Week 8: Minford (7-0, 2-0) @ Wheelersburg (6-1, 2-0)

[wobycat]

Always love when burg folks cry about officials.. As if they have never been favored with flags before. As to the game Minfords defense played great but you cannot expect a team to hold strongwhen you have 9 turnovers. I believe Minford laid the groundwork to slowing down Burgs offense. On another note I lost a lot of respect for Burg some of the crap they were pulling was uncalled for. I know I will probably here it from Burg fans but owell. I will say one or five of your players need a reality check. Good luck in the playoffs silver spoons I mean Pirates! Jk seriously good luck!l

your hate for burg is noted. burg had 7 turnovers. and until you hear it from both sides please don't give an opinion. some burg players were complaining of minford players getting some shots in in the pile. I also saw trash talking from both sides, which I can't stand. just play the game. I heard a kid from burg made a gesture to the fans. very uncalled for but that was an individual who hasn't grown up not a result of taught behavior from burg staff.

[ManitouDan]

wasnt a shining example from either squad as far good clean sportsmanship goes . Assuming a burg kid did flip off the Minford fans thats obviously terrible , makes the whole team/school look bad . and after one of the picks from Burg I thought a couple fights on the field were going to occur and it looked like a Burg player took a kick or stomp at a downed Minford player . There were so many unsportsman like hits on both sides on that single play that the refs couldnt call them all ... And Minford was far from innocent also, saw a Minford player twist the lower leg of a Burg player ( QB) after the tackle in the late 3rd/early 4th period . and twice in the 4th had the displeasure of hearing F bombs dropped from two minford players ( I watched the 2nd half from the fence right beside Minfords bench) , in one case a coach heard it and went over to the player and got in his ear . To all players : control your self , I could have been a college coach closely watching you perform . Cursing happens , I have a bad habit of the same stuff , but when its loud enough for a spectator to hear 10 feet away you might want to consider toning it down a tad ... those jr high kids follow your every move .

[piratepride86]

Silver spoons my a.. Our kids work hard for everything they get. ( CHAMPIONSHIPS ) all sports Thank You.
Minford has a fine team.

[callie11]

You must also be a slow thinker BG77. watch Eddie trying to get them to hurry up.

[samiam]

I'm not positive but I think I saw the refs getting on the Minford bus to go home....That was a terrible group of refs... Oh well..Pirates beat the refs and the Falcons too. Good game Pirates!!!

[nutronron2012]

I'm not positive but I think I saw the refs getting on the Minford bus to go home....That was a terrible group of refs... Oh well..Pirates beat the refs and the Falcons too. Good game Pirates!!!

Sounds like the same bunch that was at Valley 2 years ago when the refs helped Minford beat Valley in 2010. (Valleys last regular season loss)

[Burg_Grad_77]

You must also be a slow thinker BG77. watch Eddie trying to get them to hurry up.

No, you obviously don't understand the offense. It takes a while to signal in the play, plus they always go to the line and act like they are going to hike the ball and then look for the play so it takes time. Only one delay of game last night and you are whining about it. Those boys and coaches do an excellent job running a very difficult no huddle offense. I am very impressed with it.

[Anonymous_Falcon_Fan]

Cannot give good teams 7 turnovers and win. The big difference was that wheelersburg had 5 turnovers I think, but Minford never made them pay for it. I think every TD wheelersburg scored came off a Minford turnover.

Thought my Falcons did play some good defense for a lot of the game, just kept getting put back in bad spots due to the turnovers.

In the end Minford did what everyone knew you cannot do against wheelersburg. They fell behind and then had to ditch running the ball.

Learn and move on. Get refocused this can still be a good season.

I agree on two things. One, 'Burg will be hard to beat for the rest of the season. Two, having that many turnovers does not help your cause.

However, for the third year in a row, we tried to be vanilla offensively, and we simply got shut down completely. It's very hard for our defense to stay focused and fired up when our offense can't even get passed the 50 yard line. It's like Burg's coaches know exactly what we will do on every single play. The ultimate reality is that EVERY SINGLE TEAM that we play knows what we will do on offense, but the difference is teams like Wheelersburg has the players AND THE COACHING to completely shut us down. I'm tired of watching us not pass enough, and whenever we do, it's either on a rollout or some jailbreak screen. We have absolutley no thought of even having big play ability what so ever. The passing game needs completely revamped. We will need it to even win another game this season.

