Predictions

[Betterthenu]

Lee high pulls off upset of the year, 21-14. Nobody else is playing ball this week.

[Big oop 76]

PV 54 LEE 14
RICHLANDS 48 GC 26
HAYSI 21 GRUNDY 14
LEBANON 26 HONAKER 24
APPY 42 CASTLEWOOD 0
JJ KELLY 36 TS 7
PATRICK HENRY 40 POUND 12
CLINTWOOD 36 COEBURN 14
BURTON 56 RC 0

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OK here are my week 1 Picks with explanations

Powell Valley over Lee by 21 - Lee may be getting better BUT PV was a very good team that should have gotten better as well

Richlands Over Gate City by 14 - I think GC will field a better team than they did last season and Richlands will not be the same team they were however Richlands should be the fav in there 10 reg season games

Haysi over Grundy by 30 - Haysi will be better than expected and Grundy is very young this game will not be close by the end of the 1st qtr

Lebanon over Honaker by 14 - Lebanon runs the ball well and Honaker seems to have a tough time stopping the run however if ball can solve the fumble problems from last week Honaker could surprise me

Appalachia over Castlewood by 18 - Some things never change and Appy taking it to a Cumberland team is one such example

J.J. Kelly Over Twin Springs by 35 - Kelly is doing alot more talking than they have in years past and I believe that they will be able to back that talk up in week 1

Pound over Patrick Henry by 1 - My upset pick of the week (maybe the season LOL) Other than numbers I am hearing alot of positives from Pound and lets face it PH is not a super power

Clintwood over Coeburn by 30 - If it is closer than this then either Coeburn is better than they have shown or Clintwood has more to work on than I am thinking

Burton over RC by 40 - Not a knock on RC who will be IMHO 1 of the top 2 teams in the Cumberland but Burton is a VERY good team that will not think twice about running the score up on you if given a chance

[73fan]

Powell Valley
Gate City
Haysi
Lebanon
Appalachia
J.J. Kelly
Patrick Henry
Coeburn
Burton

[CoeburnCane]

PV
Richlands
Haysi
Lebanon
Appy
JJK
Pound
Clintwood
JIB

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: CoeburnCane</div><div class="ubbcode-body">PV
Richlands
Haysi
Lebanon
Appy
JJK
Pound
Clintwood
JIB </div></div>

I thought I would be the only person that would pick Pound

[CoeburnCane]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Counts</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: CoeburnCane</div><div class="ubbcode-body">PV
Richlands
Haysi
Lebanon
Appy
JJK
Pound
Clintwood
JIB </div></div>

I thought I would be the only person that would pick Pound</div></div>

Who says I can't have an upset special too?

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LOL becouse that one is mine back when I picked Kelly over PV in 99 Rocketer came in and imped my pick and stole my thunder (to this day that is my finest moment in picking football games) this one would not be as big an upset but I am not seeing many others pick them [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif[/img]

[R0cketer]

Oh my turn I guess

PV over Lee by 21. Closer game than score appears

Richlands over GC by 7. With Gate City being gone, not sure what they have or don't have.

Haysi over Grundy by 27. No matter what Haysi does or does not have, they will catch people asleep in the first game.

Lebanon over Honaker by 14. Honaker will improve each week, they just aren't able to beat Lebanon yet.

Appy over Castlewood by 1. Some reason, a 2 point conversion comes to my mind.

JJK over Twin Springs by 35. Kelly should have a fast start this year. Twin Springs should be just a blip.

Patrick Henry over Pound by 6. No idea what Patrick Henry will have, Pound may be able to pull this upset, but numbers could be a factor.

Clintwood over Coeburn by 21. I think it will be high scoring, or I'm afraid it will be.

JIB by as much as they want over Rye Cove. It could be very ugly.

[R0cketer]

We both had said all week that we thought Kelly would sneak the upset and got downed for it. You pick most games both ways so you can claim to be right