WK: 11 #6 Minford (7-3) @ #3 Wheelersburg (7-3)

[BigBlueNation]

Burg by a couple scores.

[wobycat]

More evidence of my Post Wheelersburg Syndrome theory!

Issue with my post?

Huh ?

He’s agreeing with you. I think burg offensively has really taken off by leaps and bounds. Their run defense has improved but they aren’t as strong as ironton in that department. They are good enough to get enough stops to win the region if they can move the ball in the short passing routes. First though they have to be leery of minford.

[Jack Sparrow]

Issue with my post?

Huh ?

He’s agreeing with you. I think burg offensively has really taken off by leaps and bounds. Their run defense has improved but they aren’t as strong as ironton in that department. They are good enough to get enough stops to win the region if they can move the ball in the short passing routes. First though they have to be leery of minford.

Moving 26 to pirate helps the run d. Having 29 on the back end also helps. Survive and advance!

[Valenth]

Im picking the Pirates in this one by 2 scores. I know the Pirates are licking their chops to get a rematch with Ironton.

[Mission15]

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[countywide35]

Tough to beat the same team twice in a year. Tha Burg finds themselves where they are used to finding themselves..... in the playoffs and hosting the first round inside the safe confines of Ed Miller. I believe this will be one of the reasons why Tha Burg takes this game. They are used to being here...…. Minford is not.

However, I do believe the Minford boys will be up and ready for this one. Revenge. Against rival At their place. Playoffs. I say it be safe to say if Minford had a choice to beat tha burg in regular season.... or...... the 1st rnd Of the playoffs, inside tha burgs home. Well I say they would pick the latter if the two.....

Should be a good one. Ed Miller will be hopin

[Sport Fan]

Tough to beat the same team twice in a year. Tha Burg finds themselves where their used to finding themselves in the playoffs and hosting the first round inside the safe confines of Ed Miller. I think this will be one of the things that tha burg takes this game. They are used to being here. Minford is not.

However I do believe the Minford boys will be up and ready for this one. Revenge. Against rival At their place. Playoffs. I say it be safe to say if Minford had a choice to beat tha burg in regular season or the 1st rnd Of the playoffs inside tha burgs home. Well I say they would pick the latter.

Should be a good one. Ed Miller will be hopin

I would say it is safe to say that any team around here would like to beat the Burg period no matter regular game or playoff

[Westfan]

Some teams match up better with other teams. When West played Minford West ran the ball well from the I formation, so Oak Hill playing well against Minford didn't surprise. But that won't be tested this week as Wheelersburg will be in the spread and their most physical runner is at quarterback not running downhill. Minford has good speed and skill in the backend of their defense which it takes to compete with Wheelersburg. If they play well defensively, they have the material to at least slow Wheelersburg down and they won't be at a speed disadvantage like most teams.

EVL is great at hiding the ball on the zone read to threaten the edge and throws well enough with weapons on the outside to keep them honest.

This could be a really good game if Minford believes they can win and plays well.

[countywide35]

Tough to beat the same team twice in a year. Tha Burg finds themselves where their used to finding themselves in the playoffs and hosting the first round inside the safe confines of Ed Miller. I think this will be one of the things that tha burg takes this game. They are used to being here. Minford is not.

However I do believe the Minford boys will be up and ready for this one. Revenge. Against rival At their place. Playoffs. I say it be safe to say if Minford had a choice to beat tha burg in regular season or the 1st rnd Of the playoffs inside tha burgs home. Well I say they would pick the latter.

Should be a good one. Ed Miller will be hopin

I would say it is safe to say that any team around here would like to beat the Burg period no matter regular game or playoff

I agree with that......I know the Jackson folk was sure happy to finally get a W over tha burg

[TheNest]

Tough to beat the same team twice in a year. Tha Burg finds themselves where they are used to finding themselves..... in the playoffs and hosting the first round inside the safe confines of Ed Miller. I believe this will be one of the reasons why Tha Burg takes this game. They are used to being here...…. Minford is not.

However, I do believe the Minford boys will be up and ready for this one. Revenge. Against rival At their place. Playoffs. I say it be safe to say if Minford had a choice to beat tha burg in regular season.... or...... the 1st rnd Of the playoffs, inside tha burgs home. Well I say they would pick the latter if the two.....

Should be a good one. Ed Miller will be hopin

Not a rivalry. Mutual dislike maybe, but Minford has to win more than twice a decade to call it a rivalry. Minford has one rival, Valley.

[countywide35]

Tough to beat the same team twice in a year. Tha Burg finds themselves where they are used to finding themselves..... in the playoffs and hosting the first round inside the safe confines of Ed Miller. I believe this will be one of the reasons why Tha Burg takes this game. They are used to being here...…. Minford is not.

However, I do believe the Minford boys will be up and ready for this one. Revenge. Against rival At their place. Playoffs. I say it be safe to say if Minford had a choice to beat tha burg in regular season.... or...... the 1st rnd Of the playoffs, inside tha burgs home. Well I say they would pick the latter if the two.....

