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When I watched on film, the flag was thrown before the play was over. When I asked him what happened he said the other player started mouthing and he said, "I just drove you 15 yards." Again, the flag came in before any of that. Either way, it's moot. I do wish I would've got to talk to ya though.

Thanks.

He was #55. He's the one who got the personal foul, which I thought was a bad call after watching the film. I looked for you a couple times but I was afraid to venture too deep into pirate territory.lol

My honest take is that I was largely disappointed in a lot of things. I'll leave it at that. But bottom line, SP had/has the better team. To reference an earlier conversation in the thread, they have 3 or 4 athletes that we simply don't have, and we weren't able to overcome that deficit. And, I think we possible weren't ready for that big of a moment. For the most part, the same team will be back on the field next year and ready, hopefully. Could we have done some things differently this year to make it a different game? Possibly, but woulda, coulda, shoulda.... As far as my son playing his last game, the sting was somewhat lessened because he blew out his knee the first game of the season, and had been really only able to do some long snapping. But, he was "ok" about it as he was still contributing. It wasn't what we wanted, but it's what we got. Gordonsville football means a lot to us, and I'm glad we shared that experience together. I've got another that will be a freshman next year, and I hope we get to have that experience as well.

We haven't had the calliope in years.

Barely get out of the van and get told, "go back to Gordonsville, you hippies." One, they're lucky I'm a born again man. Two, they have bigger issues if they think I'm a hippie.

This thread has devolved tremendously in 24 hours. I'll be leaving around lunch tomorrow to head to SP. Regardless of what has been said on here, I do believe it will be a good game. I think we have what it takes to get it done, but SP always has the athletes that can score in the blink of an eye. If that happens, we have to buckle down and continue to the next play.

Actually he commented on the other playoff games including the championship. Either way, I can promise he's not from Gville.

Injured. He's been in a walking boot the last few weeks.

Nope, I looked up his posts from last year. He's an SP guy. He commented on almost all of their playoff games.

Let's put it this way...there's a difference between athleticism and talent. We've had more talent than SP in the past, but I've never seen us have more athleticism. One instance I can think of specifically is 2006. We played at SP, and I watched warmups and was blown away by the athleticism, and I was extremely worried. We won 41-14, I believe. SP was an athletic, young team that year. The next year they had the talent to go with the athleticism.

Doubted?

Oh I'm here. Everyone else was doing enough talking, so I didn't think I needed to add anything else. I will give a little insight, though. I feel like we've played some uninspired ball the last couple of weeks. We're going to have to get over that Friday. Do I think we can win? Absolutely. SP had a little to do with it, but Clay played their worst game of the season, and I felt some bad decisions were made. Watching film, I think Gville can and will pull it out. I also think the boys learned a lesson last year, if they remember it, after seeing Fayetteville beat SP. We are still a young team, but the talent is there, and the youth has experience as many of the juniors are 3 year starters. Everyone knows about the passing game, but we do have a running game, too. Personally, I think it's better than many give credit. Musgrove is a strong runner who will get a lot of serious publicity in the coming years, and the line will only get better. One thing I want to see this week as well is I want to see the seniors step up. The reason being is that with the class of juniors we have, many people have been looking to next year for a few years. I want to see the seniors say "NO, this year!" and to not be content with the quarters while the underclassmen have another chance next year. We only have 3 getting significant playing time right now, but I would like to see them take control. I think they're good enough this year to win, they just have to do it.

If I remember right, these two teams scrimmaged in August, and I believe Smith looked better then, but again, it was only a scrimmage. Smith is a completely different team now as well. I say Smith wins.

Clay's defense is stout for sure. They do have a good passing game, but if Arms is at QB, the running game will be tough to stop.

JB surprised a few by beating Whitwell soundly tonight. They'll travel back to Turney Ford field where Gville beat them previously 48-6. We rested several last night, and I don't know their status this week. If they sit, the game might be a little closer, but I still fully expect a Gville win. They may not have the talent, but I like JB's coaching staff.

Good luck to Watertown. Just got off the phone with a friend of mine from there, and I feel they will handle Marion. I keep seeing things about the job the coaching staff has done this year, and I think the difference from past years is that the shortcomings were made known early in the year as opposed to past years which forced adjustments to be made early, and you're seeing the fruit of that.

Go Bulldogs!

This wasn't one of the better games that Gville has played this year, but they rested several guys as well. It was said that Albritton was sacked 4-5 times tonight. I only remember once. Either way, we're moving on to get ready to play JB or Whitwell. As far as SP, they may have more athletes, but that's been the case before, and we won. We just want to get the chance to play.

You mentioned the Huntingdon game, and Red Bank doesn't fall into the headscratcher category. For Fayetteville, the Cornersville game is a big time head scratcher for me. Clay beat Cornersville soundly while City struggled. I know a team can have an off game, but I feel that Mckenzie has been more consistently dominant.

I think Mckenzie has shown they're the team to beat in the West. No disrespect to Peabody or Fayetteville, and all have been good, but Mckenzie seems to have been more consistent this year. They don't have the headscratching scores like the other two. No one else in the West will come close to these 3. In the East, of course I'm going to say Gordonsville. But, I think realistically, there's only 3 teams in the East with a chance; Gville, SP, and Clay. Final Answer: Mckenzie vs. Gordonsville

Nope, never been earholed by the Pirates and not skeerd either. Rooting for the underdog and one's own region. Like I've told others, regardless of the opponent, I'd rather be at home in the 3rd round. That is all.

I'm sure we will see each other. I look forward to it.

This thread will be slow this week. Just trying to keep the post count up and root for the underdog.

Go Bulldogs!