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Well, all 4 of us* sent in our pics.  All 4 chose Wake Forest.  All 4 watched in horror as Weak Florist scored 0 points against a Syracuse team that for all the world looked even weaker than Weak.  So...we're all gone.  We all hit the detonate button on the ship, and our voyage is over.
 
Or is it?
 
I hate ties.  Ties are for sissies, like those who play female football across the pond.  We need to decide a winner, dadgumit.  And we need to set precedent for future seasons, because crazy things like "all 4 people choosing wrong in Week 10" will happen.
 
Suggestions:
(1) Play out the final four weeks in the style of Weeks 1-10
(2) Do an ACC Pick-'Em, best record at the end wins.
(3) Gathering at a secret place and playing Russian Roulette with 3 bullets.
 
Let me know.  I want to get something off the ground for this week.
 
*BlueTornadoFan sent his pick to me on Facebook, something that I specifically requested not to do, but in time nonetheless.

Quarterback High
 
1,409 yards  18 TDs so far this season
 
solid numbers and right on par with Haysi QBs of the past
 
http://www.tricities.com/sports/article_39a35558-469a-11e3-8879-001a4bcf6878.html

I'm surprised no one here is talking about this one, i realize the Tiger fight is the game of the year in SWVA and being played this week but for these two school this is a big one as well.
 
The winner gets a Hogoheegee championship, something that's been hard to win thanks to the folks up in Wytheville.
 
Holston has been winning by playing great in the second half this year. If they fall behing this week can they catch up?
 
Those of you who have seen these two teams play this season, what do you think?
 
To me Holston seems like the underdog so i'm going with Chilhowie, 34-21.

anyone know some old junkers  around?  88-90 jeep cherokee or comanche?

Sounds to me like very few folks think Bluefield can beat Wayne...matter of fact, most think Wayne will win in a blow out.
 
http://www.wvtailgatecentral.com/forum_tgc/index.php/board,1.0.html
 
http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=159&f=2546
 
 
Never seen a #1 ranked Bluefield team as this big of an underdog playing at home...
 
 

Can the greenwave finish strong? Will they make a deep playoff run? Thoughts?

1. Lord Botetourt 9-0
2. Northside 8-1
3. Magna Vista 8-1
4. Giles 9-0
5. William Byrd 8-1
6. Salem 7-2
7. Patrick Henry (Roanoke) 7-2
8. Liberty (Bedford) 6-3
9. Fort Chiswell 8-1
10. Christiansburg 6-3

Bluefield has one blemish on the record against Princeton.  Wayne has none.  Bluefield has seemingly dominated every other game they've played.
 
How do you think they match up?  Wayne whooped Bluefield last year, but one thing I am hearing a lot about is Bluefield's strength training, that they revamped it this past year, and it seems to have made a difference.  Is it enough?
 
And...big picture, how much does this game matter, as both teams will be in the playoffs.  Last year, Bluefield couldn't even make it to a rematch with Wayne.
 
Thoughts?

What does everyone think?  I look for Richlands to take care of business but I really dont know much about Grundy.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/highschool-prep-rally/west-virginia-catholic-school-features-7-foot-2-094301335.html?soc_src=mediacontentstory

http://www.angelfire.com/va/vhsl/news.html

Hey guys, I was out of town and missed the game.  I had no choice.  I have read the paper and saw the box score etc....but can someone fill me in on the game?  I know RHS won on a last second TD but tell me how both teams looked. 

When Philip Haywood first heard he was among 408 candidates for USA TODAY High School Sports' first-ever Best High School Football Coach competition, he figured he wouldn't last long because his community of Belfry, Ky., probably was too small to garner many votes.
He's rethinking that notion 2,332,660 votes later.
 
Haywood posted the most votes nationally in each round, including the final round that wrapped up Tuesday. A total of 12,501,928 votes were cast throughout the competition, including more than 3 million in the final round. Haywood received 1,529,789 votes in the final round, holding off a late-charging Kevin Lynott of Middletown, Md., who came in second with 1,311,825 votes in the national round.
"We have a team saying and this fits in with it well," Haywood said. "We tell our team, 'It's not about me, it's not about you, it's about us.' I think that is what our community feels about the football program and that is what this is about."
 
