Graham would be pretty good if they could hang on to the pigskin.Graham had what 4 or 5 turnovers? This was a 2 possession score late but turnovers kept them in it. NU had 3 scores off 3 turn overs.
Graham would be pretty good if they could hang on to the pigskin.Graham had what 4 or 5 turnovers? This was a 2 possession score late but turnovers kept them in it. NU had 3 scores off 3 turn overs.
They had three fumbles, one of which when you watch the film the runner was down my a mile but I agree keeping the rock safe is huge in these cold weather gamesGraham would be pretty good if they could hang on to the pigskin.
Jewell's yards all come against inferior competition, look at his stats against BC, London and Bell.....Griffin from Shawnee or St. Clair from Bell for OPOY as last 2 weeks of the season will determine this race as well as the conference titleIMHO it's going to be either Jewell or St. Clair for the KT. Not sure about Mad River.
Well Griffin is out for the year, so that leaves St. Clair.Jewell's yards all come against inferior competition, look at his stats against BC, London and Bell.....Griffin from Shawnee or St. Clair from Bell for OPOY as last 2 weeks of the season will determine this race as well as the conference title
That is too bad. I feel bad for the kid and I pray its nothing too serious but if he's out for the remainder of the season, I fear it is.Well Griffin is out for the year, so that leaves St. Clair.
That MR DPOY may come down to the week 10 match up. Those two players mean A LOT to their respective teams. Going back through their stats it looks like Davis, divisional leading rusher and Rogan, #2 receptions and #3 in receiving yards. Throw in their defensive accomplishments, these two cats are impressive.Personally I feel like for the KT OPOY is a tough one... but my guess is it will come down to 3 players. Berner From Tecumseh, Jewell From JA and Fogan from Bellefontaine. Maybe even Sollars from London. I'm basing this off of what I've seen in person and what I've have seen of games on the internet. I think all 4 are capable of winning it but I'm going to go with my gut and say Fogan because of his versatility of catching and running the ball. If he doesn't get the award, it'll be Berner From Tecumseh since they are solely a running team, he would have the most yards out of all the RBs.
Now defensive players, my guess is Caleb Miller from JA or Alex Caudill from Bellefontaine. I got to see both play last weekend and thought both were playing hard and to the whistle. In the past the CBC did have co dpoy so I expect it to be these 2. Now I feel like the MR is a clear cut,
Opoy: Donahoe
Dpoy: Rogan/ Owen Davis
Would not be shocked if Morrison from the lake might be mentioned in this since on the stat sheet, he makes a bunch of plays on defense for the Lakers. I hope my opinion doesn't hurt any kind of feelings, I just was curious about what others thought of this.
Yes, I did look back at the stats of those particular games and granted there are inferior teams on their schedule but I give you this for consideration. I am a statistics guy and I can make anything better than what it appears, or worse for that fact, based on numbers, remember 33.3% of all statistics are made up, so take this for what its worth.Jewell's yards all come against inferior competition, look at his stats against BC, London and Bell.....Griffin from Shawnee or St. Clair from Bell for OPOY as last 2 weeks of the season will determine this race as well as the conference title
Never said he had a problem being recruited by colleges and yes they found their way to "Btown". Personally, it would be great if he's under a Golden Dome but I for one will follow him no matter where he goes. Also as I understand, he is really a good, genuine kid in and out of pads...PERFECT!!!, we need more of him. I love the kid being in the CBC but my statement was based on the history of the Springfield coach reaching out to the area talent and that is not disputable. Don't pick the gnat s**t out of pepper.St Clair has offers from Florida and Tennessee. He’s going to Tennessee for the Bama game tomorrow. He went to the OSU vs Notre Dame game……….He doesn’t need help getting recruited. They all found their way to Btown.
Nice post. Would love to see the Alder, Tecumseh game.Great week of match ups leading to what could be an even better Week 10 ... but staying with week 9 ...
KT
Tecumseh at Alder - Agree with the fact that both teams are heading in different directions. I would have to disagree with the "beatdown" statement that Bellefontaine gave Alder. 27-7 is not a beat down. But, from the comments on here, does sound like it got chippy. And going with the stats post from Gamma, sounds like the key to Alder is definitely Jewel getting the ball. Being that the game is at Alder, assuming senior night since they are at Shawnee next week, I would hope that would give them some momentum. Alder wins 21-14.
