FLMS Posted April 30, 2013 Report Share Posted April 30, 2013 Wow, i pulled this one way out of the drawer lol....Teams i never saw play, because i am only 34, but i have to mention my hometown Oak Ridge Wildcats in 1979. Ranked #3 in the nation that year. Doesn't get much better than that. Best team i have personally seen 94 Riverdale. Unreal talent. Somebody mentioned 92 Clinton. If Scotty Whitt had of kept his head on straight he would've been an NFL hall of famer. Still the best RB in terms of athletic skill i have ever seen. Amazing athlete. The amazing thing about that is Scotty Whitt probably wasn't the best running back in East Tennessee that year ( Travis Cozart at Lenoir City). Two of the best backs to ever play in Tennessee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetScience Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 The amazing thing about that is Scotty Whitt probably wasn't the best running back in East Tennessee that year ( Travis Cozart at Lenoir City). Two of the best backs to ever play in Tennessee Hmmm, i don't know about that. Maybe not, but i saw Scotty Whitt play a few times and i have never seen a guy since with that athletic talent and size. Except maybe Hurd from Beech. I'm sure Cozart was great, too. Can't imagine him being much better than Whitt, though if he even was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLMS Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 (edited) Hmmm, i don't know about that. Maybe not, but i saw Scotty Whitt play a few times and i have never seen a guy since with that athletic talent and size. Except maybe Hurd from Beech. I'm sure Cozart was great, too. Can't imagine him being much better than Whitt, though if he even was. They played at same time in East Tennessee. Travis was 6'2 220 with 42 inch vertical and 4.42 in the 40. Travis signed with Tennessee while Whitt signed with Iowa. Travis was runner up for Mr. Football that season to the QB from Riverdale. He was a Blue Chip All-American and was the state of Tennessee's only member of The Atlanta Journal's to 50 players in the country. He was the nations number 1 safety and number 7 ranked running back. Several publications had him top 5 in the country athlete. Was offered to play basketball and football at Alabama. Enrolled at UT and was sent to Coffeeville Community college with Lenoard Little where Travis was an All- American wide receiver because the running back a head of him was going to Nebraska when he got there. Travis came back to UT and was the starting tailback coming out of camp over Jay Graham after the spring game. However a few months later he was dismissed from the team for selling drugs to an undercover cop. Travis had stints in the CFL and with the Dolphins and the Rams but has spent a lot of time in prison. The local news after one of his arrest said he may be the best athlete to ever come out of East Tennessee. Obviously its an opinion but he and Scotty were as good as anyone I've seen and that includes Hurd. It was a big debate in the early 90's between Scotty and Cozart. Cozart was ranked higher on the national scene which isn't always correct. Edited May 7, 2013 by FLMS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetScience Posted May 8, 2013 Report Share Posted May 8, 2013 (edited) They played at same time in East Tennessee. Travis was 6'2 220 with 42 inch vertical and 4.42 in the 40. Travis signed with Tennessee while Whitt signed with Iowa. Travis was runner up for Mr. Football that season to the QB from Riverdale. He was a Blue Chip All-American and was the state of Tennessee's only member of The Atlanta Journal's to 50 players in the country. He was the nations number 1 safety and number 7 ranked running back. Several publications had him top 5 in the country athlete. Was offered to play basketball and football at Alabama. Enrolled at UT and was sent to Coffeeville Community college with Lenoard Little where Travis was an All- American wide receiver because the running back a head of him was going to Nebraska when he got there. Travis came back to UT and was the starting tailback coming out of camp over Jay Graham after the spring game. However a few months later he was dismissed from the team for selling drugs to an undercover cop. Travis had stints in the CFL and with the Dolphins and the Rams but has spent a lot of time in prison. The local news after one of his arrest said he may be the best athlete to ever come out of East Tennessee. Obviously its an opinion but he and Scotty were as good as anyone I've seen and that includes Hurd. It was a big debate in the early 90's between Scotty and Cozart. Cozart was ranked higher on the national scene which isn't always correct. True. You also have to look at the two teams both of them were on. Clinton in 1992 had a lot of talent. Moreso then just Scotty, so with that being said they didn't have to rely on him to do EVERYTHING, unlike LC probably had to do with Cozart. So, for that reason Cozart probably had better "numbers" because he was pretty much all Lenior City had, so his numbers were gonna be inflated more than Scotty's. Probably received the ball a lot more then Scotty did at Clinton.. Clinton should've won state that year, i thought, but was ousted by Gallatin in the finals. Pretty cool though that 2 years in a row 2 Anderson County teams made it to the finals. Oak Ridge won it in 91, and Clinton went, but lost in 92. In the end, they were both crazy talents who wasted it through horrible decisions in their lives. Edited May 8, 2013 by SweetScience Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glover Posted May 31, 2013 Report Share Posted May 31, 2013 Any Red Boiling Springs team during the 90's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColonelIngus Posted June 10, 2013 Report Share Posted June 10, 2013 Any Red Boiling Springs team during the 90's. It takes a common type to go for the low fruit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlosDanger Posted July 29, 2013 Report Share Posted July 29, 2013 It takes a common type to go for the low fruit. Agreed. How about 2010 Signal Mountain High School? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGPURPLEMACHINE Posted July 29, 2013 Report Share Posted July 29, 2013 Agreed. How about 2010 Signal Mountain High School? They would have been destroyed by Greenville or Alcoa that year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlosDanger Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 They would have been destroyed by Greenville or Alcoa that year. Maybe!.There offense was unstoppable that year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGPURPLEMACHINE Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 Maybe!.There offense was unstoppable that year. True... there offense was unstoppable. I think they were a great team and I certainly respect your opinion. However, Alcoa and Greenville were unstoppable against stiffer competition. 2A was kinda weak that year. I mean seriously.... they played Trinity Christian for the state title. They were cake!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlosDanger Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 True... there offense was unstoppable. I think they were a great team and I certainly respect your opinion. However, Alcoa and Greenville were unstoppable against stiffer competition. 2A was kinda weak that year. I mean seriously.... they played Trinity Christian for the state title. They were cake!!! Agreed. How about CAK 2011? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGPURPLEMACHINE Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 (edited) Agreed. How about CAK 2011? They were amazing. But they lost that season to a 3-7 Lavergne team. Also, they lost to 2A Grace Christian. Edited July 30, 2013 by BIGPURPLEMACHINE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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