Belfry is an unincorporated community in Pike County, Ky., smack in the middle of the Appalachian Mountains. It is more a cluster of tiny communities feeding into the school rather than its own separate town, and the area relies heavily on the coal-mining industry.
"We've been hit hard in recent years," Haywood said. "Something like this, as a community, it gives you a little perk. The whole community felt like this could be a ray of sunshine in tough times."
 
Haywood has been coaching at Belfry for 29 years, after spending nine years as the head coach in his hometown of Prestonsburg, Ky. His overall career record is 371-125, with two state titles in six trips to the championship game.
 
His run through the monthlong best coach contest was equally impressive.
Roughly 4.5 million votes were cast during the regional round, with Haywood receiving the most in the country at 653,111. He edged Mike Lalor of Stillman Valley (Stillman, Ill.) in Region Four, as Lalor received 642,342 votes in what turned out to be a heated race to the final buzzer.
The other regional winners were Jim Hightower of St. Thomas More in Lafayette, La., Mike Herrington of Hart in Newhall, Calif., Rick Jones of Greenwood, Ark., Jim Hoover of Walton, N.Y., Lynott of Middletown, Md., Marcus Boyles of Petal, Miss., and Jeff Van Leur of Bridgewater Emery Ethan in Emery, S.D.
 
The regional round lasted nine days on the heels of a state round in which fans cast approximately 4.8 million total votes. The leading vote-getter among the 408 coaches in the state round was again Haywood with 149,760.
 
USA TODAY staffers selected eight active head football coaches in each state and Washington, D.C. after more than a month of conversations with local media and other state/school officials with high school football expertise. From there, the fans decided which coach emerged from a list of 408.
The Belfry athletic department will receive $2,000 for Haywood's victory. Second through fifth places also receive cash prizes for the athletic departments: second ($1,000), third ($500), fourth ($250) and fifth ($100). All eight finalists receive banners for their schools.

http://www.wvva.com/story/23812614/2013/10/28/mercer-county-family-finds-cougar-prowling-near-their-home

Week one results!!!!
 
Congrats to Canes00 on the win and automatically qualifying for the playoffs!!!  
 
 
Canes00 26 (by way of tie breaker, closest to gotw points without going over)
newuser 26
bluenecknation 25
cityofRaven 24
rebel1 24
TigerValley 24
wooviter 24
Tigers_07 23
HurricaneWarning 23
rebelyell 23
gwave0333 23
reb6408 23
Gman 23
OrangeStreak 22
chads821 22
blueinbama 22
dinkman 22
UVAObserver 21
Junkyard 21
87Tiger 21
falconfan1 21
bugsbunny 21
Ryan4VT 20
2dalejrfanz 20
futbolking 19
BatCaveBeaver 19
MavsRock 19
swvaoutdoors 18
sixcat 18
stu_bean 18
EH31 17
BlueTornadoFan 17
frito gonzalez 16
Jacob C. Ball 15
blues88 14   

Time is here. Game is primetime tomorrow night. There are so many story lines in this game. Manning returns. Luck vs. Manning. AFCs best against an AFC contender. Irsays legacy. Luck stepping out of the shadow. Etc.....  I've been a Colts fan since 98-99ish. So this game is going to be absolute hell on me. Don't get me wrong, I'm a Colts fan first. But seeing the man who made us what we are come back in a different jersey is going to be rough. 
 
All that said, I truly believe the Colts have a chance to win. Landry is back. It's at home. The Drum will be loud and crazy. I just think this is our time to shine. 
 
Colts 34
Broncos 31

67-23
run4gsc (8-2)
downtowner (8-2)
 
                            66-24
wags165 (9-1)
                            65-25
Bison2006 (8-2)
MoorefieldTurnip (6-4)
 
                            64-26
RonJHyatt (9-1)
                            63-27
chads821 (8-2)
WirtCookNWV9 (7-3)
 
                            62-28
bksmith81 (8-2)
barney22 (8-2)
Canes00 (7-3)
                            61-29
wvuguy11 (9-1)
doublenut (8-2)
xcbball (8-2)
huntnut1 (6-4)
Stangs02 (7-3)
wvu63 (8-2)
                            60-30
Romneyjacket (9-1)
wvu523 (8-2)
coachmorsi (9-1)
                            58-22
dcoach15 (8-2)
                            58-32
Mountaineer10 (8-2)
Mountaineer Supafan (7-3)
berkeleyboy (8-2)
 
