......Why, Why, Why, Why???????
Why mess with a good thing? This can certainly apply to the TSSAA’s decision to add another classification to the high school football playoffs. For years, it was 1, 2 and 3A that fought for the titles. Then they went to 5 divisions. And then they added 2 private school catergories. Then for the 2009 season, they added a 6th division. Now there are 1-6 classes and 2 private school ones.
The reason I am angry is that now, basically any team can get into the playoffs. White County went 1 and 9, they are in. Smyrna goes 5 and 5, plays in the toughest division in the state they don’t get in. Smyrna played their tails off and didn’t get in, and I know they are crushed but White County at 1 and 9 gets it, makes no sense at all.
So my thing is, why, why, why??? They had a great system set up and they went and messed with it. When football coaches are telling me all season, that they have no idea how the playoff system works, then you know it is a problem.
I just don’t understand why. Why have a regular season? Just let everyone get in the playoffs. Give everyone a pat on the back, award them a trophy, etc. Why not? You know it is football. There are winners and there are losers. Simple. You win the title, you get a trophy and the pride of winning a championship. You come in second, applaud your effort but you didn’t win.
I heard Bobby Bowden speak one time to his team. His coordinators spoke for about 5 minutes and then Bowden got up. He looked at his team and said, ‘Boys, it comes down to two things. Blocking and tackling. You do them better than the other team, you will win every time.’
Simple enough, but this playoff system, ridiculous.
.......WEEK 10 HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SCORES.....
East
Alcoa 24 , CAK 7
Bearden 35 , Knoxville Catholic 16
Bledsoe County 63 , Chattanooga Christian 34
Boyd Buchanan 35 , Copper Basin 0
Bradley Central 40 , Walker Valley 14
Brentwood Academy 42 , McCallie 28
Chattanooga Central 36 , East Hamilton 0
Cherokee 60 , Cocke County 40
Clinton 35 , Anderson County 21
Coalfield 33 , Oakdale 0
Daniel Boone 28 , David Crockett 7
Dobyns Bennett 37 , Volunteer 0
East Ridge 20 , Howard 18
Elizabethton 38 , Sullivan East 14
Farragut 45 , William Blount 0
Father Ryan 21 , Baylor 11
Greeneville 45 , Claiborne County 0
Hampton 18 , Cloudland 7
Hancock County 41 , North Greene 6
Happy Valley 14 , Johnson County 6
Jefferson County 26 , South Doyle 14
Karns 12 , Hardin Valley 7
Knoxville Grace 49 , Greenback 42
Knoxville Halls 34 , Knoxville Central 20
Knoxville Webb 14 , DCA 3
Knoxville West 39 , Heritage 22
Loudon 36 , Kingston 7
Marion County 30 , Lookout Valley 6
Maryville 27 , Lenoir City 14
McMinn Central 41 , Sequatchie County 25
McMinn Central 41 , Sequatchie County 25
McMinn County 20 , Ooltewah 17
Morristown West 8 , Seymour 3
Oak Ridge 33 , Campbell County 3
Oneida 42 , Jellico 6
Polk County 42 , Meigs County 0
Red Bank 42 , Hixson 14
Rockwood 35 , Harriman 7
Science Hill 35 , Sullivan Central 14
Sevier County 38 , Morristown East 27
Signal Mountain 46 , Whitwell 0
Soddy-Daisy 42 , Cleveland 21
South Greene 33 , Chuckey-Doak 18
South Pittsburg 53 , Chattanooga Grace 0
Sweetwater 17 , Sequoyah 7
Tellico Plains 36 , Midway 7
Tennessee High 38 , Sullivan South 22
Tyner 21 , Brainerd 7
Unaka 21 , Cosby 8
Unicoi County 41 , Sullivan North 6
Wartburg Central 15 , Sunbright 8
Middle
Beech 47 , Mt. Juliet 46
Blackman 14 , Riverdale 13
