who yah takin Oakridge or Riverdale?

[GoCatzGo]

oaklandfballer, seems like mba shut down ba november 22.....38-14. they are a great team but they were stopped ...you said they were unstopable. you are just moaning and groaning because your season is over. The only teams you all managed to beat finished with the following record.....La Vergne-3/7, Wilson Central-3/7, Siegel-0/10 and Blackman-4/6. ooooooh!

aren't you the kid with a cousin playing for or? man if i was you i think i would be laying off all this. maybe you all don't have a good relationship or whatever. or maybe you're just jealous you aren't there?

[oaklandfballer]

ya i apoligize if i was outta line there...ya maybe i am a little upset i am not there right now when u work so hard to get there but i'm not there...i apoligize for those comments

[ORWildcat30]

It is very rare for a Blue cross game not to have a region 4 team in it. Oakland won the state in 98, made it to the semi's in 99. Riverdale has been there every year since / Where was Oak Ridge??

Okay I could just as easily ask you about the times that no middle Tennessee teams were even close, but the past doesn't matter

 

What does matter?

 

Oak Ridge

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Riverdale

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The 'Ship

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Semifinals

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[ORWildcat30]

I have heard of Oak Ridge and their great stadium but can't even remember the last time your team made it this far.

Just to let ya know....last time we made semis was 1996

 

(doesnt matter though)

[ORWildcat30]

I can only remember a few times we lost to teams out east, one being a team in Knoxville that decided to water the fields all afternoon before the game to try to slow them down and if there is another I cannot recall right now.  The only REAL team in east Tennessee the past 5 years has been Maryville.

What team was that.......probably a rumor I doubt anybody would actually do that but whatever.

 

To the second part:

 

The only 'real team' in east Tennessee is the team that has won 3 consecutive titles, looking for 4 (knock on wood)??

 

Well I guess they are the only 'real team' in the state cause I don't know any others who meet those requirements.

Edited November 28, 2003 by ORWildcat30

[hokies931]

Watch out now, Oak Ridge made the Semifinals back in 1996, dang lets see thats what 7 years between trips. Go ahead and ramble all your stats back in the 70s and 80s like Alabama fans do with Bear Bryant and all their titles, but we are in the 2000s, not the 80s, not the 70s, last time I checked Riverdale made it to the Blue Cross Bowl three years in a row. The semis are great yeah, but why even mention a year you made it to the semis because in Riverdale terms is disappointing unless you make it all the way to the Championship game. So yeah telling me you made in 1996 does not matter to me cause you made it this year, the question is after this year how many years again will it be before you are back. Every year some schools fans talk about how great their team is, the thing is every year one of the teams always change. It could be Dobyns-Bennett, could be Oak Ridge, could be McMinn County, who knows, but the one constant is Riverdale. Year in and year out the past ten years we are always in contention. Oh and by the way, I believe it was Knoxville Faragut, don't quote me on that, but they DID water the field the day of the game. There had been no rain all week and when game time came the field was muddy as can be. Maybe Oak Ridge should pray for rain to slow down the Riverdale defensive speed cause they are for real. Not just real this year, last year, the year before, the year before, and next year. The question I have is next year come Semis time who I will be arguing with. I can pretty much guarantee it will not be Oak Ridge, it will be someone else rising up for their one good year out of ten. Go Warriors!

[hokies931]

I say Maryville is a REAL team cause they are there year in and year out. I didn't like using the term REAL team but one of the CATS made me mad saying Riverdale was playing a real team this week. Look back at games from the past 15 years you want when it comes to the SEMIS and games between Middle and East Tennessee. I am pretty sure the East has a pretty commanding lead. There are many of your so called REAL teams in the Middle area. When Oak Ridge can put together more than one good year every so often than come back and argue with me. Riverdale is not even that talented this year. They have some good athletes but not compared to some of the teams in the past. Hands down they are the best coached team in the state. I am sure I will make someone mad, but I think Lincoln County was alot more talented than Riverdale, yet Rankin pulled it out. Rankin has gotten better each year. I can remember earlier in his career he struggled with alot better teams but now he knows how to win the big games. Oak Ridge has a great chance to win, no doubt, great tailbacks, tough environment to play in, 3 hour drive to the game. Its gonna take more than a run game to beat Rankin, OR's quarterback better bring his A game tomorrow night or it will be four straight Blue Cross Bowls for the Warriors.

[davidlimbaugh]

Bud, are you making the drive over to Oak Ridge? A bunch of usare heading out of hear around 12:00 or so and get over there early to tailgate in the cold

[bud]

I would like to go to the Oak Ridge game but I can't get off work today. You see, I have taken many Fridays off and driven the 280 miles to watch DB play. Wish I could go. Travel safe! It will be an awesome game though. Tonight, I am going to go to the Melrose Hillsboro game. Should be some blazin speed at this one!

[davidlimbaugh]

bud - I feel for ya - a lot further to DB than Knoxville/Oak Ridge

 

that Hillsboro-Melrose game is going to be a good one - old

fashioned football (Hillsboro running) vs high octane football...