Rod Johnson

Sounds like a cool opportunity, congrats!

Hey, new look. Congrats! Looks great!

It'd be great to have a 3 on Friday, 3 on Saturday set up in Lynchburg, Charlottesville or maybe JMU. I inquired about this last year with one of the VHSL officials and he said that the 1A and 2A schools were against leaving Salem, so the vote could never pass.

Calpreps hit our score right on the button. I hope that its wrong about next week's game though.

The Phoebus offense has been inconsistent, at times, so a good defense can give them problems. Tough to score on them of late though. Definitely not the Phoebus of old, but they are not hurting for quality athletes.

Deangelo is such a great kid! His touchdown in the first quarter was a pretty emotional moment. Really great to have that happen for him. Weird, but nice, coincidence that we scored 13.

Horrible! Our team prayer is one of the things that helps bond the coaches with the players.

I could start a thread about any topic, if you'd like.

Only if you see it as a 100 or 0 situation, which I do not. Additionally, I'm not basing the 0-10 prognosis solely on that team's prior season. Last season and performance history should have some bearing but not enough to say that "Team A stays on top until they are beaten".

The real beauty of the situation is that Friday night will settle any disputes about the rankings. The scoreboard always provides the final answer. Should be a heck of a game.

Completely understand your position. During my time at VirginiaPreps, I did some things well and I have some regrets about not doing enough in other areas. Ultimately, I found some people willing to help and others more interested in throwing up obstacles. It's all part of the game, no problem. The more that I learned about SWVA, the more that my perspective changed. It was great fun. I wouldn't expect my voice to carry much weight on that side of the state, that's fine.It won't stop me from trying to have conversations with people who seem to enjoy high school football as much as I do. One of my favorite memories from my time there was my trip to the Richlands/Union game last season and, were I still with the site, I'd likely have made that trip (or a different one to SWVA) this season. As a coach now, I've found my perspective on things continues to change and I'm sure that I will find people willing to have conversations about new ideas both here and in other places. Appreciate your time, sixcat.

"Having zero effect" and completely avoiding conversations are different things. I responded to SWVAGridiron because I am interested in conversations about how rankings should work and theories behind them. Same conversations that I have with the math guys like Gilliam and Hutchinson regarding their theories. When sixcat responded that I'll likely get discredited for rankings that involved me in the past, I responded to say that those attacks won't bother me. I don't have a button that can be pushed. Sorry. Either way, I stand by my original premise that a defending champion does not hold their spot until they lose. It's really not an outrageous idea.

LOL. Anonymous complaints from messageboard posters have zero effect on my life. I've met too many thoughtful people willing to discuss their (and my) passion for the game to be bothered by the weirdoes.

Galax probably should be ranked, but not for the reasons that you give. Being a defending champion should earn them a good look but the 2016 rankings should not be affected by the 2015 results. This isn't professional wrestling where you have to beat the man to be the man. If a defending champion were to struggle with a team expected to go 0-10, that should hurt them because quality of a win has to matter (as does quality of a loss). You can' simply say that they get to hold a spot until they lose, it's not the same team as last year. Still, Galax should definitely be in the top ten, imo.

I'm not 100% sure on that. When I took over the updating for both for our team, I didn't have to take any action. However, the previous staff may have already done that.