[colonel4life]

Wow. Just wow. First off, I NEVER said that Whitley County cheated or that the refs cost Somerset the game. The 2 touchdowns called back on the final drive hurt. I said I couldn't see one of them well enough to see for sure but the other was a poor call. If the situation were reversed you would be upset as well. At no time, however did I resort to a personal attack towards you, the Whiltey County fans or players by saying "screw you and screw your program. " Is that how you show that you and your program have so much class?

I was on the sidelines taking pictures and I talked to the chain crew a lot and enjoyed meeting them. I never yelled anything at the refs and I certainly didn't go onto the field and yell at the Colonel players like a Whitley parent did. Even if they were on the field in an official capacity they had no business yelling at our players, period. Is that another example of class?

As for dirty play I never defended the clip againstst Bryant. If you only saw the clip you did not see the whole sequence. The rushers started blocking Bryant, he got frustrated and threw either a punch or a head slap at the Somerset player who then retaliated with a cheap shot. Our players are not taught to block like that but it was a kid reacting to what he perceived as a cheap shot against him. He was flagged for it and rightfully so but he was struck in the head first. I will post a screen shot after I get to watch the film if the video crew did not zoom out too quickly. I watched the entire sequence and the blow to the head was as clear as the clip. As for sending the three blockers after Bryant, when you have a punt returner like Storm Wilson you ALWAYS block the punter and/or safety all the way down the field until the whistle because you never know when he will break one or which direction he will go. If he didn't clip the blocks on Bryant were important to helping prevent him from making a touchdown saving tackle.

If Somerset was that dirty and classless where were the flags for that? The Jumpers were certainly called for everything else. Both teams were flagged for 1 personal foul and Whitley County received the only 2 unsportsmanlike conduct penalties, but they were just defending their players, right? Even though Somerset was not flagged for any unsportsmanlike penalties, our coaches were called whiners by another poster--classic. I didn't see the spear but it was on the Whiltey County side. If it happened it should have been called. Our kids are not taught to do that.

Good luck the rest of the season, you have a good team. I hope that you can grow up a little bit and refrain from posting personal insults or you will sully that sterling reputation that you claim Whitley County has.

All of the personal attacks and cheating claims should not reflect on the effort given by both teams last night nor should it take away from Whitley's final drive. Excellent effort on both team's parts and great game. And I, unlike you have no animosity towards Whitley. I'd never wish that a group of kids never win another game. Stay classy RIUTG. You are a shining example for the program.

Norm if you read RIUTG's post he was not replying to you. Your post was fairly classy. I completely disagree with you on the head slap and i did watch the whole sequencing of events. Maybe I missed it, but deliberately trying to tear another players knee up is uncalled for even if there was head slap (I'm not condoning a head slap at all that's wrong, just merely stating head slap or even a punch out of frustration is not even close to the same level as trying to blow out another players knee). Sending three players to block an up back (not punter) 30 or more yards away from the play seemed a little suspicious.

I would be more inclined to believe you that the players aren't told to do that if it hadn't have happened so many times, and then to have the Somerset fans boo when Bryant got up from that cheap shot was extremely classless. I hope I am wrong about what was going on out there on the field but there have been more posters on here who seen the same thing, some not even Whitley fans (at least not to my knowledge).