Cannon County 35 , Upperman 7
Clarksville 29 , Kenwood 7
Clarksville Northwest 20 , Clarksville Northeast 17
Columbia 17 , Franklin County 16
Cookeville 44 , Coffee County 6
Cornersville 21 , Perry County 20
Creek Wood 20 , Cheatham County 12
David Lipscomb 17 , East Literature 13
East Robertson 35 , Houston County 0
Ensworth 35 , BGA 9
Fairview 30 , Hickman County 13
Forrest 46 , Moore County 10
Friendship Christian 55 , Monterey 0
Giles County 49 , Marshall County 7
Glencliff 42 , Cane Ridge 7
Goodpasture 7 , Greenbrier 0
Gordonsville 42 , Pickett County 6
Grundy County 21 , Notre Dame 7
Harpeth 18 , Stewart County 0
Hunters Lane 32 , McGavock 20
Lawrence County 36 , Tullahoma 7
Lewis County 34 , East Hickman 0
Lincoln County 21 , Shelbyville 14
Livingston Academy 35 , DeKalb County 14
Loretto 35 , Richland 14
MBA 35 , Pope John Paul 7
Middle TN Chr. 17 , Eagleville 10
Mt. Pleasant 26 , Columbia Academy 2
Nashville Overton 47 , Hillwood 6
Oakland 14 , Smyrna 0
Pearl Cohn 10 , CPA 0
Ravenwood 19 , Independence 6
Rhea County 44 , Warren County 40
Riverside Christian 13 , Mt. Juliet Christian 6
Siegel 7 , LaVergne 6
Spring Hill 13 , Page 8
Springfield 48 , West Creek 14
Station Camp 27 , Lebanon 14
Stone Memorial 20 , Scott County 7
Trousdale County 40 , Red Boiling Springs 0
Watertown 38 , Jackson County 13
Waverly 12 , Montgomery Central 6
White County 21 , Cumberland County 14
White House 7 , Sycamore 6
Whites Creek 5 , Maplewood 0
Wilson Central 14 , Portland 11
York Institute 28 , Smith County 0
Zion Christian 7 , Lancaster Christian, TN 0
West
Bartlett 28 , Craigmont 0
Bishop Byrne 12 , MAHS 6
Brighton 41 , Dyer County 0
CBHS 38 , St. Benedict 0
Cordova 16 , Bolton 13
Dresden 27 , Gleason 0
Dyersburg 24 , Haywood County 14
Fayette Academy 6 , Jackson Christian 0
Frayser 6 , Raleigh Egypt 0
Germantown 35 , Memphis Overton 6
Hardin County 6 , Jackson Northside 0
Houston 28 , Southwind 0
Humboldt 28 , Halls 7
Jackson South Side 41 , McNairy Central 18
Kirby 18 , Ridgeway 3
Lexington 31 , Jackson Central-Merry 6
Liberty Magnet 41 , Chester County 13
Manassas 27 , Kingsbury 16
McKenzie 17 , Huntingdon 0
Memphis Northside 14 , Douglass 12
Milan 26 , Crockett County 0
MUS 41 , Briarcrest 6
Oakhaven 28 , Carver 0
Obion County 20 , Ripley 12
Peabody 42 , Gibson County 6
Riverside 34 , Middleton 8
SBEC 15 , FACS 7
Trezevant 36 , Hamilton 0
Trinity Christian 40 , Scotts Hill 0
Union City 41 , South Fulton 0
USJ 42 , Rosemark 0
Westview 54 , Covington 13
Westwood 22 , Munford 20
White Station 30 , Mitchell 7
......IT IS OFFICIAL......VY ALL THE WAY.....
After much speculation and not to much of a surprise, Jeff Fisher named Vince Young as the starting quarterback of the Titans. Not just with Sunday’s game against Jacksonville, but the rest of the season.
Fisher said he is not a coach who plays musical chairs with his quarterbacks so Vince is going to take them the rest of the way. Now it is up for debate if this was only Fisher’s decision or did Fisher and team owner Bud Adams make it together, or was this solely Mr. Adams decision.
Whatever it is, one thing is certain. When the Titans offense takes the field on Sunday, Vince Young will be leading them.
Your thoughts? It is certainly a hot topic issue. ESPN had it as their number 2 story behind the World Series and other websites are doing the same. But what do you think? Is this the right decision? Vince over Kerry? Only time will tell.
.......AS THE TITANS TURN....
