Yeah if he has daylight no one in 2a football is catching him. Kid can fly
Let’s Talk Playoffs!
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Would love to see it! But first, East will have to get through Corvian, and Murphy will have to get through CSOD or a healthier Swain, assuming the Dogs take care of business against Albemarle or Cherokee.
I would love for us to get a shot at Murphy. It would be a heck of a game. I know we played down there a few years ago, came back with an L 38-34 off POOR play calling.
Again, one game at a time, long road ahead of us.
Again, one game at a time, long road ahead of us.
It's ridiculous that Corvian is even in these playoffs. I would absolutely love to see Murphy and East go at it.
Something in the HSRatings system changed overnight. It now has Murphy coming out of the west. But all of the games between Murphy, Corvian, Starmount, East Wilkes are all within 1-3 points
The qb and the 2 wings. One of the 2nd string rb was apart of it as well as the kicker.
That is open to interpretation. I will admit they seem to have some plays that cross the line. I think much of it comes from the fact that they seem very undisciplined. Do I think they cross the line? Yes, do I think it is a team wide problem? No.
Not sure if the exact seed but years ago Rosman made a run, I believe to the region finals.
Davie County made it to states years ago as like a 10th seed or something and got throttled at Wake Forest but they filled there side of the stadium up.
Rosman played for a state championship as a 9 seed in 1997.
I saw them one year and the filled the place up, but they played Hillside. They also got destroyed in that game.
That was it. I dont know what seed they were but they barely got in the playoffs then made a run.
This is a very physical Murphy team, definitely the most physical since at least spring of '21 and probably further back than that. A lot of these fellow SMC fans are not used to seeing Murphy play like this nowadays. Swain and Robbinsville have had multiple big physical groups in the last 15 years that were also accused by some of being dirty, when in reality a really physical football team is going to toe the line between what is considered hard nosed football and what may go too far at times...
Do I think there's been some plays that crossed the line this year? Yes, but you can say that for almost any football team any season, this is a contact sport played by teenagers. In no way do I think anything that's happened this year qualifies the whole group as being "dirty" and like you said in no way shape or form have the Murphy players been encouraged to cross the line by the coaching staff. Coach Watson, Coach Curtis. etc. are not those kind of coaches or men.
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Rosman knocked off heavyweights (Cummings, Thomasville, & Maiden I think) and got home field advantage (back then if you knocked off a higher seeded team you earned that spot) and a higher seeded Starmount team that was loaded had to travel 3.5 hours to play in the mountains. Had a very questionable call on a punt return TD that in all likelihood would have given the Rams a win.
Starmount played #16 seeded North Edgecombe for title in 1998. BUT NE was no ordinary 16 seed having lost some early games due to the destruction of that flood in that area and some injuries to their major players.
Starmount Takes Down Edgecombe's Cinderella Dreams
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I remember that one. Starmount should have several state championships from the 90's and early 2000's. For different reasons things just didn't work out.Rosman knocked off heavyweights (Cummings, Thomasville, & Maiden I think) and got home field advantage (back then if you knocked off a higher seeded team you earned that spot) and a higher seeded Starmount team that was loaded had to travel 3.5 hours to play in the mountains. Had a very questionable call on a punt return TD that in all likelihood would have given the Rams a win.
Starmount played #16 seeded North Edgecombe for title in 1998. BUT NE was no ordinary 16 seed having lost some early games due to the destruction of that flood in that area and some injuries to their major players.
Starmount Takes Down Edgecombe's Cinderella Dreams
Murphy's home field advantage would be huge if that game happens. Having to travel that far and then the cold. Brrrr
The part of that article that mentions that they were 100-21 so far in the decade is pretty crazy. The next year they only lost one game. (worst call ever)
So I think they finished out the 90s being 112-22
Corvian looked rather scary on film…yep Rams… good draw on your side of the bracket not to pick them up…EW if you guys get past Hayesville… this Corvian team is for real…A tough draw for anyone in 2a in the West from what i see.. perfect game to beat them… from what i see as well..They are beatable yes… just saying …A West Wilkes type physical.. with waaaaaaaaay more speed..and two amazing lineman..
I remember that low scoring game between Starmount and Rosman. It was cold!!!
A few years earlier, the Rams led Thomasville 3-0 until late in the game….when the Dogs scored a touchdown on a controversial call. Starmount should have won that game. I think Mt. Airy beat Thomasville the very next week.
A few years earlier, the Rams led Thomasville 3-0 until late in the game….when the Dogs scored a touchdown on a controversial call. Starmount should have won that game. I think Mt. Airy beat Thomasville the very next week.
The stretch years of 1996,1997, 1998, and 1999 were the best four years in Rams’ history:
1996: 13-2 2A West Finals
1997: 13-2 1A West Finals
1998: 15-1 1A State Champs
1999: 12-1 1A 2nd Round (snapped 27-game streak)
53-6
1996: 13-2 2A West Finals
1997: 13-2 1A West Finals
1998: 15-1 1A State Champs
1999: 12-1 1A 2nd Round (snapped 27-game streak)
53-6
That was against Swain. Josh Oakes hit a school record 52-yard FG late in the 4th quarter and Swain “completed” a long pass and scored a few seconds before the clock ran out.
Talk about sick..knowing the guy didn’t catch it and seeing it on the highlights made it even worse. That team had the chance to repeat because that defense was so tough. Led the state in points allowed. Current Rams coach Josh Pardue was on those 98 and 99 teams so that why his teams can play defense!
The game I was thinking of Deana was Starmount at Thomasville in 1990 that the Rams should have won. If I’m not mistaken, it was the first time the Rams had played the Bulldogs in the playoffs, and may have been before your tenure. There have been too many close ones….Rosman, Thomasville, Monroe, Bandys….
CSD looks scary in that game against Corvian as well.
I doubt they better than last year. I didn't consider them unbeatable last year either TBH.
I think if Starmount had faced Corvian last year that the Rams passing game would've been hard for Corvian. We will never know though.
CSD looks very scary against Corvian.. not sure how Corvian scored so quickly to even win that game with so little time remaining. Both are good teams.
They gotta come thru Ronda to get to Murphy...