bulldog05-CO2017

Richlands won’t win a game. This was the easiest team on their schedule. I hate it for them. 

Princeton is really good this season...

Fort Chiswell has a new coach and he seems to be having a positive impact on the program. I have a buddy whose son plays for the Pioneers & only has good things to say about the direction the program is going under the new leadership. Whether that translates to a win against Tazewell, I’m not sure. Tazewell is really lucky to have escaped Richlands game with the win in my opinion. It will be interesting to see who comes out on top. On paper , should be Tazewell but paper won’t matter come Friday night. I do hope the new coach stays for a long time, that team deserves some stability. 

Jury is out on the Dogs still.  It was nice to come back and beat Richlands, but Richlands is 0-3 and scored 36 points on the dogs and had a lot of self inflicted damage in the 2nd half on Monday.  I expect a close contest and hope the Dogs pull it out.  

Helluva game from start to finish. Either team gave up. 
I had a feeling they’d come back, but during the third quarter I was worried. They came out in the 4th and was on another level!

I actually think Richlands is better than people think. Yes they still aren't great but if they play other games with the same intensity, I see them winning several of them. The rivalry always brings out the best/worst in both of the teams sometimes. 

I agree with you on both sides of this. Tazewell needs to do what they done their last drive of the first half. Pass with hurry up, and fast tempo. Richlands really surprised me in this game, but they always play their best against tazewell as I guess that comes with rivalry. Wish a good injury free game for both teams. 

Throw. The. Ball. Richlands cant cover as well but they can send pressure. If Creasy gets time, it will be dimes dropped everywhere. Games comes down to who is most focused for 24 minutes

I think the outcome of this game depends on if Creasy can play or not and if he plays, how hampered is he by his injury.  I believe Creasy passed for over 400 yards against Richlands last year (somebody correct me if I'm wrong).  That's a huge loss for the Dogs,  if he doesn't  play.  I think the Dogs will have enough offense to beat Richlands, but it will be a much closer contest and I wouldn't be surprised if Richlands pulls out the win.  With the plethora of quality receivers that the Dogs have, I would imagine that the backup would be working on the short passing game and timing if Creasy is out.  I don't know much about the backup QB, I think the Dogs had a different backup last season.  It appeared that he settled down a bit during the Riverheads game as the game went along.  If he plays and the Dogs can protect him, I think he will do fine, but just not the same as if Creasy were in there.  Nevertheless, If I were the Dogs, I would do what I could to get the ball into the hands of my athletes.  Those athletes being Logan McDonald, Brody Patterson, Ayvree Zeigler, Reece Mullins and Brock Alley (Yes, even with the cast on).  Even if you have to do end-arounds, quick Bubble Screens, Screen Passes, etc...  I would also like to see them put a couple of those big linemen in the backfield like Graham did last season to lead block for Zeigler and try to spring him loose with his speed.  But hey I'm just a bleacher coach (or couch maybe), just thinking out-loud.
Defensively, I think they will be able to keep Richlands out of the end-zone for the most part.  I think The Bulldogs will have superior line play and their athletes are fast enough on defense to contain the somewhat limited speed of Richlands.   But if they can't score on offense, Richlands may sneak up on them and win this game.  I still favor the Dogs to win, with or without Creasy, but it'll be tough if he is out.

As a Marion fan, I can relate to Richlands. Ever since NAFTA and American Furniture shut down, we've had a hard time keeping quality couches down here. 

Get those boys a couch then! 😂 

This is actually true, in years past and they still tend to do it sometimes Tazewell will go into a game vs a good opponent and instantly hold their heads down. I was young once, if you go into something looking for failure, failure will happen. Gotta have confidence. 

Central by as much as they want. 

Most decent teams do look good against bad teams🤷🏻‍♂️

This is actually true, in years past and they still tend to do it sometimes Tazewell will go into a game vs a good opponent and instantly hold their heads down. I was young once, if you go into something looking for failure, failure will happen. Gotta have confidence. 

Watched a little bit of the Abingdon/Battle game.
Two things stood out for Battle...the number of fans that came to watch them, they usually don't have that many at a home game, and the other... they're playing with a little swagger. Just carrying themselves a little bit different than past years. Usually, they look defeated before the game even starts.
Not sure what that means for this game, but I think it will be worth the price of admission.

I’m ready for it. I look forward to high school football every year. It sucks cause I’m gonna only get to go to a few this year, but I always rewatch the games and listen to them. I think their main focus should be shutting down triple C. Does riverheads got a QB that can throw the ball around? If not, load the box, and even if he bust out a pass, I think we have the right secondary to cover it. I’m not sure, I honestly have mixed thoughts on how this game is gonna turn out. I think it can be close if the dogs come out on all cylinders to start off and shut down triple C. But we will see Saturday. Go dawgs!

I guess that’s what they were referring to as they were older folks. I support the blues as long as it ain’t against tazewell. Us tazewell folks know how it is to be “the losing team”. & like bleed blue said they don’t deserve not to be supported. These kids win or lose put in a lot of blood sweat and tears and deserve to have a crowd on Friday nights cheering them on win or lose. 

I don’t see them scoring 6 unless they get an interception in the end zone again.

I would take Riverheads. I look for them to bounce back after last night. That is the game I'm heading to this week.

Union 48, Richlands 6. 

They ain’t either way, not downing the blues, but I rode by there the other day and they look really young for the most part. Time will tell, and time will only make them better. I’ve said it several times, you’re not gonna be the worst and you’re not gonna be the best forever. Unless your a Dallas fan that is

They ain’t either way, not downing the blues, but I rode by there the other day and they look really young for the most part. Time will tell, and time will only make them better. I’ve said it several times, you’re not gonna be the worst and you’re not gonna be the best forever. Unless your a Dallas fan that is

Sometimes I embarrass myself, and I just did lol thanks for the correction. It was a long day😂

Sometimes I embarrass myself, and I just did lol thanks for the correction. It was a long day😂