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If he had spit on him, I imagine the fan would have been charged as well.

To play devils advocate it doesn’t have to be a physical injury. The fan can claim mental anguish or PTSD. Not saying that he will, just a thought

The board has to do what’s in the best interest of the girls. Both parties were clearly in the wrong but Rife did get physical. I don’t see a way of Rife returning to coach at Richlands without it being a bigger distraction. Legally there are a lot of previous cases like this, involving stuff like pro wrestling. The thing going against Rife is that there is an expectation of safety if you are sitting in the stands. If the fan didn’t spit on him he likely has a good lawsuit. I guess Rife could just change his name to Meta World Peace. As for banning the fan I doubt the board will out of fear of litigation.

So after all the complaints about MT View dropping Tazewell and having to travel across state to find opponents, they drop Bluefield?

They should trade Union. Union gets a new train horn and Tater, Richlands gets Turner and 47 assistants to be named later.

I think it comes down to the horse trading between coaches. It honestly would be better if they just let the Bristol Herald pick the team. I understand Meadows a little bit due to the injury. I will say however that the championship game was the best QB performance by anyone in 2D the last couple of years. I don’t get the Dolin snub at all. Even just looking at the regular season, I don’t think there are 4 better lineman in the region.

I have watched 6 CW games now. Like everyone has mentioned they have a very good line and their strength is the power run game. I actually think Graham has the athletes to match up with them man to man on the passing game. Most of their completions are more contested catches which should be more difficult against Graham’s DBs. A lot has been said about the CW and King William game being closer than the champ game last year. KW’s rb gashed them on the ground last year. Once he reached the 2nd level they couldn’t catch him. He finished the game with over 350 yards on the ground. This gives me hope that Clements can do the same. CW seems to struggle to defend the edge at times. However the teams they have played lacked the speed to really make them pay with long runs. I have been wrong plenty but I like Graham 35-21. Should be a great game and I am looking forward to it.

Watching Central Woodstock, they remind me a lot of Union when they had Pollier. This game will come down to how well Graham can stop the run and if Clements can get free when Graham is on Offense. There also seems to be plays to be made throwing the ball over the top on Central but this has been a struggle for Graham this year. This should be a heck of a game.

Graham needs to watch the HB pass from #14. CW ran it earlier in the year and it wouldn’t surprise me if they try and sneak a score with it again.

Lol I wouldn’t mind him joining the other two Graham alums.

Tech’s OC was there. With Pennix and Copeland already in the boat, I would say he was scouting Clements.

That was so long ago I don’t know if any one could speak on it. I think something to consider though is that he enrolled at UVA at 16. He started by the end of his sophomore year at age 17. I was responding more to comment that Compton had the best resume.

Depending on how far you want to go back, I would say Bill Dudley. He was a Maxwell Award Winner and NFL MVP. He is also a member of both the college and pro football hall of fames.

I am taking GMen 35-21

I would bet @Ryan4VT ant farm that Graham doesn’t lose by 3 scores.

I would be surprised if Graham doesn’t take a couple of shots deep. Ridgeview plays a lot of man coverage with no safety help. Bluefield got behind them a couple of times. For what is worth Ridgeview shut down Union’s power run game. I think Graham’s main game plan has to be get the ball in Clements hands as much as possible but you may have to throw deep a few times to keep Ridgeview honest. Ridgeview plays the run well because they typically stack the box and trust their athletes to cover on the outside. It will be a good matchup to see if Watkins and Edwards can get behind Ridgeview’s DBs the way Bluefield did.

If Graham gives up more than 28 points they lose. I went back and watched a couple of Ridgeview’s games and a few things stood out. First off they are running the ball a lot better than they did under Tiller. Can they execute this against Graham and stay out of 3rd and long? Graham has the best Dline in the area. Their Dline is better than Bluefield’s by far. The way Bluefield had success was forcing Ridgeview into obvious passing situation and then getting to the QB. When the Ridgeview QB has to move out of the pocket his accuracy drops significantly. This game will come down to if Ridgeview can find away to keep Grahams Dline in check.

The pick six was tipped by the pass rush. Graham also pulled starters in the 4th or the score would have been worse. Ridgeview may very well win this weekend, however there is no universe were Ridgeview was winning last year.

I wouldn’t say they imploded. They couldn’t handle Graham’s line on both sides of the ball. That will decide this game as well. Graham is returning 4/5ths of their line. The question will be is Ridgeview improved enough to give O’Quinn enough time to get the pass off and can they stop Graham from gashing them on the ground. If they have it will be a game. If not it will be a different year but same result.

Grahams starters have given up 71 pts total. That’s an average of 6.5 pts a game.

I have feeling we are going to get round two of the Peyton Creasey vs Tom O’Quinn debate.

Lol if Tazewell is city, they will be blinded by the bright lights of Bluefield. Maybe that’s what happened last time.

Well that was certainly a lie, he is not even coaching Ridgeview.

It will be interesting to see how Ridgeview adjusts to Graham’s line. That was the difference in last years match up. Once Graham started getting pressure Ridgeview didn’t have an answer. Graham is returning almost the same Defensive front as played in that game. As we speculate they both need to be worrying about this weeks match up first. Hopefully we get Ridgeview vs Graham again.