                            57-33
edrforshey (7-3)
                            55-35
monvalfball (7-3)
ThunderingHerdFan (8-2)
kevin (7-3)
                            54-36
NormanDale55 (6-4)
BigTenBall (9-1)
                            53-37
Beavers Rule (6-4)
Martins5 (7-3)
HillBilliesFan99 (6-4)
 
                            52-38
Eagle25427 (7-3)
                            51-39
knightsfan3 (7-3)
                            50-30
readyrollkid
                            47-43
big10bball (7-3)
                            43-37
304live (9-1)
                          eliminated
myWVU

All picks are due by Friday, November 1st at 7 PM. Here are this week's games:

Notre Dame (6-2) vs. Clay-Battelle (7-0)
Lincoln (5-3) vs. Fairmont Senior (6-2)
Washington (5-3) vs. Hampshire (6-2)
Hedgesville (4-4) vs. Jefferson (4-4) 
South Charleston (7-2) vs. Huntington (8-0) 
Frankfort (7-1) vs. Keyser (5-3)
Morgantown (8-1) vs. University (8-1) 
Ritchie County (5-3) vs. Williamstown (7-1) 
Brooke (3-5) vs. John Marshall (3-5) 
Preston (3-5) vs. Buchannan-Upshur (2-6)

Is the greenwave getting better as the year goes on? Thoughts?

This game has playoff indications written all over it for Va High. This is a MUST win for the Cats to have a chance to sneak in. Opinions?
 
Cats 28
Marion 24

Idk if any of you have seen this commercial but honestly im pretty offended by it.
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LX6Rhu23yQo
 
"mountain people",  "crazy hillbillies"   really?

Anyone know if the G=MEN get in the dance?  I know, they may not go far in the playoffs or whatever.  I'm not asking as to how far they go or how far they don't go in the playoffs, I am simply asking if the make it with what is going to be a 5-5 record, and yes, they will beat Narrows and yes, they will lose to FC, so they will be 5 and 5.

Basketball is just around the corner-who will be the top teams in SWVA this season?

The Pilgrims Knob Heritage Festival has scheduled the following events for this Saturday, November 10th, 2012.
 
Come on out participate and enjoy this festival, there is a little bit of something for everyone!
 
10:00
Doors Open $1 Admission
Cruise In (vintage, custom cars, motorcycles welcome) $5. Registration to win $100
Gospel Music Showcase Begins
Vendors Will Be Open For Business ALL DAY
Concession Stand Opens
 
11:00
Pilgrims Knob Heritage Beauty Pageant Begins
Gospel Music Showcase Continues
 
12:00
Registration for KORN ON THE KNOB Cornhole Tournament Begins $20 Entry Fee per team
Gospel Music Showcase Continues
 
1:00
KORN ON THE KNOB Cornhole Tournament Begins
Pet Show Registration Begins $5 Per Entry
Gospel Music Showcase Continues
 
2:00
Gospel Music Showcase Continues
Pet Show Begins
 
3:00
Gospel Music Showcase Continues
 
4:00
Kids Fest Carnival and Games Begins
Gospel Music Showcase Finale
 
5:00
Rock N Roll Showcase Begins in Auditorium with Jake MiLady Performing
Kids Fest Carnival and Games Continues
 
6:00
Bingo Begins
Rock N Roll Showcase Continues
Kids Fest Carnival and Games Continues
 
7:00
Bingo Continues
Rock N Roll Showcase Continues with Asher McGlothlin Performing
Kids Fest Carnival and Games Continues
 
8:00
SWVA's Biggest Musical Chair Competition Begins
Raffles and Door Prizes and Drawings Take Place
Rock N Roll Showcase on Stage 2 Begins with K.T. Vandyke and Company Performing
Kids Fest Carnival Continues
 
9:00
Rock N Roll Showcase Headline Act - Under The Gun Performs Street Dance
 
11:00
Festival Ends

How about them Blues! They seem to get lucky at the right time. They're not as good as last few years but Lady Luck seems to be there when they need it most. Keep on keeping on Big Blues!