Even though you were being sarcastic it still brings up a good topic for teams playing cupcakes. getting Their goal of not playing tougher competition may be because they know they can win and obtain a higher seed for the playoff with the hopes that playing at home will be to their benefit.
As for rebuilding I will agree that a weaker schedule is the way to go for a team that has been down for several years. Getting some wins may be the only way to generate some excitement and desire to play in up and coming kids. This however is hard to do when there are a couple teams in your district that are big dogs each year.
I agree with you 100%. Both point are valid and make sense.
You really cant assume 1-4 will win all the time. Just take a look at Richlands last year. They played grayson/Ridgeview and were the underdog in both. Also an earlier post asked why do you play harder competition during the regular season if you get the same points for playing down. The answer is simple. You play harder compitition so when the playoffs come you are battle tested and ready for the caliber of other playoff teams. Playing weaker teams during the regular season sets you up for a letdown in the playoffs. Just ask the above mentioned teams that Richlands beat in the playoffs last year.
My comment was meant to be sarcastic. I failed at that haha.
I agree with the reasoning. Battle tested once the playoffs get here. But thanks for giving an explanation just the same.
Many years ago if you played a 1A team you got 1A pts. Then, the VHSL forced mixed districts, so the larger schools cried foul because they were forced to take a hit in points.
The following year, the VHSL allowed the extra points for playing a smaller school ONLY if that school was in your district. THEN, smaller schools that wanted to play up and geographically isolated larger schools complained. The small schools because larger schools didn't want to play them because of losing points. The isolated schools because they had 5 smaller schools for every 1 equal sized school within a reasonable travel distance.
So, that led to getting level points for playing down for all teams, regardless of being in district.
Now, there may be incentive to play 1A teams for seeding purposes, but does it really help to get the #1 seed, but then take a loss in the 2nd round because your team wasn't prepared? I guess that's for each coaching staff/school to decide.
I would much rather play a challenging schedule and take a few losses than feast on cupcakes and get tossed from the playoffs every year.
Gotta give Travis credit, he doesn't shy away from competition.
That makes more sense. Thanks for the info pal. Our boys are battle tested. That shows now based on our record and teams we’ve beat. Was hoping to camp out at the Park thru the playoffs lol. Looks like RV may have slipped one by us. Gonna be interesting to see how things shake out. Thanks again for the info.
Unfortunately not. A 2A team playing 1A teams yield 2A pts. Northside got 3A points for playing 1A Galax.
So what is the pint of playing tougher competition lol. I was sure that you got lower points for playing down. But you are on top of this stuff and I look for your posts to figure things out. Typical vhsl I guess haha. RV May stay ahead of us if this is the case with their 1a OOC. Bunch of crap lol. But if Pikeville throws like paintsville then they may be in trouble. They didn’t cover us very well. Tough task for them.
Union should have little trouble stopping the Double Wing. Even with the lose of Reynolds, they are still fast. Gotta cover Brickey and contain qb Mullins. And Tester on any side of the ball is a handful. He’s a lot of fun to watch. Can’t let Crabtree get a seam either.
With that said, Union stretches their legs and lead in the second half for the W.
Unions D. Maybe the best in the region. There may be teams with a lower points allowed average, but look at their schedule. Union has grown up considerably. Cleaned up those silly penalties this week. Seems like we’re we’re picked third in the Mountain 7 and not even in talks for the Region D title. I for one thought that as well about the region. Very impressed with how players have steeped up to fill an injury void. Now, if we win out (and we should honestly), it looks like we will our point Ridgeview for the top spot and also hold the edge to the region c winner.
I agree with the previous posts. After the M7 and SWD top two, the districts drop off considerably. Makes me miss the old LPD days when there were multiple state champions coming out of it in three different years. And three in one year if you include gate city who would come and go from the district. Good memories.
Central Warriors. Those guys seems to be plagued with the injury bug. Year in and year out. Hate that for the kids.
Devin Lester is fast fast fast as advertised. Fun to watch!
Trenton Adkins running for about 6 miles at this point in the season. Wow. But what stood out in our game with RV is the speed of qb Nick Phillips. Kids got wheels too.
As for the playoffs...
We all know the region d is going to be fun to watch. We have some really solid teams. I have no idea how we stack up to the region c this season. I’ve not watched them play. Same with teams from the a and b. Other than reading about them, no clue. But the D is going to be a wild one. There are four teams that I feel could win it and rep us well in the playoffs. Would love to see the gmen and wolfpack play each other in a round of the playoffs. . Big and fast teams.
As always, I pray for the safety of the boys on the field and the fans in their travels.
What games have you been watching. He’s put up big games against three of the playoff bound teams, two of them being picked to win the region D (and yes, the very well still can). By anyone saying he’s the complete football player isn’t slighting anyone around. Stats don’t lie.
He also shuts his mouth and lets his pads do the talking. No showboating when he houses it either. He plays the game with the respect that it should be played with.
