Age of entitlement. Everyone gets a trophy and can’t get dirty. Good thing Appalachia is closed or they would cry every week to move to Bullitt or uva Wise. May as well play flag football now days.
I don’t recall Appalachia fans whining about field conditions. I have seen Appalachia smack teams around in bad conditions.
Bands definitely have a place in a football discussion. In the stands they are part of the atmosphere for the game. You have Tennessee playing Rocky Top, Vt playing Carry me Back, GC doing some of their pep tunes, etc. If fans and cheerleaders are part of the conversation then so is the band.
Second, these days you see more shows with less familiar music because those shows win. It hasn’t always been that way. When Graham’s band was under Mr. Brown they would win with Blues Brothers. I think (don’t quote me) that Holston one year did a Michael Jackson show and got a superior at state assessment. I can’t remember.
I see GC winning this game if they can hang on to the ball.
His first statement when he started this topic proves his real intent. And I quote, "Word is that the GC coaches have guaranteed victory! 😂".
Who would put that online if you wanted your team to win? Everyone knew the game might be close and he just wanted to stir up the other team and give them motivation.
He does not want Gate City to win. His only intent is to harass, bully, discriminate and give retaliation to Coach Akers.
I wouldn’t doubt it if he’s one of the GC “fans” who have given the GC fan base a bad name around the area when GC is a powerhouse.
We’re you there, sir? Did you notice the 6 bad snaps? 4 fumbles? The GC fans packed the stands and cheered all night. Stick to what you know, because you don’t know 💩 about what’s going on in GC, anymore than I know what’s up in Richlands.
Gate City is in a down cycle. Plain and simple.
In the words of the late Lou Rawls “But there’s no ifs and buts or maybes!”
And how do we know Reed will fair any better than Akers? How do we know Reed will even get it?
Lack of talent is part of it. Poor leadership makes it that much worse. Gate City is capable of winning certain games. Unfortunately the coaching may prevent it.
Little League season is over. It ended early due to one team folding - a first in GCLL’s 60 year history. It’s an astronomical coincidence that these issues keep popping up.
And this is a public forum about high school football. We all understand, appreciate, & prioritize academics first, But this is not swvaacademics.com.
Be that as it may, as much as we enjoy football and spectating, we must realize that this is high school football and these are students. School board decisions must be made for the benefit of educating the students.
Someone said that Scott County football wouldn’t be competitive until consolidation happened. Consolidation may be necessary in the future for various reasons and making a football team competitive should not be a reason. Just like many people from Appalachia had to be reminded that an argument against consolidation should not be because of a football team.
Both BSG and Appalachia benefitted nicely. Consolidation in Wise County was needed. Without it the school system would be in worse shape than it is now.
Funny thing is, if the track remains the same as it is now, we are the ones that should really be worried, not the ES folk. They’ll get some heavy rain and wind, sure, but SWVA is pretty much in the dead center of the cone, and these storms tend to stall over the mountains.
Possible tropical storm force winds here in Roanoke on Thursday night.
I do understand that Salem is outside of this boards coverage area. I am just curious as to why they are and why people can’t a have an opinion of a SWVA being 1 over a southern WVa school
Why are they outside of the coverage area? Because they are neither FAR SWVA, part of the NRV, nor are they part of the Mountain Empire. Salem is in the Roanoke Valley. Why doesn’t GMan include the Roanoke Valley? Because he chooses not to do so. Period.
You cannot rank Salem in these polls because they are not in the coverage area. You can rank Bluefield here because Southern WV IS part of the coverage area. You can have an opinion that Salem is better and many people may agree with you. You just cannot rank them here. That would be like ranking Florida State in an SEC power ranking.
This reminds me of a pre-consolidation incident at a football game in 2009. It was JJ Kelly at Appalachia. Appalachia always entered the field by the goal post in front of the Dawg House. JJ Kelly fans and team created a fan tunnel at that spot. Appalachia felt disrespected and started walking through the tunnel and there was a confrontation between the teams.
While it may have been disrespectful on JJ Kelly’s part, Appalachia’s team handled it the wrong way.
Again, I am sure Union’s band director did not intend on anything wrong. I am sure it was a miscommunication that led to Union entering too early. But the moment the Richlands team began to do what they did, it was the wrong decision. Nobody was hurt to my knowledge but it doesn’t mean it was right. Someone could have been hurt.
I saw the video and pictures. I wasn’t there. I can say that a lot of fans from Union, Richlands, and other fan bases were less than flattered by the team’s actions.
I do think an apology should be made and we can move forward.
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Graham gets one against Union I’m afraid. Graham 28, Union 7.