GMan

Yeh, but if you win BOTH games, you have MAJOR bragging rights in that it has never happened before and you are the first team to do it...

[ QUOTE ] grundy has only 9 games. bluefield was suppose to move grundy game to 9/30 so grundy could pick up mt view on 9/16. after grundy scheduled mt. view, bluefield would not change as they said they would. thus grundy is playing bluefield on 9/16. that leaves them with 9/23 and 9/30 and 11/11 open. [/ QUOTE ] OK, Grundy added Oak Hill as their ninth game.

It was talked about but Mt. View picked up Ravenswood instead. Grundy added Oak Hill(WV) as their 10th game.

[ QUOTE ] I don't totally understand, so whoever wins 2 of 3 games wins 1.75 million? [/ QUOTE ] No, whichever team wins two of the first three games gets to host the fourth game. If Marshall wins 2 of 3, it will cost WVU $1.75 million by not getting to host the fourth game.

[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Well I didnt believe it at first but now I heard from a really reliable resource that there will be 2 beaver/graham games this season [/ QUOTE ] I'm telling you..."Beavers" is as reliable as it gets on this board concerning Bluefield's football team...there is/was no reason to doubt his post... [/ QUOTE ] So im guessing "beavers" must be coach simon right? lol [/ QUOTE ] Maybe, maybe not...

Who was telling you that about three months ago???

[ QUOTE ] Maybe not the world but it does look like the VT - WVU series is coming to an end. For a while at least. Nah nah nah...... [/ QUOTE ] And I couldn't be happier!!!

First, Graham and Bluefield playing twice in one season, now this...a sure sign that the world is coming to an end!!!

MetroNews Pieces Together Details Of WVU/MU Deal MetroNews Sports Morgantown MetroNews has learned, in piecing together the details from a variety of sources, that the contract for the renewal of the football series between West Virginia University and Marshall University will apparently be a six-game deal, stretching from 2006 through 2011. There is a unique twist to this contract, though, which leaves the exact number of games in Morgantown and Huntington still up in the air. According to sources contacted by MetroNews, the series will start in 2006 with the first game being played at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown. In 2007, the state’s only two Division I-A football teams will meet at Joan C. Edwards Stadium in Huntington, and then the series will shift back to Mountaineer Field in 2008. There also is slated to be a game played in Huntington in 2010 and another in Morgantown in 2011. The uniqueness of the contract will come in 2009, as that game could be played at either Mountaineer Field or Edwards Stadium. The team which wins at least two of the first three games will also get the opportunity to host the fourth game of the series in 2009. So the total deal guarantees three games in Morgantown and two in Huntington, and one more which could be played in either location. There are apparently other aspects to the multi-year deal, such as the financial guarantees, which have not yet been revealed, but that part of the package will apparently be disclosed when Governor Joe Manchin makes the official announcement in regards to the WVU/MU series at a press conference, which is slated for the state capitol at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday. MetroNews plans to broadcast that press conference live. Manchin helped spearhead the effort to get the state’s two Division I-A football schools together again. WVU and Marshall have meet just once on the football field in the past 80 years, when West Virginia took a 42-31 victory from the Herd at Mountaineer Field in the 1997 season opener. It was the first Division I-A game ever for Marshall, which was making the transition from Division I-AA. WVU is 5-0 all-time against the Herd, but other than the 1997 meeting, all the previous games were played in the early portion of the 20th century. West Virginia took three victories over MU in Morgantown (17-15 in 1911, 20-0 in 1914 and 81-0 in 1923). The only time the Mountaineers have ever played in Huntington was in 1915 when WVU scored a lopsided, 92-6 win. The series went dormant for 74 years before the renewal at Mountaineer Field in 1997 in a game which was filled with over 20 future NFL players, such as Marshall’s Chad Pennington and Randy Moss and West Virginia’s Marc Bulger and Amos Zereoue. In the eight years since the teams last faced off, further games between Marshall and West Virginia have often been discussed, but no agreement has ever been reached. Originally the two teams were supposed to meet four times with all four games being played at Mountaineer Field. After agreeing verbally to that deal, Marshall officials had a change of heart and instead just one game in 1997 was played. Officials from the two schools have been negotiating ever since, but the financial terms and other details never could be worked out. When the NCAA voted last month to allow Division I-A football teams the opportunity to play 12 regular season games every year, it opened up slots in the schedules for both schools. And when Manchin was campaigning for the governor’s seat last year, one of his promises was to try to make this game a reality. In recent weeks WVU athletic director Ed Pastilong had said that the only way West Virginia would agree to the deal was if it entailed three games at Mountaineer Field and just one in Huntington. Marshall counterpart Bob Marcum had insisted that the Herd would agree to no more than a two-for-one deal. This past Friday, the Governor reportedly hosted a meeting between officials from the two universities – believed to include Pastilong, Marcum and the presidents of the two schools, David C. Hardesty of WVU and Michael J. Farrell of Marshall – to hammer out the sticking points of the contract. It was at that time that this 3-2-1- deal was apparently struck. WV Metro News

[ QUOTE ] Ed, Correct me if wrong, but only one of the games against Graham (the first one) would count toward the playoff ratings in the WV system correct? [/ QUOTE ] I wouldn't be so sure about that...Greater Beckley Christian played Harts twice last season (during the regular season) and both games counted toward the WVSSAC ratings.

Ten schmin, you'll never be more than a six when we play...

