Salem at GW

[CrushBlock]

@CrushBlock, you made some great points; however, its both a curse or a luxury to have a consistent winner.

Dinwiddie hasn't won the multiple State Championships that Salem has, but just like the Spartan faithful the expectation of a 10-0 or 9-1 season is the norm for our/your spoiled fan base.

Our tough ood schedule and several difficult district opponents often leads to a few losses and Navy Nation tends to come unglued. I would much rather prefer to have folks gripe about an 7-3 or 8-2 season than suffer through a losing one. Just a dang good problem to have.

I guess next year one of our fans bases will be looking for answers early. 😂

I agree it’s a blessing and a curse. I also played on an 8-4 Salem team that I believe could have beat the 12-1 team I played on. I can count on one hand the solitary plays that made the difference in those four losses on the 8-4 season. Conversely on the 12-1 team, many games were close and the luck went in the opposite direction where we won. Does that make the 8-4 team a “bad” team if I could make a sound argument as to why my 12-1 team wouldn’t be able to handle some of the weapons my 8-4 team had? Certianly couldn’t say that according to the 10 game standard some people have hardlined here on this platform.

The point being, all Salem teams have the ability to go all the way in my opinion, sometimes things just go right and sometimes they don’t. There is always an element of chance that goes into these things.

I’m sure the same thing with dinwiddie. Think how a handful of plays could have changed things in a big way for a whole season. And that could be the difference between someone calling your team “bad”, “good”, or “great”. It’s just the difference in a few plays over the course of thousands all season.

 

[BleedingNavy]

Well said. On paper Dinwiddie looked like an average team last year, but all four losses were to very good teams. Two were state champions (Glenville and Maury), the other two King George (state semis) and Thomas Dale (region semis). Our fans were disappointed and shocked by the defeat. Jeez, we lost 17 starters from the 2022 state championship team and King George simply had too much talent for us. I was proud of what those youngens endeared. @Hoofprint, I am not sure about that. We have three super tough ood games, so I hope it's week 2 or 4.

 

[Chuck Vipperman (GW)]

I think it’s Friday but Maxpreps says Saturday so I’m not sure. Is there anyone that knows and can confirm?

It will be Friday at seven PM, unless the AD is lying to me.

 

[MrSalem1000]

It will be Friday at seven PM, unless the AD is lying to me.

Thanks Chuck! Good luck to both teams Friday night! It’ll be my first trip to GW. Should be an exciting game. You do a great job with your broadcasts and I know you are a blessing to the Danville community.

 

[mike salem]

They have built a new accessible walk way and seating area to the right of the home side coming out of the new parking lot

Thank you for the 411.

 

[MaroonDude]

It will be Friday at seven PM, unless the AD is lying to me.

Can you share how to watch on your channel? Roanoke city schools has an agreement with Danville schools and I am not allowed on campus.

 

[Chuck Vipperman (GW)]

Thanks Chuck! Good luck to both teams Friday night! It’ll be my first trip to GW. Should be an exciting game. You do a great job with your broadcasts and I know you are a blessing to the Danville community.

This flattery is going to make me insufferable. Well, more so than usual.

Thank you!

 

[Chuck Vipperman (GW)]

Can you share how to watch on your channel? Roanoke city schools has an agreement with Danville schools and I am not allowed on campus.

This is the link to the G.W. Football page on Facebook. On game night, we start streaming at around 6:15pm. Our pre-game show is 6:30pm. "Nick Carty" will share the live video and you should see it at the top of the page. Might have to hit refresh a couple of times.

 

[Chuck Vipperman (GW)]

Can you share how to watch on your channel? Roanoke city schools has an agreement with Danville schools and I am not allowed on campus.

If I may ask, what kind of "agreement" bars you from setting foot on a Danville school campus?

 

[mike salem]

@Chuck Vipperman (GW) and any other GW faithful, if we get there early enough and you happen to see me, be sure to hollar at me.

 

[General172011]

I agree it’s a blessing and a curse. I also played on an 8-4 Salem team that I believe could have beat the 12-1 team I played on. I can count on one hand the solitary plays that made the difference in those four losses on the 8-4 season. Conversely on the 12-1 team, many games were close and the luck went in the opposite direction where we won. Does that make the 8-4 team a “bad” team if I could make a sound argument as to why my 12-1 team wouldn’t be able to handle some of the weapons my 8-4 team had? Certianly couldn’t say that according to the 10 game standard some people have hardlined here on this platform.

The point being, all Salem teams have the ability to go all the way in my opinion, sometimes things just go right and sometimes they don’t. There is always an element of chance that goes into these things.

I’m sure the same thing with dinwiddie. Think how a handful of plays could have changed things in a big way for a whole season. And that could be the difference between someone calling your team “bad”, “good”, or “great”. It’s just the difference in a few plays over the course of thousands all season.

Dinwiddie is 6 plays away from having 5 State Titles 💔
2010 4th & 11 vs Phoebus
2016 4th & 10, 4th & 8, 4th & 4 vs Salem
2017 3rd & 12, 3rd & 6 vs Louisa
If those plays were flipped Dinwiddie would’ve won all 3 Games 13-7, 27-24, 28-23 potentially.