Melvin

All I gotta say is that if LCA wins which they likely will, Abingdon shouldn’t hang there heads. LCA should not be allowed to compete in the VHSL. We had to play North Cross this season which had 6 players on there team that weren’t even from the US. Luckily they’re not part of VHSL because they would’ve won state in 1-4A with ease. It’s honestly like playing a small college team

Well it's semifinal week and an unprecedented event will take place in Carter County. With 3 semifinal games all within 18 miles of each other! Kind of like the old days of Southwest Virginia. 
In 1A: South Pittsburg (9-2) visits Cloudland (12-1) Cloudland's only loss this year was to Hampton. The other side of the bracket is Trenton Peabody (12-1) @ 13-0 McKenzie.
In 2A: Trousdale County (12-1) makes the 4.5 hour trip to Hampton (10-2) to take on the Bulldogs. Hampton had an incredible come from behind win over Oneida. The other semifinal 12-1 Westview travels to 12-1 Riverside.
In 3A: 12-0 Giles County will be 12-1 Alcoa's next victim and 12-0 Dyersburg travels to 9-4 East Nashville in the other semifinal
In 4A: The trifectas final game is 12-1 Upperman visiting the 12-1 Cyclones of Elizabethton. The other side of the bracket is a battle of unbeatens Haywood travels to Tullahoma.
In 5A: Knox Powell (11-2) plays Knox West (11-2) and 12-1 Page hosts 8-5 Henry County
In 6A: Oakland travel Maryville in a battle of 13-0 teams and Summit (13-0) travels to Hendersonville (10-3) 
The Division 2 Title games are already set. These games are set to be played on December 2 in Chattanooga.
In 1A: Donaldson Christian(12-1) takes on Nashville Christian (11-2) In 2A: CPA (10-2) plays Lipscomb Academy (11-1) and 3A: McCallie (12-0) plays MBA (9-3) 
I am hoping for a Carter County sweep but Hampton and Cloudland have very tall tasks. Good Luck to all involved and Happy Thanksgiving To One and All!
 
 

Anyone from any school is welcome to post and comment on his or her team. It's not Union or Graham's fan's fault if others don't post or participate on the board. Geez
I think after taking such ragging over his time at Gate City, Akers has had a phenomenal season as HC at Holston. I think they beat PH. I don't see them getting by Galax though. I could be wrong. 

I will say that Phil is an asshole but he was a great coach. 
 
Over 300 career wins. Only missed the playoffs twice, 1984 and 1991. Coached them to state titles number 2 through 8. Came close to beating a loaded Manassas Park in 2004. 
 
Found ways to win. Yeah he sucked ass 🙄

His teams always expected to win. I was telling a D-B fan friend of mine after their first loss to Alcoa that one of D-B's problems is that they don't expect to win games like that. D-B had a lead late and could have salted the game away with a first down. They didn't make it, and you could see their body language say "we're going to lose".....and Alcoa went down and scored the game winning TD, then picked off a D-B pass to seal the win. I told him that the old PV/Appy/Gate City teams always expected to win when they took the field, even if they were an underdog. Alcoa was/is the same way. That was the least physically imposing Alcoa team I'd ever seen, but at no point in that game did those kids believe they would lose. 

Excellent points. I think many forget PV had 12 seasons after its last title ('98) w/ Robbins still at the helm. Appy had 13 seasons after its last ('97) w/ Tom Turner coaching for 8. Most people under 30 would have no recollection of the glory days.

This gets me. I actually had a parent venting to me because James Mitchell, as a freshman, was starting and their kid, as a sophomore, wasn't. Don't get me wrong, their kid was good, but he was no James Mitchell. I also remember a kid starting on the line in 2013 that couldn't block a coma patient, and being a senior was the only reason I could come up with as to why he was. It's difficult to see things when we're so close to them.

I dont have a horse in the race but he didn't take over championship programs, he took over programs that weren't very good.
In the 3 seasons before consolidation 
Appy went 6-5, 1-9, 5-5
PV went 5-6, 5-6, 5-6 
Turner has built Union into a perennial District and Regional contender 
 

Last week while watching Palm Beach Gardens at Treasure Coast, there were two guys behind us screaming holding every time PBG ran a play on offense, and it wasn't the first game we went to that had people doing that. 

Yep. Surprised, but not shocked that Betsy won, but I am shocked at the score. Too bad I missed most of it when NFHS went down. Thought about going to it, but my blood hasn't adjusted to the cold yet. When we left South Florida yesterday, it was 76 degrees at 6:00 AM and I haven't recovered since we got to Kingsport.

