Gridiron60 2,555 Report Share Posted September 14, 2021 Is this game still on? If so, thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain Football 1,532 Report Share Posted September 14, 2021 I'll be surprised if the same Richlands team shows up again this week. Will it be enough to beat Abingdon? I doubt it. Real Sasquatch 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union_Fan 2,155 Report Share Posted September 14, 2021 I hope this game is played. Will tell a lot about Abingdon, and there ability to run the ball 50kw 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan4VT 4,554 Report Share Posted September 15, 2021 12 hours ago, Gridiron60 said: Is this game still on? If so, thoughts? Still on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan4VT 4,554 Report Share Posted September 15, 2021 11 hours ago, Union_Fan said: I hope this game is played. Will tell a lot about Abingdon, and there ability to run the ball I feel like our strength defensively is the run defense. Neither GC nor Graham really had much success running the ball outside of Blevins' on scrambles after nearly being sacked. The 1st and 49 where he got 51 yards, Richlands had 4 guys touch him behind the line -- but then he was gone. I'll be interested to see if the run defense continues to be strong against Abingdon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union_Fan 2,155 Report Share Posted September 15, 2021 5 hours ago, Ryan4VT said: I feel like our strength defensively is the run defense. Neither GC nor Graham really had much success running the ball outside of Blevins' on scrambles after nearly being sacked. The 1st and 49 where he got 51 yards, Richlands had 4 guys touch him behind the line -- but then he was gone. I'll be interested to see if the run defense continues to be strong against Abingdon. I was impressed with Richlands' run D. If the Falcons can run on it, I'll be equally impressed with them. Also, if Christiansburg stomps a mud hole in Central, Abingdon may rule the M7 again, but if not, the M7 title will be up for grabs. Ryan4VT and redtiger 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jags52 346 Report Share Posted September 15, 2021 Richlands has some beef up front and from what a heard so does Abingdon. So I guess the question for this game is whos big boys are better? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain Football 1,532 Report Share Posted September 15, 2021 Abingdon has a good offensive line from what I seen in the scrimmage with Graham. Richlands is pretty tough up front as well. Although it did seem that Richlands had a difficult time picking up on the blitz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan4VT 4,554 Report Share Posted September 15, 2021 3 hours ago, Mountain Football said: Abingdon has a good offensive line from what I seen in the scrimmage with Graham. Richlands is pretty tough up front as well. Although it did seem that Richlands had a difficult time picking up on the blitz. I wonder how much of that was playing last week on 2 days of practice and not having a good feel for what Palmer was going to do? Could be wrong, but it could have been a factor. There were also times The ball was just held onto too long period. Can’t do that against an elite D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain Football 1,532 Report Share Posted September 15, 2021 29 minutes ago, Ryan4VT said: I wonder how much of that was playing last week on 2 days of practice and not having a good feel for what Palmer was going to do? Could be wrong, but it could have been a factor. There were also times The ball was just held onto too long period. Can’t do that against an elite D. There's no doubt that played a big role in their performance. Richlands on Friday night reminded me of Graham against Union in April. They were just going through the motions. Not much energy and not on the same page. They'll get better I'm sure. Ryan4VT 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan4VT 4,554 Report Share Posted September 15, 2021 15 minutes ago, Mountain Football said: There's no doubt that played a big role in their performance. Richlands on Friday night reminded me of Graham against Union in April. They were just going through the motions. Not much energy and not on the same page. They'll get better I'm sure. Going through the motions for sure. Even at full strength, I’d doubt Richlands wins. But I like to think we would have a better showing than what we got Friday. Mountain Football 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SXSW 557 Report Share Posted September 16, 2021 This has all the making of an old time SW Va. football game! Both teams can run the ball, both teams can stop the run. It will be about execution of the game plan and the forgotten part of football, the kicking game. I think Abingdon is slightly better that's why I picked them in my picks, but it wouldn't surprise me at all if Richlands won. Ryan4VT 