Come on- you know schedule has a ton to do with it. You can’t dismiss those teams because they have losing records. DeSales’s other losses are to 8-0 Badin, 7-1 Walsh Jesuit, 7-1 Ready, and 6-2 Hartley. All of those teams are top teams in their regions, and only the Walsh Jesuit game wasn’t close.
They beat 6-2 Tri-Valley who is a good team. You can’t just look at W-L and division. Ultimately the best gauge for how competitive a team is how they played similar opponents. Obviously matchups matter, but you can’t dismiss a team after only looking at their record- just like you can’t crown an undefeated team with a cream puff schedule.
About 10 years ago a team defeated the eventual state champion in their division (D-IV) by over 40, their losses were to:
Living in the Upper Ohio Valley, that would be a gross exaggeration of what we think of Linsly School football. A tough out, yes. Generally has some great individual talents, when you attract a multi-state enrollment, it has some advantages. But Steubenville is the acknowledged #1 around here until someone takes it, and the rest are competing for 2nd best.
Yes it was an exaggeration and also sarcasm. I am very familiar with football in the area as I live there as well. I know Steubenville is top dog. That’s not debatable. They are the only program that is relevant on a state level from our area. Trust me, down here in Belmont County we hear a lot about how great Linsly is and how no one will play them. Therefore, it’s nice when schools like Linsly play a tough Ohio schedule and get to find out how difficult it is to win against some of Ohio’s really good football programs. That’s why I was pulling for LV and that’s why I’ll be pulling for Dover next week.
Yes he'll be back, just sick this week. Should be catching Dover at a good time, offense really starting to click. Hughes and Clark making big plays each week to compliment Barton who's had around 450 yards the past two weeks with 7 touchdowns.
What was JJ rushing yards this past week?
Never said the team was bad, said I'm not sold on them yet. Learn to read.
Joe Eitel has it as counting, except for games 9 and 10 because they happen after Ohios regular season is over.
4 should be under center on Friday and I heard 54 is possible for week 10.
That’s what I figured. They feel like a D3 or 4 school, but it’s probably too much work to add competitive balance to every school on any Ohio schedule.
That is why it was usually good to play a D-I Canadien team that doesn't even know American rules hardly and barely has any boys go out for the team, and plays in a league of much of the same, you get D-I points off them.
I think presently out of state teams are calculated as follows:
I'm sure that's a possibility and if Jack struggles he could have a quick leash I'm guessing
Hopefully Jack is feeling better but that backup showed out. Damnit Teddy get them both on the field.
