Murphy needs games
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Try Asheville, Erwin, or Reynolds. I know they are always looking for local teams to play them. It would be fun games to see I think.
As a Murphy fan those games would be interesting. I would like something a little more local a 4 hour round trip is a little less local than I like.
Union County has been a weak program in the past--going close to two decades without a playoff berth--but they've gone 9-1 in the regular season and made the 2A playoffs in GA the last two years, so I think it would be a solid non-conference addition.
With the 2-A conference reallignments next year it's gonna be even tougher to schedule enough non-conference games. Personally, I would like to see home and home games with the SMC teams.
Less travel time, larger gates, and best of all...stop the unnecessary scheduling of larger and mostly out of state teams. To me, it's a no-brainer.....take advantage of the quality football we already have. Just think about it.....Murphy, Robbinsville, and Swain all playing each other twice in a regular season with a possibility of playing a 3rd time in post season. It doesn't get much better than that!
I think some sort of rotation could be worked out where each of the SMC teams could schedule at least two home and home conference games each season. This way it would still leave room for the other conference games and traditional non-conference rivalries such as Swain / Smoky Mountain and Franklin / Murphy. Sort of like in the 70's when each of the 2-A SMC teams ( Sylva-Webster, Swain, Murphy, Franklin) had home and home schedules.
Less travel time, larger gates, and best of all...stop the unnecessary scheduling of larger and mostly out of state teams. To me, it's a no-brainer.....take advantage of the quality football we already have. Just think about it.....Murphy, Robbinsville, and Swain all playing each other twice in a regular season with a possibility of playing a 3rd time in post season. It doesn't get much better than that!
I think some sort of rotation could be worked out where each of the SMC teams could schedule at least two home and home conference games each season. This way it would still leave room for the other conference games and traditional non-conference rivalries such as Swain / Smoky Mountain and Franklin / Murphy. Sort of like in the 70's when each of the 2-A SMC teams ( Sylva-Webster, Swain, Murphy, Franklin) had home and home schedules.
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As a Erwin fan playing these Tennessee schools and teams like Davidson Day is really boring because we have no common ground. I would much rather play a local team from wnc like Murphy.
There is no excuse for Erwin and Pisgah not playing if they both have dates. They are very close to each other.
You beat me too it! lol!
What about Crest or Shelby? Those schools are no more than 2-3hrs away...
The real competition is near Charlotte...ask Robbinsville. They seem to be the only ones with enough balls to play a Charlotte area school...The Q foundation doesn't count.
Shelby or Crest is a terrible match up for any SMC school any year. Why doesn't Crest or Shelby play Mallard Creek or Byrnes SC? It is the same as a SMC team playing them.
Most of my family lives in Cleveland county and it would be great for my folks to see my son. That is the only positive though, it's a 3 hr ride to a beat down. It's not a matter of guts it's a matter of intelligence on both teams. Shelby or Crest have nothing to gain on traveling 3 hrs one way to beat a 1A Murphy team and Murphy has a lot to lose come playoff time wasting the gas to go to a team that they are not going to beat. Sounds good to debate about but just not practical. Country Day is not Shelby or Crest also.
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The real stinker here is bigger Georgia schools Union Co and Fannin Co sitting 30 minutes away bordering Cherokee co and refuse to play Murphy. That's the story. yet both do play either Andrews or Hayesville........Both are natural games and rivals for Murphy and it seems neither will take the challenge. Those 2 schools should play Murphy every year. Big gate guaranteed and better games than they would get usually from AHS or HHS...
I wish I could see asheville or any team in that conference play Byrnes SC. Byrnes could probably put up 80 and beat any team in NC
There isn't a team in the south east that can beat Mallard Creek...maybe in Florida..maybe.
I think mallard and Byrnes would be a great game but Byrnes is a totally different animal, I don't even know what mallard creeks record would be if they played teams like Dorman, Gaffney, Byrnes and even greenwood from SC. As far as southeast all together I doubt they would give st thomas aquanis in Florida any trouble at all
Well actually Byrnes beat them last year and I forgot they played Byrnes this season and did win but not by much, I still say if they played a schedule full of the teams like I mentioned they don't do as good but still probably have a pretty good record
Mallard creek is pretty dang good Yet they have lost games the past two years. If they would have been undefeated the past 10 years your argument might seem valid but they have been beat and by one of the teams I just mentioned so until they go undefeated for a few years I won't see how any team in the southeast couldn't beat them
Mallard Creek beat Byrnes just last week. Mallard Creek is ranked #10 in America as well. Do you guys not keep up with anyone outside of the Smokies...
