe & had 2 teams left out at 6-4 & both of them won bowl games!!! Meanwhile Sequoyah had 5 teams & 4 went to the playoffs back then.3-7,2-8 & 1-9 teams went to the playoffs

[VOLnWTN]

This is the 1989 AA bracket.  Only two teams from each District. 32 teams.  I played at White House.  We got knocked out in the second round by Brentwood Academy.  

 

https://tssaasports.com/event/bracket.cfm?id=19890102

Edited June 22, 2020 by VOLnWTN

[orngnblk]

13 hours ago, VOLnWTN said:

This is the 1989 AA bracket.  Only two teams from each District. 32 teams.  I played at White House.  We got knocked out in the second round by Brentwood Academy.  

 

https://tssaasports.com/event/bracket.cfm?id=19890102

We tried to tell him.LOL.

Nice work finding a bracket.

[VOLnWTN]

3 hours ago, orngnblk said:

We tried to tell him.LOL.

Nice work finding a bracket.

I was more curious of how it looked in regards of the teams back then as compared to now.  I loved the idea of only two teams from each region and then you had your bowl games.  I would suggest to the TSSAA to bring back bowl games for some of those 5-5 teams 6-4 that may not make the playoffs in today's set up.  

I would much rather go watch two 5-5 teams in a bowl game rather a 2-8 4th seed playing a 10-0 one seed. 

[rtl112]

6 hours ago, VOLnWTN said:

I was more curious of how it looked in regards of the teams back then as compared to now.  I loved the idea of only two teams from each region and then you had your bowl games.  I would suggest to the TSSAA to bring back bowl games for some of those 5-5 teams 6-4 that may not make the playoffs in today's set up.  

I would much rather go watch two 5-5 teams in a bowl game rather a 2-8 4th seed playing a 10-0 one seed. 

Good point

[Vandychris]

I recall 1995 when the final 4 in I believe 2A was Lewis County, Loretto, David Lipscomb, and another Nashville team (I want to say Goodpasture but that doesnt sound right). There was a ton of talk coming out of Nashville that the southern middle Tennessee schools couldnt play with the city boys. I do not remember who won both games, but I do recall both games being extremely close and those city schools knew that they had been in a fight for sure.

[Mooreboy3]

I was fortunate to play for Coach Toner a long time ago. I was a waterboy for the 2 teams mentioned but know that the playoffs hadn't expanded yet and region losses were huge. I was on the field for the 1995 team and we lost to David Lipscomb in a battle that was much tougher for them than the rest of the road. We had a pretty good team the next season also. LOL. Lots of hard work but fun times I wouldn't change for much of anything!! 

Edited August 22, 2020 by Mooreboy3