This is the first time your name has been associated with the term "UNBIASED OBSERVER"Crab's brother wrote:Man ole Man....
Jackson loses two games against a couple of very good teams and now all of sudden people are saying Burg by multiple scores. I don't think people realize just how good Granville is. They have thumped their other 3 opponents and only Jackson was able to give them a game. Athens has one of the top offenses in this part of the state and it took a late score to beat Jackson.
I have not seen Jackson. I have only seen the Burg against Ironton. Wheelersburg is a very good football team. I love the way they play and they have some very nice athletes. I just don't like that so many people are using the "they played Ironton tough" argument for how good the Pirates are. The Burg was in the Ironton game all the way but they scored very late to make it a one possession game. The Pirates battled and battled in that game but as an unbiased observer at that game, I never felt that Ironton was ever in trouble of losing. The following week, the Burg had a similar game against Coal Grove where it was close but it never seemed as though the Pirates were going to lose. I have seen Coal Grove and they are a slightly above average team. I guess the whole point I am trying to make is that I don't think Wheelersburg (or any other SOC team for that matter) has any benchmark win where I would make them a 2 touchdown favorite over Jackson.
Having blabbed all that out, Wheelersburg is more than capable of winning this game and they very well may win it by 2 td's. However, as good as I think the Pirates are (and I do think they are pretty good), this is a huge step up in competition for the Burg while I think it is a step down for Jackson. I think the type of offenses Jackson has seen the last two weeks are a big advantage for the Ironmen. At the end of the day I will take a playoff caliber DIII team over a playoff caliber DV team.
Jackson 28
Burg 21
Wow thanks for the chuckle...... I do agree that We need to play very very well to win