BoBob

THANKS!

Some of you have asked me how Coach Smith is doing. Over on VAPREPS under the 2A boards you can watch an interview he did last week. If anyone knows how to link it here, feel free and thanks!

Place the same 3 teams twice! We are getting screwed!

Sure wish our district would allow visiting families. They wont even allow the parents of the seniors from the visiting team in to watch!!!

Just our of curiosity, were the visiting teams allowed to have fans or parents of any kind.

Just out of curiosity, were any Ridgeview fans allowed into the game?

You are exactly right!!! I wouldn't say that it wasn't noticed, just ignored or even worse "justified away".

Which is probably a result of the fact they had very little incentive to keep their grades up with no sports in the fall. Lots of kids they only reason they try to keep their grades up is to play sports. Remove that "reward" and some will barely do anything to help themselves.

While this is probably true in some cases I also know that there are some kids who simply don't want to "commit" to the program the way a winning program requires. Their are parents that let their kids quit things when they get tough, don't teach them that when you start something -you finish it. Sitting at at home in front of the video game is much easier than being held accountable for workouts and conditioning. See it every day in the schools systems.

Is that for your away games as well? At very least they should allow senior parents to away games. That cant be but a handful.

That can be a huge hurdle for a lot of teams. You got to believe you can win or more importantly, refuse to lose!

What's everyone's thoughts on who makes it? Out of the east I'm not too familiar with teams but I know Buckingham should be loaded and Draft should be good again, Region D I'm hearing Wise should be good but I know you can't count Graham out of the running (they should be talented) Region C Appomattox should be fine if they can fill some spots along the line. Radford, and Glenvar I think should be right in it as well.

So, just to confirm that is a possibility of 4 playoff games if you reach the championship game? Am I reading that right?

Would have been state championship week...... Heres hoping the boys still get their season starting in Feb.

That's awesome!

When they lined up for an on sides kick the other team didn't even bring up extra guys to help cover the kick!

I guess it's up in the air right now. I know I hear d the QB for LU might be out. Would be a shame if so being Collège Game Day would be a big deal for both schools. On a side note I know Marshall is upset with Game Day being there. There was a big push for Game Day to be at Marshall a few weeks ago to help commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the plane crash that killed 75. Personally I think that would have been great for Game day to have been there for that.

Is there a way for me to move it?

So for the mere fact of some football conversation, who you got???? VT vs (4) Clemson (25) LU vs (14) Coastal Carolina ESPN's College Game Day will be broadcast from the campus Coastal Carolina. Pretty cool for two "smaller" schools (LU & CC) to have that for their game. These two school were big rivals when they were in the Big South conference together not too long ago.

You are EXACTLY right. He is the difference for a lot of kids and is the only positive contact in their lives. Appreciate the kind words. If any of you guys are on Facebook there is a page for Coach. Prayers for Coach Doug Smith (in fact there is a "favorite memory of coach post that you could post in---he loves to hear from other schools to) We are all in this life together. He gets to read all of these or has them read to him and loves to hear from folks. He's commented many times that he and his family can feel the prayers. Maybe just jot a comment down on their about the game we played. Thanks all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PO1

Yea, that student was a in my classroom during his fourth grade year. It was rough for a lot of those boys and I distinctly remember us having a moment of silence for your communities loss. Coach appreciates the prayers!!!!

He absolutely has ruined it for them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If we are not allowed in I help paint the field for the games and I believe I can get on the chain crew if needed. Exactly. Never been to Grahams stadium but in seeing pictures there is no reason the "25" is the same as put 25 in Appomattox's stadium. I'm sure the VHSL will try to make it so they can keep Ralphy happy and say "since it's a VHSL event....."

So, I'm staving for some football talk and being we are still on the back burner for a couple months I thought I try to strike up some reading. Looking for some input from some of you south western folks. Question: If your been over to Appomattox to play the Raiders (Giles, Glenvar, Richlands, Union, Graham, or anyone else) how does the fans and the game atmosphere we have compared to y'alls? I know when we went to Union to play at the Park in 2017 it was an electric atmosphere. Now in saying that I know there was a lot of SWVA schools there to see the Raiders fall, so I'm guess it was amped up over normal. I thought for the 4.5 hour drive that our school brought a good and loud crowd to that game that didn't exactly give the Bears "total" home field advantage. Anyway, rate what the trips to Appo have been like or share one of your favorite places to play. Looking for some reading. LOL! P.S. Keep praying our boys get to play this year!

Just out that he signed a deal through 2026 that put him in top 5 paid coaches in Group of 5.

Kids are getting ROBBED is absolutely correct!!!!