As for teams from the Asheville area playing good teams they do all the time. Just look at Reynolds, Asheville, and Erwin every season. They can't get very many local teams to play them so they schedule teams like Crest and Shelby to fill those slots. I wish the SMC teams would play them. It would be fun games between two mtn teams.
I do agree about the Flordia schools. Booker t Washington would beat them as well as a few others.
Mallard Creek has already beaten Dillon and Byrnes this year. Two SC powers. I'll throw this out (and not trying to be a smart a$$). There are probably at least half a dozen JV Teams in Charlotte that are better than any team in the SMC. I would love for more of the teams further east play the mountain teams in regular season.
I don't doubt their are jv teams better, that only makes sense seeing how they have more athletes to choose from, most of the SMC teams have to beg students to play just to have enough students to substitute. The only thing I will say is that at least the SMC has dominated and had huge amounts of success against schools their own size and even schools in the 2A class. Looking st state titles alone you can't say the same for the Asheville area schools
It's crazy talking about playing farther east. Murphy to Charlotter area is a 4 hour trip. It's just not practical. Only parents are going to make that trip. Not to good for the gate.
The competition us Asheville schools play in the playoffs is on a whole other level that what you guys see in 1A. With the exception of a few schools like WRH I cant think of many powerhouse teams in 1A. I can name 3A and 4A teams all day long. Our 1st round games are usually harder than your 4th rd games. With that being said I really do respect the SMC tradition and I was just posting on here because I would like to see Murphy play some teams locally in WNC.
I understand where you come from about competition at the higher levels. Bigger schools with more enrollment you are bound to have more power house teams and with larger numbers to choose from the talent level is going to naturally be higher. But where 1A is concerned public 1A schools just don't have the number to choose from. Which is why we don't play schools much bigger than our own. It would be a complete waste of time. Player for player we have athletes just as good but we simply do not have the depth to compete with larger schools. Some years when we have stacked teams then we can play with certain. 3A and even 4A schools but other then that it would be a wasted trip just to take a lose in a game that wouldn't even be close
I agree bravenation. I have seen some 1A players that were great and could play on any level. TA McClendon from Albemarle is a great example. It is just extremely hard to win a title in 3A or 4A with mountain schools because of the talent on the other end of the state.
I understand, I was actually at a Erwin playoff game a few years ago when they played a number 9 seed I believe and the talent level and skill on that team was unreal for a first round game. I believe even if schools like Murphy wanted to play asheville and erwin I don't know if they would agree to play. I would like to see it just as much as you, just to see how our schools would do but from a logical standpoint I just don't see the bigger schools agreeing to play smaller teams like the ones in the SMC as I think it would only hurt them later on in the season when they play bigger and more competitive teams
That is true. What happens in 3A you have 4-5 undefeated teams in the west and that makes everyone else get a lower seed. I have seen 10-0 teams with a 4-5 seed. Erwin was 9-2 a few years ago and played a team that was 8-2 in the 1st round. It is crazy. I just love the tradition of the SMC teams. I love the area too. I fish out there all the time. On some given years they could pull the upset too. I know Asheville lost to Hayesville and Murphy a few times. Most seasons it would be a mismatch but not always. I enjoyed when Erwin played Cherokee a few seasons ago too.
That's not correct, Concord which is a 3A powerhouse agreed to play Albemarle these 2 years on the second game of the season. They made it all the way to the 3rd round only to get demolished by Crest last year. They even threw in 5k gate just to fill the scheduled (Which was much needed!). But I tell you, the outcome was pure ugly both games! Jesus!
I actually enjoy cheering for all of the mountain teams come playoff time. In my opinion the mountain teams just play a more physical and hard nosed style game, whereas teams from down state seem to play with more speed and finesse. Do you remember when erwin played cherokee? Hopefully it was when we was still good lol
I actually just looked and it was in 2004 when they played and erwin won 34-20. That was the year before cherokee went 12-2 and had a great few years of football
