Hope you guys don’t mind me chiming in…but I wanted to echo what oldrambler just wrote. There’s a whole lot of football yet to be played and I, for one, will enjoy following the progress you all make.

Good luck against G.W. this week. I think u guys can play with them.

We have Pineville..a rivalry that dates back to 1946 and is always a war. We just let our youth get the best of us against Harlan turnovers and penalties and giving up too many big plays..stopped the running game, couldn't cover the pass...Oh well they will be sophmores next year..lol

 

Good luck friday night cnc78 and the rest of W,burg...

Hope you guys don’t mind me chiming in…but I wanted to echo what oldrambler just wrote. IMHO, keeping a good attitude will be a key ingredient to strengthening this Raceland team and will enable them to grow from the experiences they will face this season. There’s a whole lot of football yet to be played and I, for one, will enjoy following the progress you all make.

 

I know there has been mention of how young the Rams are and until looking at the roster didn’t realize just how true that was. In the category of useless trivia, Raceland has twice as many freshmen as Pikeville (19/8) almost twice as many sophomores (15/7) and about half the number of seniors (7/13).

 

I know you Ram faithful wont dwell on those numbers, but dang…you guys really are young. Be that as it may…I look for the Rams to come out Friday night with a chip on their shoulder and looking to prove a point. What’s that old saying? “Its not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog”…well, I should have used ram instead of dog, but you know what I mean….:lol:.

 

Lastly, if anyone wants to get a piece of the Rams, better hope you do it this year. I can’t imagine what this team is going to be like when these 34 players get to be upperclassmen.

 

All good points Painter, and you can chime in anytime you wish. It's always good to have you and Graybeard around. You probably thought we were sandbagging about the youth of our team until you checked the roster out. We have 45 players, and 31 of them are freshmen and Sophomores. It's not an excuse on our part, because we expect those underclassmen to step up and play. I don't care what class they are in, if they are on the field they apparently deserve to be there and should play accordingly. But, it is what it is. Until they get some experience, they will have some growing pains. We think they have learned a lot already, and will continue to learn as the season goes on, and they will no longer be Freshmen and Sophomores when the playoffs begin. They will Sophomores and Juniors and will be playing at a much higher level. That is what the early part of this season is about - getting experience.

 

Good luck to you all this week, the Rams will rooting for you from Pikeville.

Painter, Graybeard, Oldrambler, TCA, Rams68_1 and Ram; I will tell you point blank that I expect to leave Pikeville on the yellow bus with a "W". We are definitely the underdog in this one but as Painter so eloquently stated, "It's the fight in the dog" and I don't care how young we are, we still have pride and feelings and Ashland walked all over them last week. I contend that these boys are resilient and look forward to sending a redeeming message to the rest of our opponents and the the 1A class as a whole. We are not down or a lesser opponent this year, just growing up on the fly. Good luck to all this week and may we travel safely and return home injury free with a 2-1 record.

Good luck against G.W. this week. I think u guys can play with them.

 

What TCA said Painter (and thank you)! All of this post, should the Tomcats go in and play all out I think they can win it.

Painter, Graybeard, Oldrambler, TCA, Rams68_1 and Ram; I will tell you point blank that I expect to leave Pikeville on the yellow bus with a "W". We are definitely the underdog in this one but as Painter so eloquently stated, "It's the fight in the dog" and I don't care how young we are, we still have pride and feelings and Ashland walked all over them last week. I contend that these boys are resilient and look forward to sending a redeeming message to the rest of our opponents and the the 1A class as a whole. We are not down or a lesser opponent this year, just growing up on the fly. Good luck to all this week and may we travel safely and return home injury free with a 2-1 record.

 

As for Oldrambler........I like the way that you are thinking! :ylsuper::ylsuper:

Gentlemen............

 

MAKE IT HAPPEN !!!

TCB!!!

GOOD LUCK TONIGHT RAMS