Ryan4VT

Maybe Tennessee High needs new English teachers.......

Maybe Tennessee High needs new English teachers.......

Someone give this idiot the award for "Most ran into the ground insult ever!"

Jethro liking his own post pretty much sums it up. DBAG

Someone give this idiot the award for "Most ran into the ground insult ever!"

Jethro is the type of d-bag to post something d-bagish, then like his own d-bag post. 

Maybe Tennessee High needs new English teachers.......

Ranked 17th. Feels so good to be back. :)

Happy not hear the word choke from the usual, haha.....  Didn't buckle under pressure that's for certain.

WOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!! H O K I E S HOKIES!!!!!!!!!!

I'm exhausted. Going to bed a happy man.
 
What an amazing effort tonight.

So,  after loosing 2 games to 2 very good football teams,  both close games,  we are now a has been.......lol......ok. 
Both teams has some issues this year,  but both proud programs and wanting to get their 1st win of the season.  Graham has the home field advantage.  I just don't know how to pick this game.........I'll just go with my heart again and pick the blues. 34 to 28

It's gameday! None of the experts think we have a shot (aside Desmond Howard).
 
I think we have a very real shot. Our Defense is scary fast and underrated. As long as we keep ahead of the chains on offense and that crowd out of it, I think we win.
 
Thoughts?

I wasn't bad mouthing Mance for putting John Luke in. I know why he did it, as River had to play the defensive series before that when Lowe was gassed and needed a relief. So he had to put Asbury in. I just said I feel like it was one of the turning points. If Asbury throws an 80 yard TD pass there, however, this could all be for not. Funny how little things in a 60 minute game can make such large differences. 
 
Still will take Mance over any coaching staff in this area ANY day. 

Coach Mance has been the Head Coach at Richlands since 1997. In that time, his ALL regular season and playoff record through 2013:
 
152 Wins ---54 losses.
 
That's a winning percentage of 74% over 26% losses.
 
Thank you Coach Mance and Staff for ALL the countless hours and late nights you've put in helping many Richlands High School football players realize their dream of playing on Friday nights under the lights.

Sorry guys,  just can't jump on the bandwagon that the coach lost the game !  No,  I am not just a Mance homer,  I have never met the man and don't know him,  but I have watched him win us a lot of games over the last 15 years or so and with class.
  We don't have the players that allow us to throw the ball all over the field like we have had in the past.  We don't have the QB, or WR's this year ( especially with Farris out ),  but we do have a really good power running QB,  and 2 pretty good RB's and a good O line,  although with A.Cordle hurt,  the line is not as good as it was,  but still good.  We can throw the ball,  just not with the efficiently we are use to.
River is a great athlete but his weakness is reading the D and making good decisions on where to throw.  It's just something he doesn't do as well as other QB's we have had in the past and for us to win games this year we will need to be able to run the ball and play good D.
I will agree that changing out the QB's when it looked like we were on a roll was probably a bad choice,  but if John Luke comes in and throws a TD pass,  everybody is saying something different today.
Our kids just didn't make the plays last night when they had a chance to do so  (  part of being young ),  like the 2 interceptions that should have been made on the last drive,  not stopping them on 4th down ( several times ),  holding,  on a 56 yard TD pass just before halftime that would have in all probability put the game away.  And,  you have to give credit to the Union players and coaches,  they kept playing hard and had kids make big plays when they needed it !
Is coach Mance perfect,  no,  of course not.  I am sure he would tell you this morning that there were decisions he made last night that he would do differently,  but in the end........coaches coach and players play,  and sometimes it's not all the coaches fault,  just like they are not always the reason for the win !
  Our kids played their hearts out last night,  but just missed on a couple of plays that would have won the game.  That's the way it goes sometimes,  but we have had a great run and I  think we will again real soon.  We have a lot of young talent and by the end of the season, in my opinion,  they will be a better team.  We lost 2 really tough football games to 2 really good football teams,  and from the looks of our schedule,  it sure isn't going to get any easier ( probably harder ) and just maybe this is not our year,  but I cannot think of many other coaches in Virginia that has the record that Mance and his staff has had over the last 12 to 15 years.  Is he the best coach in Virginia,  I don't about that,  but I will take my chances with him.
Just my opinion,  I know a lot of fans from my home town might not agree with me,  but that is their right,  just like this opinion is mine!

Fort looks likely to be the tallest MED midget this year.

Abingdon had a chance to make a statement, and gagged in hilarious fashion.

When it's all said and done Richlands didn't make the plays at the end of the game that they needed to. Give credit to Union they made the plays when it counted.  

Hey BigO! I'll be here waiting with your fresh plate of crow. Do you prefer mustard or BBQ?

Hey BigO! I'll be here waiting with your fresh plate of crow. Do you prefer mustard or BBQ?

If we don't fix our defense and get our offense to sustain some drives, it could get ugly. The Graham game is about as must win of a game as you can have in week 3.

Turning point of the game was Mance taking River out and putting Asbury in on the 3rd series when we were up 21-0. It took the flow out of the offense and flipped field position and we never really recovered from that. To me, that's the turning point. If we go up 28-0 right there, it's still in the 1st quarter and you put the throttle down.

Union was 7-9 on 4th down conversions. Just plain inexcusable.

Union was 7-9 on 4th down conversions. Just plain inexcusable.