First off, congratulations to Richlands on a great win. I have read all the talk about the game and was asked my opinion so here it goes, not trying to offend anyone. I will discuss a few things I heard from others as well.
The talk before the game was the size of the stadium and number of fans coming. There wasn't more (maybe less) fans than the Stuarts Draft/Riverheads game last game of regular season. Yes I know there should be since they are less than 10 miles apart, but from the chatter I was expecting this HUGE crowd.
The 2 calls in question looked correct from my vantage point, and I do probably have a better overall view than most being in the press box. He is a kid and made a couple mistakes, no reason at all to call him a thug. I also would like to say that the ones on here talking about how one sided the officiating was, well most of those penalties were on offsides penalties where the Richlands player was lining up offsides. 2 others were of course the 2 unsportsmanlike penalties, 2 consecutive illegal procedures, and 1 block in back that I remember. Couldnt tell you which one or anything, but one of the radio stations guy calling the game was extremely biased. Every flag shouldnt have been a flag, Richlands only ones getting flags, even when a flag would come out it was "what did they call us for now." I know every radio station would be somewhat biased, but this was worst I can remember and I have been up there for quite a few years
Another thing that I heard talked about after the game was the band playing the entire time SD had the ball. I noticed it, but didn't bother me. I figured that was something done in SWVA?
I also read on here that Richlands played their worst all season, and have bunch of TO's. Well every one of those TO's were caused by SD. The pick 6 he came out of nowhere and perfectly read the pass and took it in. The other interceptions were while JLA was getting hit. The one fumble I recall was simply stripped and recovered.
Onto the game, I was impressed with some parts of Richlands. The QB is a ball player, so were a few of the receivers and the defense played pretty good. I do not think that the best/most deserving team won the game, but thats how it goes sometimes. If it makes any sense, Richlands (in my opinion) didn't deserve the win, but they did deserve that last drive.
Now with Richlands outgaining Stuarts Draft by so much, well Draft is more of a defensive team and Richlands is offensive team. That didn't surprise me. One thing that I did notice is 75% or more of the time, JLA only looks at one guy, or did today. His eyes were focused on him the entire time. He is a very good football player and you fans should be proud. I know all of our community is incredibly proud of the Cougars. They started as teammates, and have ended as brothers. This was a real TEAM. No superstars, everything as a team.
With all that said, again congratulations to Richlands on a great win and greater comeback. It was an incredible game that could have went either way and shame someone had to lose, even bigger shame it was my Cougars haha. Good Luck next week against Appomattox, sounds like you may need it
The talk before the game was the size of the stadium and number of fans coming. There wasn't more (maybe less) fans than the Stuarts Draft/Riverheads game last game of regular season. Yes I know there should be since they are less than 10 miles apart, but from the chatter I was expecting this HUGE crowd.
The 2 calls in question looked correct from my vantage point, and I do probably have a better overall view than most being in the press box. He is a kid and made a couple mistakes, no reason at all to call him a thug. I also would like to say that the ones on here talking about how one sided the officiating was, well most of those penalties were on offsides penalties where the Richlands player was lining up offsides. 2 others were of course the 2 unsportsmanlike penalties, 2 consecutive illegal procedures, and 1 block in back that I remember. Couldnt tell you which one or anything, but one of the radio stations guy calling the game was extremely biased. Every flag shouldnt have been a flag, Richlands only ones getting flags, even when a flag would come out it was "what did they call us for now." I know every radio station would be somewhat biased, but this was worst I can remember and I have been up there for quite a few years
Another thing that I heard talked about after the game was the band playing the entire time SD had the ball. I noticed it, but didn't bother me. I figured that was something done in SWVA?
I also read on here that Richlands played their worst all season, and have bunch of TO's. Well every one of those TO's were caused by SD. The pick 6 he came out of nowhere and perfectly read the pass and took it in. The other interceptions were while JLA was getting hit. The one fumble I recall was simply stripped and recovered.
Onto the game, I was impressed with some parts of Richlands. The QB is a ball player, so were a few of the receivers and the defense played pretty good. I do not think that the best/most deserving team won the game, but thats how it goes sometimes. If it makes any sense, Richlands (in my opinion) didn't deserve the win, but they did deserve that last drive.
Now with Richlands outgaining Stuarts Draft by so much, well Draft is more of a defensive team and Richlands is offensive team. That didn't surprise me. One thing that I did notice is 75% or more of the time, JLA only looks at one guy, or did today. His eyes were focused on him the entire time. He is a very good football player and you fans should be proud. I know all of our community is incredibly proud of the Cougars. They started as teammates, and have ended as brothers. This was a real TEAM. No superstars, everything as a team.
With all that said, again congratulations to Richlands on a great win and greater comeback. It was an incredible game that could have went either way and shame someone had to lose, even bigger shame it was my Cougars haha. Good Luck next week against Appomattox, sounds like you may need it
