greenlineman200
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Now taking excises on why Hoover lost to Green for the first time ever.
Now taking excuses!!!
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Congrats you finally won. By 3 points nonetheless after being blasted for half a decade by an average of 4+ touchdowns.
Both games in the series that weren't blowouts occured in games which consisted in 2 separate nights.
Go ahead and drop us and play Stow :clap: Now that is a way to step up your football program. Elden should be proud.
I'd love to see a rematch in week 11.
Hey you know what they say as bad as 0-7 sucks, 1-7 sucks a little bit less.
Good luck vs poor Springfield this friday, little D5 Aquinas beat them 20-0 in a quarter of a game on saturday.
Both games in the series that weren't blowouts occured in games which consisted in 2 separate nights.
Go ahead and drop us and play Stow :clap: Now that is a way to step up your football program. Elden should be proud.
I'd love to see a rematch in week 11.
Hey you know what they say as bad as 0-7 sucks, 1-7 sucks a little bit less.
Good luck vs poor Springfield this friday, little D5 Aquinas beat them 20-0 in a quarter of a game on saturday.
Hoover will win 20-19.
Hoover will have to exploit the flat vs Buchtel. It is open all day. Buchtel's D is quick & swarming. Will have to win the field position battle. Forcing Buchtel to punt is imparitive. Buchtel was minus 11 points on special teams (blocked punt for TD, blocked PAT, block punt to set up FG) last week.
Buchtel is prone to several turnovers a game. Last year against Hoover, Buchtel had no turnovers although they had 4 vs Massillon and 2 or 3 vs WGH. Hoover will definately need to win the TO battle.
Buchtel is a VERY hard hitting team, they are big and quick. Hoover needs to find ways to keep its defense off the field. Finding a balance on offense is important. Last year Buchtel took away the run, Hoover won despite the fact, but used special teams and defense to win the game. Of the 3 phases of the game Hoover must win 2, special teams should be a given. The Vikings better get a pass rush than they did vs Green.
Despite playing the Griffs 3 years in a row last year was the only year that the Viking D forced Buchtel out of offensive rythym causing false starts and other such penalties. Hoover needs to mix up the blitzes and the coverages, switching from the traditional 5-3 to an occasional 4-4 might be good. It will keep the Buchtel offense guessing.
Hoover is a definite underdog going in, probably to the tune of 2 td's. Although Hoover usually plays at its best in a definitive underdog role.
I am not sure that this Buchtel team is better than last year, but it seems that they play with a bit more team concept then the past few years, imho. Should be an interesting game, hopefully the Vikings can pull it off. It won't be easy, but it can happen (and will
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Hoover will have to exploit the flat vs Buchtel. It is open all day. Buchtel's D is quick & swarming. Will have to win the field position battle. Forcing Buchtel to punt is imparitive. Buchtel was minus 11 points on special teams (blocked punt for TD, blocked PAT, block punt to set up FG) last week.
Buchtel is prone to several turnovers a game. Last year against Hoover, Buchtel had no turnovers although they had 4 vs Massillon and 2 or 3 vs WGH. Hoover will definately need to win the TO battle.
Buchtel is a VERY hard hitting team, they are big and quick. Hoover needs to find ways to keep its defense off the field. Finding a balance on offense is important. Last year Buchtel took away the run, Hoover won despite the fact, but used special teams and defense to win the game. Of the 3 phases of the game Hoover must win 2, special teams should be a given. The Vikings better get a pass rush than they did vs Green.
Despite playing the Griffs 3 years in a row last year was the only year that the Viking D forced Buchtel out of offensive rythym causing false starts and other such penalties. Hoover needs to mix up the blitzes and the coverages, switching from the traditional 5-3 to an occasional 4-4 might be good. It will keep the Buchtel offense guessing.
Hoover is a definite underdog going in, probably to the tune of 2 td's. Although Hoover usually plays at its best in a definitive underdog role.
I am not sure that this Buchtel team is better than last year, but it seems that they play with a bit more team concept then the past few years, imho. Should be an interesting game, hopefully the Vikings can pull it off. It won't be easy, but it can happen (and will
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bedevil
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I would be stunned if Buchtel is a two touchdown favorite over Hoover. Less than a touch would be my guess. Yes, they beat Massillon, but is Massillon any better than last year? I think Hoover would beat them badly, as well.
The one thing you would have to worry about with Buchtel is they seem to be a more disciplined team on defense. I don't know if they expose the flat as much as you suggested. Talking to some people who were at the Massillon game, they were impressed with Buchtel's defense in the first half of the Massillon game. They contain a little better, play more stay-at-home than they usually do on the outside. You're right...Buchtel doesn't have as good a team as they did last year. Last year, they had playmakers; big-time talent. While they still have talent, they don't have the guys looking to make the big play as much. They are more balanced in their defensive philosophy than last year when they were flying to the ball. From what I was told (they were coaches scouting for another school), they still love to attack right up the middle, but don't expose themselves as much as last year when they sold out on the blitz.
Bryan Williams might be the most underrated back in the area and Knight has big-play potential both running and throwing at QB. And, as always, as you noted, their team speed is awesome.
I think Buchtel will win in one of the best games of the year and I wouldn't be surprised if the final was the same one you predicted, only with Buchtel pulling out the win. Whatever the outcome, it should be a **** of a game.
The one thing you would have to worry about with Buchtel is they seem to be a more disciplined team on defense. I don't know if they expose the flat as much as you suggested. Talking to some people who were at the Massillon game, they were impressed with Buchtel's defense in the first half of the Massillon game. They contain a little better, play more stay-at-home than they usually do on the outside. You're right...Buchtel doesn't have as good a team as they did last year. Last year, they had playmakers; big-time talent. While they still have talent, they don't have the guys looking to make the big play as much. They are more balanced in their defensive philosophy than last year when they were flying to the ball. From what I was told (they were coaches scouting for another school), they still love to attack right up the middle, but don't expose themselves as much as last year when they sold out on the blitz.
Bryan Williams might be the most underrated back in the area and Knight has big-play potential both running and throwing at QB. And, as always, as you noted, their team speed is awesome.
I think Buchtel will win in one of the best games of the year and I wouldn't be surprised if the final was the same one you predicted, only with Buchtel pulling out the win. Whatever the outcome, it should be a **** of a game.