G'Vegas vs Alcoa

[Morice49]

Now that Greeneville 2023 schedule is out.. What are the thoughts of Greeneville vs Alcoa in week 4 Thursday night rivalry?

[Charger64]

Be a great game....!!!

[chs1984]

Alcoa by 14 or more.

[BCsportsfan]

It will be a tough Game on the Road for Alcoa. The Green Devils will be fired up for the Tornadoes!

I look forward to visiting with my Greeneville Buddies! 

[ManOfMillions]

Nice, this will probably be the game of the week for the area. 2 powerhouse programs. 

[lawnman]

Alcoa never runs from competition.

[ManOfMillions]

15 hours ago, howdoitknow said:

If you're one of the posters who doesn't think Alcoa is as battle tested as they should be at the end of every year look at this.  In 2023 & 2024 they are playing:

Maryville

Knoxville West

Bearden

Greeneville

Ravenwood

 

That would be a gauntlet of contests for any team in the state (including Oakland).  Alcoa fans will definitely get their money's worth the next 2 years if they are looking to see their guys competing against other strong football programs.

I think it is a direct correlation to their success. It is no secret that Alcoa is the team to beat every single year in 3A, but I think this nasty schedule gets them ready for the playoffs every single year. 

[Booger]

50 minutes ago, lawnman said:

Alcoa never runs from competition.

maybe these days

Booger just sayin 

[blazer1set]

On 1/21/2023 at 2:04 PM, ManOfMillions said:

I think it is a direct correlation to their success. It is no secret that Alcoa is the team to beat every single year in 3A, but I think this nasty schedule gets them ready for the playoffs every single year. 

When my team (Boone) plays a nasty schedule or if we have it easy (like last year) we still get whacked early in the playoffs.     Schedule strength/weakness just doesn't matter, we almost always exit in round 1 or 2.        Would be interested in your thoughts as to why a tough sched works for Alcoa but not for most other schools.

[Swipes]

2 hours ago, blazer1set said:

When my team (Boone) plays a nasty schedule or if we have it easy (like last year) we still get whacked early in the playoffs.     Schedule strength/weakness just doesn't matter, we almost always exit in round 1 or 2.        Would be interested in your thoughts as to why a tough sched works for Alcoa but not for most other schools.

It's getting over the Knoxville hump blazer. (Mentally more than anything).  No one was beating Knox West this past year and arguably the 1st or 2nd (Would be a great game with Oakland) best team in the state for Public Schools.  What kills a lot of NE TN teams is having overall team speed and working on that a ton in the off season and having a great coach and scheme to combat that (Sometimes it's not about the X's and O's but the Jimmy and Joe's too).

Greeneville over the past 15 years has bought into the strength and speed training (They took it from Alcoa and Maryville) so they could compete for Championships and that tougher schedule and why they have beaten much larger schools than them along the way.  You can look at Anderson County now that is doing the same thing to bring home a State Championship this past year for the first time ever.  They had to get the Greene Devil and Cyclones both off their back this year for the first time ever and started to schedule tougher teams the last several years because beating Chattanooga teams by 40 every week wasn't getting them past the Quarters in the play-offs when they would face a team that had overall team speed

Edited January 23, 2023 by Swipes

[blazer1set]

14 hours ago, Swipes said:

It's getting over the Knoxville hump blazer. (Mentally more than anything).  No one was beating Knox West this past year and arguably the 1st or 2nd (Would be a great game with Oakland) best team in the state for Public Schools.  What kills a lot of NE TN teams is having overall team speed and working on that a ton in the off season and having a great coach and scheme to combat that (Sometimes it's not about the X's and O's but the Jimmy and Joe's too).

Greeneville over the past 15 years has bought into the strength and speed training (They took it from Alcoa and Maryville) so they could compete for Championships and that tougher schedule and why they have beaten much larger schools than them along the way.  You can look at Anderson County now that is doing the same thing to bring home a State Championship this past year for the first time ever.  They had to get the Greene Devil and Cyclones both off their back this year for the first time ever and started to schedule tougher teams the last several years because beating Chattanooga teams by 40 every week wasn't getting them past the Quarters in the play-offs when they would face a team that had overall team speed

I am in total agreement about team (overall) speed, NET teams in 5A/6A just don't have it.      Well..... some schools have it but the athletes are for whatever reason not playing football.

[Ffball9999]

On 1/23/2023 at 5:52 PM, Swipes said:

It's getting over the Knoxville hump blazer. (Mentally more than anything).  No one was beating Knox West this past year and arguably the 1st or 2nd (Would be a great game with Oakland) best team in the state for Public Schools.  What kills a lot of NE TN teams is having overall team speed and working on that a ton in the off season and having a great coach and scheme to combat that (Sometimes it's not about the X's and O's but the Jimmy and Joe's too).

Greeneville over the past 15 years has bought into the strength and speed training (They took it from Alcoa and Maryville) so they could compete for Championships and that tougher schedule and why they have beaten much larger schools than them along the way.  You can look at Anderson County now that is doing the same thing to bring home a State Championship this past year for the first time ever.  They had to get the Greene Devil and Cyclones both off their back this year for the first time ever and started to schedule tougher teams the last several years because beating Chattanooga teams by 40 every week wasn't getting them past the Quarters in the play-offs when they would face a team that had overall team speed

Greeneville will be much better next year….  Should be a great game