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The fact you have Narrows 5th shows all we need to know, honestly. And that's no slight to any Narrows fans on here.

106.3, if you dare to endure the mediocrity of the broadcast.

Just because of all the nonsense that happened last year, and the inevitable officiating that's gonna take place, I hope Union hangs 60 on them. Realistically though, I think 41-14 is more likely.

I'm hearing it won't be Qualls.

Hope the kid gets well soon...hate to see anyone get injured

The brakes need pumped big time wrt/ Narrows. I've seen several posters on multiple boards have them in top 10's and a couple top 5's. Let's see what they do against Giles. That's the only true barometer this team faces before getting into district play. Honestly, I think they have the potential to be better than last year on D just due to the strength and size on the line. Offensively, tighten up on the ball security and become a little more balanced and they're on to something. Still thinking 8-2 or 7-3 at the end of the season. We will see.

Seems like last time we went to Letcher we had over 150 penalty yards so don't expect much difference this year. Hopefully the game don't get to chippy this year with the fans all being on the same side. At least we'll outnumber them if it gets ugly.

Montgomery Co. isn't in this website's coverage area...

Gosh Gridiron 60, Observer our resident legal analyst, can tell you hearsay is not admissible evidence.

I give Tazewell the edge in this one. The young Dogs get there first win of the season.

MRI tomorrow

The winner of this game goes 1-9, and the loser goes 0-10. Tazewell is a prohibitive underdog in every remaining game except Lebanon (and Lebanon should be favored), and Riverview is a prohibitive underdog in every remaining game except Montcalm (and Montcalm should be favored). I would give a slight edge to Tazewell, but Riverview had a bye week and actually did score on Mount View a wee bit. And don't underestimate the rigors of a windy bus ride up 16. Tazewell has shown nothing resembling offense in the last two games. Then again, Tazewell beat Montcalm in the scrimmage, who is almost certainly better than Riverview.

I say put up 2 quick scores and bench at least Mitchell. Everyone knows him in this area and his capabilities, and I have a gut feeling they will try and target him with cheap shots. That may be bad/wrong of me to say, but just my .02

Might would help if you put Los Angeles Rams or Los Angeles Chargers Ryan, cause I had to look it up. Lol

I think Ridgeveiw will win this one, if Mullins has a average night.If he runs wild ....well its Centrals game.WOLFPACK BY 3

Don't know if they will or not. A win and no injuries will do just fine.

Union has to win by 2 TD's or the ref's screw them outta this one. I think 35-14. I say let turner rest and put #10 at the helm. Qualls can throw the rock, and has some good speed.

I definitely understand that, as I have been around this rivalry for a long time and was actually fortunate enough to be a part of a win in my first year as a starter during my Sophomore year. I'm just going by how well I know this group of Bearcats, and Vikings for that matter, and the fact that all the ingredients are there for the chance for a win. Rarely do I expect VHS to be competitive in this game, much less win. I would not be surprised if THS wins but I do believe that this is one of those rare years where VHS actually has more talent.

I agree winger, Beidleman and Ratcliffe need to be in the back field. I'm sure Willams and staff will realize that and make the change.

Calpreps is virtually worthless this early in the season.

If both offensive and defensive lines are physical for Giles they stand a really good chance of winning. Bluefield exposed our weakness there.

Kind of lost me here. I agree that is what GT runs....gotta love it. With the terms "Rocket Sweep" and "Jet Sweep", these are terms that are specific to that type of offense. A rocket sweep is a the equivalent to the toss sweep of the I formation. In order to run this play, the running back will initiate "rocket" motion (rapid motion coming around the tail of the fullback.) The difference is that the ball will not be snapped until that running back has reached the play side tackle. The quarterback then has an extended "toss" on the play. With the "Jet" sweep, the running back initiates "Jet" motion, a straight line motion and receives the football as he approached the quarter back. Two keys to this play, the ball has to be snapped as the running back arrives at the back side guard and he has to be at full speed. These plays basically set up multitudes of counters, options, traps, sprint draws....etc. Actually, today's spread offenses have borrowed a ton from the slot and wing offenses. The rocket motion has been utilized and adapted into what is actually called orbit motion (some may call it something else.) The Jet motion and Jet sweep is often utilized in the spread, some also call it speed sweep or other names. Which actually brings me to another peeve. I can't stand when a team runs a jet sweep and the ball carrier fails to get to full speed or the timing of the snap is off slowing the play down. That tells me that the coaches have thrown it in the play book just to have it there. I don't care if you only run five plays, you should be able to run them damn near perfect. In seeing the above, it tells me that coaching staff does not know what they are doing.

Ugh amen to that, I ABHOR listening to football announcers who clearly don't understand the game. A zone blitz is not running Cover 2 with the three man line and one blitzing LB/DB, I HATE that. The 'zone blitz' is having defensive linemen drop back into shallow zones and blitz linebackers and cover guys. A zone blitz is more complex than simple zone coverage with a blitzer. Dick LeBeau was the master of the zone blitz, the big defensive tackles had to be able to drop in coverage around the first down marker while letting guys like Kevin Greene, Greg Lloyd, James Harrison, Troy Polamalu blitz.

superbeast I went to Richlands 2+2=Football. But I got an A in recruiting. I hope I didn't just give a school secret away, all high schools offer that course right?