Originally Posted by
pvfan
Gate City in another close, low scoring, defensive ball game. The Devils aren't going to score a lot but they can win some ball games. Saying that, watching them play will be about as much fun as watching paint dry this season.
Burton will beat Appalachia but it will be closer than many will predict, like GC, Appy can burn a clock up on a man. When the dust settles I see Burton winning by two scores.
The Clintwood/Haysi game will confirm what we have all known for several years now, playing the regular season in Region D Division 1 is pointless. Just go put JIB/CW on a field tell them the winner goes to state (because Region C can't touch them either) in August.
PV/Lebanon will leave the people in GC hyped up, cocky, and nervous all at the same time. I mean we might as well admit it guys, there is no other team either school or its fanbase would rather beat in a big game. You'll get two of them this year, just like the first part of this decade. PV wins their home opener by a wider margin that many think and get me ready for October when PV/GC go at it.
Off topic but at this point there are only 4 games a year I really, really care if PV wins. One is Lee just do to the amount of family down there, two is Appalachia just because if they beat us in anything you never hear the end of it, I pull for both Lee and Appy outside of the PV games though. The other two I hope lose every game they play every year and that is GC and JIB. I don't like people from GC by and large, in fact it is the only group of people in Southwest Virginia that I really just don't care much for. There are only two people from that town that I've ever met that I care for, one is Jason and another is an employee at the college. As for JIB, I like the people I just don't care much for the football team. The PV/JIB thing is about as ugly as it gets and I don't see it getting better any time soon.