Virginia High @ Spotswood

[Ryan4VT 4,553]

6 hours ago, Gridiron60 said:

Twas no running clock in Spotswood tonight…lots of TDs & turnovers but not even close to a running clock. Thomas had a phenomenal outing though which isn’t surprising. 

They looked like a team that is super talented that hasn’t played in 3 weeks. 

[Gridiron60 2,555]

2 hours ago, Ryan4VT said:

They looked like a team that is super talented that hasn’t played in 3 weeks. 

Unfortunately, that’s happening to a lot of teams. It’s hard when a team has limited practice & no games but it didn’t affect Thomas. He had a great game. 

[FoxTrot 180]

2 hours ago, Gridiron60 said:

Unfortunately, that’s happening to a lot of teams. It’s hard when a team has limited practice & no games but it didn’t affect Thomas. He had a great game. 

VA High was out of sync in the first half.  It was the worst officiated game in the first half, blatant calls against VA High.  There are so many kids going both ways, that they got extremely tired on the line in the second half.  Spotswood was gashing off tackle in the second half.  Glad to see VA High fight through adversity.

[Ryan4VT 4,553]

15 minutes ago, FoxTrot said:

It was the worst officiated game in the first half,

Last night at the Richlands game we had this sequence:

Richlands ball on the -35. Pass downfield. Picked off, but they call DPI. DB argues with the official and gets an unsportsmanlike. 

Officials place the ball at the +20. 

 

Timeout Ridgeview to argue (and rightfully so, that spot was so wrong it wasn’t even funny).

 

After timeout, they move the ball alllll the way back to the -40. That’s not right either. 
 

After another discussion, the pick the ball back up and move it alllll the way back up to the +25. That also wasn’t right.  
 

Should have been Richlands ball on the RV 35, not the 25. 
 

Took them like 8 minutes to do all of that — and still get it wrong.  
 

That crew was… atrocious to say the least. 

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On 9/30/2021 at 4:24 PM, Gridiron60 said:

What weapons does VA High have besides the Thomas kid? If a team can make him a non-factor, who steps up? 

The have a lot of speed all over the place and the QB can sling it

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On 10/2/2021 at 11:10 AM, Ryan4VT said:

Last night at the Richlands game we had this sequence:

Richlands ball on the -35. Pass downfield. Picked off, but they call DPI. DB argues with the official and gets an unsportsmanlike. 

Officials place the ball at the +20. 

 

Timeout Ridgeview to argue (and rightfully so, that spot was so wrong it wasn’t even funny).

 

After timeout, they move the ball alllll the way back to the -40. That’s not right either. 
 

After another discussion, the pick the ball back up and move it alllll the way back up to the +25. That also wasn’t right.  
 

Should have been Richlands ball on the RV 35, not the 25. 
 

Took them like 8 minutes to do all of that — and still get it wrong.  
 

That crew was… atrocious to say the least. 

Come on out and join us then Ryan if they were that atrocious. All crews make mistakes, they're human.

That one was a simple miscommunication, since the chain crew and moved the chain clip moved during all of that chaos, no one could get the original spot. And in the midst of all that chaos, no one can recall the play before that. The penalty was assessed from the spot of the foul to begin with, which was wrong. It's dead ball, then proceeding spot on the sequence of fouls called. It genuinely humors me that we HAVE to be life and death perfect under every circumstance. That crew called a pretty good ball game outside of that sequence.

  Fact of the matter is, it affected the outcome of the game absolutely zero, Richlands still couldn't score. No one likes us, we get it, but it's comments like those that it glaringly obvious why we have a hard time retaining and recruiting officials. Both calls were there, the assessment got jumbled. To this day, no one has ever officiated a perfect game.