BoKnows08

Yep! I’m going to say at West Point they have to do something. Have they ever been 0-7? Has anyone ever gone from state runner up to 0-7?

THEY DO INDEED. I BELIEVE THIS IS WHAT ANTHONY HART IS DOING AT LAFAYETTE COUNTY.

I do not know if I were them I would move mountains to get the GOAT back in Chambliss. I believe he still lives there and is coaching in Alabama.

North 7A - Tupelo 6A - Warren Central or Lake Cormorant ------ I only say this as a possibility because Lake Cormorant is beyond talented defensively probably second to only Tupelo and its close from a sheer talent perspective which is absolutely crazy to say considering Tupelo is a travel ball squad. Lake Cormorant rotates 6 Defensive Linemen that all look like identical twins that are 6'3-6'5 250. If you haven't seen the talent they have on the defensive side of the football it is an injustice. They have 5-6 legitimate division 1 football players anchored by 2027 Eric Vaulx DE and Rashod Bobo LB - Florida State Commit and Western Kentucky Commit respectively and 2028 Ty'Jah Brown DL - Uncommitted but holds multiple offers from SEC schools. In the 2029 class they have Jaden McGregory CB that holds Ole Miss and Arkansas offers and Khalil Sims a 6'5 240 DE with a Florida State offer). To have that much talent on one side of the football is insane! There are other players that will be recruited but are not being recruited yet. They have other players that I expect to get offers QB - Curtis Shields will be a DB at next level. Also an OLB and WR. 5A - Put name in a hat and leave West Point out. 4A - LOUISVILLE 3A - WINONA 2A - KEMPER COUNTY 1A - I have no idea

The Shannon players initiated that fight and got exactly what they were looking for. The Shannon coach made no attempt to get his players under control and went across just to shake hands while his players were taunting the entire sideline. This is my opinion…. Emotions and excitement were very high and kids are going to be kids. They earned a hard fought victory. The Shannon staff should have made an immediate, deliberate attempt to control the kids elation and get them controlled and back to their side of the field and then went to shake hands and took whatever the response was from the Pontotoc staff in terms of voicing their displeasure with the way they were acting and then walked away and celebrated with their boys. Instead they chose to allow kids to continue taunting Pontotoc and just shake hands. Because they chose to ignore their players behavior they will be playing short handed I would assume. Either way it was a bad look.

I just saw that. I know THS was in the mix as a landing spot.

Isn’t there also a DB from Vardaman? Maybe he moved to Vardaman as well?

Wonder if it was their idea to move to Tupelo or they did so because their child was being recruited from another area school. It’s a sad day when a great football coach that develops and cares about his kids the way Finch did/does at Saltillo steps down because another coach/school like Tupelo doesn’t care enough about him and his family than to recruit his players. Now every other child and player at Saltillo is suffering because Tupelo felt the need to hoard talent from other places. What about the born and bred kids that are now standing on the sidelines because someone moved in from Saltillo? Hardin and company may be great football coaches but the way they robbed Saltillo is not commendable. Say what you want but it’s ridiculous and no one says a word about it and folks like you defending it will only make it worse. The tide (or Golden Wave) will recede at some point and you will be right back to mediocrity at Tupelo like you’ve always been.

Home grown means Lee County right? Which would include the influx of all the players from Saltillo? Wasn’t Braylon Williams a player at Baldwyn?

Go to the end of the game.

Sadly what Shannon chose to do after the game is much more of a topic? What will be the consequences of it all?

You cant hear anything about West Point now. Ive tried to get them stirred up. They have run for cover. Welcome to the real world with the rest of us peasants I reckon. I'm betting when they beat up on Pontotoc and Saltillo they will jump back in head first. Although I doubt they pull that railroad horn they been jerking on for several years in the state championship regardless of who makes it from the south.

Tupelo is even recruiting next years class already by going ahead and lining up several players that include the Quarterback from East Webster and several other key positional players. No one will bat an eye when he “announces” his move from EW to Tupelo.

Ive heard the same. I expect the 1A and 2A divisions to change drastically in North.

I dont know but based on what I have "heard". Myrtle turned in 148. Water Valley 197. Eupora 169. Vardaman 165. Strayhorn turned in 3A numbers. I expect that Myrtle will go down. Eupora and WV will remain 2A with Vardaman coming up from 1A. Strayhorn will go 3A.

