Bearcat Bob

To answer your question, a poster made a very simple comment that he felt that VHS would have fared better than Richlands v. Giles. Pretty simple.  Nothing against Richlands.  One persons opinion, nothing else.  You guys jump off the deep end with both feet because you had something to distract from the game at hand.  Think about that one.  Give it a rest for goodness sake.

Classy remark concerning teenage boys. Makes me wonder what you are blowing.

Get use to Bearcat!

You know, some (not all) of you Richland fans are great big ol' arses venting your butthurt over getting taken out to the woodshed by Giles.  A VHS fan simply stated that he thought VHS would have fared better.  So what?  One persons opinion.  Nothing negative was said about R-lands.  Get over yourselves. 
 
Maybe that wasn't the best place to post his opinion for one reason; It gave you homers somewhere to vent your frustration.  I was afraid that last weeks positive comments about VHS were all smoke and mirrors. If VHS would have won, I dare say the comments would not have been nearly so complimentary from many of you, based on a few posts in this thread. 
 
I have tried to support R-lands because of my own positive experiences playing them back in the day.  But to paraphrase Lance, "damn it is hard".  Many of you have the "new money" syndrome.  R-lands has experienced success for a decade or so and some don't handle it so well (much like Gretna).  Not like "old money" (i.e.: Giles or D-B or even GC, ).  They have been good for a long time and know it but also know how to handle it. 
 
One benign comment and you show your true colors (which this week is red-faced with a hint of blue).  I hope this is just an "in the moment" thing 'cause R-lands is better than this (or used to be)....

I'm eating in Marion right now, wearing a Virginia High shirt & shockingly no one here is accusing me of "pounding my chest"

Big Blue fangs come out when losing!! Cool it y'all . Boy just making honest opinion about his Bearcats.

No chance that VHS had anything to do with that? 

I think playing a team for a second time is harder. I'd much rather play a new team.
 
Speaking of, these two teams haven't played each other in the Mance era. So they don't know each other. That makes this matchup all the more exciting.

What a game!  With 90+ seconds to go, I thought we had it.  Just goes to show that you just never know.   Both teams made a statement tonight...Richlands proved that they are still the team to beat in SWVA and VHS showed that they are on the rise.  Good luck to Richlands next week.

What a game!  With 90+ seconds to go, I thought we had it.  Just goes to show that you just never know.   Both teams made a statement tonight...Richlands proved that they are still the team to beat in SWVA and VHS showed that they are on the rise.  Good luck to Richlands next week.

What a game!  With 90+ seconds to go, I thought we had it.  Just goes to show that you just never know.   Both teams made a statement tonight...Richlands proved that they are still the team to beat in SWVA and VHS showed that they are on the rise.  Good luck to Richlands next week.

What a game!  With 90+ seconds to go, I thought we had it.  Just goes to show that you just never know.   Both teams made a statement tonight...Richlands proved that they are still the team to beat in SWVA and VHS showed that they are on the rise.  Good luck to Richlands next week.

This whole thread has been much ado about nothing.  It is high school football and I doubt any of the posters on here suit up anymore.  It has been kind of like a Seinfeld episode...you watch it and then can't really remember what the story was about.  But it killed 30 minutes or so and you didn't have to think about real world stuff so it served a purpose.
 
I personally am getting bored with it all now.  The fun has been exhausted.  Here is my peace offering to anyone offended.  Halftime popcorn and a coke at the concession stand...except canes00.  He doesn't care for the Richlands concession stand I hear.  Tell 'em to put it on Lance's tab since he won't be there either!
 
And I will personally police those rowdy VHS students with their nasty taunts.  I hear they have been watching Woody Allen's Holy Grail and have perfected the Knights of Nee.  Pretty wicked stuff right there.
 
Seriously...good luck to both teams.  I hope there are no injuries; that it is a great game; and that VHS comes out on top.  If not, I'll be rooting next week for Richlands to carry the banner.
 
Adios!

Any time

Maybe canes00 should follow suit.  No issue with Hurricanewarning.  He seems like a genuine fan and I respect folks who support their own.  He did take exception to my comment about C. Handley being the only athlete to come out of Marion and maybe that was uncalled for on my part.  canes00 made me mad with his comments about VHS and I reacted in kind. 
 
But this thread is about the Richands/VHS rematch.  I apologize for my part in taking the focus off that game.

The long cleat reference was obviously alluding to a past history of "bending the rules" shall we say....  It is about the act of breaking the rules, not the specific manner in which they were broken. 
 
Jethro, you have more depth than I first realized.  Maybe there is some method to your madness.  You have, with a single post, exposed some significant cognitive issues in a few of the posters.  Nice.

Maybe VHS can wear some longer cleats tomorrow night. It worked for a certain team over 2 decades ago.

How bout you children talk football? Hell, at least I stay on subject!

Well let's just hope you don't have to.  If there is EVER anything that I can do so you don't have to grace our fair city, please let me know! 

Excellent post. He's a hater, let him hate, he stirred this entire thing back up, but oh well. Let him throw stones from Grungy all day long, I could care less as we both know that no school has perfect fans and we're no better or worse than others.

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water, Lance stokes the fire again.  Must be trying to get a quota on posts or something.  Man, get your people straight.  You are combining my posts with jblanks.  Jeez.  I made the post about casting stones to show that some of your fans are far from angels.  We all have those types.  That was the point.  Get it?  I will not repeat what those f******idiots used to say to our players when we visited your place. You totally missed the point. 
 
How about this?  If you have such bad experiences at VHS, do yourself a favor and DON'T COME BACK! 
 
Anything to detract from VHS having a little success is my suspicion here.  But as a Gretna fan said last week, "People around here hate us.  They used to kill us in all sports.  They hated us because we sucked.  Now we are really good and people hate us because of that.  Just the way it is". 
 
And this is not a "respect" thing for VHS as many of you are prone to exclaim.  It is what it is

I think coaching is going to be a big factor in that VHS' staff has quite a bit of history with Richland's HC.  Of course, they had the same history when they played earlier and Richlands still won.  But VHS has made a few personnel changes that have paid huge dividends.  I just keep getting this sneaky little feeling that VHS can pull this one out.  This is no knock at all on Richlands HC or his staff.  They have done wonderful things for a decade
 
Another thing no one has mentioned:  I remember when VHS dropped to "A" a few years ago and a lot of people thought they would walk to the baseball title year in year out (at least on a lot on the message boards).  Didn't happen.  There was a lot of talk that Richlands entry into 2A would give them the same kind of success at this level.  It is hard constantly having the target on your back.  You usually get the oppositions best punch.  Richlands may well win the state and if they do, I think it would be one of the more impressive runs due to all the expectations coming in. 

I agree, in fact, you could make a case this is a more challenging game than Gretna. I think we have an uphill battle, no doubt, and it might take an A+ kind of game, all the way around, for us to win. I'd sure like to have this game at home.

Truth to power my brother!  Darn, did it again.  Now ol' whatshisname has to post again to get the last word.  Crap.

I'm ready to stop all this, drop every bit of it, and get back to the game, but certain people only seem interested in coming at us as individuals, rather than talking about what could happen on the field. That said, if a person is coming at me directly, I'm going to respond in kind, and not simply let it go.
 
I leave it up to them.