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Can’t wait to the second quarter so we can find out if George Wythe would finish better than 3rd in the BDD @olewave

Tazewell would finish 3rd in the BDD . 

Tazewell would finish 3rd in the BDD . 

Tazewell would finish 3rd in the BDD . 

Tazewell would finish 3rd in the BDD . 

Consolidation can’t come soon enough.

Yeah man... normally I agree with your posts, but that's a bad take.  Respect the Panthers for giving it a go and continue to pray for those affected by the awful flooding  in and around Oakwood and Pilgrim's Knob.

A community devastated by catastrophic flooding attempts to give their kids normalcy but by all means let’s think of the poor other schools losing a game/gate.
 
GTFOH with that…for real. Do I hate we are losing a game? Sure, but it’s BS to criticize those kids/coaches/admin. 

Bold statement, but Richlands may struggle with Grundy...

That's why it says 2A & MED

Uncle Percy says, You Mamby Pamby Millennials and Generation Zers don’t know this because you were still playing in the sand box and some of you were still wearing Pampers, but Tennessee High got their fill of Va Football during the 1999 and 2000 seasons. They scheduled home-away games with Gate City, Graham and Grundy. They went 1-5. Barely beat a Rebuilding 2000 Graham team (5-5) or could have been 0-6. Tennessee High doesn’t want to play any Va schools unless they from around Bristol. And They definitely don’t want “The Flattails”.  

Seems overly complicated. What's wrong with current setup?

Players from SWVASports.com coverage area currently on D1 rosters. Please add to the list of any I inadvertently missed. 
Cam Akers Allen - Graham - Purdue Caleb Spurlin - Galax - Appalachian State PJ Prioleau - Radford - Virginia Tech Cole Pickett - Galax - Virginia Tech Cole Blaker - Narrows - Virginia Tech Jaden Keller - Tennessee - Virginia Tech Noah Sage - Lee - Virginia Tech James Mitchell - Union - Virginia Tech Sean Martin - Bluefield - West Virginia Kaulin Parris - Bluefield - West Virginia (Transfer Portal) Jordan Stout - Honaker - Penn State  Levi Forrest - Richlands - Penn State (Transfer Portal) Trenton Adkins - Ridgeview - Toledo (Transfer Portal) JJ Davis - Bluefield - Marshall (Transfer Portal?) Isaiah Johnson - Bluefield - Arizona State Brodie Meadows - Graham - Virginia Tech Xayvion Bradshaw - Graham - Virginia Tech Benji Gosnell - Carroll County - Virginia Tech That's 18 off the top of my head. There are more than you realize. Add in the fact that the previous staff didn't recruit the whole of Virginia, not just SWVA, and it becomes all the more egregious. I like Justin Hamilton but he, of all people, should know the benefit of in-state recruiting. 

That's coaching

Y'all act surprised that Graham is being out coached?....

Ridgeview 26
Central 20
 
Final

If there is there are about 33 qualified posters on this site.

Could be due to the fact they've played some piss poor teams, too. 

Going to be  a good night for backups to get playing time.  I can see that already.
 
That high?

All they have to do is call Bluefield to work out a make up date.

