Clintwood vs Gate City

**cvcgrad** · October 10th, 2006, 08:38 AM

I wouldn't be surprised at all to see some of the Raider staff scouting this game.

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Nothing against the Blue Devils but it would be great for Clintwood if they won. I'm not picking a definite winner. I honestly don't know who will win. I gained respect for GC last year. Clintwood? I've never really minded them that much. It would give PV a lot of power points if CW and PV both beat GC.

The winner will be by 1 touchdown or less.

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**imported_six4three** · October 10th, 2006, 08:45 AM

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I wouldn't be surprised at all to see some of the Raider staff scouting this game.

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i think that might be the understatement of the year.

**cvcgrad** · October 10th, 2006, 09:16 AM

Depends on the confidence level Norton has at this point in the season. I'm not sure if they consider either Gate City or Clintwood as potential upsets.

Since a couple of teams had open schedules this past week, I thought maybe some of the coaching staff may have been scouting Norton but didn't see any.

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I wouldn't be surprised at all to see some of the Raider staff scouting this game.

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i think that might be the understatement of the year.

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**CopperRidge** · October 10th, 2006, 09:26 AM

As posted earlier

Keys for Gate City to win:
1. Field position. They must get the deep kickoffs from Byrd and long punts from Jones. Kick it deep boys, kick it deep. Then the defense must hold.

2. The defense must hold teams on 3rd and 4th downs. Cut out the silly mistakes and penalties that give teams automatic first downs. Last week on Kelly's only scoring drive they were at 4th and long, penalty 5 yards roughing the punter, 4th and 4, penalty off sides. First down and the drive resulted in their only score. This type of thing must stop. Play hard but smart.

3. Receivers must catch the ball. Anderson had 4 of his passes droped last week, two of which were touchdowns. Catch the ball. Estepp has the best hands on the team and they didn't even throw him the ball. Move the kid to tightend and use this big target. He would be a better tightend than fullback. I hear several people talking about this, Sunday Quarterbacks, for what it's worth.

4. The offensive line must continue to give Anderson time. Last week they did and excellent job of this. Keep it up. You must take advantage of field position opportunities created by special teams and defense.

5. Coaches must be creative on play calling and the defensive coordinator must be able to adjust during the game. aka Virginia High - no adjustment = loss. Quicker decisions MUST be made. Better clock management is also needed. The team can't afford any more situations like right before the half against Kelly.

6. Anderson must continue to play within his abilities. Focus on the task at hand, mainly get the ball to Parks. Anderson made some great passes last week and his stats would be better if his receivers would help him out. I look for good things from this young man as he matures in his knowledge of the offensive scheme.

7. Play hard on every down.

**cvcgrad** · October 10th, 2006, 04:37 PM

What are Parks rushing yards looking like for the season?

**CopperRidge** · October 11th, 2006, 06:35 AM

I think Parks has close to 750 yards, give or take a few yards.

**Justafan2** · October 11th, 2006, 08:33 AM

And most of his yards I might add are do to him and him alone. Most of our offensive line hasn't blocked a lick all year and whats sad is one of out biggest lineman is the son of the offensive line coach. They need to go back to hitting the sled until they can consistantly fire off the ball and MAINTAIN their block longer than a second. I played under Coach Fry and thats all we did. Although this is another generation, theres no substitute for hard work and practise makes permanent......

**CopperRidge** · October 11th, 2006, 10:32 AM

I think if you would have read the Bristol paper last Saturday you would have seen that Parks gave the credit to his offensive lineman, or at least some of them. Here is the quote:

Parks credited his offensive line corps of Nathan Brickey, Jon Pope, Jake Jones, and Seth Musick.

``Those guys made my job a lot easier,'' Parks said.

You are correct on a few things but you can't lump the whole line together on this one. Some of the boys are doing a great job. Some are returning ALL District players. I think if you go back and review the film(s)in slow motion, which I have, it is quiet evident where the weaknesses are. Notice in Parks quote that he mentioned only upper classman, 2 seniors and 2 juniors. Keep in mind some of these boys are underclassman and will get better, I hope.

Something else to ponder, Jake Jones (SR) missed the first few games because of his knee, I think he has only played in two games so far. Also, Chase Lane (SR) one of the starting guards has been out for a few weeks with a knee injury. Brickey (JR) has done a yeomans job filling in. Remember Brickey hasn't played since his Freshman year. If I'm not mistaken Musick (JR) and Pope (SR) are the only lineman who haven't missed a game(s) due to injury.

I also played for Coach Fry and you are absolutely correct about the sled. We spent more time there than anywhere, at least it seemed like it at the time. We even had a sled for the backs.

**Justafan2** · October 11th, 2006, 01:12 PM

To Copperridge....I just made a general comment on the whole year as to his yardage total. He has had to work very hard for the most part for what he has gotten and if you read my comments, I said most of our lineman not all. We all know who is doing most of the blocking and their mostly former Colts if you know what I mean. As for Park's comments, I believe they were about the JJK game as they did show alittle more emotion and seemed to play more physical. They just need to do that every game. If you read Tyler's comments on the VaHigh game, he blasted everyone and should have. I'll have to say though, when you have to hit and drive that sled everyday, the games seemed like a cakewalk. We just need to get back to GC football, play hard and physical or come and yell with the rest of us.

**CopperRidge** · October 11th, 2006, 01:21 PM

Parks (Redskins), Brickey (Packers), Pope (Colts), Jake Jones (Rams), Musick (Redskins)

Pope must be the only one blocking. Just kidding, I know what you are getting at.

I think if you look at blocking you also have to consider the lead back. Last year he had Spivey in the backfield leading the way. He doesn't have that this year. Estepp is an underclassman and no where near the size of Spivey. I think if they would play Faulkner (SP) you may see some of the same results. He is a big kid that can bring a load.