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Titans HC Brian Callahan Reacts to Calvin Ridley’s Rant
Following the Tennessee Titans’ loss to the Indianapolis Colts this past Sunday, frustration boiled over for wide receiver Calvin Ridley, who went on a rant about not getting the ball enough during a postgame locker room interview.
“I need some in the beginning of the f***ing game too. S**t is getting crazy for me,” Ridley said about only getting second half looks.
Well, Titans head coach Brian Callahan reacted to Ridley’s remarks, and he actually loved the fire from his star pass-catcher.
“It wasn’t for lack of intent. That much I can tell you,” Callahan said of Ridley not getting enough targets early in the game, via Turron Davenport of ESPN. ” … I don’t mind it. I know Calvin wants to win. That’s all he really wants. He wants to help us win. I love his passion, love his drive to want to help the team and do the right things.”
Callahan added that Tennessee needs to find a way to get Ridley more involved in the offense throughout the game.
Ridley was targeted eight times against the Colts, but didn’t record a single catch. On the season overall, he has logged just nine grabs for 141 yards and a touchdown.
The Titans signed Ridley to a four-year, $92 million contract during the offseason, but he is obviously not living up to expectations thus far.
Of course, that has a lot to do with Tennessee’s quarterback play, as Will Levis has been subpar through the Titans’ first five games. Plus, the offensive line has been a disaster, as well.
Ridley spent the 2023 campaign with the Jacksonville Jaguars and hauled in 76 receptions for 1,016 yards and eight scores, so he is certainly used to being more productive.
The 29-year-old spent the first five years of his career with the Atlanta Falcons, with his best season coming in 2020 when he caught 90 passes for 1,374 yards and nine touchdowns.
Tennessee is just 1-4 on the year.
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Tennessee high school football computer rankings (10/14/2024)
Week 8 of the 2024 Tennessee high school football season is in the books, and High School on SI has published its fourth computer rankings of the season in the state.
The Class 6A computer rankings shows a new No. 1 team in the state, the Maryville Rebels, who remained undefeated Friday and moved to 7-0. Close behind in the No. 2 spot are the Collierville Dragons, who are coming off a dominant 42-0 win against White Station.
Sevier County remains the No.1 team in the latest Class 5A computer rankings, while a one-loss Beech team rises to the No. 2 spot.
SBLive’s formula was created using its linear algebra-based ranking algorithm inspired by the Colley Bias-Free Ranking Method. Colley’s Method was created by Wes Colley, Ph.D., an astrophysicist at the University of Alabama at Huntsville. He devised his algorithm to help address the subjectivity and controversy regarding BCS college football selections in the 1990s and early 2000s, using a method that used no subjective variables.
Here are SBLive’s latest Tennessee football computer rankings, as of Oct. 14, 2024:
TENNESSEE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL COMPUTER RANKINGS
CLASS 6A | CLASS 5A
CLASS 4A | CLASS 3A
CLASS 2A | CLASS 1A
CLASS 2-AAA | CLASS 2-AA | CLASS 2-A
CLASS 8 MAN
— Robin Erickson @sblivesports
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Watch: Tennessee crews rescue dog left stranded by Helene on tree for five days
Scared dog found high and dry after climbing a tree to escape floods
Kingsport Fire Department Technical Rescue Team rescued a dog stranded for 5 days in a 20 foot tree in Washington County, TN.
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Firefighters in East Tennessee rescued a dog stranded in a tree, 20 feet in the air.
The dog was sheltering in the tree from the high floodwaters caused by Tropical Storm Helene, which caused immense damage to East Tennessee and Western North Carolina on Sept. 27.
Helene caused heavy damage in Washington County, where the dog was found, and seven other East Tennessee counties. The storm and the sequential floods proved to be deadly, killing at least 17 people in Tennessee alone.
Clean-up of Helene is ongoing but will be a long process for East Tennessee communities.
The National Guard is deployed and first responders from around the state, including Murfreesboro Police officers, responded to East Tennessee in the aftermath of the storm.
The animal was discovered by the Murfreesboro Police Department and Kingsport Fire Department on Oct. 2. Murfreesboro Police Department’s K9 Kari, a 5-year-old bloodhound, located the trapped animal, according to a Murfreesboro Police Department Facebook post.
Firefighters then used a ladder washed away by the flood water to rescue the animal.
The dog has since been reunited with its owner.
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