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lol okay. Didn’t Radford beat Glenvar by five scores at Glenvar? Yes they did. If Graham got two tries, they’d have had a closer game as well. 
 
I don’t believe Glenvar beats Graham or Union. Gretna either but whatever you say boss 

Apparently Gretna according to one of our resident experts 😂🤣 Sorry but Union didn’t make his cut! Maybe next year 😂🤣

It looks like Galax is going to make it just in time. They are about about 20 minutes from Salem on I-81 now. 

At least I was polite and left the part about the AD out.  We all know what the agreed opinion of him is. 🤣

Watch Army-Navy on CBS right now. Going to West Point in 2017 was such an amazing experience for me. The rivalry is bitter, but the RESPECT is beyond compare. GO ARMY!!!! BEAT NAVY!!!! This game represents the very best our great land has to offer.

Riverheads is legit, the real deal, but again, they have bypassed being able to be spread out like that year after year. They couldn't avoid it this year. They got caught. That's the difference in Class 1 and 2. Sooner or later, u are going to get spread out at some point.

I'm not sure if there is a clear top 3 Graham and Union are the teams to beat respectively in both district
Second tier- can hang with the top tier should have better athletes than everyone else 
Tazewell- QB and best WR is back so they can still score on the lower tiers at any moment but graduation did take away some of Creasy's weapons. I expect this next season to look a lot like Harris senior year. How can we get McDonald the ball
Gate City- On the rise. Bledsoe graduates which is a big loss but I am hearing that Houserights son can sling it. If that rumor is true they have pretty good skill out side to make you pay. I think their coaching is good enough to over come playing some younger players early. I would look out for this bunch
Ridgeview- The only reason I saw Ridgeview is because of O'Quinn who must have taken his COVID year
Third tier-Any team in this group could jump up and beat a tier 2 team but doesnt have to horses to run with a tier 1. They could also slip and and lose to the bottom tier if they have a bad day.
Marion- Graduation is going to hurt this bunch, this senior class was pretty good. I think Ginn has done a great job in the weight room with these boys you can tell the difference when they get off the bus. This isnt your doormat of the SWD any more. This years team will have a lot of new faces but not young these upcoming seniors will have 3 years in Ginns feed the cats program and I think it will play off. The Flexbone is finally started to look as frustrating to  opposing teams at Giles single wing. Ball control and a onside kick or too will win the Canes a few
VA High- Young QB showed a lot of promise late in the year. That kid can run with the best of them. I think he will only be better and be the next "How long has he been playing" QB in the area. Their numbers where low last season which is concerning for the future but Coach Patterson is a great coach and a great person he will work those hall ways and get the kids out that he needs to be competitive. 
Lee- Pendergraft and Early are back and with a Coach Carroll offense they should have plenty of fireworks on that side of the ball. They Pendergraft will be entering his 4th year starting on varsity and I think he is due for a break out season. Defense was an issue at times for the Generals this last season but I am confident that Coach Carroll and staff will refocus those boys in the offseason and right the ship.
Lebanon- If Reese can get any help from a supporting cast Lebanon could explode this season. Reese has the best arm talent in the region by far and if he stay at Lebanon I they have the chance to knock off anyone they play in the shoot out. The defense has got to get better for the Pioneers and they have to find a run game outside of Reese scrambling around. If they can find those two things then Lebanon is dangerous. If Reese finds himself on another roster you can bump Lebanon down a tier and move up who ever get him.  
Bottom tier- can catch a team above them slipping and get a win but against tiers 1 and 2 it should be a running clock in the second half
John battle - Battle upset Abingdon and Lee last season but lost to close games against VA high and Holston. If they pick up wins against those 2 then they are a playoff team for the first time since 2018. IMO Battle is the toughest coaching job in the region. No other coach has to deal with playing 3rd fiddle to basketball and baseball. Hats off to Coach Ricker for putting together their best season in 5 years maybe they are turning a corner but until I see other wise they are the best of the bottom group.
Central- If they got another super class it cant get here soon enough. This team was a shell of what it has been the past few years this season. At the start of the year I looked like they had new life with the transfer QB but once he got hurt it was a long year for the Warriors. In the past they had hung there hat on having a stingy D and a tough OL with a run the ball mentally until you broke. This season it looked like they had a hard time getting a first down on air and their defense was giving away TD like Opera gives away cars. Maybe they bounce back this year but it going to take some work
Richlands- coming off the worst season in program history things can only get better for the blues. I lot of this boils down to who they hire as head coach but even if they get a homerun hire I do not think there is enough there to see quick results. If they give the right guy time to reset the culture and install a system that works for what they got then I would move them up but it wont happen over night. Richlands will stay down here for atleast another year or two

