Narrow losses in McCallie’s first two games last year seemed to set the tone for the entire football season. A similar challenge opening this year’s slate would go a long way to shaping the Blue Tornado fortunes this time around.
But despite a loss last week at Georgia powerhouse Peachtree Ridge – at Parkview, the 2015 opening foe – McCallie coach Ralph Potter sensed this year would be different.
Was he ever right.
McCallie tallied touchdowns on six of its seven first-half possessions Friday night, amassing 377 total yards to parlay a 32-point advantage at intermission into a 49-10 thrashing of Blackman at Spears Stadium.
The convincing win atoned for a two-point loss to the Blaze in Murfreesboro last year and validated Potter’s hunch about his squad.