One thing I've noticed watching these games on nfhs is "Holding" is screamed on every play. This Appo game is terrible.

More surprised they held Greenville to 7 points than I am that they won.
Devils have looked other worldly in the speed department this year.

What’s amazing is there is a ton of good high school teams in the Knoxville area. Alcoa would be in 2a in Virginia. 

We might go to that one. Would have like to have stayed home and watched Vero Beach at Palm Beach Central in the 2nd round of the FHSAA Class 8A 2nd round, but we're driving back to Kingsport on Thursday. Our daughter and son in-law are officially adopting two sisters that they have been fostering for the last 2 1/2 years. Saturday is National Adoption Day, and they will participate in a ceremony at the courthouse in Jonesborough with other kids being adopted, and three sets of doting new "official" grandparents that are over the moon that these girls will be a permanent part of our lives. If we can't make it to Greeneville on Friday, we'll certainly catch the semifinal game the following week. I'm also entertaining the idea of coming back home on December 16th for the Class 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8A championships in Fort Lauderdale, which is a little over an hour from us, then go back to Kingsport for Christmas.

Check with Allegiant out of Asheville and the good looking kid fixing the airplanes is our son. He is now the lead mechanic, soon to be the chief mechanic! Flight costs $109 and takes an hour and forty nine minutes to West Palm Beach.
 

When you're as bad as Bill Blount is, it doesn't matter what district you're in. All they did was increase their travel expenses.

We might go to that one. Would have like to have stayed home and watched Vero Beach at Palm Beach Central in the 2nd round of the FHSAA Class 8A 2nd round, but we're driving back to Kingsport on Thursday. Our daughter and son in-law are officially adopting two sisters that they have been fostering for the last 2 1/2 years. Saturday is National Adoption Day, and they will participate in a ceremony at the courthouse in Jonesborough with other kids being adopted, and three sets of doting new "official" grandparents that are over the moon that these girls will be a permanent part of our lives. If we can't make it to Greeneville on Friday, we'll certainly catch the semifinal game the following week. I'm also entertaining the idea of coming back home on December 16th for the Class 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8A championships in Fort Lauderdale, which is a little over an hour from us, then go back to Kingsport for Christmas.

What's funny is that William Blount which is actually on the far side of town from Maryville IS in Region 1-6A.  The Govs wanted to be in 1-6A to avoid playing Maryville.  What did they get for their wish to switch districts?  Still an 0-5 conference record and 1-9 overall.  Lol

He has beaten everyone in the region, he has guided the Bears to the state semis , Appomattox has beat us every time , but who have they not . A injury here or there has kept the Bears from making that next step. You know Graham wishes he would go somewhere else

Week 1 in the books and there were a few surprises in 1A Humboldt (4-6) beat previously Memphis Middle College. In 4A Jackson North Side (6-5) beat #1 seed Region 8 Kirby (7-3) in 6A they were several upsets Shelbyville (5-6) beat Rockvale (7-4) and Gallatin (4-5) beat Smyrna (7-3) and Brentwood (7-4) beat Germantown (8-3). 
Local Northeast Tennessee teams still playing.
In 1A Cloudland (10-1) hosts Oakdale (8-3).
In 2A Oneida (8-3) travels to Camp Creek tp play South Greene (9-2) and Hampton (8-2) travels to Rockwood (8-3)
In 3A Unicoi County (10-1) hosts Pigeon Forge (8-2)
In 4A Greeneville (11-0) hosts Knox Fulton (8-3) and Elizabethton (9-1) makes the long trip to Anderson County (6-5)
In 5A Knox Central (7-3)  travels to Gray to play Daniel Boone (5-5) and David Crockett (7-4) goes to Knox West (9-2)
In 6A West Ridge (9-2) fresh off of its first ever playoff win in it's first ever playoff game travels to 11-0 Maryville where they will lose by at least 5 TD's...
Good Luck to everyone still playing.
 

