I know it early. This is just for those who want to know who plays who. Here it is.
SMC week 1.
Franklin at Murphy.
Andrews at Cloudland T.N.
Hapeville G.A. at Robbinsville
East Henderson at Swain.
Smoky Mountain at Cherokee.
North Henderson at Rosman.
Towns County G.A. at Hayesville.

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Here we go!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Franklin 14 Muprhy 27
Andrews 24 Cloudland, Tenn 38 ?
East Henderson 14 Swain 24
Smoky Mountain 14 Cherokee 13
North Henderson 24 Rosman 21
Towns County, Ga 10 Hayesville 22

The Hayesville game is wrong. They play Johnson Central, KY out of Paintsville, KY

Franklin by 14
Cloudland TN by 14
Robbinsville by 7
East Henderson by 7
Smoky Mountain by 14
North Henderson by 7
Johnson Central KY by 21

Have you all looked at this Johnson Central team page on Maxpreps. They haven't had a losing record since 2004 and they love to run the ball. They are a 4A as well. I must make the change to Johnson Central 44 Hayesville 20.

Well to be fair their enrollment is right around 1,000 so if they were in North Carolina they would be a big 2A or a small 3A school. They are about the same size as Franklin. But yes, I've heard they are a quality team but I don't personally know a lot about them. I figure they will be kind of like Franklin based on their style of play. KY football isn't very good overall though, Swain beat Pikeville which is one of the best 1A teams in KY, like a rented mule. But with Johnson Central being a good 4A KY team I'm sure they will be a much much better team than Pikeville.

Im gonna take my Dogs by 14
Cloudland Tennessee by 7
Robbinsville by 14
Swain by 7 in a defensive battle ( They seem to always start off slow offensively)
Smoky Mtn by 21
Rosman by 14
Johnson Central by as many as they want to put on the board .

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Yellow Jackets loss by 3 tds.

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I got the news yesterday that besides #5 DeMarcus Hobson (who was going to be the 2nd WR to McKeon and the top return man) #33 Robbie Tompa who had won a starting spot at CB (very impressive considering both Murphy's starting CB's were back) is also done for the year with a torn ACL.

Oh and by the way those two just happened to be 2 of the 4 fastest players on Murphy's team [furious] ...

New scoreline prediction: Franklin 31 - Murphy 17

I still like Murphy in a close one . Its simple Franklin is gonna put everyone they have at the line of scrimmage and dare Murphy to throw . If we can't move the ball on the ground it will be a long night , if we can get anything through the air it will be a bonus . Franklin isn't flashy or fancy they just play ball control old school smash mouth football .

I can't help but think Franklin losing 20+ seniors and it being the first game of the season they will need some time to gell . Regardless of losing Hobson and Tompa I like our chances . Time will tell , kickoff in a little over 2 hrs good luck to all the SMC .

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Good luck to all the SMC teams tonight

OK, so what a way to start the season going 3-3 in SMC play, and 5-1 in the WHC, I really blew it on the Mitchell game! And i completely forgot to pick Robbinsville!