Medina it is, should be an interesting game. Medina loves to throw the ball, our DB's will be busy. Not sure about Medina's D, but they better be ready for us to pound the ball with an occasional throw over the top.
Lot's of skill on that team and some great linemen. Their two offensive tackles were monsters and made our DE's work hard all game long. Great effort by the defense against a team that put up lot's of points for most of their games.
I seen Medina play earlier in the year. St. Edward will need to get back to blitzing I feel. Their Spread Offense is a spread as it gets. With a no back set on many occasions along with 5 receivers, we can dominate the LOS. Our secondary is plenty good enough to match up for a few seconds. Offense will continue to find mismatches and should dominate the LOS. Put them away early.
I was out if town (a hotel in Canton?, for Massilon game Saturday). A friend text me and told me they both were working all night and at no point they were never close to losing against the big recruit tackles. He did feel like that was the best line we have seen which it should be with 3 blue Chip recruits. He actually said they seemed quit fustrated to the point Bixby drew a personal foul, and at no point nobody on our Dline was over powered at any point. Same comments referring to the QB.
I remember a smaller kid at RT also. He was around the same size.
The Eagles have the athletes that can go 1-1 with a team that goes spread heavy and a no RB set on O. In this instance, it's the Dline and the MLB that will need to contain Allar and make him one dimensional. However, should the Eagles' O control the ground with it's running game and the clock, there might be fewer chances for Medina to make it a track meet on Friday evening.
Do we have the athletes that can consistently win? I think we do. If we do not get pressure any athlete is in trouble having to cover for over 5 seconds I am thinking we see some coverages being disguised, movement from the Front to play a guessing game with their line.
Liberty looks bigger than Medina on the line. They were similar in the Spread but many times had a RB(OSU Lacrosse commit) lined up with him sometimes, they did not run many times. We were more physical. That QB was very athletic, and Coach Pappas had a very good plan in place. Nash 4 TO also helped.
That's what I heard today,bad conditions especially in rain.
Really disappointing that Lakewood let the field get to a point of being unsafe.. apparently the fees and concession revenue that Lakewood was taking from Ed's wasn't appropriated for field upkeep. Does anyone know if Ed's chose BW? or was it OHHSAA that made the decision. It feels a little like a "neutral site" game (vs a home game); Lombardo and team will be ready to go. Go Eagles!
I would like to St. Eds put them away early. As for 40+. I really hope that is the case. We usually pull many kids after being up a few scores. I would like to see them keep their foot on the gas into the 4th Quarter.
I agree completely. This could be a game to assume is in the bag and it is far from that. My concern is our starting defense has really shut down the run game over the last 7 weeks. On the other hand we have gave up a few big pass plays that have gotten behind our secondary, that has been only a few times but it has happened. It is not very often this season the Defensive line has given a QB much time to throw. Pressure is key. Medina fans have told me we cannot get to their QB because of a deep drops. I would like to see Coach Pappas bring Hankins all night(Canada), or Cantrell, maybe a few of the other blitzes we have seen. Our secondary is very in good in man to man coverage, and if we can make him throw within 3 to 4 seconds we will win big.
Not that I have heard, Lakewood stadium is an excellent venue for the Eagles. Word is the turf is being replaced this year. When I was at the last two games the turf looked very worn.
