That response is a little misleading. Not to take anything away from WV defense, they looked good. But Strawn dropped a pass in the end zone. They also intentionally did not run the qb much in order to keep him healthy. He's very fast and once the season progresses we'll see what a weapon that...
I watched these scrimmages today and I would say the pre-season rankings are fairly accurate as far as can tell so far. I would say , however, that Water Valley while being a very solid team may be somewhat far away from the level of Gordon. Current rankings has Gordon at #1 and Water Valley at #2.
It's been rumored that the fast kid from Iredell is moving to Gordon, which would make their track team even stouter than it already is. Don't know if there is any truth to it though.