best football in TN is where?

[ILB1999]

11 hours ago, RichyRich said:

 i live in east Tennessee  we are growing but at a much slower rate than middle Tennessee literally look at the nashville surrounding areas that have boomed. Spring hill went from around 1000 people in 1990 to over 50,000 In 2020 there isn't a single place in east Tennessee that has grown that fast. East tn towns generally grow by about 10% middle Tennessee towns are growing at 30% rate or better don't know why you are so jacked out of shape about it. Sadly west Tennessee is shrinking 

if only this were true right now...

[ILB1999]

9 hours ago, TryNotToSuck said:

It'll benefit Haywood and Fayette-Ware as they could very well move up to 5A. Both schools are in the 800's in enrollment, so they'll need around 320 students each to move up to 5A, assuming the numbers will stay around the same. Brighton and Munford will need around 400 students each to move up to 6A. 

Covington will likely move up because they're only around 30-40 students shy of reaching 4A, which will be great for them and West Tennessee football. Don't think it'll impact Jackson schools as much as people believe it will because Jackson and the Ford plant is 40 miles away. The Memphis suburbs schools like Arlington and Germantown are around 20-25 miles away. However, the majority of the Memphis suburb schools are 6A already. They're all comfortably in 6A as well. The two largest schools in Tennessee are Collierville and Bartlett, and Cordova is the 10th largest school.

For private: Fayette Academy should be the biggest benefit from this, but honestly, they need a new school. 

How does moving up benefit an school unless they're moving out of 3a?

[Indian]

Not too difficult even with different populations in different areas of the state..

Determine which area each team belongs, whether general like East TN and Mid TN, or more specific like metro Knoxville or Upper Cumberland. 

From there, classify your teams by whatever strength factor you want, consistent playoff success, records over a certain amount of years, best uniforms, sassiest coach T fans. 

Figure out what percentage of each area lives up to your measure. 

 

[thegreatone36]

27 minutes ago, ILB1999 said:

Keep up?  per capita middle tn needs to catch up...

Middle Tennessee is bigger than East Tennessee per population. Do you agree or disagree?

Are you really going to argue that Middle isn't bigger, and isn't going to continue to be bigger? Is that the hill you are willing to die on?

Edited July 27, 2023 by thegreatone36

[noonesfool]

Thread went another direction. Should be labeled Best Talent or Tennessee Demographics.

[theawesomebro]

3 minutes ago, noonesfool said:

Thread went another direction. Should be labeled Best Talent or Tennessee Demographics.

yes.  you want to bump us back on track?  I posted some stats that I thought were interesting.  

[ILB1999]

26 minutes ago, thegreatone36 said:

Middle Tennessee is bigger than East Tennessee per population. Do you agree or disagree?

Are you really going to argue that Middle isn't bigger, and isn't going to continue to be bigger? Is that the hill you are willing to die on?

on championships per capita,... the east is ahead.  Which is why the best football in TN is in the east despite a smaller (Though rapidly growing) population.

Edited July 27, 2023 by ILB1999

[cbg]

16 hours ago, GWAVE1 said:

Nobody is arguing Texas football is not better funded, organized, or popular.  The schools are larger and the population is bigger.  There is not a Texas school that will win any championship in Tn this year so why the comparison that we are all aware of?   We get it.  Tennessee teams are concerned about Tennessee teams because those are teams which you are ultimately judged by.  

One is judged by the way that they elect to be judged!  Some people want to be compared to those in their local counties, with some it's a regional thing, several want to be compared to those in their state and then you have the very small and elite few that truly want to compete with the best in the country.  It just depends on how large someone's ego is and what sacrifices they are willing to make as to how they wish to be judged.  

[GWAVE1]

3 hours ago, cbg said:

One is judged by the way that they elect to be judged!  Some people want to be compared to those in their local counties, with some it's a regional thing, several want to be compared to those in their state and then you have the very small and elite few that truly want to compete with the best in the country.  It just depends on how large someone's ego is and what sacrifices they are willing to make as to how they wish to be judged.  

This is in part true but I doubt people in Maryville and Alcoa care to move the state titles out of the way to be judged by what other teams in other states are doing unless they are playing them on the field.   I went to Canton Ohio to see Gallatin play and there is a huge difference in areas of the country where football is played.  Texas is top tier but once again not a team in Texas, California, Ohio, Florida or wherever will win a Tennessee State Title this year and ultimately that is the top goal in this state for the teams competing for them.  

[TryNotToSuck]

7 hours ago, ILB1999 said:

How does moving up benefit an school unless they're moving out of 3a?

They don't have to deal with Alcoa University. They're also consistent enough to make a deep run in the playoffs each year. If they were to move up to 4A and Haywood happen to stay at 4A, then it'll create one of the best rivalries in West Tennessee because both teams should be very good each year. Currently, there's not a school in Region 7-4A that can compete with Haywood. However, I do believe Covington can. It'll benefit them because they will have a better shot at winning the state title game if they reach it. It'll benefit West Tennessee because they'll play each year and it'll guarantee both teams a tough region opponent each year that'll likely meet up in the quarterfinals.

If Covington were to be a 4A team, then West Tennessee would have Hardin County, South Gibson, Lexington, Haywood, and Covington all in 4A. North Side, Crockett County, and Chester County would be the three teams on the outside looking in. 

[ILB1999]

3 minutes ago, TryNotToSuck said:

They don't have to deal with Alcoa University. They're also consistent enough to make a deep run in the playoffs each year. If they were to move up to 4A and Haywood happen to stay at 4A, then it'll create one of the best rivalries in West Tennessee because both teams should be very good each year. Currently, there's not a school in Region 7-4A that can compete with Haywood. However, I do believe Covington can. It'll benefit them because they will have a better shot at winning the state title game if they reach it. It'll benefit West Tennessee because they'll play each year and it'll guarantee both teams a tough region opponent each year that'll likely meet up in the quarterfinals.

If Covington were to be a 4A team, then West Tennessee would have Hardin County, South Gibson, Lexington, Haywood, and Covington all in 4A. North Side, Crockett County, and Chester County would be the three teams on the outside looking in. 

like I said, the schools moving out of 3a will benefit.  Haywood and the other 4a's won't be better off in 5a.

[TryNotToSuck]

7 minutes ago, ILB1999 said:

like I said, the schools moving out of 3a will benefit.  Haywood and the other 4a's won't be better off in 5a.

I understand your logic, but if Haywood were to be a 5A team, I think they'll be just fine. Maybe a small step back but they won't die in 5A. Good news is that they're still around 300+ students away to be a 5A school, which there's about a 50/50% chance they'll reach that number.