Bellefontaine at KR
Staying with the senior night concept, I would hope that KR has some energy tonight, because they will need it. KR seems to have a good physical type of football, hopefully that also helps them. But, with that being said ... Bellefontaine is coming off of that win against Alder and looking to secure a Home playoff game, I think they roll easily. Running clock and get out of there. Bellefontaine wins 49-7
Shawnee at London
No Senior night game here as London ends the since Home and Home (can't wait for London vs Bellefontaine week 10, Title on the line. If anyone in Central Ohio follows football, not just the OCC, this SHOULD be a sell out type of game). With that being said, London rolls, maybe literally, through this game. Shawnee has shown some signs of quality football but London is going to just be to physical for them. Hopefully the Griffin kid is on his path to recovery, whatever injury it was. London wins 31-6
MR
NU at Indian Lake
Congrats to IL on their first, and likely only, win of the season. Not a lot to say here, North Union is going to do what North Union does, beat you down! Going on a limb here but Owen Davis for NU is going to have himself a night. I don't see much light for IL here except for how fast that running clock can get started. North Union wins 38-3
Graham at Ben Logan
Graham is playing good football when needed. In fact, look at the rankings and they are only 2 spots behind Urbana and still fighting to get a home playoff game. BL, not so much, not much to play for here other than pride, and not getting the clock running. Hopefully that is enough. Graham wins 27-6
Urbana at Northwestern
It is senior night for Northwestern and I think that will help ... with the headache that Urbana is going to put on them. Urbana is on another level this season and they have some crazy athletes on that field. Urbana has to many weapons to cover and Northwestern only has the ability to cover 1 of those weapons at a time, if that. Might be the biggest blow out of the week. Depends if Urbana takes their foot off the gas pedal, being that it is senior night. Urbana wins 49-7
the kids from Ben Logan will quickly learn that East Liberty and East Cleveland are very different.Weird and very poorly officiated ending to that BL/Graham game. There's a clip on Twitter where it shows a Graham player clearly get tackled out of bounds on their final drive, inside the BL 15 yard line. The officials never stopped the clock and the last 15+ seconds ran off before Graham snapped it again. Graham should have had at least one and I think they could have possibly run two more plays.
As stated above, barring an immense tank job against NW next week it looks like Ben Logan's reward for pulling the upset last night is a likely week 11 road trip to Cleveland Glenville for a very mismatched beatdown. One way that's a 160 mile drive and probably a good three hours on a school bus.
I may not be reading JoeEitle correctly but it seems to me a lot depends on Bryan, Rossford and Napoleon games this week, if BL gets Glenville or even gets in the playoffs. If all four teams win, BL would be the odd man out???? The big assumption is that BL actually beats NW and as we have seen in the MR, anything is possible. It would really help their cause if Indian Lake can take down Graham and Triad beats West Lib but that seems doubtful.Ben Logans reward for beating Graham is a trip to Cleveland Glenville in the playoffs. ouch. it would’ve been better to lose.
this will be one of the bigger mismatches in OHSAA playoff history and maybe one of the longest bus rides as well. no reason these 2 should be in a region together.
As it was passed along to me and as a caveat, I was reminded to never interrupt a Vol fan on the third Saturday of October for Friday night HS information...oops. FYI, evidently for the Rocky Top fanatics, I guess its better to finish 1-11 with a win over the Tide than 11-1 with a loss to them. I can only pray that Touchdown Jesus guides my Irish to a better next year.What took place in ot alder win. Who had ball 1st, etc
That would have been awesome being there for that game. Rocky Top!St Clair has offers from Florida and Tennessee. He’s going to Tennessee for the Bama game tomorrow. He went to the OSU vs Notre Dame game……….He doesn’t need help getting recruited. They all found their way to Btown.
65-0…at halftime.the kids from Ben Logan will quickly learn that East Liberty and East Cleveland are very different.
You are so torn up over the "pigeon" statement that you have Graham playing twice this weekGraham at Indian Lake - Last week at this time I would be looking at the Falcons to move on into the playoffs with a lot of confidence and a shot a Co-Champs. Now, I am wondering if they have the confidence to find the Laker field…Highway 235 North on the right…can’t miss it, it looks like a big brick building with lots of grass and lights surrounding it. Nothing else to say here. The birds of St. Paris take this home and prep for week 11. 56-14.
North Union at Graham – Game of the WEEK. The Climbers are finding that old magic and are rolling, while the Wildcats are still recovering from the Graham upset. Two different team styles and one has my OPOY and DPOY but will they be enough. I picked Urbana several weeks ago as the MR Champion (Co-Champ at this point) and I will stick with that, sorry all you doubters. Both teams have been lights on offensively through divisional play but Urbana has been stingy on defense. This could be an OT game and I will take the Climbers 35-28.
Now I need one Bourbon, one Scotch and one Beer (who knew the actual Delaware Destroyer would be in the Oval Office) to drown out my embarrassing mistake. Here I am thinking nobody reads my posts but thanks to you Bellefontaine2, I have a purpose!!!You are so torn up over the "pigeon" statement that you have Graham playing twice this week
I needed a little humor this morning after walking out to this funny looking white stuff all over my vehicle.Now I need one Bourbon, one Scotch and one Beer (who knew the actual Delaware Destroyer would be in the Oval Office) to drown out my embarrassing mistake. Here I am thinking nobody reads my posts but thanks to you Bellefontaine2, I have a purpose!!!
Cheers