I think X and O's can change this game. Does Tazewell have enough smarts to watch Bluefield tape?
I almost wondered if Ridgeview didn’t watch the Bluefield-Tazewell tape before they played. Some of those long plays by Bluefield looked awfully familiar.
I remember when most fans would go watch a game in any weather.
This is why I said NFHS was a bad deal for the schools. The amount over money they get from NFHS doesn’t come close to making up the money the schools lose from people staying home and watching the games.
Ahmad was also opoy and dpoy his junior year of high school. And a 3 time 1st team all state. Very few people who actually saw dudley are still alive. But he was an all American at uva and the #1 pick in the nfl draft I believe.
I agree, but the state championship is why I would put Cam at #1. Just my opinion, basing it on high school accomplishments.
They definitely wouldn’t have been as good but would have won region D and possibly state. Radford took out Appo that year and nobody came within 20 points of Graham for the entire postseason. Graham’s backup QB was the 2nd best Qb in the region.
Cam Allen is the greatest football player of all time at Graham in my opinion. People remember the 63 touchdowns but forget that he was also the state defensive player of the year that season.
A lot of factors go in to that discussion. How much better was the rest of Graham’s players because they went through all those practices with the state’s O & D player of the year? If he plays at Tazewell then those lean years probably wouldn’t have been quite as lean and more of the talent that was walking the halls might’ve decided it was worth their time to come out to play. If he wasn’t on Graham’s team then there’s a good chance they would’ve not beat Richlands in Cam’s junior year, which was ultimately started the downward trajectory of their program. Kids might’ve kept coming to Richlands and they might’ve kept their stranglehold on the SWD & Region D.
We never know what could’ve happened in hypotheticals but we’re all naive if we don’t agree certain athletes don’t have the power to change the trajectory of multiple programs by switching schools.
I guess we could all talk about the kids that got away as much as we could talk about the transfers. Layth Ghannam a 4* O-Line recruit that's committed to Tech. Layth is a monster. Left Graham in middle school and moved to Charleston, where he plays for GW. The Jollay brothers that play at GW in Wytheville right now left around the same time. Imagine how good Graham would have been had all 3 of them stayed.
Agree. Imagine if Cam Allen would’ve stayed at Tazewell.
Do the kids that get out of cars with West Va tags at the Hillbilly Market in Bishop and get on the Tazewell bus count as transfers? Maybe Squire and Berwind are part of Tazewell's territory? If I'm not mistaken Tazewell has been the recipient of a couple Graham kids that played football at Graham but elected not to play when they got to Tazewell.
Were those kids at the hillbilly market playing for Riverview the year before? If so, then yes.
Some people continue their ways and its hilarious how they seem to 99% of this board
No names mentioned...don't want to upset any powder puffs
You literally have brought nothing productive to any conversation. You just pick, complain about what others post & take every chance you can to remind people how Greg Mance went to Giles. It’s gotten to be really old.
Then say “some people continue their ways.” Be the change if you want to see change.
Folks traveling to Ridgeview will be upset at the quality of the hot dogs at the concession (my prediction).
Had a hotdog there in 2018 and I told the folks working that it was the 2nd best one I’ve ever had at a concession stand. Did they let that high ranking go to their head?
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Ridgeview -27.5 on that line.
Last night the pre-game line was GW -19.5 vs Narrows.