Plywood_King

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Remember when this thread was about Richlands vs Marion? 

It was a simpler time... It was a better time...

Remember when this thread was about Richlands vs Marion? 

It was a simpler time... It was a better time...

Dip Dog > The Moose

#hottakes

Dip Dog > The Moose

#hottakes

Gotta get that #postcount up. Hahaha.

Remember when this thread was about Richlands vs Marion? 

It was a simpler time... It was a better time...

Remember when this thread was about Richlands vs Marion? 

It was a simpler time... It was a better time...

It's a long trip back from Scott County when you're riding on a paper tiger.

It's a long trip back from Scott County when you're riding on a paper tiger.

Using a public restroom and not giving a courtesy flush.

Grayson's not done giving teams headaches. They forced five turnovers against Marion as well. They're very stout on defense and run a ball control offense. You heard it here first folks, Grayson will beat someone that they shouldn't before the season's over.

I've been hesitant to weigh in on individual matchups for Marion this year because Marion has the talent that if they have a good week of prep, play a clean game, and play to their full potential, there's not a game on their schedule that they can't win. Bearing that in mind, because of the depth of 2D this year, if they don't do those things, they could lose any game on their schedule (with the exception of maybe Northwood). In particular, this game scares me as much as any they've played this year, because an 0-6 Gate City team, at Legion Field, on Homecoming sounds like the most dangerous thing a team could run into. Couple that with Marion coming off a very emotional victory last week, an unknown QB situation, the potential to be looking ahead to the Naders coming to town next week, and the knowledge that Marion has only beaten GC twice in 90 years of football, and I'm more than a little concerned about this one.

Using a public restroom and not giving a courtesy flush.

^Some wonky officiating in this one. 

Officials call a timeout for measurement, the ball appears to be pretty well short from the stands, but thoroughness is never a bad thing. Rather than bringing the chains to the football where it was spotted, they took the ball to the chains. Seriously, they pick up the football, carry it across the field, and sit it beside the first down marker, a full yard past the line to gain giving Lebanon a 4th down conversion.

Later in the game, Marion ran a play near the goal line, the runningback is tackled in the backfield, and the officials called it a tackle for a loss. However, Marion celebrates a touchdown, sirens go off, etc. The PAT unit runs on the field, only to run back off after they realize that it there wasn't a TD called. Then, an official comes over and has a conference with the official who ruled the play a tackle for a loss, and low and behold, the runningback never had the ball. The QB kept it to take it into the endzone for a TD, and the official who killed the play didn't even notice after he ended the play that the RB wasn't holding the ball. After a solid 60-90 seconds of conference, they give Marion the TD, and everyone in the stadium is confused.

You can't complain about it because it didn't effect the outcome of the game, but there were some weird things going on both ways in that one,

My goal is to make the most obscure reference ever posted on SWVA Sports. If a quote recorded by Polybius during the 3rd Punic War doesn't get it, I don't know what can.

My goal is to make the most obscure reference ever posted on SWVA Sports. If a quote recorded by Polybius during the 3rd Punic War doesn't get it, I don't know what can.

Scipio Aemilianus has arrived on swvasports.com! 

"A day will come when sacred Troy shall perish, and Priam and his people shall be slain."

Goodness gracious, tie the damsel to the railroad tracks, the melodrama is strong.

Goodness gracious, tie the damsel to the railroad tracks, the melodrama is strong.

Good effort by the Dawgs. Scored first, set a good tone, went down by six scores but still refused to go down without a fight. If they can get their numbers up, Tazewell will be a force to be reckoned with in a couple of years. They really reminded me of Marion in 2015.

Bearing that in mind, this game and GW before have really exposed a weakness in Marion's defense that they have to get cleaned up before they see Grayson County next week, or we may be looking at a pretty big upset in Hurricane Stadium.

Another big factor in scheduling is gate receipts. In a school system that isn't going to provide a lot of money for athletics, every ticket counts, and for Marion, OOD games against Chilhowie, Northwood, GW, and Gate City are going to sell a lot more tickets at home than Blacksburg, Pulaski, Bluefield, Christiansburg, etc. because those games mean something to the folks who are of age to come watch the games. Although, I'm going to go ahead and counter my previous statement by saying that I always wanted to see Marion set up a series with Johnson County, TN. They're surprising close geographically (closer than a few SWD games), of comparable enrollment, and have had comparable success historically.

Glad to see Marion off to a good start ... just what the school, fans, and town needed! 

I bet that hurt a little, huh?