Week 6 (4-1) Notre Dame @ (0-5) Manchester

[photo_electric_guy]

Thoughts ?

[ManitouDan]

good time for a weaker opponent after back to back toughies. still go to show up and play , no way we are good enough to just show up. MD

[CharlieHustle]

I think ND takes this one pretty easily IF they're hungry and ready to play like they were against FCA. You can't just expect to win in football without putting your heart into the game. The Titans secondary will get quite a workout, the Hounds like to throw the ball...alot. At least that is the way they played against East. No run game, but not too shabby of a passing attack. Go Titans!

[photo_electric_guy]

good time for a weaker opponent after back to back toughies. still go to show up and play , no way we are good enough to just show up. MD

I agree. Never underestimate any team.

[streetballer]

manchester can run the ball but their passin attack is the best part of their game...if their d shows up they could possibly make it a battle..just hope for a good exciting game...sucks i may miss out on this one for a ky game...u never come to a game expecting to win and just show up cause then sometimes u can get surprised and lose...come to the game ready for a fight cause u never know wats gonna happen

[ManitouDan]

true baller, ND just shows up with no desire, it could be upset city

[Bleeding Red]

Notre Dame has played absolutely nobody and that streak continues this week. Not seeing where the back to back "toughies" were at with Northwest and Fairfield. Fairfield's opponents through the first 3 weeks won 4 total games. Its about a creampuff schedule as you could draw up until weeks 9 and 10, and we are not talking about big time D6 football programs even with Symmes Valley and Sciotoville.

Manchester hasnt really been in a ballgame this year. If ND even lets this be a close game, they will really get exposed later this season.

ND by 14

[ManitouDan]

^ ignorant fool . I don't use the term ignorant to be an arse , it's just obvious this guy doesn't understand competing in football with a HS of 38-50 total boys. but on the other hand when has anyone in minford understood football.

[dirt_cinders]

10 game schedule:

Notre Dame(D6) -- 7 schools in their division
2 schools in a division 1 above them
1 school in a division 2 above them
Minford(D4) -- 6 schools in their division
-- 4 schools in division smaller than them


** OHSAA creates divisions for a reason --- they get it while a few of the slower ones do not.


Best of luck ND and Minford.

[Bleeding Red]

^ ignorant fool . I don't use the term ignorant to be an arse , it's just obvious this guy doesn't understand competing in football with a HS of 38-50 total boys. but on the other hand when has anyone in minford understood football.

I coached high school ball at a school in Ohio smaller than ND you idiot. I understand exactly what smaller schools deal with.

[Bleeding Red]

10 game schedule:

Notre Dame(D6) -- 7 schools in their division
2 schools in a division 1 above them
1 school in a division 2 above them
Minford(D4) -- 6 schools in their division
-- 4 schools in division smaller than them


** OHSAA creates divisions for a reason --- they get it while a few of the slower ones do not.


Best of luck ND and Minford.

I like how you ND people twist things around.

ND is D6, so there are schools their own size and larger in THIS area. In THIS area D4 and D5 schools play mainly D4 and D5 schools because there is a lack of D3, D2 and D1 schools in THIS area of the state.

Some people's kids!

[Bleeding Red]

^ ignorant fool . I don't use the term ignorant to be an arse , it's just obvious this guy doesn't understand competing in football with a HS of 38-50 total boys. but on the other hand when has anyone in minford understood football.

And just because schools have BIGGER enrollments, doesn't mean they are BETTER. Ask Logan!

And I didnt say that ND was BAD, I said they play an EASY schedule. Prove me otherwise.

[ManitouDan]

dirt already did but it soared above your head like a 747. Thanks dirt for pointing out Minford's schedule -- the facts are now in black and white. nothing "twisted around" about it.

[Bleeding Red]

dirt already did but it soared above your head like a 747. Thanks dirt for pointing out Minford's schedule -- the facts are now in black and white. nothing "twisted around" about it.

You are still not proving anything to me about ND not having an easy cupcake schedule. Thats what is black and white MD

[induct chuck]

ND's opponents in the first five games have a combined 9 wins. Minford's have a combined 10. I'm almost certain Notre Dame is the smallest school in the state to field a team, and I'm pretty sure they have been since St. Joe's got rid of football in the early 90's. Enrollment wise, they don't play down. In the past three weeks, ND has: traveled several hours to play and beat a solid D. 5 school, lost to the best team D.4 Northwest has had in a while by a yard, and snapped a fourteen game FCA regular season win streak. This years schedule isn't as hard as last year's, but it compares very well with the other schools in SOC I. Through five games, S.V. opponents have 8 wins and East opponents have 11. So if ND has a cupcake schedule, so does precious Minford, East, and Symmes Valley.

[ManitouDan]

wow , facts are building up against your case bleeder , you better punt .

[dirt_cinders]

Any school ND plays will have more boys.
I would rather have the "cupcake schedule" comment then "hang in there" when we had 16 kids on the entire team and we were suffering playing a schedule that was a little ridiculous..
ND needs to always take care of ourself and not get into the cave man mindset of beating our chest and not thinking. We need to remain rational and plays teams we can be competitive with.

BR - thanks for the comments --- come on down on a Saturday and have some cupcakes if you are not too full from eating them at your tailgate in Minford.

[Bleeding Red]

wow , facts are building up against your case bleeder , you better punt .

I don't think so MouthyDan. It's been a very easy schedule so far and you can't argue that. I wish ND well this year. I predicted a ND win tomorrow so dont get all bent out of shape. Good luck against those "toughies" coming up!

[photo_electric_guy]

I just wonder who's BR's team?

[Trojan_FB_Alum]

I think a lot of people still hold Notre Dame to a higher standard than other SOC 1 school because as late as 2000, they were still playing Minford, West and other bigger schools and competing very well. The Titians then had to down grade scheduling some because of some weaker teams, and although the program has rebounded it still hasn’t made it back to that quality of opponent.
There is nothing wrong with a school Notre Dame’s size playing their schedule, its just that for so many years they were still very small and played some of the bigger local schools. What people don’t think about is that local schools such as Minford are in my opinion better programs now than they were in 2000 and prior. With the Falcons also being a bigger school then they were before, and a run of playoff appearances.
I don’t know the statistics on this but I would assume that either Notre Dame, or Burg has to be the 2 most successful teams in the history of the SOC, and again because of this great history a lot of us forget just how hard it is for them to even have enough boys to field a team each year, let alone a successful one, which they have been able to do and sometimes that is because of good scheduling.
They played a comparable schedule in 2007 and were able to make the playoffs with a 6-4 record, if you set up a schedule that allows you to make it in with 2-3 loses I think you have set up a pretty good schedule.