Who is your top 10 5A football teams in the state?

[oridgecat]

1 hour ago, GaddyDaddy said:

So two years ago you believed that team would make it all the way to the state championship? 

No I didn't, but they backed into that state championship game and got demolished in Cookeville.  Powell blew that regular season game against us by missing a game tying extra point.  Our defense was absolutely out of gas and wanted no part of overtime. Powell ran a 90 yard drive on the ground with no passes down our throat and choked the extra point with 21 seconds to go.  That win they choked on gave us home field in the playoffs. Then, in the quarter finals game at West, West got jobbed on their home field when they recovered a game clinching fumble in the 4th and the refs gave it back to OR.  Then, there were two drive extending pass interference calls against West on our go ahead drive that gave us 2 bs free first downs to keep the winning drive alive.  Then in the semis we beat an average SD team at home 14-7 that was only there because the rest of their region was garbage that year.  So, no.  I gave that team no shot at state and when they got down their they laid and egg and it was embarrassing.  So NO.  

 

If you honestly believe that this 2-2 team has a chance at state, then I'm afraid you are not real sure what you're looking at on Friday nights.  West would running clock this OR team with our line play and struggles at qb.  

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Edited September 23, 2022 by oridgecat

[MeritIII]

45 minutes ago, oridgecat said:

Then, in the quarter finals game at West, West got jobbed on their home field when they recovered a game clinching fumble in the 4th and the refs gave it back to OR.  Then, there were two drive extending pass interference calls against West on our go ahead drive that gave us 2 bs free first downs to keep the winning drive alive.  '

What he said right there.  If you thought that late hit call at Alcoa was bad - go back and watch that game.  I still have no clue how they gave Oak Ridge that ball back under any interpretation of any known rule of football.  That group of Rebels got robbed.  

[Knoxvegas865]

West has to be #1 right now. Next few weeks should show who else in up there behind west. Springfield vs Henry county, Powell vs oak ridge, page vs nolensville all good 5a match ups coming up. 

[REBELRON]

Knox West. Any team that goes to Alcoa and beats them has to be really good. 

[BCsportsfan]

1 hour ago, REBELRON said:

Knox West. Any team that goes to Alcoa and beats them has to be really good. 

Most Physical team Alcoa has played in the last 5 years.  

[noonesfool]

West has been very impressive to this point of the season without a whole lot of rah, rah hype.  I can easily see them in the championship game.

[CHARGERFAN]

Just a heads-up for you folks in Middle and East Tennessee. The AP has Munford at #4 in the state, and In my opinion, they deserve to be where they are. Not sure they can challenge for a Gold Ball, but their talent is several steps higher this season than it has been in the past. The Memphis paper has them ranked #1 in their local power rankings, regardless of classification.

My Covington team is always competitive in 3A, but Munford opened the season by taking us to the woodshed 28-7. Their offense features a dynamic QB (Bell), a game-breaking running back (Sharp), and a transfer speed burning wideout (Cobb) who transferred in from Memphis. 

While their offense is doing great stuff, I was most impressed that their defense held Covington to only 7 points and contained 2021 3A All State running back Jamarion Dowell pretty well. 

I hate to lose to a local rival like Munford, but I have to grudgingly admit that they are pretty good.

[MSURacer]

5 hours ago, CHARGERFAN said:

Just a heads-up for you folks in Middle and East Tennessee. The AP has Munford at #4 in the state, and In my opinion, they deserve to be where they are. Not sure they can challenge for a Gold Ball, but their talent is several steps higher this season than it has been in the past. The Memphis paper has them ranked #1 in their local power rankings, regardless of classification.

My Covington team is always competitive in 3A, but Munford opened the season by taking us to the woodshed 28-7. Their offense features a dynamic QB (Bell), a game-breaking running back (Sharp), and a transfer speed burning wideout (Cobb) who transferred in from Memphis. 

While their offense is doing great stuff, I was most impressed that their defense held Covington to only 7 points and contained 2021 3A All State running back Jamarion Dowell pretty well. 

I hate to lose to a local rival like Munford, but I have to grudgingly admit that they are pretty good.

I’m still not sleeping on Munford, as much as everyone wants to count them out. 

[BIGPURPLEMACHINE]

9 minutes ago, MSURacer said:

I’m still not sleeping on Munford, as much as everyone wants to count them out. 

I have seen Munford live 2 times this year. They are the goods. 

[Tigersandcats]

8 hours ago, BIGPURPLEMACHINE said:

I have seen Munford live 2 times this year. They are the goods. 

I watched there game with Dyer County and have a higher opinion of them as well. Durn solid football team. I was a little skeptical, but they got a good football team.

[BIGPURPLEMACHINE]

7 minutes ago, Tigersandcats said:

I watched there game with Dyer County and have a higher opinion of them as well. Durn solid football team. I was a little skeptical, but they got a good football team.

And that says a lot cause the game against DC was not one of their better performances of the season. 

[Tigersandcats]

6 minutes ago, BIGPURPLEMACHINE said:

And that says a lot cause the game against DC was not one of their better performances of the season. 

There D did give up some chunk plays to DC. But they responded well on their ensuing drives.