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Your dawgs are gonna be good in a couple years if they stay together. The QB and the WR Jordan are talented kids. Keep your head up things will get better

Marion has a good team I don't think we are at the level of Union Graham and Richlands but we can play. The thing about the schedule is no big schools is going to wanna play Marion cause it doesn't benefit them due to the power point system. Why play Marion when you can play bigger schools and get more points off them if you beat them. I'd rather play teams like Pulaski Blacksburg Pulaski and Bluefield but it's just not gonna happen.

That's unlike him. Although I guess everyone has their breaking point. Either way both are to Blame. The fan and the Player in my opinion.

I can't disagree with you. I just think it would be better to have Qualls playing the quarterback and running the spread with some of the mitchell wildcat peppered in. I think it would make better use of all our weapons.

I agree but disagree. If Union feels like they have to have someone play traditional QB, I think Qualls is the best bet for right now. The ball control issues of 21 really concern me. Qualls seems more sure handed. But, I feel like the best offense for Union right now is the single wing look w Mitchell. He's such a dynamic athlete, capable of taking it 80 yards at any moment, that Union absolutely has to get him the ball. I'm not sure either 10/21 can consistently get Mitchell the ball and with how great the run game is right now, I think having him as the primary ball handler is the best bet. He's extremely sure handed (corraling some high snaps) and knows the offense.

I agree that Ridgeview came to play. Union looked bad in the first half IMO, turnovers and special teams kept RV in it. Luckily Union came out the half strong and the defense really stepped up in the 2nd. I may be the only Union fan that thinks this way but I don't like our QB and offensive situation at all. Playing 3 different QB's in a dozen different sets just kills any rhythm we can get. Sure #82 can go score on average/mediocre teams but that's not going to work down the road IMO. I still say our best bet is #10 at QB, #82 #4 and #80 at WR and running the ball from the spread. Of course, possibly rolling #82 in occasionally at QB as a spark. I just don't see #21 getting the job done at QB against a good team. I know arm-chair QB's are a dime a dozen, I just don't think the Bears are taking advantage of the talent they have. It's hard to be critical when they are winning but there's a few tough games coming up and much better competition come playoff time.

A few quick thoughts. Ridgeview is for real. A very good team. I do feel like their kickoff returns set them up really well and helped, but hey, football is 3phases. If I was a Wolfpack fan I'd feel very optimistic. Who knows, maybe we'll meet again!

Well done, sir. Close at half, Union pulled away, 34-19. Well done indeed.

Ok... Does kickoff return yards count towards the 75? Lol

It's a fun one! Hope you all over there are enjoying as much as we are!

Parkersburg South 23 Princeton 7 Bluefield 54 Greenbrier East 7 James Monroe 14 PikeView 7 Hurley 22 River View 12 Summers Co. 40 Mount View 48 Craig Co. 12 Montcalm 32 Pulaski Co. 49 Carroll Co. 6 Abingdon 29 Christiansburg 7 Fort Chiswell 14 Floyd Co. 21 Narrows 0 Giles 35 Gretna 15 Radford 8 Lebanon 21 John Battle 61 Virginia 31 Central-Wise 14 Gate City 0 Daniel Boone, TN 35 Eastside 16 Lee 57 Ridgeview 19 Union 34 Glenvar 41 Grayson Co. 21 Tazewell 27 Marion 48 Blacksburg 35 Richlands 17 Rural Retreat 7 Galax 63 Chilhowie 21 George Wythe 24 Twin Valley 34 Northwood 36 Castlewood 18 Holston 13 Rye Cove 14 Thomas Walker 21 Patrick Henry-GS 35 Twin Springs 7

Hampton defeated Heritage last night moving coach Mike Smith (Lee Co. native and Pennington High alum) into a tie for 3rd on the national all-time winningest list. http://www.dailypress.com/sports/highschool/dp-spt-prep-football-heritage-hampton-game-of-the-week-20170912-story.html http://www.dailypress.com/sports/highschool/dp-spt-prep-football-heritage-hampton-20170912-story.html

Yea but its gonna help the blues on down the road come playoff time if we get in....if the defence plays like it did for the 1st 3 quarters it maybe a close game...i hope the blues can pull the upser33

Yup. You lose, you get your butt back to locker room, shut up, take shower, and go home pissed. There's a couple of players who understand that, and I mean just a couple. Losing has become acceptable by the program. It disgusts me.

If you shut beck down then they will light you up through the air. Everyone thinks Beck is their best player but it's actually Tiquest Terry. And they have about 4 other talented receivers.

So Marion is West 1a champion, but now it's time to play schools your same size , Marion by a FG

My prediction:

#7 for RV is a good kid. I'm sure Unions 23 is too. I didn't see Unions 23 flip anybody off but In the handshake line instead of saying good game heard him say F ya'll to several of our players. Some RV fans were on the refs pretty hard, I didn't think they did a great job with a couple of things but it got to be too much. Unions D is tough. We're not great or anything but we absolutely couldn't move the ball against them. Don't think Mitchell is the answer at QB although he played it pretty good.

Never trust WVMetroNews until the games are final. They had James Monroe up 12-8 over PikeView in the 3Q and the final was 14-7. Just sayin'...