I am not sure a soap opera could give us this much drama. Who will be the quarterback of the Titans is now the million dollar question. Will it be Vince or Kerry come Sunday? Jeff Fisher said he will make an announcement on Thursday. He DID NOT SAY he will be naming a starter, he just said he will have an announcement for everyone on Thursday.
I am betting that Jeff Fisher will tell us, that he will tell us on Sunday, who the starter is going to be and who could blame him? I would. Why let Jacksonville find out who the QB is going to be? Just do it on Sunday.
In the lockerroom, almost every player said they would support whatever decision Jeff Fisher makes. And as for Bud Adams wanting Vince to play, he is the owner and it is his team, so whatever he wants, he should get. But Bud Adams hasn’t been around football a couple of years. He is a smart man who will probably defer the decision back to Jeff Fisher. But then again, who knows.
Drama, drama, drama, …….
Preseason Top 25 Basketball
I’m taking on a new and exciting challenge this winter, I’ve been asked to be a voter in the Assocatied Press’s weekly Top 25 Basketball poll. I’ve always enjoyed covering college basketball, but I know this is going to take a huge committment on my part to know as much as I can about teams coast to cast.
I just emailed my first ballot in, it also includes my preseason All-America team. I hate preseason polls, but it’s part of the game!
OK, so my reason for posting this is I plan on posting my Top 25 each week during the season for you to checkout. I’ll post my preseason poll as soon as I get the “go ahead” from the A-P.
.....A Brand New Orange....
Last year, the Tennessee Vols were bad down the stretch. And that is being nice about it. They lost to Wyoming, who were so bad, their entire coaching staff got fired at the end of the year. They were lifeless, dull and worst of all, had no passion.
Fast forward 12 months and it is a brand new orange we are seeing now. I was at the game in Tuscaloosa on Saturdy and saw a Vols team mad that they did not win. I saw a Vols team that could have packed it in and said, oh well, we tried but that did not happen. I saw a Vols team that just kept hitting and hitting and fighting and scratching. Lane Kiffin said every game he wants his guys to leave everything on the field and against Bama, they did that.
The Vols might win 6 games this year, but give Lane and his staff a couple of years, they will be lighting it up. And you heard it hear first, dont be surprised if next year, the Vols win the SEC East. Jus’ Sayin because with this team, quitting is not an option.
......WEEK 9....HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SCORES....
East
Alcoa 49 , McMinn Central 7
Anderson County 35 , Hardin Valley 14
Bearden 27 , Knoxville West 10
Boyd Buchanan 21 , Marion County 7
Brainerd 42 , Hixson 14
CAK 14 , Elizabethton 13
Chattanooga Christian 27 , Whitwell 26
Claiborne County 43 , South Greene 37
Clinton 16 , Oak Ridge 14
Cumberland Gap 48 , Cosby 25
Dobyns Bennett 24 , Science Hill 10
East Ridge 10 , Chattanooga Central 0
Farragut 42 , Lenoir City 7
Gatlinburg-Pittman 7 , Knoxville Carter 0
Gibbs 41 , Union County 13
Greeneville 63 , Grainger 16
Hampton 30 , Happy Valley 20
Harriman 28 , Coalfield 20
Heritage 21 , Knoxville Catholic 7
Jefferson County 21 , Morristown East 14
Jellico 46 , Oakdale 28
Kings Academy 39 , Riverside Christian 27
Knoxville Grace 13 , Johnson County 12
Knoxville Halls 28 , Campbell County 13
Lookout Valley 42 , Copper Basin 14
Loudon 41 , Sequoyah 0
Maryville 30 , William Blount 0
