The Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association’s football playoffs kick off across the state this week in the first of five weeks of postseason games.

Maryville’s T.D. Blackmon (27) makes an interception against Ravenwood during the Class 6A state high school football championship game at Tennessee Tech University in Cookeville on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015. (ADAM LAU/NEWS SENTINEL)
High school sports writers from across the USA Today Network – Tennessee discuss the opening week’s top games.
Join moderator Tom Kreager, The Tennessean’s high school sports coordinator, as he talks playoffs with John Varlas of The Commercial Appeal, Michael Murphy of The Tennessean and Chris Thomas of the Knoxville News Sentinel.
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