RadCat

I know for a fact that someone has offered to pay the fine for Radford if they make it that far to then not show up. I know that won't happen but the fine would be paid for.

He was recognized before the Floyd game. Apparently he didn't know he broke it and didn't know they were going to recognize him.

Agree on GW. I was really impressed with them. Radford exposed them a little by going to a zone some in the second half and also the GW transition defense in the second half broke down. GW only scored 3 points in the 3rd qtr and that was in the last 30 seconds. I think GW will contend for a title. Radford only returns three starters from last year and only 4 with any decent playing time. 3 players from last year decided not to play including Clark who was a starter last year. They will be good because of defense. I think Floyd can beat them if Radford has an off night. I haven't seen Martinsville yet but sounds like they will be good. None of it matters because they are all playing for second unfortunately.

Clark was 166 of 241 (69%) for 2972 yards. 44 TDs and only 1 INT. RHS season records for completions, yardage and passing TDs. Also had 467 yards rushing and 8 rushing TDs. Parker Prioleau had 1011 receiving yards on 62 receptions which were both RHS season records. Baylor ended up with 972 yards on 45 catches an 17 TDs. He ended up second in the RHS records for receiving yards in a season. The third receiver ended up 9th for yardage for a season so 3 receivers made the top 10 all time for RHS for receiving yards and all in one season.

My personal belief is that the only reason to hold a kid back is for a maturity or intellectual reason. Sports is not a reason to delay. At the time you are making that decision you have very little idea of how they will compete. The other side is that there are prep schools for most sports so if the kid needs another year to develop athletically, then they can get it that way IMO.

I will be shocked if he doesn't play. I was told he played after the injury happened but that might not be true.

Radford's D line bent but didn't brake. Galax ran Tucker 40 times and he was worn out by half time. I think if they can give him more breaks then he would be more effective later in the game. Radford also exposed a weakness with Galax not being able to pass. Galax only 12 yards passing and 2 INT. I was surprised they didn't at least try to pass being down 3 scores early in the 4th quarter. they continued to run and running time off the clock.

This game will come down to line play. If Radford Oline can give Clark time, then Radford will score lots. If Radford Dline can stop the run then it will be a big day for Radford. BIG ifs. I expect this to be a high scoring game with probably Radford getting to a quick lead and Galax making a run in the second half to make it a game.

This schedule was set 2 years ago before Christ was even named the coach so don't blame him. You can blame the AD. It actually isn't that weak either. Ft Chiswell is the only bad team non-conference team. two of them are top Class 1 programs, and Cburg is class 3. One problem that happens is the bigger schools don't want to play smaller schools because the points aren't worth it. The Radford basketball program struggles to get bigger schools to play us because they don't want to lose and it isn't worth any points. Blacksburg and Christiansburg should be regulars but they won't play us in basketball.

I say, let the winner of this years game determine who coaches going forward.

Look, There is no point going tit for tat on this. the original post made it sound like Radford's line was terrible which wasn't what I saw nor what the video or stats showed. Tazwell has some good players and isn't a bad team. I thought it was misleading to say Radford's line got manhandled when you look at the first team play.

if you look at the first two series of first teams vs first teams. Radford's first run was 5 yards and second run was 10 yards to the goalline. Radford QB was held short of the goalline on a run to the outside and then the RB was held short before scoring on the next play. Tazwell really never got a hand on our QB even though he was flushed out of the pocket. On the flip side, Tazwell's first run was for -1 yard. Second was for 2 yards. QB kept for no gain and then was sacked on the last play. I wouldn't say Tazwell manhandled Radford at the line of scrimmage. And not really on the second and third teams either. the line might be improved but IMO didn't manhandle the Radford line.

Radford has had a few kids from Pulaski over the past few years but I don't think there are any this year. There was one kid that came and did some workouts this summer but isn't at Radford practices now.

I will never forget him against Radford at RU. He ripped his coat off and slammed it down and then fell down. I thought he was a decent coach. Martinsville may regret this move depending on what they do.

I agree. when QMR came through Radford, I thought he should be getting more looks from a higher level but getting to watch some of these guys up close, there is a world of difference. Can't say enough about how talented that JM team is.

The Marshall people seem to have no issue with it and frankly I don't know how it changes. on the court after the game, Cormany told the VHSL head, that something needs to change and the VHSL person immediately walked away without responding.

yes, and it never got called against Radford either.

and Radford didn't have their leading scorer. River didn't substitute and it caught up to them. They will be rested and motivated for Region D opponent. JR starting 5 is really really good.

I had interesting conversation with someone that said that the scoring title should actually belong to Caleb Tanner. he had to play against Radford 17 times. he averaged over 35/game normally and only 17 points/game against radford. That's at least another 221 points that Caleb missed out on because he had to play a Cormany defense.

Alleghany would probably win the mountain side. I will be surprised but not shocked if they beat James River.

oh, okay, that makes it a little more okay. I wish they would publish brackets in advance so people could see what is going on instead of waiting until the day before. Thank you for the clarification!

Agree, and with the way they are creating the sub-regions for the Region C tourney makes no sense. There has to be a better way. They put the top 5 or 6 teams on one side and the other side has terrible teams. Region C will not be sending they best two teams to the state tourney which is dumb.

Landen Clark took the last shot. Radford is loaded with sophomores. only one senior is a major contributor. top three in most categories are sophomores. Radford needs to develop better post play but yes they should be good the next two years. Radford was up 10 late in the third qtr. Their inexperience showed as poor shot selection let Glenvar back in the game.

A Radford win puts them in the driver seat for Three Rivers. Radford didn't play well against Glenvar on Monday. James River has to be hyped for this game. Of course everybody brings their "A" game for Radford. I expect a good one.

I think you hit it perfectly for 2C. Radford's core is sophomores mostly with one senior having an impact. They have some ups and downs because of that youth but they have tons of talent and the defense that they bring is strong and will only get better. even if they can beat JR in the second game, they probably will see them in the regional and beating a third time would be next to impossible. JR has tons of talent and experience. I expect them to get at least one against Radford this year. Floyd is talented too. They just don't play defense hard enough. I haven't seen Mville or the others yet to have an opinion on them.