Beaver/Graham

[Beaverdad16]

Less than a week away. 

Bluefield leads the series convincingly 69-27-2 but Graham is looking for its 5th straight win in this historic rivalry. With the entire stadium contract debacle, this year just feels more heated and both sides want this one bad. 

Anything can happen in this game, but I think the Beavers stop the streak. Even with this streak with the greatest Graham teams, Bluefield has been in every single game down to the wire (except the Covid year). I think this year Graham will make more mistakes and Bluefield will finally be able to capitalize. 

[jeffro]

First off, throw everything out the window. this game seems to always come down to a big play and who wants it the most. I've seen so many great games in this rivalry.
 Graham-24
Bluefield-24
 predict some kind of game changing play that will be controversial for one of the teams. Who gets the call on this play wins!!

Go Graham

[Graham32]

1 hour ago, Beaverdad16 said:

Less than a week away. 

Bluefield leads the series convincingly 69-27-2 but Graham is looking for its 5th straight win in this historic rivalry. With the entire stadium contract debacle, this year just feels more heated and both sides want this one bad. 

Anything can happen in this game, but I think the Beavers stop the streak. Even with this streak with the greatest Graham teams, Bluefield has been in every single game down to the wire (except the Covid year). I think this year Graham will make more mistakes and Bluefield will finally be able to capitalize. 

I bet you got your jollies off writing that 2nd sentence. 

[BBHoops_18]

I’m going to say Graham. Heard Bluefield has a couple of injuries and doesn’t seem like they have very many linemen. I think they only have one senior. I think they’re another year off. 

[Real Sasquatch]

Graham looked very good in their scrimmage today.  The defense is very good.  The defense is fast and they fly to the ball and they are not afraid of contact.  There were some good hard licks out there today.  Offense is not too shabby either.  I think Graham makes it 5 in a row.  At this point in the season, Graham looks much sharper on offense then they did at this point in the season last year.  I don't see the Beavers having more then a couple scores.  They will have to win in a low scoring game to beat Graham, because of that defense. 

 

I'll say Graham 28

Bluefield 10.

[CPF]

Graham 31 

Bluefield 6

[Gridiron60]

I hope GMen make it five in a row. I’m still curious about Bluefield canceling their scrimmage with Abingdon. Are they really dealing with so many injuries that they couldn’t scrimmage?  As the kids these days say, seems a little “sus” to me. 😂😂😂😂

[Graham32]

3 hours ago, Real Sasquatch said:

Graham looked very good in their scrimmage today.  The defense is very good.  The defense is fast and they fly to the ball and they are not afraid of contact.  There were some good hard licks out there today.  Offense is not too shabby either.  I think Graham makes it 5 in a row.  At this point in the season, Graham looks much sharper on offense then they did at this point in the season last year.  I don't see the Beavers having more then a couple scores.  They will have to win in a low scoring game to beat Graham, because of that defense. 

 

I'll say Graham 28

Bluefield 10.

That’s saying a lot because the Graham team we saw in the title game last year was a well oiled machine. We shall see fellers, we shall see. 

[Beaverdad16]

3 hours ago, Gridiron60 said:

I hope GMen make it five in a row. I’m still curious about Bluefield canceling their scrimmage with Abingdon. Are they really dealing with so many injuries that they couldn’t scrimmage?  As the kids these days say, seems a little “sus” to me. 😂😂😂😂

I don’t think it’s so many at the moment but cancelling to prevent more would be my guess. 

[Gridiron60]

Just now, Beaverdad16 said:

I don’t think it’s so many at the moment but cancelling to prevent more would be my guess. 

Looking at pictures posted on FB , it looked like Graham probably had at least 1/2 dozen not in pads, granted I don’t know if they’re JV or Varsity but GMen must be dealing with some injuries too. 

[Real Sasquatch]

1 hour ago, Graham32 said:

That’s saying a lot because the Graham team we saw in the title game last year was a well oiled machine. We shall see fellers, we shall see. 

Not saying this team is better, just that the offensive execution is better at this point in the season. (Well, I guess pre-season).  I would have expected a lot more mistakes.  They did have a bad snap over the QB's head and an interception.  Other then that,  they looked pretty good.  The past couple of years, the Bluefield game has had a lot of mistakes from both teams.

[Real Sasquatch]

2 hours ago, Gridiron60 said:

Looking at pictures posted on FB , it looked like Graham probably had at least 1/2 dozen not in pads, granted I don’t know if they’re JV or Varsity but GMen must be dealing with some injuries too. 