POY discussion may be a little early. And yes, call me biased, but Mason Polier should be the clear cut leader. Stays on the field. Leads. Gives linemen a shoutout in the paper. On the field, his motor doesn’t stop. Big plays on both sides of the ball.
Adkins was a near non factor. For whatever reason, he spent a lot of time on the sidelines. Saw him throwing his hands up on TFL and complaining to his team.
Now, the near no factor is not a slight. He just about beat us at the end. He is a stud. Great frame. Speed speed speed. And he has a gaggle of yards. But their opponents have been iffy until now and beyond. He has great ability and potential.
Mason is by far the most complete player in this area. To be a state champion in an individual sport, he is an amazing team first player.
Just my two cents.
On a side note, this area is blessed with some solid athletes the past few season.
Any relation to the Satterfields that played at Lee back in the late 80's and 90's. Eric played in the late 90s and was awesome, and I think Lee had a big lineman with the last name of Satterfield back in the late 80's/early 90's on some of those crazy good teams.
The paintsville game was an eye opener. Since the graham win, we have played uncharacteristically sloppy. With a new focus now, I feel like Union takes this one by two scores.
I have to admit I'm really excited to play Paintsville. Love playing a never before seen opponent and watching how they respond to the atmosphere. Going to be a tough opponent and a great game.
I hope they are on the field when the team show up at The Park!
As for the 730 kickoff. It kinda chaps my butt. We go to Ky and go by their time. Seems they would do the same. Oh well though. No biggie I guess.
This game will be a defensive battle. I'll give Union the slightest of edge though in this one. Paintsville reminds me a lot of an old James Colley Haysi team. It's crazy how similar they are.
That gives a better idea of the team they are. Nice description pal.
The slow down big guy statement is probably more applicable to yourself. I never wrote that you trashed him, or bad mouthed him, nor took your post out of context. Don't be so sensitive.
You did write that you "held him in check." For a sophomore with 119 yds, that ain't checked. You can't "take 50 away late in the game." That counts. P.S. When you make a statement that someone was held in check, an initial response most of the United States would venture at seeing what in check means.....as in stats. He ran for 119 yds on 24 carries and that's a bunch for a sophomore. He didn't run for 200 because Sexton had another approximate 90 yds. Otherwise.......lol
The slow your roll Comment was only an attempt to make sure it didn’t seem the conversation was going in an abrasive direction. Being sensitive? Nah. Not from talking hypothetically about high school football. Anyway, just an opinion. And 119 on 24 carries for a D1 recruit is not terrible.
And you are correct, you can’t just take out a run I think we are just taking each other out of context not the intent here
not trying to get into a pissing contest. About 1030pm on Oct 11 is when we will know the answers I guess.
Atkins ran for 119 yds on 24 carries last year against Union. That's pretty good for a sophomore. It ain't 300 yds, but I don't know if it's exactly being held in check either.
Yes its true, during his 9th grade year at the age of 13 and 14, Union held him in check. LOL. Well done, you showed him.
Slow down big guy. At no time was I bad mouthing him. But since your in the stat check mood, let me know how long his last td was. I was thinking 50 late in the game. Take that away and he’s setting at 69 yards on 23 carries. That’s 3 yards per carry. So yes, the Union D did keep him in check. I don’t care how old he was his freshmen year. I was stating a fact.
I think you may have took my post out of context. I mentioned he was a great athlete. He’s just had less than average games against our D. Doesn’t me I think he’s trash pal. Much the opposite.
I'll be interested to see his stats when they play Union. He's definitely a talent & if he gets 300 yards and multiple TDs on Union's defense then hats off definitely.
This right here. His freshmen year, he was a non factor being held to less yards than his jersey number that year. Last year he was some of the same. Only had a decent run when the game was all but over. Sexton kid ran thru us.
Am I bad mouthing the young man? Nope. Not at all. He’s a solid athlete. But he’s yet to show Union any of that yet. He may run a 5k on us this time lol. But I’m thinking that’s not going to happen. I can see him getting 150 yards. But I’ll be the first to say I was wrong if he shows out against us this season.
I know nothing about paintsville other than everyone says they are good, and are setting at a 3-2 record (which means nothing). What’s the take on this game?
Another trap game. They spread out and throw it on quick hitches. Hazard beat them last night. But hazard has a solid program. It’ll be an interesting matchup. I’m guessing Travis will take the ball control approach like with graham. Try and keep the ball out of their playmakers hands.
I could’ve swore I seen #10 stomp somebody. May have just been the angle I was at from the fence though. I’m not saying he did, but it looked like it, and I heard fans in the stands hollering about something but couldn’t make out what it was.
He did. Our #21. He put in a lot of extra shots on our sideline all night. Up until he got planted and rattled. Karma is a real thing he learned. Glad he wasn’t injured.
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It looks like Pikeville has Jenkins on their schedule. Does a forfeited game give points? How will that factor in.