Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Why can’t VHSL schedule a state final for the biggest schools in Virginia at either UVA, George Mason, JMU, or some other actual stadium instead of at a school that is arguably smaller than the two schools playing in the final Class 6 game of the season? There are more than 50 class 6 schools and this is the best VHSL could come up with? What happens to the gate money we pay to get in? Most doesn’t go back to the host school.
Do the finals draw a large enough crowd to justify the cost of renting an actual stadium? No college is gonna give away the space for free.
But yeah, choose one of the nicer NoVa HS field, one that's easy to get in and out of. Battlefield would be a good area for travel from al over but that field is doo doo doodie.
I've always thought they should do everything at South County. Between the high school and the middle school that is connected, they have 3 turf fields that work for Lax (might need to add some temp bleachers) plus 3 large grass areas for warmups. Massive amount of space - also a little closer to teams in Richmond and Tidewater than some other NoVa schools.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Why can’t VHSL schedule a state final for the biggest schools in Virginia at either UVA, George Mason, JMU, or some other actual stadium instead of at a school that is arguably smaller than the two schools playing in the final Class 6 game of the season? There are more than 50 class 6 schools and this is the best VHSL could come up with? What happens to the gate money we pay to get in? Most doesn’t go back to the host school.
Do the finals draw a large enough crowd to justify the cost of renting an actual stadium? No college is gonna give away the space for free.
But yeah, choose one of the nicer NoVa HS field, one that's easy to get in and out of. Battlefield would be a good area for travel from al over but that field is doo doo doodie.
I've always thought they should do everything at South County. Between the high school and the middle school that is connected, they have 3 turf fields that work for Lax (might need to add some temp bleachers) plus 3 large grass areas for warmups. Massive amount of space - also a little closer to teams in Richmond and Tidewater than some other NoVa schools.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Why can’t VHSL schedule a state final for the biggest schools in Virginia at either UVA, George Mason, JMU, or some other actual stadium instead of at a school that is arguably smaller than the two schools playing in the final Class 6 game of the season? There are more than 50 class 6 schools and this is the best VHSL could come up with? What happens to the gate money we pay to get in? Most doesn’t go back to the host school.
Do the finals draw a large enough crowd to justify the cost of renting an actual stadium? No college is gonna give away the space for free.
But yeah, choose one of the nicer NoVa HS field, one that's easy to get in and out of. Battlefield would be a good area for travel from al over but that field is doo doo doodie.
Anonymous wrote:Why can’t VHSL schedule a state final for the biggest schools in Virginia at either UVA, George Mason, JMU, or some other actual stadium instead of at a school that is arguably smaller than the two schools playing in the final Class 6 game of the season? There are more than 50 class 6 schools and this is the best VHSL could come up with? What happens to the gate money we pay to get in? Most doesn’t go back to the host school.
Anonymous wrote:BF has a good mix of players. They lost by 5 second game of season. Then beat Madison by 1 at Madison. Beat Robinson and Oakton also. They had 1 weekend blip all year long. Only thing that concerns me is pressure on ball and speed which they haven’t seen much of in last 6-7 weeks.
Anonymous wrote:Anyone know if they have an nfhs camera at Freeman high school where the Class 6 final will be played and/or some other mechanism for broadcast? I don't see any on demand broadcasts from Freeman home games on VHSL, which seems to indicate that they may not have one..
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:BF has a good mix of players. They lost by 5 second game of season. Then beat Madison by 1 at Madison. Beat Robinson and Oakton also. They had 1 weekend blip all year long. Only thing that concerns me is pressure on ball and speed which they haven’t seen much of in last 6-7 weeks.
Here's YT's version of your statement.
YT has a good mix of players with a boat load of experience and an incredibly deep bench. They won by 5 at BF in the second game of the season. They beat Madison by 5 at Madison. Beat Robinson, Oakton (twice), Langley (twice), and Western Albermarle. They had one game at Madison that they got outplayed. Only thing that concerns me is overlooking a good BF team but they have played multiple top teams in the last 6-7 weeks to keep them ready.
YT’s win against Western Albermarle could have gone either way. YT won in OT with a draw control and score. That’s it.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:BF has a good mix of players. They lost by 5 second game of season. Then beat Madison by 1 at Madison. Beat Robinson and Oakton also. They had 1 weekend blip all year long. Only thing that concerns me is pressure on ball and speed which they haven’t seen much of in last 6-7 weeks.
Here's YT's version of your statement.
YT has a good mix of players with a boat load of experience and an incredibly deep bench. They won by 5 at BF in the second game of the season. They beat Madison by 5 at Madison. Beat Robinson, Oakton (twice), Langley (twice), and Western Albermarle. They had one game at Madison that they got outplayed. Only thing that concerns me is overlooking a good BF team but they have played multiple top teams in the last 6-7 weeks to keep them ready.
YT’s win against Western Albermarle could have gone either way. YT won in OT with a draw control and score. That’s it.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Finals played on grass. Madison is the most physical team left. YT/BF winner going to be worn out too. Hmmmm
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Freeman is turf knucklehead
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:BF has a good mix of players. They lost by 5 second game of season. Then beat Madison by 1 at Madison. Beat Robinson and Oakton also. They had 1 weekend blip all year long. Only thing that concerns me is pressure on ball and speed which they haven’t seen much of in last 6-7 weeks.
But…But…But….the Mag 7! 4 in a row! Pahleeze. Stop with the excuses. Win the State title or sit down and keep quiet.
Regardless of their path to states, you can’t possibly argue that they aren’t one of the top 4 teams. If you think your team is better you should have reached out and scheduled them.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:BF has a good mix of players. They lost by 5 second game of season. Then beat Madison by 1 at Madison. Beat Robinson and Oakton also. They had 1 weekend blip all year long. Only thing that concerns me is pressure on ball and speed which they haven’t seen much of in last 6-7 weeks.
Here's YT's version of your statement.
YT has a good mix of players with a boat load of experience and an incredibly deep bench. They won by 5 at BF in the second game of the season. They beat Madison by 5 at Madison. Beat Robinson, Oakton (twice), Langley (twice), and Western Albermarle. They had one game at Madison that they got outplayed. Only thing that concerns me is overlooking a good BF team but they have played multiple top teams in the last 6-7 weeks to keep them ready.
YT’s win against Western Albermarle could have gone either way. YT won in OT with a draw control and score. That’s it.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:BF has a good mix of players. They lost by 5 second game of season. Then beat Madison by 1 at Madison. Beat Robinson and Oakton also. They had 1 weekend blip all year long. Only thing that concerns me is pressure on ball and speed which they haven’t seen much of in last 6-7 weeks.
But…But…But….the Mag 7! 4 in a row! Pahleeze. Stop with the excuses. Win the State title or sit down and keep quiet.