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Hurley has had to fill the schedule with eastern KY and southern WV teams for the past 15-20 years. Dwindling enrollments locally has forced consolidation, which reduces the number of teams available within a certain radius. You kinda just have to play your schedule and go from there.

Hurley has scheduled East Ridge in the past. Other than proximity, they have very little to gain playing them.

Thanks for the information brother! Execution was key. If they meet again, I'm sure it will be another last second thriller.

Union lost this game in the 4th quarter when they got the ball with 7 minutes left and reverted to the Spread instead of grinding the clock with the power T. Sure, they got the pick 6 on Richlands next possession to increase their lead, but it lit a fire on a Blues team who was physically beaten the 38 minutes. Richlands finally got the ball moving when the idea of running was gone. #3 as a receiver out of the backfield or spread out in the 5 wr set worked the best. Union's #21 shut down Howie, but Blues #15 came through with the clutch catches late. This Blues team needs some type of under center formation. 1st and goal @ the 1 would feel comfortable if you had an inside pound the ball threat. Also, perhaps a TE on the 4 WR set as Union's #7 beat the LT for sacks twice in the 4th, plus plenty of other pressure. A lot of people seem down on the Blues defense, but I think you have to credit them. I don't think anybody expected that curveball (power T), and they ran it well. Outside of the reverse #82 scored on, they contained him most of the night. The defense played the spread very well, which bodes well for the Abingdon game. I'm sure they will work on run D this week, but with a short week to prepare for an improved Graham team, Cousin could be tough to stop. Excellent game. To the portion of the crowd who left after the pick 6, y'all missed a helluva comeback!

Grundy/Hurley?

Anybody got a Clintwood/Hazard Final yet?

Defenses controlled this game for the most part. Before Grundy scored at the end of the second quarter, I believe they may have had a negative yard total. Second half saw both teams move the ball a little bit better, but Hurley turned the ball over a couple times and only threatened to score once (INT with the ball on the 4 yard line...OUCH!). Both teams played the sweeps very well. #3 for Hurley was all over the place, running down everything that went wide. #15 for Grundy was the difference, he's got a nack for cutbacks and enough speed to burn you if you dont wrap him up. Hurley had 11 players, thank God nobody got hurt or the game would have ended (or do they swap a kid over like they do in little league...). Grundy changed up the rotatation this game; seems they used about 18-20 kids pretty regularly this game versus 13-14 against Twin Valley. Heard the next Grundy game is @ Honaker, but didn't hear a date or time.

Very close game Monday night at Grundy. Twin Valley scored on their first drive of the game, chewing up about 7 minutes over 12 or 13 plays before punching it in. They had another TD called back due to a clip after their QB scrambled away from 2 or 3 defenders. Would have been about a 65-yard run if the play stood. Took Grundy about about 3 quarters, but they finally slowed the Wing T down. A key interception midway through the 4th quarter ended a potential scoring opportunity by TV in the Grundy end zone. The very next play from scrimmage, #15 from Grundy busted up a huge hole in the middle of the defense, cut left and out-ran the secondary for an 80-yard TD. I believe #15 then punched it in for the 2-pt conversion to give Grundy the lead. Twin Valley had the ball inside the Grundy 20 with 30 seconds left. On 3rd down, they lined up for a 22-yard FG (TV actually tried a 37-yard FG earlier in the game. I'd say it would have been good from 20 yards out) but the snap was real high and the holder ran around the corner and gained a few yards and got out of bounds. On 4th, they lined up for the ballgame and 4 Grundy defenders broke through and somebody (#5 or #6, unsure which one) blocked the kick. After the game, I was told Hurley JV visits Grundy JV this Thursday.

30+ point blowout... what kind of chances do you foresee now?

It is games like this that show what a team has, and gives themselves something to work toward. There is a reason Bluefield has won the state titles they have this decade. It is games like this.

Glad to see another Cav fan who saw what I saw for nearly a decade. Like you said, the naked eye revealed a horrible offense and the stats merely proved it a fact.

Mike Groh, Al's son. Big difference between being a fairly good college QB and being a fairly good offensive coordinator. From '01 to '05 he coached WRs, then got the QBs added to him before taking over Offensive Coordinator in '06. They were decent all those years, a 4-5 loss team except for 2001 when they lost 7 games. 2002 - 9-5, 5 games where they scored less than 20 pts 2003 - 8-5, 3 games under 20 2004 - 8-4, 3 games under 20 2005 - 7-5, 4 games under 20 It then went downhill after Mike became OC. 2006 - 5-7, 8 games under 20 2007 - 9-4, 4 games under 20 2008 - 5-7, 9 games under 20 2009 - 3-9, 8 games under 20 Without analyzing defensive stats, one can assume that Mike Groh's success as a WR and QB coach was done primarily with players he didn't recruit, and that he, as the offensive coordinator, either: 1) did not recruit very well during his tenure or 2) did not have a offensive scheme or gameplan in place to make up for lackluster recruiting. I take nothing away from him for his accomplishments on the field. I was sitting in front of the end zone where Warwick Dunn was stuffed by Anthony Poindexter 3 inches from scoring the winning touchdown that night in 1995. I love the Cavs as much as anybody. However, Groh did not have the track record to assume the responsibilties he did. May he fare better as Louisville's QB coach.

Very thrilled to see the Cavs competing again. I remember the beatdown USC put on 'em in '08 @ home. Just seems that London is utilizing the talent 200% better than Groh did. Plus, London seems interested in recruiting (last time I checked, best looking/rated class thus far in like 5-6 years). Groh seemingly conceded Virginia's hotbed to Beamer and his philosophies seem outdated (3-4 with undersized DL and poor blitz schemes; the old Redskins slow-pulling ground game with minimal passing...ugh!). Of course, to Groh's credit, all the assistants that coached his better teams were plucked away and he never filled the jobs with the same quality level (his son to Off. Coordinator if I remember correctly?).

One of my old employers used to coach football during the eighties at the youth/middle/8th grade level. His opinion was that wins and losses didn't matter, but rather how many kids you could get interested in football. He felt like in the long run that you would benefit more from playing 20-30 kids, getting them all some playing time, and teaching them the fundamentals of the game. "Who cares if you can trick a 14 year old with a double reverse? There kids d*mnit! They barely know how the game works and your worried about running up the score with trick plays...geez..." Well, he said something along them lines. Regardless, what he said always stuck with me. Just figured I'd chime in...back to hiding...

The most direct way is I-81 just across the Va line, take Exit 1-B toward Gate City (Hwy 421/58) and from there you just got one turnoff at a red light (business 421/58/23) and you'll see it. However, I think it may be quicker to hit I-26 at exit 57-B in Tennessee (toward Kingsport), which then turns into Hwy 23. 23 then merges w/ 421/58, same as first directions.