[NewEra]

Cannot give good teams 7 turnovers and win. The big difference was that wheelersburg had 5 turnovers I think, but Minford never made them pay for it. I think every TD wheelersburg scored came off a Minford turnover.

Thought my Falcons did play some good defense for a lot of the game, just kept getting put back in bad spots due to the turnovers.

In the end Minford did what everyone knew you cannot do against wheelersburg. They fell behind and then had to ditch running the ball.

Learn and move on. Get refocused this can still be a good season.

I agree on two things. One, 'Burg will be hard to beat for the rest of the season. Two, having that many turnovers does not help your cause.

However, for the third year in a row, we tried to be vanilla offensively, and we simply got shut down completely. It's very hard for our defense to stay focused and fired up when our offense can't even get passed the 50 yard line. It's like Burg's coaches know exactly what we will do on every single play. The ultimate reality is that EVERY SINGLE TEAM that we play knows what we will do on offense, but the difference is teams like Wheelersburg has the players AND THE COACHING to completely shut us down. I'm tired of watching us not pass enough, and whenever we do, it's either on a rollout or some jailbreak screen. We have absolutley no thought of even having big play ability what so ever. The passing game needs completely revamped. We will need it to even win another game this season.

You're right, I love this staff as much as the next guy, but we just gotta open it up, I think we see a different approach next week. We got the athletes to expose people and be aggressive.

[Anonymous_Falcon_Fan]

Cannot give good teams 7 turnovers and win. The big difference was that wheelersburg had 5 turnovers I think, but Minford never made them pay for it. I think every TD wheelersburg scored came off a Minford turnover.

Thought my Falcons did play some good defense for a lot of the game, just kept getting put back in bad spots due to the turnovers.

In the end Minford did what everyone knew you cannot do against wheelersburg. They fell behind and then had to ditch running the ball.

Learn and move on. Get refocused this can still be a good season.

I agree on two things. One, 'Burg will be hard to beat for the rest of the season. Two, having that many turnovers does not help your cause.

However, for the third year in a row, we tried to be vanilla offensively, and we simply got shut down completely. It's very hard for our defense to stay focused and fired up when our offense can't even get passed the 50 yard line. It's like Burg's coaches know exactly what we will do on every single play. The ultimate reality is that EVERY SINGLE TEAM that we play knows what we will do on offense, but the difference is teams like Wheelersburg has the players AND THE COACHING to completely shut us down. I'm tired of watching us not pass enough, and whenever we do, it's either on a rollout or some jailbreak screen. We have absolutley no thought of even having big play ability what so ever. The passing game needs completely revamped. We will need it to even win another game this season.

You're right, I love this staff as much as the next guy, but we just gotta open it up, I think we see a different approach next week. We got the athletes to expose people and be aggressive.

I agree, but we've had the athletes at least 5 of the last 6 years now, but they have not changed one single thing in their philosophy. But, I guess we shall see.

[NewEra]

I thought we were pretty innovative in 2010, with the 5 wide wildcat type sets with Slone, I think Berry can play that role this year. I did see things I did like, I see us making a serious comeback attempt if we score instead of dropping that ball that could of lead to 28-14 with 8 mins to play. I think we will build off that. We did get Justice involved with a screen, which I was pleased to see, we just need more spacing, even some of the shotgun sets were tight.

[rxburgfan]

just came from car show. refs from friday nights game were there using there flags to wipe down the cars. flags were looking a little tattered though. probably from being ripped from their uniform pants too much the night before. at least they are still getting a gig. best of luck to them.

[falcon1]

Time for a QB change.
Wildcat with Carter...yes!

And yes, I did see the 2 finger Bird from #51 of WB, and I did see #2 get in one of our Coaches face after a tackle on our side line.

