mailman020
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Pretty quiet for a game between two outstanding programs. DeSales has played a tough schedule and Steubenville has been hit with a bunch of injuries. Anyone have thoughts on this game?
DeSales at Steubenville
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algernonsidney
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De Sales needs the game a lot more than Steubenville does. It could go either way.
Maple_City_Fan
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I'm liking DeSales in this one
remains to be seen but rumors is he might be back sometime in October. Not thinking this early though. Will try and get a update.
Crimson and Black
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I think DeSales will be the best team we play in the regular season. Big Red has literally been decimated with injuries. I think only 2-3 seniors are major contributors. DeSales is battle tested and their record is not an indication of how good they are. When The Big Red won the D4 title game in 2005 beating DeSales, DeSales entered the playoffs at 6-4 ending up at 10-5. Big Red is not close to the same team that started the season. They have gone deep into depth chart at TB, TE, C, WR, LB and DB. All that considering many of those spots were held by sophs and Jr’s. Getting a win in this game would be huge for Big Red.
No they wouldn’t. This is a bad desales team. Doesn’t tackle at all.
I've seen them 4-5 times and you seen them once they don't tackle as well as they should. But that didn't cost them in most their losses. . You won 31-20 and your team has given up 60+ Points this year . I'll leave it at that. I'm sure your hoping they don't some how make the playoffs and have JT back at even 80% . Points given up DeSales 110 18 ppg Hartley Points given up 176 29 ppg LOL
I don’t care about hartley or desales. I’m just saying this Is a bad desales team. If you can’t see that you are a parent or relative.
to be expected tho. Desales has had a distinctive trend of following one good year with average or below average years.
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Crimson and Black
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Crimson and Black
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Maple City…. Why do you troll big red posts? Where you on a team that was spanked by The Big Red… you got something very personal going on. Or you’re just a typical hater of great programs. Either way you really know nothing about whatever it is you talk about.
Maxie
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Sort of like Steubenville’s 6-41-3 all time record against the Massillon Tigers.
Iroquois
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I watched the Steubenville/Olentangy Liberty film and a man was I impressed with the Big Red. They lined up perfect and made sure tackles almost all game. They looked good, but I did hear that the injury bug has been very unkind to them.
Good luck to both teams, I respect the heck out of both of them.
RollRedBuckeye
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Sort of like Steubenville’s 6-41-3 all time record against the Massillon Tigers.
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First and foremost this is not a bad DeSales squad. Word on the street is they're also missing a starting DB/WR which is obviously big. JT would be a big difference as well.
Even without those two you're talking about a team that has 4 losses to 4 REALLY darn good teams.
If Steuby is as depleted as it sounds, it might be a pretty good game. DeSales is really darn good and if they can finish drives and make some plays to get in the endzone. They can't even think about a field goals with the special teams unit they have.
Even without those two you're talking about a team that has 4 losses to 4 REALLY darn good teams.
If Steuby is as depleted as it sounds, it might be a pretty good game. DeSales is really darn good and if they can finish drives and make some plays to get in the endzone. They can't even think about a field goals with the special teams unit they have.
Raider6309
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They are a solid team that plays one of the toughest D3 schedules. Desales definitely needs this win bad to make the playoffs
Crimson and Black
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I’d rather have 4 state titles against the entire state in multiple divisions 2,3 and 4, than simply a great record against 1 team you dominated 45 years ago. What’s sad for you is you would too. You’d give up all 41 of those wins for just 1 single state playoff title….. and even a couple more (if you had them) to forget that the last meeting where The Big Red ran the clockSort of like Steubenville’s 6-41-3 all time record against the Massillon Tigers.
on you! Maybe that 53 year drought will end someday….. but not this year.
Steubenburgh
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Unfortunately, they’re not the same team that played against Liberty. You can slice it any way that you want to, but the guys that they’ve lost provided leadership and Friday night experience. 2 intangibles that you just can’t replace in the middle of a season. And the sloppy football that they’ve played over the past few weeks has been a reflection of that. With Desales on the outside looking in right now, this is essentially a playoff game for them. If Big Red doesn’t clean up their play then they could be in for a long night.
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Maxie
🏈 2023 State Champions——16-0
Always Triggered.I’d rather have 4 state titles against the entire state in multiple divisions 2,3 and 4, than simply a great record against 1 team you dominated 45 years ago. What’s sad for you is you would too. You’d give up all 41 of those wins for just 1 single state playoff title….. and even a couple more (if you had them) to forget that the last meeting where The Big Red ran the clock
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CMorris_99
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DeSales plays one of the toughest schedules in DIII. They aren’t as good as they were last year especially missing Thompson. Still a tough group of kids in my opinion. No matter how beat up BR is, it is really tough to win in Steubenville. Edge goes to Steubenville but I’m pulling for DeSales.
Bidenomics
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Here is thought the 6-41-3 was meant to add up to 50 which will be how many years next year Massillon has gone without an on field state championship. ???Sort of like Steubenville’s 6-41-3 all time record against the Massillon Tigers.
Maxie
🏈 2023 State Champions——16-0
Another triggered fan. ?
Bidenomics
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Injuries are out the window for me. BR will be without there senior #1 tailback and a Sophmore OL for the year.
They should get 2 senior captains back. One at ILB/TE and 1 at OL/DL. The sophomore WR is a few weeks out from playing.
While Injuries haven’t helped Big Red needs to clean up the 12+ penalties a game they have got the last 3 weeks along with generating more TO’s. I believe 11 in games 1-3 and only 3 in game 4-6.
They also may have 1 of the worst special teams groups in D3. From a lack of making basic XP’s to giving teams the ball well past the 40 on kickoffs,
It’s been atrocious.
Also at times subbing in 5 guys at a time kills rhythm as its Clearly evident some
Kids are scrambling around to get lined up etc.
All things that you hope to be cleaned up this week as we’ve gone past the halfway point. The last 3 games have looked like a 1st game of the season with all the mistakes.
Big Red to win if they play a clean game. DeSales by 2 TDs if the penalties and basic mistakes continue.
They should get 2 senior captains back. One at ILB/TE and 1 at OL/DL. The sophomore WR is a few weeks out from playing.
While Injuries haven’t helped Big Red needs to clean up the 12+ penalties a game they have got the last 3 weeks along with generating more TO’s. I believe 11 in games 1-3 and only 3 in game 4-6.
They also may have 1 of the worst special teams groups in D3. From a lack of making basic XP’s to giving teams the ball well past the 40 on kickoffs,
It’s been atrocious.
Also at times subbing in 5 guys at a time kills rhythm as its Clearly evident some
Kids are scrambling around to get lined up etc.
All things that you hope to be cleaned up this week as we’ve gone past the halfway point. The last 3 games have looked like a 1st game of the season with all the mistakes.
Big Red to win if they play a clean game. DeSales by 2 TDs if the penalties and basic mistakes continue.