Uncle Percy wants me to post his Disclaimer before any story telling or picking any losers.  GMan, we would like to not have to use a Mulligan here. Keep in mind it is Uncle Percy.
Disclaimer:
I am using the VHSL Master Schedule, we all should know how they can mess things up, and some the weekly newspapers to pick “losers”. (Who would have ever believed you could get better high school football coverage from, of all newspapers, The Voice than from The Bluefield Daily Telegraph.). However, We understand, due to The Wuhan Virus some games may suddenly change and we may not know it in time before we pick a bunch of losers.  We had two such games last week. The Long Hunters of Lebanon and Richlands Little Blue Fizzle Machine. Lebanon was pick as a loser, played another and lost.  The Little Blue Fizzle Machine didn’t play and ended September as an O-fer. SO, if any of you Nit-Pickin’, Political Correct, Mamby Pamby Millennials are going to condemn, then we need a certain Bluefield Gentleman (He’s one of the Old Dogs on this site) to repost his elegant description and philosophy of what Political Correctness is. Get It.
Folks, Uncle Percy takes pickin’ Losers seriously.  So let’s pick a bunch of losers.
Ridgeview @ Richlands 
Richlands didn’t get to play The Flattails last week because of the Wuhan Virus and ended the month of September as a Big O-fer (no points, no wins). The Little Blue Fizzle Machine gets to host the Ridge Wolves from Dickinson County this Friday. (Lot of Ridges in Dickinson County, seems like a lot of people live on the Ridges in Dickinson County). Ridgeview is also an O-fer, the lost column. The Little Blue Fizzle Machine is going to have their hands full with this howling Wolfpack Friday Night.  Now Ridgeview lost some Big Wolves off last years team but they shouldn’t have any problem from having a howl in’ good time at Ernie Hicks Stadium. On a positive note, the Little Fizzlers may finally get on the scoreboard when the Big Wolves turn the Wolf Pups loose to play the 4th Q.
Loser:
Richlands
Wise-Central @Abington
Yes Uncle Percy spells it with a ton instead of Don. The reason, Uncle Percy says it is because you can find tons of it there and none of it is any good. I’ll not say anything more and just leave it there.  Uncle Percy says this is probably what you would call a toss-up game. Both teams have only wins against weak teams and lost to good teams. Both lost to Christianburg by 8 pts and 5 pts. Wise Central beat Eastside which is a better team than the 3 Blue Buzzards victims. Wise Central lost to Ridgeview which is a very, very good team. So, look for the Warriors to take home a bunch of Buzzard feathers this Friday. There you have it have folks, The Pronosticating Logic Uncle Percy now uses for toss-up games. (I liked it better when we used Grandpa Clovis’ fighting’ rooster Ol’ Phantom to pick toss up games).  Uncle Percy says how can you pick a Loser to be a winner when they’ll always be a loser.   ???????
Loser:
Abington
Grundy @Tazewell
As expected the Bull Pups lost to Riverheads this past Saturday, Then again, everybody will probably lose to Riverheads this year.  However, we hear that the Bull Pups were able to move the ball at times against a very good defense.  With that in mind and looking at the remaining games on the Bull Pup schedule, the Bull Pups might be able to pull out of a slow start and have a winning season. That turn around could very easily start this Friday Night when The Slate Crik Crawdads roll into or should we say back into town. (Ever notice how crawdads are always traveling bas ackwards.)  The Crawdads may have blew their chances this past Friday of the BDD Title when they lost to Honaker. Word is that Slate Crik may not even be the best team in Buchanan County this year.  The best may be the team on the Pilgram’s Knob. By the Dismal River. Anyway, one of Uncle Percy’s Co-Horts (more like partner in crime) went to the Blacksburg-Grundy game. He told Uncle Percy that a nest full of eggs would at have been safe between the 2 opposing lines. (Translation for Mamby Pamby Millennials - no pads popping, no hitting). With that info, looking at who Tazewell has played, there will be plenty of Smoked Crawdads for Saturday lunch in Tazewell. Because the Bull Pups can bite.
Loser:
Slate Crik
VA High @ Spotswood
Interesting…. So the Boys from Bristol are going Cat Racing up in Horse Country this weeekend. Interesting…. We don’t know much about the Spotswood Blazers. Uncle Percy says it has been at least 30 years, give or take a year or two, since he has been to Penn Laird. We know they are 1-3, they scored 91 points, given up137 point, that sounds good for the Bearcats. We know the Bearcats can score and score quick. We don’t know how quick the Blazers are. So this could turn into a heck of a game or a track meet. We are going with the Bearcats by a nose or should we say a Cat’s Whisker.
Loser:
Spotswood
Couple of notes:
Uncle Percy and I want to tank Union Fan for his Power Rating Posts. It takes some time and work. Thank You, it’s a big help for us.
V-Cats, Uncle Percy says that if you are going to Spotswood, that the last time he was there, the concession stand had the best Smoked Bar-B-Que sandwiches. Don’t know if they still serve them but they were good 30 years ago.
Cousin Claude wants to thank Ryan4VT for helping him win a free meal off Uncle Percy.  See, Uncle Percy had to cover any bets last week.

And I can understand the above for a 4A program with low numbers and turnout and not a football school.  There are some like that.  The head scratcher is what they have done in the last 60 months, a state title and a near miss, likely should have had 2 state titles.  Now, that is one serious fall from the top.

Grundy 20, Blacksburg 19.  
A team that won the 3A State Title in 2016 and a team that was probably the best 4A team in 2017 losing a nailbiter to Salem and Salem went on to win the state title easily.  Now, in only a 4 year period, they are 0-2.  Those two losses for Blacksburg, the Class 4 school comes at the hands of Giles Class 1, and Grundy, Class 1.  Now it's one thing to struggle or have a down season, and I know Giles and Blacksburg is an opening traditional rival game dating back to the old New River, but going from a State Title in 16 at 3A and probably should have had another in 17 at the 4A level to losing to not one, but two Class 1 schools to open the season.  Craziness.

Good for them!! I knew they weren’t a bad team when they played the benefit game. 

This is correct. Contract dispute from credible sources. Grundy is open Sept. 3 and Sept. 10.