McMinn County 49 , Walker Valley 14
Midway 14 , Hancock County 6
Morristown West 49 , Cocke County 0
Notre Dame 7 , Sweetwater 6
Oliver Springs 42 , Wartburg Central 14
Oneida 42 , Sunbright 6
Ooltewah 28 , Cleveland 7
Polk County 34 , South Pittsburg 28
Powell 52 , Knoxville Central 36
Red Bank 50 , East Hamilton 14
Rockwood 27 , Bledsoe County 25
Scott County 48 , Upperman 6
Sequatchie County 38 , Meigs County 7
Sevier County 28 , South Doyle 0
Seymour 44 , Cherokee 6
Soddy-Daisy 45 , Rhea County 20
Sullivan Central 34 , Volunteer 12
Sullivan South 24 , David Crockett 6
Tennessee High 51 , Daniel Boone 26
Tyner 43 , Howard 12
Unicoi County 35 , Unaka 30
West Greene 37 , Chuckey-Doak 14
Middle
Beech 21 , Hendersonville 9
BGA 23 , Pope John Paul 20
Brentwood Academy 26 , MBA 7
Cascade 47 , Moore County 15
Clarksville Northeast 33 , Kenwood 0
Clarksville Northwest 43 , West Creek 14
Collinwood 35 , Cornersville 6
Columbia 34 , Centennial 17
Columbia Academy 37 , Loretto 14
David Lipscomb 13 , Pearl Cohn 7
Davidson Academy 20 , Knoxville Webb 18
DCA 27 , FRA 6
Eagleville 24 , Huntland 12
East Robertson 41 , Westmoreland 13
Ensworth 29 , Baylor 15
Fairview 23 , Lewis County 21
Forrest 51 , Community 6
Franklin County 21 , Coffee County 0
Friendship Christian 60 , Red Boiling Springs 0
Goodpasture 14 , Sycamore 7
Gordonsville 48 , Clay County 0
Grundy County 51 , Chattanooga Grace 7
Harpeth 49 , Montgomery Central 7
Hunters Lane 35 , Glencliff 8
Independence 38 , LaVergne 21
Jackson County 47 , Pickett County 6
Jo Byrns 41 , Clarksville Academy 0
Kingston 28 , Cumberland County 14
Lincoln County 38 , Warren County 19
Livingston Academy 31 , Macon County 13
Maplewood 41 , Stratford 0
McGavock 16 , Antioch 7
Mt. Juliet 38 , Portland 13
Mt. Pleasant 28 , Richland 12
Nashville Overton 51 , Cane Ridge 7
Oakland 14 , Christian County, KY 0
Page 35 , Marshall County 14
Riverdale 42 , Cookeville 7
Rossview 14 , Clarksville 7
Shelbyville 48 , White County 0
Siegel 21 , Tullahoma 16
Smyrna 28 , Ravenwood 7
Spring Hill 46 , Hickman County 0
Trousdale County 42 , Watertown 6
Waverly 8 , Cheatham County 0
Wayne County 39 , Perry County 13
White House Heritage 54 , Houston County 0
Whites Creek 26 , East Literature 14
Wilson Central 26 , Station Camp 7
West
Adamsville 46 , West Carroll 13
Bartlett 24 , Bolton 17
Briarcrest 42 , St. Benedict 0
Chester County 45 , Bolivar Central 10
Collierville 30 , Houston 14
Cordova 35 , Raleigh Egypt 0
Craigmont 7 , Millington 0
Creek Wood 42 , Camden 35
Crockett County 42 , Ripley 13
ECS 49 , Fayette Academy 30
Frayser 20 , Douglass 14
Germantown 23 , Ridgeway 22
Gleason 21 , Scotts Hill 0
Halls 7 , Greenfield 6
Henry County 34 , Dickson County 14
Jackson Central-Merry 31 , McNairy Central 8
Jackson Christian 38 , Harding Academy 14
Jackson Northside 23 , Dyersburg 0
Jackson South Side 14 , Fayette Ware 0
Kirby 34 , Memphis Overton 0
Lawrence County 28 , Hardin County 0
Liberty Magnet 46 , Lexington 21
Manassas 34 , Memphis Northside 0
McEwen 26 , Nashville Christian 8
Milan 40 , Covington 7
Mitchell 40 , Kingsbury 21
MUS 38 , CBHS 14
Oakhaven 32 , MAHS 6
Obion County 33 , Gibson County 12
Peabody 20 , South Fulton 13
Rosemark 22 , Middleton 16
Rossville 42 , Bishop Byrne 0
St. George’s 52 , FACS 28
Trezevant 42 , Dyer County 6
Trinity Christian 42 , Hollow Rock-Bruceton 6
Union City 49 , Lake County 0
USJ 24 , SBEC 21
Westview 38 , Haywood County 37
Westwood 26 , Carver 6
White Station 49 , Hamilton 6
Whitehaven 46 , Memphis East 0
Wooddale 35 , Southwind 28
....JERSEYGATE.....DAY 2....
