Smith Co @ Macon Co

[Fan66]

Does Smith make it 3 in a row or does Macon take it?

Who you got?

[Jeremiah]

SC will have to shut down Borders to have any chance at winning

[kappy]

1 hour ago, Jeremiah said:

SC will have to shut down Borders to have any chance at winning

If they shutdown the Borders, how are they going to get to the game. I'm going with the Owls in a close game. Dyer will have them ready.

[UpperCumberlandMan]

How will Smith County compete with all the advantages open enrollment Macon County has with the big city of Lafayette to draw from and a more than 300 person enrollment advantage? 

In all seriousness, Macon gets a close win by 6. Speed on the Macon side in this one. 

 

 

[TheBlueprint]

5 hours ago, UpperCumberlandMan said:

How will Smith County compete with all the advantages open enrollment Macon County has with the big city of Lafayette to draw from and a more than 300 person enrollment advantage? 

In all seriousness, Macon gets a close win by 6. Speed on the Macon side in this one. 

 

 

The fact that you don’t understand how/ won’t admit that Upperman has an obvious advantage when it comes to the type of kids you can get makes you look real stupid 

[UpperCumberlandMan]

11 hours ago, Roooster said:

The fact that you don’t understand how/ won’t admit that Upperman has an obvious advantage when it comes to the type of kids you can get makes you look real stupid 

That was mostly sarcasm, but since you keep insisting

Lafayette pop 5,800, Macon 26, 880

Carthage pop 2,350, Smith 20,400

RBS draws 188 students, Gordonsville around 320

Huge advantage in number of kids to pick from for Macon. With all these advantages, how does Smith have a big lead in the all times series in wins including 2 in a row? 

Answer, Dyer gets the most out of what he has. 

Maynard consistently had 80-90 kids on the team and players would find a way to be eligible to play for him.

You build it, players will come. Starts out getting the most out of what you have walking the hallways. Making excuses is just a cop out. 

 

 

Back to seriousness, I still say Macon by 6. 

[TheBlueprint]

23 minutes ago, UpperCumberlandMan said:

That was mostly sarcasm, but since you keep insisting

Lafayette pop 5,800, Macon 26, 880

Carthage pop 2,350, Smith 20,400

RBS draws 188 students, Gordonsville around 320

Huge advantage in number of kids to pick from for Macon. With all these advantages, how does Smith have a big lead in the all times series in wins including 2 in a row? 

Answer, Dyer gets the most out of what he has. 

Maynard consistently had 80-90 kids on the team and players would find a way to be eligible to play for him.

You build it, players will come. Starts out getting the most out of what you have walking the hallways. Making excuses is just a cop out. 

 

 

Back to seriousness, I still say Macon by 6. 

Putnam County population is 80,000 lol

[UpperCumberlandMan]

20 minutes ago, Roooster said:

Putnam County population is 80,000 lol

Correct with 3 schools, and one school pulls 420 kids, and another pulls 2500 kids.  Still doesn't explain how 2a Smith has a huge series lead over 4a Macon? 

[Volsfan52]

Any team in the state that wins a lot people our saying a they recruit kids from other schools. I’m sure there is a lot teams that do it. You have all these players that our really good. The thing is you have to have a good coach and staff to get the best out of every kid. The transfer thing in college does help I don’t think. A good coach can take a kid with average to no athleticism and make him a good player. 

[TheBlueprint]

2 hours ago, UpperCumberlandMan said:

Correct with 3 schools, and one school pulls 420 kids, and another pulls 2500 kids.  Still doesn't explain how 2a Smith has a huge series lead over 4a Macon? 

The type of kids in rural Smith County and rural Macon county are very similar. But the type/quantity of Cookeville is way different than what anyone else in the UC can get in 4A and under. It’s really simple but you don’t want to admit it for whatever reason.

 

regardless of the advantage, what Upperman has done in football especially is still impressive. They are a 8+ win team every year and that’s a gery good football program

[UpperCumberlandMan]

39 minutes ago, Roooster said:

The type of kids in rural Smith County and rural Macon county are very similar. But the type/quantity of Cookeville is way different than what anyone else in the UC can get in 4A and under. It’s really simple but you don’t want to admit it for whatever reason.

 

regardless of the advantage, what Upperman has done in football especially is still impressive. They are a 8+ win team every year and that’s a gery good football program

I think there are simular kids in Baxter, Allgood, Sparta, Cookeville,and Carthage. It's what you do with those kids and how many you get out playing. Not many programs around here have  4 year starters go on the play LB and start at TTU walking around the hallways. But losing a kid to go play for a private school in Clarksville, that could have paired up with him is huge. Good programs get, retain, and develope good players. 

[MolandTigers]

2 hours ago, UpperCumberlandMan said:

I think there are simular kids in Baxter, Allgood, Sparta, Cookeville,and Carthage. It's what you do with those kids and how many you get out playing. Not many programs around here have  4 year starters go on the play LB and start at TTU walking around the hallways. But losing a kid to go play for a private school in Clarksville, that could have paired up with him is huge. Good programs get, retain, and develope good players. 

He went to play in Clarksville because Chad Watson is all about himself, so that had more to do with him than anything else.