High School Football

**imported_Counts** · January 25th, 2007, 01:25 PM

I did not see the 06 Giles team BUT there is no doubt in my mind that the 05 team was better than the 05 Norton team.

Alot of the who wins a game comes from the matchup problem a team has with another team

Great example in 05 Norton matched up well with PV and beat them in a tight game however that same PV team caused matchup problems for GC and beat them convincingly twice however that same GC team was able to take advantage of what Burton had trouble with and beat them handly. IMHO the 05 Haysi would have attacked the same areas that GC was able to exploit.

And to get back to the point year in and year out who will on Avg be the tougher teams (Norton, Appy, RC, Castlewood) or (GC, PV, Lebanon, Va High) In all honistly I think the teams thinking about dropping are looking harder at that than which Reagon B Division is tougher

**UTVols2** · January 25th, 2007, 01:36 PM

I am going to agree with Buck a little on this one. People know I am a big JIB supporter, so what. I can only speak for one game and they may have had a bad game at state, but the Giles team I saw was one dimensional, yes they were big, but, Goochland was not near as big as they were and they beat Giles, William Campbell was no where near the size of Giles and they beat them. All I am trying to say is Giles was not that impressive up State, they couldn't throw the ball and all they did was run between the tackles. And in no way am I saying Burton would have beat them but I don't think it would have been a blowout by any means.

**redrain** · January 25th, 2007, 03:21 PM

Bottom line, I support Burton in their endeavors as well but I'm not blinded by doing so. Just as some people suggested on this forum that Burton would beat Richlands if they faced them, people that have overly biased opinions can not be taken seriously on this forum in any manner whatsoever.

**UTVols2** · January 25th, 2007, 03:30 PM

I will admit the Burton/Richlands thing was a little far out there but the Giles game is a tad more realistic. Maybe I am being blinded by my bias for Norton, but based on what I saw up state I don't think it would be unreasonable, I only saw them 1 game though, so that is what I am betting everything on. As far as us competing the last four years in Div 2, now that is a stretch, I agree with Counts on all of what he said about that matter.

**redrain** · January 25th, 2007, 04:57 PM

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Maybe I am being blinded by my bias for Norton

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You are, but there's nothing wrong with being loyally biased - most are on this forum to one extent or another. I don't mean it as a negative or even a jab at anyone - you just can't go by most opinions on the board based on this alone.

**gcdevil22** · January 25th, 2007, 05:05 PM

didn't matter how big Goochland was if you got a monster at RB like they do

January 25th, 2007, 05:11 PM

Giles, Goochland and Riverheads are all better teams than what was in the LPD this year. Giles was one of the most impressive teams a I have seen. Goochland was as well, Riverheads would be 3rd in that group.

**UTVols2** · January 25th, 2007, 06:07 PM

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didn't matter how big Goochland was if you got a monster at RB like they do

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Coles was one helluva player, I have to admit, I loved watching him play.

**BORNRED** · January 25th, 2007, 07:41 PM

What is all this talk about teams dropping down? I know now that Lee, Va. High and Lebanon are entering the region, what is that going to do to the div.1 and div 2 balance? I dont think they will allow that many teams to drop because it will throw the balance way off

**Indian09** · January 25th, 2007, 08:33 PM

You cant go by this team beat that team and then that team beat another team to decide whos better. Its all an opinion until the two team play then you can say whos better.