Do I come across to you as arrogant?
There are quite a few (especially in the Facebook group, D-B Football Real Talk) who are exactly as you define.  However those fans also very rarely are even bothered to come to the games also.  They're not true fans.  The true fans were in the stands in Maryville Friday night, myself included, and knew before kickoff what the outcome would be.
As for blaming refs and yadda yadda, if there's a fan base who doesn't have at least one fan who does that crap, then point me out to them.
The four losses D-B had this year were all deserved.
Greeneville -- one of the top 4 in the state regardless of classification, enough said, ass beating
Jefferson County -- D-B overlooked them, got down 21, couldn't recover.  Deserved loss.
Science Hill -- Got spanked, bottom line
Maryville -- See Greeneville above

I live in Kingsport have for 35 years now and have been to many DB games probably 50 in my time hear and the fan interest has declined steadily DB had a elderly fan base and a lot of their fans have just died off and the middle age folks don't care as much. (Same problem is happening at Gate City too) I watched the Greeneville and Jeff County games, the Jeff County team with the injured QB was good. Greeneville is probably the fourth best team in the state in all classes combined, behind Alcoa, Maryville and Oakland. 

St Lucie Centennial 47
Port St Lucie 30
Final
Nice comeback by the Jaguars, but they ran out of gas late. 

Good observations Hoss! I enjoy your insights. 

Not sure what is up with my username. Melvin was what I originally registered under years ago, and then I bought a new computer and couldn't get logged on, so I set up another account as JDHoss. Then I recently bought another computer, and I couldn't log on as JDHoss, so I sent for a password reset and it gave me this account back. WFT? I can still post from my phone as JDHoss though. Bizarre....
 
I'm afraid it's going to be a tough postseason for Region 1, especially in 5A & 6A.
Class A :
Cloudland v Greenback - Greenback is a shell of what they used to be, and that's a long ass bus ride to Roan Mtn. I'll go with the Landers in this one.
Jellico v Oakdale - I know where Jellico is, and the fact that they're usually not very good. I'll go with Oakdale.
Unaka v Midway - Should be a tight one. I'll go with Unaka at home.
North Greene v Coalfield - Running clock to start the 2nd half for Coalfield.
 
Class AA:
South Greene v York - South Green by at least a couple of TD.
Cumberland Gap v Oneida - Oneida by a bunch.
Happy Valley v Rockwood - Happy Valley will lose big.
 
Class AAA:
Austin East v Unicoi - The Roadrunners have struggled this year at 2-7, but against a tough schedule. Unicoi is 9-1, but against a butter soft schedule. In their lone loss, they were throttled by Cloudland. I'll go with Unicoi in a tight one.
West Greene v Pigeon Forge - Pigeon Forge in a solid 2 score win.
Chokey Duck v Gatlinburg Pittman - Pittman by a couple of scores.
Johnson Co v Alcoa - At least the Longhorns saved gas money by forfeiting. 
 
Class 4A:
Greeneville v South Doyle - The Cherokees aren't a pushover, but Greeneville will put them away by late 3rd quarter.
Elizabethton v Carter - Betsy eying another date with Greeneville. Carter won't come close.
Volunteer v Fulton - Great year for Volunteer, but Fulton is another universe away in terms of overall team speed.
Seymour v Anderson Co - The Mavericks own one of the best entrances in high school football, and they will own Seymour too.
 
Class 5A:
Crockett v Sevier Co - Crockett struggled to beat Richlands last week. They're not going to be the Smokey Bears
Boone v Halls - Boone has played a tough schedule and lost some close games, as has Halls, but against better competition. I'll go with Halls.
THS v Central - It's been a tough season for THS, and it's going to end badly against the Bobcats.
Mo West v Knox West - Running clock to start the 2nd half.
 
Class 6A:
Science Hill v Farragut - The Admirals are 4-6, but against a tough schedule and 4 of those losses were by 4 points or less. The Toppers have played fairly well of late, but I'll go with Farragut.
D-B v Murville - There will be a running clock at some point in the 2nd half. D-B doesn't match up well anywhere with the Rebels.
Jeff Co v Bradley Central - Jeff Co's season went down the tubes about 2 or 3 weeks ago when they lose their QB. Bradly by at least 3 scores.
West Ridge v Cleveland - Great inaugural season for the Wolves, but Cleveland is a tough opponent. IMO West Ridge has a puncher's chance in front of what will be a rocking crowd, but will probably come up short.
The playoffs down here in Florida don't start until next week. Tomorrow night we're going to watch Port St Lucie v St Lucie West Centennial, and on Saturday, we're attending our first Muck Bowl over at Pahokee. It's Pahokee v Glades Central in one of the biggest rivalries in the entire country. There's a great documentary called 4th & Forever: Muck City that's available to stream on HBO Max and Curiosity Stream. I highly recommend it.
High school football's greatest rivalry: Muck City - YouTube