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gridiron60 2,555 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2021 46 minutes ago, SXSW said: It will be about execution of the game plan and the forgotten part of football, the kicking game. I think Abingdon is slightly better Richlands kicking game was not impressive at all against Graham. It was akin to very bad. Levi Forrest is definitely missed. He was a special talent. Richlands' kicking may have just been a casualty of lack of practice that week. I really don't know. Unless their kicking game improves a lot this week, I'd say Abingdon's is way more than "slightly" better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldog05-CO2017 102 Report Share Posted September 16, 2021 If Tazewell doesn’t find an opponent I’m gonna go to this. Interested to watch it anyways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan4VT 4,554 Report Share Posted September 16, 2021 9 hours ago, Gridiron60 said: Richlands kicking game was not impressive at all against Graham. It was akin to very bad. Levi Forrest is definitely missed. He was a special talent. Richlands' kicking may have just been a casualty of lack of practice that week. I really don't know. Unless their kicking game improves a lot this week, I'd say Abingdon's is way more than "slightly" better. It was fine for GC. And Bandy’s FG against Graham had plenty of leg and was about 2 feet wide left. The punting was very bad, though. That’s not normally like him. He’s a 2 year starter at P and I’ve never seen him kick like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gridiron60 2,555 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2021 25 minutes ago, Ryan4VT said: It was fine for GC. And Bandy’s FG against Graham had plenty of leg and was about 2 feet wide left. The punting was very bad, though. That’s not normally like him. He’s a 2 year starter at P and I’ve never seen him kick like that. Like I said it was probably due to lack of practice due to being quarantined, kids gets rusty without continual practice & reps. I’d say he’ll look much better this week. But yeah it was the punting not necessarily kicking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain man 121 Report Share Posted September 17, 2021 Noticed no one from the wine and cheese district had posted on this yet.. Abingdon lost to Christiansburg with 7 seconds left on the clock. It was back and forth all night with 5 Abingdon starters out on Covid protocol. Everyone is back ( maybe even a surprise ). Abingdon has not won in Richlands since 1978. Ryan, old buddy, we don’t need to miss this one. You and I were there in 2015 when we should’ve beat you all on paper by 2 scores. We lost by 40+ and needed a med-vac unit to get home. Good luck to both teams tonight. I’m praying they all leave safe and have fun. Ryan4VT 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EH31 2,518 Report Share Posted September 17, 2021 Will there be victory tacos for Abingdon tonight? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain man 121 Report Share Posted September 17, 2021 Looks like we might be close to full strength. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain man 121 Report Share Posted September 17, 2021 Way to early to call though. There’s a reason Abingdon hasn’t won here in years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan4VT 4,554 Report Share Posted September 18, 2021 28 minutes ago, Mountain man said: Way to early to call though. There’s a reason Abingdon hasn’t won here in years Oh this was over with 8 min left in the first quarter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EH31 2,518 Report Share Posted September 18, 2021 What was the Abingdon guys screen names that used to talk about victory tacos? Those guys were funny WaveFan09 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted Account 5,203 Report Share Posted September 18, 2021 20 minutes ago, EH31 said: What was the Abingdon guys screen names that used to talk about victory tacos? Those guys were funny southbound and falconman EH31 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain man 121 Report Share Posted September 18, 2021 Good football teams. Abingdon finally getting kids to play football as well as baseball and basketball. Ryan no boasting. Good luck from here on out. Ryan4VT 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan4VT 4,554 Report Share Posted September 18, 2021 Boast away, man. Y’all have a legit team. Can’t wait to see how y’all fare with Union/RV/Central. Gonna make noise in 3D as long as y’all stay healthy. Better team clearly won tonight. Ricgksbds needs to be very selective with who they pick up next week. A 3rd straight blowout and they may pack it in and call it a season. Need to find a competitive team to give the players more confidence before Ridgeview & Tazewell. And hope they find some heart Abe fire next week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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