[seasick80]

I knew burg could win this!! Great job by the defense! Great preparation by the coaches and players to stifle a pretty darn good offense. Alot of people on here saying the falcons should have run this or that, I dont think it would have helped. This Burg defense is very good and minford caught the brunt of it Friday night. As for Burgs vaunted Offense, Minford had the defenders to slow them way down. But eventually, the scheme worked and the score shows it. Good luck to the Falcons the rest of the way. They will be just as good if not better next yr. Everyone asking for a change in scheme etc... on the Minford playbook. Where were you asking for a change during the 7-0 run you made this year? Stick with what you do and do well and if I had gone 7-0 I wouldnt have taken 1 week and tried to do it differently. You have a good offensive line that has really good pulling and trapping schemes that give your runners an excellent chance at gaining big yards. It just didnt happen this night. Win out, get the chance to be Co-SOC2 champs and look for a playoff run!

[Anonymous_Falcon_Fan]

Demaniac, you should read closer into my earlier post. We don't even run the most basic of pass plays (slant, hitch, fade) no pocket passing what so ever. We are so predictable, yet we think we can just chip away 4-6 yards at at time, and control the clock. The players that we have are more talented than that, and they deserve better!!!

[wobycat]

Demaniac, you should read closer into my earlier post. We don't even run the most basic of pass plays (slant, hitch, fade) no pocket passing what so ever. We are so predictable, yet we think we can just chip away 4-6 yards at at time, and control the clock. The players that we have are more talented than that, and they deserve better!!!

wow! 7-1 and that's not good enough? The falcons. were beat by a better team. I think the coaching staff from minford. knew that they couldn't run their offense and tried something new. well it didn't work . move on. the qb. from minford. is not a pocket passer. I think he's more of a runner. the falcon kicker should be playing d 1. He's tough.
Sorry for all the periods. typing on phone

[2013FALCON]

Minford was not beaten by a better Burg team. We beat ourselves. When your QB fumbles the ball 6 times, yes 6 times, you cannot get any offense going. Minford has the tallest receiver in the SOC, Farrar who is 6'5", has an excellent vertical jump and not to mention his wing span. This boy can jump and catch a ball as we have seen him do many times, but Stapleton either soared it over his head or couldn't get it to him. When we have a tight end open down field and he decides to throw to a player who is covered by 3 defenders which gets intercepted. He couldn't get it into our running backs hands to gain any yards. He would rather run the ball himself than throw even a short pass to someone who is open. Stapleton cannot handle high pressure games. I think its time we put the veteran QB back at the helm. We have 2 crucial games remaining and playoffs to look too.

[Burg_Grad_77]

I think Burgs hard hitting, tough defense had something to do with all those fumbles. He didn't just drop the ball for no reason. The Burg was the better team. You need to just realize that and move on and win your last two games.

[rxburgfan]

2013Falcon should concede that they were beaten by a better team. Statistically minford was not even at the game. A little over 100 yards of offense. That 25 yards per quarter. The score was 35-7. The pirates had over 450 yards of total offense. The only similarity is that each had 6 turnovers. These small "little" details sound like a better team was involved and they were not wearing red. Theres always next year.

[here4fun]

Minford was not beaten by a better Burg team. We beat ourselves. When your QB fumbles the ball 6 times, yes 6 times, you cannot get any offense going. Minford has the tallest receiver in the SOC, Farrar who is 6'5", has an excellent vertical jump and not to mention his wing span. This boy can jump and catch a ball as we have seen him do many times, but Stapleton either soared it over his head or couldn't get it to him. When we have a tight end open down field and he decides to throw to a player who is covered by 3 defenders which gets intercepted. He couldn't get it into our running backs hands to gain any yards. He would rather run the ball himself than throw even a short pass to someone who is open. Stapleton cannot handle high pressure games. I think its time we put the veteran QB back at the helm. We have 2 crucial games remaining and playoffs to look too.

If minford was the better team why was there so many 3-outs minford could not deffend the pass or stop the run and had no pass rush on miller and all night long he ran the ball he had more yards himself than minford had all together. So how is minford better than Burg ? Last time I check the final score was Burg 35 to minfords 7