New Top Tens - Aug. 31
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I think this is real fair Rod. I think Friday night determines how good GW really is. Playing probably the 3rd best 4a team in the state of North Carolina behind nationally ranked Mallard Creek and Scotland County in Charlotte Vance. This team lost to perennial powerhouse Charlotte Catholic by 1 in the state semi's and returns pretty much their whole team. Would love to see where GW ends up in the state rankings if they can somehow beat Vance.
No disrespect intended. The games still need to be won on the field but in the last two years, GW has played only 4 games against teams with winning records, including playoffs. They've lost two of them. The schedule is little different this year. Why would that get them into the top 10? And they lost two players directly responsible for 50 TDSs last year. Just saying.
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I don't think GW is really concerned with losing 50 TDs my good sir. I mean they scored 9 TDs in the opening game
. I will grant you that GW hasn't played ANYBODY the last couple scheduling cycles which really hurt them especially last year against Courtland where they almost lost a big lead against a very good team and when they played the big boys in Salem where they looked lost when adversity faced them. With that being said, I think Coach Anderson has done a remarkable job. He scheduled Vance because they almost mirror LT. They don't run the same offense (LT of course is a power option team while Vance is more spread) but both teams have exceptional athletes and both have 6+ D1 prospects in their program. Anderson really wants to play the best to prepare for the Salem's, the Sherando's, the JF's, and possibly the Dinwiddie's and the LT's. Anderson and his team has state championship on their mind. GW has given up ZERO offensive touchdowns this year including the 4 scrimmages they've played in and I think it's HILARIOUS that you said they couldn't beat Ponax lol (they struggled against a decent at best Courtland defense that GW's "inexperience" running backs torched this past November).... Going into the season the question was GW's sophomore QB. He's still on the bubble but he's played like a 3 year starter so far. For Heaven's sake, Salem returned only returned 3 on offense! With that being said, it doesn't mean a thing that just because you lose a big time player or two that you just say, "well we lost Coleman Foxx I guess we'll go 7-3 and lose in the 2nd round" or "We lost Malik Clements and Malek Dandridge, season's down the drain"...It doesn't work like that. A REAL program has players who will work hard in the off season to step into that role and that's what GW and Salem (since I used them in my example) has done this year. That losing 50 touchdown excuse is really irrelevant and is getting old.
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Thanks. As impressive as they were in the 60-0 win over Athens, there just wasn't a whole bunch of opportunities to move them up. A win this week would force a move up, I think.
From their, I would figure them to fight a margin of victory battle (did they win by enough?) all season until they meet Magna Vista.
Coach Anderson definitely seems to be thinking next-level football rather than just trying to be good and seeing where the chips fall in the postseason. That's often the first step towards actually winning one.
Now we're talking Football. The only thing I was trying to say about GW is that a top 10 ranking is incredibly presumptive considering who they play. If you've pounded everybody by mid-season, I have no issue with it. And, of course, there's Magna Vista. Big game for you guys. GL in 2015.I don't think GW is really concerned with losing 50 TDs my good sir. I mean they scored 9 TDs in the opening game