As if the 0-6 start isn’t bad enough, as if suffering one of the worst defeats in NFL history wasn’t bad enough, now the team must deal with another off the field distraction, this one courtesy of the head coach.
Today, the players were just peppered with questions from the media about ‘Jerseygate.’ Every player was asked about it….some thought it was funny, some couldnt have cared less, and one, Keith Bulluck, seemed to be put off be the whole incident. He was asked if he would wear another jersey and he said, ‘Everytime I put on the number 53, I feel like a winner.’ Very well put, Mr. Monday night.
I think this is a team, drifting with no oars. Jevon Kearse even hinted the Titans should be looking toward next year, when asked to elaborate, his answer drifted off. Much like the team right now.
A win will quiet a lot of people and a nice 10 game winning streak will certainly fire people up but in a good way.
I think the Titans sometimes forget that there is a lot of emotional and financial passion when it comes to that team amongst the fans. When the Titans win, everyone wins and when they are doing bad, these passionate fans hurt with them. How do I know? I see them, I talk to them, I see their posts on Facebook, Twitter, etc. They are down with the team and a lot of people, callers, emails, etc, are very upset with what Jeff Fisher did, in light of where this team is now.
It is going to be a very interesting next 10 weeks.
Titans Fans...Relax! It was funny...
Wow…Head Coach Jeff Fisher is taking the heat for taking it off. At Tuesday’s Rally for Rockettown Charity Event on the David Lipscomb campus, the head man introduced former Colts Head Coach and keynote speaker on the day, Tony Dungy.
Fisher commented on how hot it is was in the room, and then took his jacket and shirt off revealing….a Peyton Manning jersey. His quote…”I just wanted to feel like a winner.”
There are some Titans fans that are outraged at the act. One of our viewers wrote our sports department and said that it was wrong and in bad taste. Another person called to say they think Jeff Fisher needs to look in the mirror because there is nothing funny about this season.
I say, lighten up Titans fans! Sometimes when you’re at absolute rock bottom, you just have to laugh at yourself…and that’s exactly what Coach Fisher did today. His role at that event was to introduce Tony Dungy, the guy who coached Peyton Manning. In his mind, it was a tribute to Dungy.
On Tuesday night’s Titans on 2 Jeff Fisher Show, host John Dwyer showed the video, and several “boos” rang out at Opry Mills. Fisher responded with this…
“Oh, come on now, who’s booing?! I thought it would only be fitting to recognize Tony and have a little bit of fun with it. And it was fun and I would do it all over again out of my respect for Tony and Michael and the cause today, but apparently I’ve offended a few people. You know you need to let that go. This is out of my respect for Tony and just having a little fun for a very very worthwhile charity.”
Let it go. Amen.
It was a funny way of honoring Dungy, a guy he has the utmost repsect for! I will say, at a miserable 0-6, he probably should have left out the comment on now “feeling like a winner”, but it’s still all in fun. Who knows, maybe his jersey reveal will help to light a fire under his team’s you know what…..
And hey, at least it was the jersey of a former Tennessee Vol…
Titans fans, what do you think?
Trust Me, I'm Fine
It’s funny the Titans lose 59-0 and get the same quesiton over and over again from friends, family and co-workers, “Are you OK?” I’m here to tell the world I AM FINE! I don’t mean to sound unsympathetic, but folks this is my job. I love football, I enjoy covering the Titans, but whether they win or lose my job remains the same, report what happened.
It is what seperates reporters from fans, we can not get emotional and we have to stay objective. No we are not robots and sure, I feel bad for them, but as they say “the show must go on”.
While I’m at it let me clear something else up, it is not the media’s job to get a coach or coaches fired. It is our job to present the facts and enough information for the viewer to make an educated decision for themself on what should happen.
Sure, we ask some difficult questions along the way, but we try to answer the questions you at home have and after this game it was simple “will coach Fisher be fired?” Was it fun to ask? No. Did he know it was coming? Of course he did. Jeff Fisher’s been around the block, his players too and while it’s not any fun for any of them they will survive. What they do next on the field, well, that’s up to them.
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