You mean the same Clinton Massie team that lost to St. Francis DeSales? The same DeSales team that needed multiple overtimes, on two separate occasions to beat Dover? I dare say, that wasn't a punch in the mouth, but perhaps a peck on the cheek!
This has to be sarcasm…
Clinton Massie has been generally pretty good in recent years-- Massie was the state champion in Division IV last season-- and they have a very basic all-run (triple option) style that yields consistent results, year after year, even as players graduate...
Hartley wasn't very good this year. As They have been in year's past. Taft has 5 D-1recruits. The only other D-4 team who can say that is Glenville. Who I believe would also put a running clock on Hartley. All that being said, I believe that I did say "in my humble opinion". You asked the question. I gave you the answer. It's just my opinion. Take it for what it's worth.
They are both! They play in the CMAC I believe.
Yes, Taft is a Cincinnati City public school-- it is most definitely an "inner city school"-- it would be HARD to be more "inner city" than Taft-- it is located on the edge of Cincinnati's downtown area, in an area the borders the "Over the Rhine" and West End neighborhoods. These are amongst Cincinnati's poorest neighborhoods. It should be noted that residents of the City of Cincinnati can attend any of the Cincinnati City public schools that they choose...
3. Having played both Taft - Hartley is a toss up. I’d take Taft by a TD.
Great assessment and point. (BTW I don't believe that their starting quarterback or their stud defensive end, Elias Rudolph, played against Alter). Both were suspended for that game. Although, with all that talent, you still would not have expected the game to be that close.
I’ll give you Rudolph he’s a disrupter. I wasn’t too impressed with the QB in either the McNick or Wyoming game.
Steubenville is not a spread team per say, but they will try to get guys in space. SHS is pretty much a pro style team that aims for balance between rushing and passing. They are not going to Chuck it all over the field. We will try to eastablish a running game and hope that opens the passing game. What I like about our offense is the willingness to throw the ball in obvious run situations and success running the ball in passing situations. It’s nearly impossible to find any tendencies. Some teams will run the same play every time on say 3rd & 2. Big Red is pretty darn hard to pin down. To me it seems like the only way to defend them is by staying in a base defense the entire game.
Point taken. Smile.
Pretty sure Wyoming has won a state title recently playing the same schedule. You aren’t who you play. You are who you are. Sometimes great teams are stuck with a weak schedule. It doesn’t make them less of a team.
both. in a cinci public league with teams from d1 to d4. wyoming played 2 of them, taft d4 and aiken d2.
Big Red played Cincinnati Taft (score BR 42 - 16) when I was a freshman in 1966 and Div II Cincinnati Glen Este in 2014 (Score BR 23 - 14)
Very fair point.
Saw that game...
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It was a small misunderstanding-- he missed that detail in your original post-- I did too (thinking of having seen X play Steubenville, in 1977)-- but then I realized that you were only referencing playoff games...
Sure it does, until they prove themselves against equal or better competition...That is the problem, Wyoming only comp is Taft and then some padded stats tossed in for good measure.
But Taft is the “Glenville” of Southwest Ohio!
This has deteriorated into farce... I offered that background on Taft because another Steubenville supporter asked for more info on them-- I didn't say Taft was the "Glenville of Southwest Ohio" (I actually called Taft "Pick Central-lite")...
Well, you are technically correct-- Wyoming is incorporated as a city-- and has its own school district (that largely corresponds to the borders of the city of Wyoming)... the post office is actually a very short distance away, in the city of Lockland.