Once the calendar flipped to November and the brackets were released for the TSSAA football playoffs, we all knew what was coming.
Based on recent history, we all should have, right?
Outside of a few folks momentarily blinded by seeing scenarios through glasses tinted in their favorite school’s colors, the rest of us knew we were speeding toward another BlueCross Bowl battle between Baylor’s Red Raiders and McCallie’s Blue Tornado.
It was inevitable.
So while Brentwood Academy showcased the state’s top prep prospect — future University of Tennessee quarterback George McIntyre — and Nashville’s Ensworth was smothering every opponent with an immovable defense, ultimately neither could stand up to the wave of talent and physicality (and level of coaching) the Red Raiders and Blue Tornado batter and overwhelm opponents with.