Yes, no doubt. Milton will not take them lightly. I'm just saying that competition-wise, i'd love to see Pearce and the Dogs take on one of those teams. Trail has had some nice teams. No disrespect meant there.
It's absolutely smart to schedule a team that you will beat 7/10 years or more that will also go at least .500 most seasons. That's better for Harbins than scheduling a school like Oakwood (who may be better than Trail) but won't win more than 2-3 games most years in the SWBL.
I wasn't taking it as disrespect. I was just speaking in regards to Trail. I do think it should be an easy win for MU, however Trail is getting better and they should win some games, so that could help MU in terms on Harbin points. Even last year Trail went 4-4 overall, and played Tri Village close before throwing a pick 6 while trying to score as time expired. They were much more competitive.
I was kind of thinking the same thing. This just seems like an odd league to me. I mean, I'm sure the creation of this league makes some sense. But I don't see how Milton-Union will be playoff ready to go up against the likes of Wyoming, Clinton-Massie, Valley View, and Indian Hill by playing D6/D7 schools like Riverside, Troy Christian, and Lehman. Even for Covington or Miami East, they better be scheduling out of league games importantly to even try to prepare for those postseason MAC match-ups.
they play Valley View week 2 i think, that’s a good test. other than that, not much
Too bad it will never be Parkway.
2 thoughts. 1- MU will probably be d5 next time the state actually does new numbers. 2- They just left Waynesville, Carlisle, Madison, Preble, Dixie. Anybody really think this league is any different? Like those teams were preparing MU for Wyoming and Clinton-Massie but the new ones won't?
It's interesting to see what the OOC games look like with the new leagues kicking off. It appears there will be a lot of matchups between the TRC and some of the WOAC/SWBL teams... I personally like the Miami East vs. Preble Shawnee matchup, but I do believe Miami East needs to get things turned around quick, because the last 2 years Preble Shawnee would have beaten them pretty easily.
I mean I didn't say the SWBL-Buckeye WAS preparing Milton-Union for the playoffs. I'd agree the TRC isn't any worse than the SWBL-Buckeye, probably marginally better, but seems like a lot of effort to switch leagues for not much of a competitive gain, especially when the crossover games against the SWBL-Southwestern were better competition than either SWBL-B or TRC. A D4, D5, D6, and D7 league just seems a little chaotic. I guess the slightly better travel is a plus for M-U.
Depends on the year. Valley View has a great program and good coaching. MU will be able to compete with them the next few years.
I'm not sure about it being easy. Milton typically starts out kinda slow then builds momentum with the league schedule. The big glaring game to me is week 2 vs Valley View. That has become our new Tipp City game. Used to be that Tipp was the big hurdle but now it's the Spartans. It's a good gauge for your season.
ditto, my friend.
I've seen Greenon start to schedule Bethel in sports. they even picked up a last minute Basketball game with Milton Union when both teams needed a game. I know Northwestern plays Miami East in just about everything. I liked Miami East in the CBC but they had no business being in a league with the Logan County Schools. Miami East is in just about the best situation that they could've asked for at the moment, same for Bethel and Milton.
the core of this league will last for decades. the size of all the schools will likely keep just getting close to eachother, i would think (outside of Riverside and Lehman).
I'd be shocked if Bethel got any bigger than D4. I think Troy Christian and Covington would still play with a D4 school (already have Northridge and Milton Union).
I could see Troy Christian experiencing some growth with all the growth in Miami County. I could see them become a mid sized D6 school unless they dont have the room. If Covington gets outgrown, there's a school district 1 mile to the west they could absorb.