I couldn't even guess on 6A south other than the perennial winners down there being Hattiesburg and Picayune? 4A south is also a huge mystery to me. Columbia and Poplarville are the only 2 teams I have heard about

Water Valley - 197

Myrtle turned in less than 150

In North MS I'm just wondering where @wpgreenwave51 and his goons went to after running me through the mud about defending their old staff that they "ran out of town" and "put them on the hotseat". Looks to me like they may have been a little more "qualified" than expected. It's going to be a sad day in paradise this Friday when they get hot clocked by Tupelo after having 2 weeks to prepare. I'm betting they will show back up after they closely beat Pontotoc and then the bacon fries in hot grease when Lafayette finally beats them in their double wing offense that has scored 200+ points in 4 games. Gulfport/Petal may come out of the South but it wont matter because Tupelo and their recruiting coordinator need a raise. Tupelo by fifty on whoever comes out of the South. After Friday night and seeing them play I am positive that their QB could call plays and their MLB could call defense and they would win by 3-4 TDS. That staff needs to get on the bus, keep the kids out of trouble, limit injuries in practice and enjoy the ride. All they can possibly do is lose the game. The have STUDS EVERYWHERE. Warren Central is in the same boat as Tupelo in terms of being the definite front runner and I have more confidence in their staff to keep the train on the tracks. In 4A its Kosy and Louisville and then EVERYONE else. Is it October 9th yet because that is the only game in 4A north that makes a difference.

Tupelo just put the state of Mississippi on notice! They completely dismantled a very good well coached Oxford team. I have been super critical of Tupelo’s lack of production compared to talent accumulated. Last night they put it together. They could have played with anyone, anywhere last night nationwide. Also, hats off to Petal.

Kosciusko put Louisville out last year. They played 2 very close football games. I expect the same thing this year. Kosciusko is a very good football team. If anyone is going to beat Louisville it’s Kosciusko and that is it. Louisville travels to Kosciusko on 10/09 and the rematch will be North Half barring a major upset of one of them. They are heads above the rest of 4A although Kosciusko has to improve in defense. Giving up 50+ to Hernando doesn’t look good but scoring 60 does. I am very interested in Leake. Leake High is a consolidation of Leake Central who went I think 9-3 last year and got put out by McComb in a 1 point game and Leake County who went 7-6 and lost in the 3rd round to Taylorsville. Both of those teams were young last year also. Leake high is a team that combined went 16-9 last season and are playing together. I know little to nothing about Germantown other than they score a lot of pointa and give up more.

I agree with this. Shannon would beat Aberdeen. Shannon has the ability to play with anyone. Consistently winning takes time and commitment. West Point, Louisville, Picayune, Poplarville, weren't built in one year it took consistent commitment to the kids and the program in order to be successful. There have been many "right" hires to maintain expectations of excellence. It takes a community coming together for their kids and pushing administration towards providing resources for the children and pushing staff members to work towards learning and growing. Tony Evans has one of my favorite quotes, "either you hate change enough to lose or you hate losing enough to change which is it?"

Shannon is in a similar boat to Aberdeen in my opinion from what little I read about them in my area however I do read the Daily Journal from time to time and I listen to and check their scores each Friday. I think Shannon and Aberdeen are fighting a similar battle to one another with Shannon's probably being a little tougher due to competition from the pull of Tupelo in the area. After Shannon being down for so long its hard to get people (especially admin) back on board with seeing the importance of a strong athletics program as a vehicle for student athletes that might not ever have the opportunity to better themselves or their families without athletics. We are all blessed by the LORD with gifts and His timing is perfect in all that happens. I believe the staff that is there currently is making strides in the right direction that weren't being made in years prior. If anyone knows what football or any extracurricular activity can do in the life of a young man or woman then it should be Coach Topps. - North 4A is Louisville Kosy Senatobia New Albany, Itawamba, and Shannon with the last 3 being pretty evenly matched IMO. I dont know a ton about anyone in the delta in 4A other than Clarksdale is probably in that mix also.

I have a ton of respect for what Coach Williams has been able to do there. They are making strides for sure. I would probably put them at #3 in the north behind those 2 right now. For Winona to dismantle Calhoun City 59-6 the way they did and shutdown 7A Southaven is stout. I know Aberdeen beat Calhoun City but Winona hot clocked them.