cityofRaven

Obamacare.

You've got my vote, Mayor.

Hahaha you must have gotten ahold on some good drugs!!! Broken fibula and only miss one game.

My biggest gripe with the new format is the 16 teams making the playoffs in the west and east. Knock it down to 8 in the east and 8 in the west and it'd be much better imo. Go to that and it wouldn't matter if the East or West had 4-5 schools difference in number cuz everybody and their grandma wouldn't be getting in to begin with. Besides, when there were regions, usually there were only 4 per division per region getting in anyways...2 regions combined is a half...so common sense says to set the number at 8.

new? we've had 6 classes for football playoffs since 86.
It's just that ppl. don't take the time to understand things - just like all the hoopla over the clip of the Obamacare guy. It's a year old and he said what was already known years ago by ppl. who understood how the ACA worked - but some folks don't let facts get in the way..

Turning ugly at Legion Field, field is littered with yellow flags.
 
Some frustration coming out from Buckingham. Coaches are urging Knights players to vent via social media.

And if none of Radford's team would have showed up a couple of weeks ago then maybe Hurley would still be in the playoffs...

Heat of the moment thing....let it go dude....you got the win that's all that matters

Almost as comical as the BDT...

Almost as comical as the BDT...

Almost as comical as the BDT...

Almost as comical as the BDT...

So someone actually devotes their time and effort to create a Twitter account just for one football game? I wish I had that kind of free time.

The hard part about King Kone is to catch them open. 

And by "MOST of the HOGO" he means the four guys in Saltville whose jealousy outweighs their desire to see their District succeed. 

The hard part about King Kone is to catch them open. 

The hard part about King Kone is to catch them open. 

^^^^^ This times 182,570,270,286,473.

All Clintwood heard leading up to their game with Sussex in 2011 was how much faster Sussex was then any team Clintwood had ever seen. Clintwood had no chance of beating them. They had just beat Covington 88-8 the week before and Clintwood held them to 8 points. They did it by hitting them in the mouth on every play. It took our o a little while to get anywhere but over time we wore them down. Also Clintwood was playing with a back up QB our starter got hurt the week before at GW. I know Gate City win or lose will give it thier all and never give up. They will be hitting just as hard in the 4th as they do in the 1st reguardless of the score.        

Quick history lesson...from 1984-1991 Central Lunenburg had an 81 game regular season win streak, athletes running out their ears, great coaching, and a fan base that travelled well and supported them everywhere they went to play. During that time span they appeared in 7 straight State Championship games, with 5 of those games being against teams from SWVA. Their record in those games was 1-4 with a win over Garden in 1986. The other 4 games were losses to Covington and Powell Valley 3 times. To be more precise, from 1984-1990 Lunenburg played a total of 96 games with an overall record of 91-5....and 4 of those 5 losses came to teams from SWVA. Ask them the difference between athletes and smash mouth football players. They didn't lack confidence in their athletes either...in 1985 after the conclusion of their half state game their coach went as far as to say that he thought they had defeated their competition in the state and they were "Going to Big Stone Gap to pick up the trophy"...in all they made 3 trips and went home empty handed every single time. No doubt they had more athletes on the field, and no doubt they dominated their half of the state..but when faced with the traditional brand of football played in SWVA they usually tasted their only defeat of the whole season. Athletes are good to have, but football players are better to have.
Just something to keep in mind when talking smack about the number of athletes on any given team...

If you use an "8" instead of the sound "ate" there does not need to be a "T" on the end. Gr8 is ok, gr8t makes you sound like you have a speech impediment.

You can get intoxicated anywhere if you set your mind to it. 

You can get intoxicated anywhere if you set your mind to it. 

70 years or so ago, one of Marion's coaches decided that they needed a live mascot. A goat was easy to manage, and could fit on a bus without having to bring a trailer, so that's what they went with. It's also on the Smyth County seal for some unknown reason.

There's a popular legend that Marion was too poor afford a tractor to cut the grass on the old football field, and that they would let goats graze on it to keep the grass short, but to me, that seems more anecdotal than factual.

You can get intoxicated anywhere if you set your mind to it.