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1 hour ago, footballfanatic said:

Any word on how the kid who got hurt against Princeton is doing?

Doing great, ahead of schedule.

Only one I've seen.

https://wvva.com/2019/12/09/all-southwest-district-football-teams-announced/

5 minutes ago, Valhalla said:

Is the Graham also a Friday night fight?

Graham hosts Tazewell on Saturday (11/16) at 1 pm.

4 minutes ago, stu_bean said:

Taz 34

Mar 7

Half

Has to be the sloppiest 34 points I’ve seen, seems like they’re all over the board.

I was impressed with the respect that the Bluefied players and coaches showed throughout the game. There was no cheap shots, trash talk, late hits or anything. Even walking over and shaking hands with our injured players after the game. Outside of the score, I felt the game was just opportunities for Tazewell kids to really play against competition for measure. I thought Tazewell had a good flow offensively compared to previous games.

On 10/14/2019 at 9:46 AM, stu_bean said:

Use this as a scrimmage and practice on different things.  Try out the other QB and see what can make of it.  Let Nunley be the RB and Mullins throw it.  See what happens with that and make adjustments for the following weeks.  I just hope that they don't get to discouraged having two tough games back to back.

You'll probably get to see part of that.

Richlands-24

Abingdon-14

Abingdon is getting the same treatment they gave 1Q, getting run over.

Abingdon just chewed up almost 9 minutes on their first series, ran the ball all the way. Abingdon leads 7-0.

Personnel and plays won’t change. Hope for a good rest of the season, injury free and continued support.

13 hours ago, Real Sasquatch said:

Back to the topic of Graham vs. Tazewell.  I was wondering what some of the fellow Tazewell supporters thought of the game plan against Graham.  I watched Bluefield have success against Graham by having the QB in the shotgun and getting rid of the ball very fast.  Tazewell's plays developed too slow and the QB was in trouble from the time he touched the ball.  I didn't see any adjustments and it didn't seem that Tazewell had prepared for that fast defense at all.  Bluefield, on the other hand had a game plan for Graham's aggressive Defense and got rid of the ball quickly.  Also, Davis was able to get to the edge when the defense of Graham over-pursued and break a couple of long runs.  

Tazewell rarely adjusts, especially on offense (it seems). I believe Graham felt they could press the receivers because they knew they could force the QB to throw early or run, which what happened for Tazewell so it was a good plan.  Tazewell got smacked good I would like to see how they respond Friday, hopefully last week is a memory and they move forward and be ready.  As for my opinion on transfers, nothing is going to stop it and if the schools are going to roll with it then I believe everyone else should as well.

Impressed with tonight, hopefully they can carry this over to next week. Tazewell’s defense is much better.

18 minutes ago, stu_bean said:

When will this be set/known by?

Supposed to by Thursday morning if  not sooner.

I'm hearing the game will still be played on Friday at 7, it will still be at VHS or moved to Emory & Henry but it's based on the outcome of the Bristol Pirates games.

6 minutes ago, FoxTrot said:

Why would there be a game day change when it is supposed to be 84 and sunny?  Your hearing something?

There is a possibility the day may be changed due to the baseball game.  One year they just changed the starting time from 7 to 8, they're waiting on VHS to confirm which is better.

It was a good showing and they had some good moments. Still don’t see a consistency on aggression. Seems like once something negative happens they dwell on it too long, need to forget it and move on. Overall I think they’ll be competitive more than what people think.

At least the BBQ was good. Other than that nothing to see.

Tazewell had 41 come out the past few days, the MS has about 20.

Just curious, what are the chances that most of these school/teams stay at those numbers from Day 1 until Game 1?  Given that in the past I have known kids (in Tazewell) that want to come out once school starts or kids that quit after days 1, 2, or whatever.

1 hour ago, Ryan4VT said:

77 for Richlands, with more not out today because of physicals. 

Looking at 88-90 this year for the Blues. 

That's great to have kids come out like that, keep building the program.

2 hours ago, fishfan said:

Does that include coaches? Ha!

Define "coaches".

I read that Tazewell had 35.

Tazewell has talent, they always have good kids in all positions.  Again, this year starts on the line and if that doesn't get straightened out then everyone in the backfield will be scrambling. I'm gonna say either 4-6 or 6-4, how they respond to the second half of the season will determine if it'll be playoffs or not.  Good luck to all area teams.

11 hours ago, Real Sasquatch said:

Nunley and not Mullens?  I figured Nunley to be a target at receiver, along with Honaker.  Although, Nunley is a smart kid and good athlete too.  Tazewell has a lot of talent on the field.

That's what I see happening.  I'm sure once the real practice starts anything can happen.

For Tazewell I believe Nunley will get the starting nod to begin the season. Both kids are young and have the RB tandem of Harris and Jones to fall back on, also Jordan to use in any position. Tazewell’s first half of the season will really test this group, especially the young lineman. But to have a plug and play type of QB as Tazewell has can be useful, IMO.

On ‎5‎/‎23‎/‎2019 at 8:32 PM, Bulldogs52 said:

If the hard work they have put in this off season carries over to the season, you could be right. These kids have busted their ass in the weight room!

It appears that the number of kids coming out grows each week, there is some excitement for Tazewell,  I agree with Hokie1Pokie, 7-3 at best and 5-5 at worst.