Anybody ever ponder the question about Crist in that.....
We thought it was all Crist, but maybe it wasn't Crist after all. Maybe it was just Virginia High because the place has been pretty much unwinnable for decades, regardless of who the coach is.  For those who haven't pondered this question, it might be time to start giving it some consideration.

I don't think the Graham radio announcers are bad at all.  They aren't seasoned professional broadcasters, but for a local High School Crew with limited resources, they do ok.  One of those guys on there I know fairly well and he played on the Graham of 1989 Team and that great defense of theirs.  He was a heck of a player and he's an even better person imo.  It's been a a long time since I spoke to him.  Class act guy.

Thanks Sixcat, Redtiger and Gridiron60. Those reasons for why a coach would interview knowing he likely wouldn't get the position are logical and make sense. I wasn't aware it was this common to 'go through the process" for lack of better words until today. 

The good news, it's Billy Bob Thorton!....

...The bad news, it's not the version Richlands was hoping for.

It's actually pretty common for public-sector interviews to take place even when the hiring party already knows the eventual outcome. Public-sector interviews are a requirement to meet state and federal law. 
Why interview if you know someone else will ultimately be hired? One never knows what may happen down the road. Make a good impression in the interview and set yourself up for a possible return in a year or two if the situation changes. In the late 90's, I interviewed for a position with a multinational full service engineering firm based in Norfolk. Even though they were a private company, they had to meet state had federal guidelines for public-sector employment based on the military contracts the company held. They knew who they were going to hire well before the interview process began. I went in knowing I wasn't getting the job but decided to put my best foot forward anyway. I was young and could use the interview practice and experience. Four days after the interview, I got a call from their Roanoke branch asking if I would be interested in relocation. I spent the next 8-years there.
Dress for the job you want, not the job you have!

Maybe some of the local  interviewees are hoping to land the OC or DC position under the new coach??? 

New coach at Richlands has been announced. Its Richard Bobby. 

New coach at Richlands has been announced. Its Richard Bobby. 

I'll go Radford in a close one. I think either team can win and no surprise whoever wins. Two very solid teams. Both have a super senior leader. I value the QB more than the RB because of the way football is played today. 
Radford by 7 points. I like Radford slightly because of the athletes they have and ability to spread Riverheads out, and Radfords rush defense seems pretty good and that will help against the best rushing offense in the state in Riverheads. No surprise if Riverheads wins though.

Burrhead Bradley didn’t win there either.

His name is Mike Horton and he is one of the key pieces to Graham’s success since he’s the strength and conditioning coach. He also likes to yell a lot during warmups and sometimes I get scared. 

I thought about that very thing as I was eating crow for breakfast this morning. 

My question for Graham fans is....who is that jacked up dude on your staff? Dude is a damn monster, but he sure wants everyone to see him lol

Grahams defense has played more than well enough to win today. Gave Radford a short field on the punt and that's 2 Tds for Radford. They did a masterful job on Clark. The Difference in this game has been Graham's inability to move the ball (at all) in the second half. 

We have learned this lesson many times. Yes, Reg D can win over the C team, but it doesn't happen much and picking the D team can result in a bad choice.
Lastly, Galax is Galax. They rise to the top year after year most times, no matter how bad they look in week 2, do not pick against them in the west.

We have learned this lesson many times. Yes, Reg D can win over the C team, but it doesn't happen much and picking the D team can result in a bad choice.
Lastly, Galax is Galax. They rise to the top year after year most times, no matter how bad they look in week 2, do not pick against them in the west.

Graham has zero ideas offensively and credit to Radfords staff. They have completely looked like a different team defensively in the second half. 
3rd and 4 and Graham goes away from Clements and throws it on 3rd down. 
Graham has had 3 third downs in this half of less than 3rd and 5 where Clements didn't touch the ball. They passed it instead.

2 dropped passes for touchdowns. And literally nothing Radford did to cause it. Just simple dropped balls.