Well we can't be positive I won just yet! lol. Although I'd be shocked if any single player had 75 rush yards for RV. The Union rush defense is absolutely nasty. Has RV had that much success in return game all year? Talk about lightning in a bottle. To be able to flip the field and work from (in one case EXTREMELY short, the 2yd line) short fields. Falin is a phenomenal kicker but it was almost like the deep kicks played right into RVs game. RV dominated special teams. The returns, blocking the PAT, punting away from 82 as well as having Union botch a punt. It's clear RV is extremely well coached (although I was shocked to see a RV player get multiple personal fouls. That's something I'd never seen under Mullins). I thought the two helmet to helmet/targeting calls were correct, the first being obvious and the second was too just harder to see. If you couldn't see from the opposing stands, he made contact to Jenkins head unnecessarily. Both teams really helped the other with big penalties

Appomattox or Goochland are the only 2A teams that I can see taking Blacksburg to the wire. If Graham knew how to use their speed and hold on to the ball they would be on the list of possibly knocking B-burg off.

Bluefield the week after. Hardest 4 game stretch in 2A.

Hahah. I do that for every game. We have a nice system. He follows the play when it's a guaranteed TD like that, and I start watching the trailing things. I would have always said no, but maybe not quite as emphatically. ;)

I didn't get to listen to all of it but the parts I did were very good. I did notice when he called a touchdown in the first half you were very quick to say "NO!... block in the back" haha

Yeah, we had some pretty bad fans tonight.... I was embarrassed to be sitting in the section over from them. :( I'm a Union fan when it doesn't involve the Pack. Tonight has made me eager to see what we could do against the rest of 2A Region D's elite. Hopefully we can get a crack at Richlands or Graham or Union again in the playoffs. I'd be all for it.

I know, right! Certainly hurt any chance I had of winning the bet with BigWinners. Lol. But, Sproles was doing a decent job, guess they made the call to stick with the senior instead.

36 yards of offense. 2 first downs. Calling a timeout on 4th and 8 deep in your own territory, then fake it. (Genius!!! They'll never see that coming!!!) Injured players playing on phones during game. Injured players and reserves laughing and cutting up during butt stomping. Whispers about the coaching from players after the game. I believe we have officially drove the last nail in the coffin tonight. You know it's bad when fans start leaving before the 4th qtr even starts. Welcome to the new norm of Gate City football!

Uncle Vern just cried to Taps!

They are copying from WVVA. Nuff said.

Yep.. we have a loss...pack is on it's way...might be round 2..

Marion 48 Tazewell 27 Final Great job never quitting bulldogs!

Bluefield 40 GE 0 late 3rd

Richlands Trey Brown pass to Race Moir...1st down... own 42 yd line Brown to Moir again...another first down Brown to Moir once again...catch at BB 25 yd. line.... Brown to Taylor Horn...12 more yards... Trey Brown runs down to 5 yd. line... 2nd and 2 at BB 5 BB drags down Brown inside shoulder pads...3rd. and 7 Brown to Taylor Horn at 1 yd. line...first and GOAL... Trey Brown runs for TD...2nd half kickoff to paydirt

I'm looking very foward to it. Great article in paper on qb. Knew he was freshman but he didn't play any middle school football. Hopefully stability is here and the program will rise. They are looking better every week.

Closer than I expected! Keep fighting Blues!

Battle 21-13 over Lebanon @ the Half Thomas Walker over Rye Cove 7-6 @ the Half Union & Ridgeview tied 13-13 @ the Half

Had all kinds of friends from Tazewell (and still do, come to that). Also never really had any bad experiences with anyone there. Interacted frequently with Bulldog folk on a social level throughout my growing up years. Have no problem whatsoever cheering for THS in any sport at the playoff level. (Still just as proud as anyone of that '86 state championship earned by the 'Dawgs -- and I was even back then.) Overall I recognize that it's still a great community and there are several folks there (and from there) that I will always love dearly. But would I ever consider sending my own kids to school at THS? Never. Never in a million years. A very strange and highly nuanced level of hatred, to be sure.

I am glad Collins and Owens are going to play, thanks for the update, now lets light up the scoreboard with some throws over the top and jet sweeps

That's just not right,....funny as hell but not right

Everytime y'all mention the Bearded Moose, I start missing my ex mother-in-law for some reason.

Hill would have been the best player on the field in most games that season so losing him was a huge blow and probably understated.....He was 3rd team at the time and has grown into a solid QB but at the time he was thrown to the wolves so to speak

Since it's a down week for my team, I'll be joining my cousin , a former Blue Tornado to watch this one in person. 35-10 Blacksburg takes the win.

I am thinking that too. Just relaying the podcast we all heard. Blacksburg 44,Richlands 14

Maybe. On the podcast they did talk about the fact that Blacksburg may be looking ahead to Salem. This is all speculation. If that is true then they may get caught and stunned.

I am excited about this game. Coach Mance has been at the helm for 20 years, been in huge games, been the underdog and faced teams with more talent. Game plans will be equal on both sides, the X factor will be the speed, which the Bruins have. Hopefully, our Blues can negate some of the speed with adjustments and make it a good and close game. Prayers for an injury free game and for the Bruin fans traveling.

Richlands is another program that I have great respect for, but the other team is loaded. I could be wrong but I don't think this one is close. 42-10

I remember that game.

The Bearded Moose 1557 Front St, Richlands, VA 24641 if anyone says otherwise I'll fight them