Early season matchup between 2 of the top teams in region D. Graham has been riddled with injuries. Could this be when somebody snaps their 33 game win streak?
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I think Graham's youth on the line showed tonight. Hats off to Union for a great game. Hoping Graham learns a lot from this experience, gets everybody healthy for the long run and gets another shot at a very good Union team. Union has all of the pieces to be a serious contender for a title this yearNot sure if Graham was missing some lineman but Union owned the trenches. Good game by both teams although the G-men seemed to run out of steam in the red zone which is uncharacteristic for them. Likely rematch coming late in the playoffs. Good luck to both down the stretch.
I’d be surprised if Graham had any more youngsters up front than UnionI think Graham's youth on the line showed tonight. Hats off to Union for a great game. Hoping Graham learns a lot from this experience, gets everybody healthy for the long run and gets another shot at a very good Union team. Union has all of the pieces to be a serious contender for a title this year
57-7Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. Hard for graham to speak with a foot of Unions d*** down their throat
They are talking about 33 straight regular season wins not playoffs.33 games?
Were they back to back champs last year?
All the Graham fans on this board and the SWVA board haven’t shown any arrogance IMO. Most of them even stated that Union had a good chance and beating them. They’ve also mentioned how they’re not as strong in the trenches as years past. I feel like they have every right being proud of what their team has accomplished as they have been the new face of the west since 2021, dethroning Appomattox.All summer long the arrogant Graham fans on this board have been bragging about how good Graham is. Their line was going to be better than last year. Now after Union pushed them around the Graham line is "young". Just take the L and don't make excuses.
It may not seem like it right after the loss, but so does Graham.I think Graham's youth on the line showed tonight. Hats off to Union for a great game. Hoping Graham learns a lot from this experience, gets everybody healthy for the long run and gets another shot at a very good Union team. Union has all of the pieces to be a serious contender for a title this year
Well one thing is for certain. Whether it's Union or Graham they won't be playing Poquoson because they aren't good enough to get there. Choke on that d***.Nailed it brother. They act like they gonna be 15-0 and not be challeneged at all. If Bluefield had 1 lick of clutch in em the cheatin frauds would be 2-2 right now. Humble my azz. False humble more like it. They need to go 1-9 for bout 10 years and maybe some of them old farts will die off or stop carin
Clements played last nightThe Graham fans on swvasports.com are overwhelmingl humble. They are proud of what their team has done, but very objective. Probably half of them were predicting Graham to lose last night. That's about as humble or objective as you can get. For Graham's line, their fans said this years line would be deeper and it is very deep. They said by the end of the year, they could be as good. Union has a great team and I picked them to beat Graham in the pickem. Graham is injured. Riddled with injuries including a first team all state D1 RB. I wouldn't pick against Graham if the two play again, even if it's at Big Stone Gap.
About 1/3 of the game before he got hurt again. But that's football. Next man up.Clements played last night
To be fair Graham had some very mediocre years. 1-9 in 2010.Nailed it brother. They act like they gonna be 15-0 and not be challeneged at all. If Bluefield had 1 lick of clutch in em the cheatin frauds would be 2-2 right now. Humble my azz. False humble more like it. They need to go 1-9 for bout 10 years and maybe some of them old farts will die off or stop carin
WowAll summer long the arrogant Graham fans on this board have been bragging about how good Graham is. Their line was going to be better than last year. Now after Union pushed them around the Graham line is "young". Just take the L and don't make excuses.
He played with a lot of pain. He wasn't ready. He should be by the end of the season.Clements played last night
No, he wasn’t! I wouldn’t have risked further injury by using him when he was probably 30% ready. Hopefully, they let him heal. I know he wants to be out there but he needs to heal up.He played with a lot of pain. He wasn't ready. He should be by the end of the season.
Do you have individual stats?Union had 274 total yds to Grahams 256. Graham had 2 turnovers. Union deserved to win. Assuming we're healthy and considering Union had no turnovers and we are injured bad, we have a shot at Union if we play again. Union outplayed us on the LOS, but they didn't dominate the LOS. There's a difference in outplaying and domination.
BDT said Chandler with 138 rushing and Anderson with 102 yards.Do you have individual stats?
That QB at Radford, he’s something special!BigWinners, Bristol Herald usually has them. Maybe the Graham guy got them from the Bluefield Daily. I just watched this on NFHS. Unon is really good. Graham is really good. High level of football played. I think Radford has a chance against Appo, Glenvar, Union, and Graham this year, but I think Union and Graham might be the best 2 in the West.
Good chance of that. Both are quality teams. I read on another board Graham had as many as 5 guys that were either hurt, didn't play in the game due to injuries, or played in the game with injuries and all of them starters. If that's true, that's not a bad showing for Graham for it to be that close of a game.I see a second matchup between the two in Region finals.
It is in fact accurate regarding injuries. ImGood chance of that. Both are quality teams. I read on another board Graham had as many as 5 guys that were either hurt, didn't play in the game due to injuries, or played in the game with injuries and all of them starters. If that's true, that's not a bad showing for Graham for it to be that close of a game.
True, Graham had at least 3 playing hurt and a couple more out with injuries and another that is out for the rest of the season with injury. Not to make excuses though, I think Union was the more physical and the more aggressive team and was better at executing the fundamentals of blocking and tackling. Would it have been closer without those injuries? No doubt. However, Graham can't expect to play a physical team like Union and come out with a win, if they play lazy football, trying to tackle high, getting pushed around on the line of scrimmage because they won't get low enough, missing assignments on defense, taking plays off, etc... I sure hope this was a wake up call for this team, they are better then what they showed against Union. On a side note, when Clements is 100%, it will make a big difference in the offensive output for Graham. He was clearly hampered against Union and couldn't plant and cut and didn't have that break away speed. Jennings has played hurt all season with a hamstring and a shoulder injury. Jamel Floyd is coming off of an ankle sprain (I believe - or some other lower leg injury). Offensive lineman Carter Lloyd is slated to return after week 8 and D - Lineman "Duke" Williams was out - not sure of his injury. Hughes is out for the season and is perhaps the biggest loss for Graham, his absence is felt quite a bit on defense. His replacement, Gabe Lilly is a sophomore and is coming along, but Hughes is just one of those players that you can't replace.Good chance of that. Both are quality teams. I read on another board Graham had as many as 5 guys that were either hurt, didn't play in the game due to injuries, or played in the game with injuries and all of them starters. If that's true, that's not a bad showing for Graham for it to be that close of a game.