I think Fix is the only starter that is hurt.  Not sure if he will be ready by Friday, but he may be.  Good news is Graham has very capable players at WR and DB that can step in and fill that role.

[Real Sasquatch]

Not too many teams will have a lot of success running against Graham.  Bluefield has a good QB who can sling it around the yard.  Graham has some young DB's and with Fix out, it'll be interesting to see how those young DB's do against Bluefield.  The other thing I'm looking forward to is seeing if Bluefield's QB has time to throw the ball with that nasty pass rush that Graham has.  I think Williamson will have a big year, if he stays healthy.  He is going to be hard to deal with for opposing teams.  I expect him to make a lot of plays behind the line of scrimmage this year.  I'm also very interested in seeing the younger Palmer kid.  He did an outstanding job at DB today and made several good tackles on defense.  He is going to be a fun one to watch, very tough kid.

[FRIDAYNITELIGHTS]

GRAHAM 35

BEAVER   07

[Fairlawncat]

Key factor here might be the return of the son of Coach Simon calling the O. I thought I read it on here. He was very good. The guy they had the last few years calling the O was not good. Might see a different Bluefield team with younger Simon calling the O, if in fact he's returned and calling the O.

[Beaverdad16]

3 minutes ago, Fairlawncat said:

Key factor here might be the return of the son of Coach Simon calling the O. I thought I read it on here. He was very good. The guy they had the last few years calling the O was not good. Might see a different Bluefield team with younger Simon calling the O, if in fact he's returned and calling the O.

Fritz is back for the Beavers and I can’t begin to describe how big that is.

The coach calling plays the past couple of years was the same guy calling plays at Graham during the Doug Marrs era, and well do I really need to say anymore? 

[CPF]

1 hour ago, Fairlawncat said:

Key factor here might be the return of the son of Coach Simon calling the O. I thought I read it on here. He was very good. The guy they had the last few years calling the O was not good. Might see a different Bluefield team with younger Simon calling the O, if in fact he's returned and calling the O.

They lost 6 games the last 2 years he called the offense. They lost 6 games last year without him. It's a younger team and it's going to make zero difference.  They better throw it as soon as they get it because if they don't Simpson is going to be on his back.

[jeffro]

2 hours ago, Beaverdad16 said:

Fritz is back for the Beavers and I can’t begin to describe how big that is.

The coach calling plays the past couple of years was the same guy calling plays at Graham during the Doug Marrs era, and well do I really need to say anymore? 

Is this the same offense coach that resigned going into the playoffs for Graham?

[S10SQUAREBODY4LIFE]

Graham 37 up early and cruise

Bluefield 14 late score vs jv

[Union_Fan]

The only thing I've learned about this game for the last several years is the outcome has no bearing whatsoever on the teams' performances the rest of the season. Graham has won by 4, 5 and 10 pts the last 3, respectively. All close games. GMen get 2 state championships and a semifinal appears while Bluefield goes 5-5, 4-6, 5-5.

In 2018, Bluefield blows out Graham, but loses the state championship while Graham wins theirs in convincing fashion. My mind tells me, whatever the outcome, it will be a surprise compared to the rest of the season.

[SwvaOG]

Graham by 10+

[SXSW]

Graham by 21....too many athletes.

[Fairlawncat]

2 hours ago, jeffro said:

Is this the same offense coach that resigned going into the playoffs for Graham?

I dont know much about Simon junior or the resigning in the past or whatever. I know this. The guy coaching their O from watching Bluefield 2 times in the last few seasons, it was scary how poorly offensively coached they were. Guy just was offensively a disaster. Watching them under Simon Junior, they weren't offensive guru good, but light-years better coached on O. Probably won't matter against Graham, but over the long haul and next 10 games or 30 games, it has to be better than what they had.

[Gridiron60]

This game is usually unpredictable so the end result could be down to the wire or crazy blowout. Emotions are normally high but possibly more so with the whole stadium debacle. I’ve seen a lot of snide comments by Bluefield fans so hopefully, GMen use that for fuel. 

[Real Sasquatch]

6 hours ago, CPF said:

They lost 6 games the last 2 years he called the offense. They lost 6 games last year without him. It's a younger team and it's going to make zero difference.  They better throw it as soon as they get it because if they don't Simpson is going to be on his back.

^^^^ correct.  Graham's D-Line will be hard for Bluefield ton deal with.  I don't think Simpson will have much time to throw and Graham's run defense is pretty stout.