Not sure how the other districts are handling things, but the M7 is allowing 2 tickets per player and 1 ticket per band member/cheerleader for home teams. Visiting teams are allowed 1 or 2 tickets per player depending on size of team. Neither band nor cheerleaders allowed for visiting teams. Names must be on a list, and I saw a post from Gate City that required a photo ID for admittance to their stadium. No general fans allowed.
Sure wish our district would allow visiting families. They wont even allow the parents of the seniors from the visiting team in to watch!!!
The things that were instilled in us by our parents, coaches, teachers, etc. are going away in the blink of an eye. It is been coming and many didn't notice or they didn't want to admit it.
You are exactly right!!! I wouldn't say that it wasn't noticed, just ignored or even worse "justified away".
Craig County is not doing football this Spring due to there not being enough players. Many of the players are academically ineligible.
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.
High school football is not what every 15-18 year old boy aspires to and is inspired by anymore. There are infinite pursuits that are competing for the time of our youth in this millennium, when there were much more limited avenues in yesteryear.
With the “rise-and-grind” mindset that’s pumped into the current generation, I don’t think it’s the work ethic that’s lacking. There are some extraordinary things being done by youth that aren’t seen in an athletic context. But it is passion that inspires those pursuits. Getting barked at by a coach doesn’t excite the passion that it did in a previous generation. A kid can just as easily apply himself to something else.
A good coach, though one that may be gruff, doesn’t have the entire student body population clamoring to play anymore. It’s not nearly as simple as kids not having a backbone or work ethic.
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.
4 teams per region, then state semis and state finals. (unless all hell breaks loose)
Teams not making the playoffs have the option of a "plus one" game. Meaning they can play a 7th game if they can get one scheduled once the playoffs begin.
So, just to confirm that is a possibility of 4 playoff games if you reach the championship game?
Tickets are anywhere from 480 bucks to 1000 bucks for one ticket. Average right now is 675 dollars for 1 ticket. Now, is this insane or what? Coastal Carolina is allowing 5,000 to be inside the stadium. Last of all, the BYU football team is landing at 3 pm, and I got lucky. The local stake center here in Myrtle Beach are feeding the team this evening and I get to go. In LDS, a "ward" is a church, and a "stake" is basically a group of churches/region headquarters. The "stake" will have a large center inside of it for meetings, dinners, etc. Based on the short notice, local members were asked to help with the food and my wife volunteered as she loves to cook. It's going to be a fun evening and weekend.
I thought it was gonna get cancelled? Positive tests for Liberty or something.
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.
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.
BoBob, I sure do hope your coach (Doug Smith) is ok. Lots of prayers been coming this way for that dude. He's a special coach, but more important, a special person. You guys, like any community would be, are very fortunate to have him. Literally, the man is a game changer and a world changer for so many kids both on and off the field.
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.
The year that UNION went to APPO, it was cold as blue blazes, we had our butts kicked, thats all I remember, your crowd was loud , but they had alot on thier mind ,as that morning they had lost a student athlete....later that SAT/SUNDAY night our cheerleaders mother was murdered. The APPO community honored her the next week with a FLAG at half staff, very classy.I will say this ,your coach,community and team have much to be proud of and our prayers for coach SMITH will continue until he recovers.ROWDY maybe not , but CLASSY -YES
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.
if King Ralph doesn’t lift his 25 person mandate! That’s not even enough for every player on home team to have one parent. He’s ruined sports for our kids!
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.
48 minutes ago, Real Sasquatch said:
I think it should be based on the capacity of the venue. It is ridiculous to throw out a number like that. Also, since Graham plays their home football games in West Virginia, will the same rules apply?
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.
Honestly I am very worried about the possibility of even having a season at this point. It is going to be very hard to tell the difference between COVID and the flu. I do not think schools will be up and running by February. I really hope basketball works out so we have a chance at this. There are too many good athletes in the area who are getting absolutely rob of the opportunity to play ball and if you take that away from them I fear that you will see graduation rates drop as well. This whole situation has sucked hopefully we get over it sooner rather than later.
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