Roane County Newspaper

[KTownJackets]

Correct Scrimmage List

 

8/6 Bearden at Kingston

8/13 Tyner at Kingston

8/20 West at Kingston

 

All scrimmages are at 5 I think.

[TigersBball42]

Seems like things are turning out a little diffrent than expected

[Budrock]

Maybe this is like political polls, +/- 5 points, or 50 points in this case. I'm sure it was some interesting reading when Roane County is starving for football in August.

[goosevol]

In early August, it's something to get the discussion flowing. The computed doesn't know who graduated and things like that. By the middle of the season, those computer rankings are a pretty good judge of what to expect.

[redneck]

by losin to LC and Alcoa i think OS is startin to figure out that they have to play w/ some intensity and heart............everyone out there is either draggin butt or tryin to be a hero.............they look like coach johnson has made them play. step it up boys its the oliver springs tradition to be good..........things will turn out

[Sienfield]

I just read the Roane County paper and read Goose's article on Sonny Moore computer predictions. I thought that the predictions were somewhat believeable, but for the people that do not get the Roane County news, I have taken the pleasure of typing it out for you.

“If Sonny Moore’s preseason compute ratings are any indication, then fans of Roane County’s five football teams had better by some Rolaids because there will be a lot of close games in the upcoming 2004 regular season.

 

According to Moore’s computer, Oliver Springs will again be the top team in the county with Rockwood and Kingston nipping at the Bobcats’ heels.

 

With that being said, let’s see just what the computer rankings say.

 

The computer predicts that Johnson’s Bobcats will finish with a 9-1 overall record and a 4-1 mark in region play. Taking into consideration the computers three-point advantage for the home team the Bobcats (78.41 rating) will post the following victories Lenoir City (16 points), Alcoa (4 points), Midway (24 points), at Harriman (31 points), at Kingston (3 points), at Wartburg (8 points), Seymour (4 points), Rockwood (4 points), and at Sequoyah (16 points). Oliver Springs’ lone loss will be a 5 point-loss at Sweetwater in week 10 of the regular season.

 

Rockwood will have the second best record in the county as they enter the season with a rating of 77.75. If Moore’s computer is correct, the Tigers will post the following wins: Midway (23 points), Sweetwater (1 point), at Kingston (2 points), Wartburg (13 points), Bledsoe County (32 points), at Meigs County (11 points), at Rutledge (10 points), and Harriman (36 points). Rockwood’s two losses will both come on the road in region play. Alcoa will defeat the Tigers by 3 points and Oliver Springs will beat John Webb’s squad by four points.

 

Kingston enters the season with a 72.49 rating which is third best in the county. The Jackets, however, play in the state’s roughest Class AAA region and that plays a big part in Moore’s computer saying Kingston will finish with a 4-6 over all record and a fifth place finish in Region 2-AAA.

 

Kingston is picked to win at Harriman (25 points), at Gibbs (13 points), at Scott (2 points) and at home against Lenoir City (10 points). Besides home losses to Rockwood (2 points) and Oliver Springs (3 points), the Jackets will also lose at home against Anderson County (12 points) and Fulton (26 points) while dropping road games at Fulton (2 points) and Austin-East (23 points).

 

Midway is another team that needs to keep the upset stomach medicine on hand as Region 2A appears to have four teams in a dog fight for second place. The Green Waves have a rating of 57.39 while CAK (56.54), Coalfield (57.69) and Oneida (58.93) are each expected to battle it out for a home playoff game in week 11.

 

Adding a home field advantage to the equation gives Oneida the advantage in the quartet, but Midway is still picked to finish the season with a 6-4 mark.

 

Midway’s victories will come against Jellico (21 points), CAK (4 points), Watertown (8 points), Coalfield (2 points), at Oakdale (24 points), and at Sunbright (15 points). The Green Waves’ losses will be at Rockwood (23 points), at Oliver Springs (24 points), at Oneida (4 points) and at home against Greenback (14 points).

 

The worst news for any team in Roane County is the computer’s prediction for Harriman. According to the numbers, Harriman will suffer a fourth straight winless season and the Devils will only have two games decided by less than two touchdowns. Moore’s computer says Harriman’s best chances at victory are at home against Oneida where the Devils will lose by 12 points and at home against Union County where the Blue Devils are a one-point underdog.

 

Harriman’s other losses are at Sequoyah (18 points), Kingston (25 points), at Wartburg (26 points), at Coalfield (16 points), Oliver Springs (31 points), Sweetwater (33 points), at Alcoa (36 points) and at Rockwood (36 points).

 

Although these computers rankings are fun to look at and will be good for some conversation before the season starts, remember that Sonny’s Moore’s computer cannot judge how graduation losses can hurt a team or how the pigskin will bounce on Friday nights this fall.”

Remember, this was Sonny Moore's computer predictions so dont hold me personally to any of this please. Thanks.

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That big computer pick of Kingston beating Gibbs by 13 sure didnt work out. The QB for Gibbs, Tyler Kitts, took that game over. The 2 deep secondary coverage that Kingston ran didnt get it done.

Kingston got the ball back after Gibbs did their fake punt. Rock Gurney moved the ball but underthrew his receiver. He got picked as Kingston was driving for the winning touchdown with just about a minute in the game. Thats twice this season that Gibbs Carrol has ran the fake punt and not been successful with it. It hurt in both games. Gibbs coach is lucky this time that Gurney underthrew his reciever in the game and got picked of to finish the game.