[ QUOTE ] Well I didnt believe it at first but now I heard from a really reliable resource that there will be 2 beaver/graham games this season [/ QUOTE ] I'm telling you..."Beavers" is as reliable as it gets on this board concerning Bluefield's football team...there is/was no reason to doubt his post...

[ QUOTE ] the Craig, you refer to was Craig Armbrister, he was a friend of mine and graduated with me, my senior yr we spent alot of time together and he was killed while returning from WVU one night on I77 at camp creek hill..im not gonna go into the circumstances or the driver of the vehicle but Craig was an outstsnding person that liked to get a lil on the wild side when he drank..i distinctly remember tying him to a toilet at Myrtle Beach to keep him from balcony diving..lol..i was sad to hear the news when he died [/ QUOTE ] I became good friends with Craig at Bluefield College...he was a great person to be around. I know what you mean about him getting "a lil on the wild side" too...

[ QUOTE ] From what I know Bluefield was going to play Graham twice last year until they were able to pick up Martinsburg during the late summer. [/ QUOTE ] It was discussed last season but was not a definite thing...both teams continued looking for other opponents...Bluefield picked up Martinsburg and Graham ended up getting Princeton...

[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] I Think it is a great idea if it is true [/ QUOTE ] How would that be a great idea?Thats stupid! there should only be 1 beaver-graham game. Because its all for bragging rights. If you tie in those 2 games. You have no bragging rights! its stupid I still dont think its true though [/ QUOTE ] Trust me...if anyone should know I think "Beavers" would DEFINITELY know for sure...

[ QUOTE ] I have heard this a while back...would not surprise me...bad move for Graham to play a team they can't beat once, twice. [/ QUOTE ] Things could be different this year...

Don't count on building your beach vacation fund at my expense...the only sand you will see this year will be in the greenside bunkers...

Whatever you say "Sandy"...you're not getting my milk money...I'm lactose intolerant!!! Just bring your inflated handicap up on the hill then we will see who ends up with who's "milk money", you left-handed Craig Stadler wannabe!!!

[ QUOTE ] The VHSL used the ADM "as reported to the State Dept. of Education on March 31, 2004" for their every-other-year "realignment", which will occur oer the Summer. This is the "Graham = 481" set Cougarfan posted. My guess is G-Man's "Graham = 502" set is the ADM submitted 6 weeks ago, which would make the D4 & D3 headers useless, since the 2005 ADM numbers shouldn't be used for anything "official" by the VHSL (maybe the R&R people will use it to tweak the proposed 2007 plan... you never know). I've never seen the VHSL "overhaul" the realignment when new numbers come out. Cougarfan's 2004 set ("Graham = 481") has already been presented, cussed, discussed, appealed, modified & approved for the next 2 school years. No changes except when a school opens or closes (like Magna Vista went through last Fall). [/ QUOTE ] As I said, the VHSL should pick an enrollment number and stick with it through the entire process...

[ QUOTE ] People can say what they want but I am 99% sure that some of those numbers are very very wrong. I have a question. Why were those numbers just released anyways? If thats the case the could be low due to drop outs, graduation, transfers or anything. I think a random date should be selected by the VHSl to go to everyone of these schools and personally get the enrollement sheets for all of these schools. I agree with the man about Salem. What is the enrollement to be classified AAA? Ah when I went to grundy we made it to the state semi finals only to face Amherst County. Yeah Amherst County. I am pretty sure they a powerhouse in AAA now. We lost to them and I think they won state and then the next season were AAA. That sucked. Then in 11th grade we made it to semis only to face that same Salem team your talking about and lost to them. Then a few years back in Semis Grundy lost to Liberty Bedford. So Grundy definitely knows what your talking about. [/ QUOTE ] Amherst is still AA...but they should be AAA.

I agree, something about those numbers just doesn't look right...

[ QUOTE ] the two schools might be able to keep the series going [/ QUOTE ] They may say that as a means of "good will", but with the volitility of this game, neither really want to play each other in the near future.

[ QUOTE ] Yes, yes. You hurry up and do that you omni-present authority figure. [/ QUOTE ] You need to get your omni-present sandbagging arse up here to the golf course and I'll show you "authority"! 7 handicap my butt!!! 09/13/2004 77 09/13/2004 81 09/13/2004 84 08/30/2004 72 07/15/2004 76 07/15/2004 74 07/08/2004 76 07/01/2004 76 T 07/01/2004 71 T 06/22/2004 80 C 06/22/2004 73 06/22/2004 84 A 06/13/2004 77 06/03/2004 75 05/26/2004 72 05/26/2004 78 05/19/2004 79 C 05/19/2004 79 05/19/2004 80 05/08/2004 78 At least we know where the "sand" part of your name comes from!!!

[ QUOTE ] was sent to the schools today from vhsl. [/ QUOTE ] Yet another mistake by the VHSL that needs to be corrected. I called them on one a couple of years ago and they took care of it before the season started. Guess I better get on the horn again...

[ QUOTE ] He aint nothin but a josh Childress wanna be. He shouldn't have a highlight video he is a second stringer [/ QUOTE ] Attn: TheSpokesman Consider this your first warning! You will not receive anymore warnings for posts trying to instigate confrontations. If you make additional posts such as this...you will be banned from the message board...PERIOD! Thank you for visiting/posting on the SWVAFootball.com message board! Sincerely, The G-Man