HTV Posted October 1, 2022 Report Share Posted October 1, 2022 26 minutes ago, catswild said: #6 for Powell is an absolute beast...he's a great defender. Powell might actually have the best defense in the region...because nobody in the region is very good on defense, unfortunately. I hope OR gets better on defense between now and the playoffs Wait, what? Hard to keep up with you in this thread, CW. Need to start calling you Sybil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catswild Posted October 2, 2022 Report Share Posted October 2, 2022 14 hours ago, HTV said: Wait, what? Hard to keep up with you in this thread, CW. Need to start calling you Sybil. Pretty funny Sybil quote BUT I'll stand by what I said earlier. Powell is NOT good on defense but since our region is so weak this year, they seem to have the best defense in the region and #6 is the best defensive player that I've seen. OR is the only team, other than lowly Halls, that they held to less than three TDs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HTV Posted October 2, 2022 Report Share Posted October 2, 2022 49 minutes ago, catswild said: Pretty funny Sybil quote BUT I'll stand by what I said earlier. Powell is NOT good on defense but since our region is so weak this year, they seem to have the best defense in the region and #6 is the best defensive player that I've seen. OR is the only team, other than lowly Halls, that they held to less than three TDs. The thing about football is that you don't have to be great at every phase to win. You just have to be good enough to score at least one more point than the team you are currently playing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetScience Posted October 2, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2022 (edited) On 9/30/2022 at 10:42 PM, chs1984 said: The main problem for OR is that the 1970’s are over. I see what you’re saying, but we’ve had a lot of very good years since the 70s. The 80s and 90s, and even the first decade of the 2000s were filled with really good OR football teams. Just because we didn’t win any state championships during that time (barring 1991) doesn’t mean we didn’t have really good teams. In the late 80s and multiple times in the 90s the 2 Murfreesboro teams (Oakland & Riverdale) were just a tad bit better. @MidTennFootball can vouch for that. You say it as if we haven’t been relevant at all since the 70s, which just isn’t the case. I would compare those 80s and 90s teams to the past few Maryville teams. Very good teams, but Oakland just slightly better. That was the case between OR and Riverdale in those days. Heck, we were in the state title game just a few years ago in 5A. People can say whatever they want (and if I’m being completely honest I thought we were lucky as he$& to make it there), but we still made it. A lot of teams would’ve loved to have had the success we’ve had since the 70s. Not everyone can be Maryville, Alcoa, and Oakland. Edited October 3, 2022 by SweetScience 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
92Dragon Posted October 3, 2022 Report Share Posted October 3, 2022 10 hours ago, SweetScience said: I see what you’re saying, but we’ve had a lot of very good years since the 70s. The 80s and 90s, and even the first decade of the 2000s were filled with really good OR football teams. Just because we didn’t win any state championships during that time (barring 1991) doesn’t mean we didn’t have really good teams. In the late 80s and multiple times in the 90s the 2 Murfreesboro teams (Oakland & Riverdale) were just a tad bit better. @MidTennFootball can vouch for that. You say it as if we haven’t been relevant at all since the 70s, which just isn’t the case. I would compare those 80s and 90s teams to the past few Maryville teams. Very good teams, but Oakland just slightly better. That was the case between OR and Riverdale in those days. Heck, we were in the state title game just a few years ago in 5A. People can say whatever they want (and if I’m being completely honest I thought we were lucky as he$& to make it there), but we still made it. I can't believe Oak Ridge was in the championship game back in 2020. It seems like it was so much longer ago than that. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetScience Posted October 3, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2022 14 minutes ago, 92Dragon said: I can't believe Oak Ridge was in the championship game back in 2020. It seems like it was so much longer ago than that. I agree, it seems like a lifetime ago just about. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnoxVil Posted October 3, 2022 Report Share Posted October 3, 2022 I’m surprised by the score but not the outcome… too much power on offense for the Panthers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catswild Posted October 3, 2022 Report Share Posted October 3, 2022 5 hours ago, KnoxVil said: I’m surprised by the score but not the outcome… too much power on offense for the Panthers. We have to much talent to ever be held to seven points (I know it was technically 14...but it was really 7) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oridgecat Posted October 4, 2022 Report Share Posted October 4, 2022 17 hours ago, catswild said: We have to much talent to ever be held to seven points (I know it was technically 14...but it was really 7) Have you seen our o-line? Wow. Now Cats you can call that an "excuse" if you want but I don't care how much "talent" you think we have because behind THAT line, good luck! I know the boys that are left out there are trying hard, bless their hearts, but geez! Good luck getting anything going on offense. shew wee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opie Shaggnasty Posted October 4, 2022 Report Share Posted October 4, 2022 (edited) Mudflap lowe opened a can on the mildcats. Edited October 4, 2022 by Opie Shaggnasty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oridgecat Posted October 4, 2022 Report Share Posted October 4, 2022 1 hour ago, Opie Shaggnasty said: Mudflap lowe opened a can on the mildcats. Sure did, it was a miserable trip to Plow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fandom101 Posted October 4, 2022 Report Share Posted October 4, 2022 1 hour ago, oridgecat said: Sure did, it was a miserable trip to Plow. Win or lose, I’m not sure that any trip to Powell can be anything other than miserable. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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