Should be a good one. Ed Miller will be hopin

Not a rivalry. Mutual dislike maybe, but Minford has to win more than twice a decade to call it a rivalry. Minford has one rival, Valley.

fair enough

[syyoung]

As far as a team needing to win twice a decade to call it a rivalry is crazy. So if Michigan fails to beat Ohio State more than twice in a decade, they will stop playing for the golden pants and just cancel the rivalry altogether? How about other major rivalry games as well? To Wheelersburg, this isn't much of a rivalry game at all because they are used to teams targeting them year after year, and used to the fact that teams will celebrate even a losing season if only they beat Wheelersburg. Minford might not be a rival in the sense of an Ironton, but the matchup still has rivalry written on it. Most folks from Minford would likely consider Wheelersburg their top rival, if not Lucasville Valley, but even then in a close 2nd.

Having said that, I feel like I might as well chime on with my score prediction this week. I'm going with Minford and the upset 33-28. Anybody that watched the first game knows that both teams had a lot of penalties, and many opportunities slipped through the fingers of both teams. I disagree that Minford is playing different ball than they were they first time they met. Matchups is what football is all about. Common opponents doesn't mean anything at all, ever. When we try to form an opinion on a game because of common opponents, we often get disappointed. MInford did not match up as well against the type of offense and the type of team Oak Hill and Waverly had as they did against Wheelersburg. So they lost those games. That takes nothing from the fact that Minford will likely show up just as motivated, if not more so for Saturdays game than the first time around. Mostly because they know they left so many opportunities on the field to put the icing on the cake, and blew it. I can guarantee they know they can win, and will be playing to win. Wheelersburg is battle tested, and they have been in this situation many times. I take nothing from Wheelersburg. They have a phenomenal team this year. But if they think for one moment they can take this home playoff game lightly, they will find out quickly that it might be decided by more than one possession in favor of their opponents.

[TheNest]

As far as a team needing to win twice a decade to call it a rivalry is crazy. So if Michigan fails to beat Ohio State more than twice in a decade, they will stop playing for the golden pants and just cancel the rivalry altogether? How about other major rivalry games as well? To Wheelersburg, this isn't much of a rivalry game at all because they are used to teams targeting them year after year, and used to the fact that teams will celebrate even a losing season if only they beat Wheelersburg. Minford might not be a rival in the sense of an Ironton, but the matchup still has rivalry written on it. Most folks from Minford would likely consider Wheelersburg their top rival, if not Lucasville Valley, but even then in a close 2nd.

Having said that, I feel like I might as well chime on with my score prediction this week. I'm going with Minford and the upset 33-28. Anybody that watched the first game knows that both teams had a lot of penalties, and many opportunities slipped through the fingers of both teams. I disagree that Minford is playing different ball than they were they first time they met. Matchups is what football is all about. Common opponents doesn't mean anything at all, ever. When we try to form an opinion on a game because of common opponents, we often get disappointed. MInford did not match up as well against the type of offense and the type of team Oak Hill and Waverly had as they did against Wheelersburg. So they lost those games. That takes nothing from the fact that Minford will likely show up just as motivated, if not more so for Saturdays game than the first time around. Mostly because they know they left so many opportunities on the field to put the icing on the cake, and blew it. I can guarantee they know they can win, and will be playing to win. Wheelersburg is battle tested, and they have been in this situation many times. I take nothing from Wheelersburg. They have a phenomenal team this year. But if they think for one moment they can take this home playoff game lightly, they will find out quickly that it might be decided by more than one possession in favor of their opponents.

Let me preface by saying I’m a Minford guy.

The OSU-Mich. comparison is silly. Minford has less than 10 wins against wheelersburg all time. The overall record is something ridiculous. OSU still trails in the all time series by 8 games.

Anyone I know from Minford doesn’t consider wheelersburg a rivalry. Sure they dislike them and enjoy when we beat them, but that doesn’t make it a rivalry.

You are absolutely right, Minford has a chance for the upset. Would not surprise me at all for them to win.

[Sport Fan]

Tough to beat the same team twice in a year. Tha Burg finds themselves where their used to finding themselves in the playoffs and hosting the first round inside the safe confines of Ed Miller. I think this will be one of the things that tha burg takes this game. They are used to being here. Minford is not.

However I do believe the Minford boys will be up and ready for this one. Revenge. Against rival At their place. Playoffs. I say it be safe to say if Minford had a choice to beat tha burg in regular season or the 1st rnd Of the playoffs inside tha burgs home. Well I say they would pick the latter.

Should be a good one. Ed Miller will be hopin

I would say it is safe to say that any team around here would like to beat the Burg period no matter regular game or playoff

I agree with that......I know the Jackson folk was sure happy to finally get a W over tha burg

So was Ironton ! They finally got a Win

[Giorgio Tsoukalous]

Minford has one of the best defenses I've seen this year. They are a very good tackling team. I can't see pirates scoring more than 21 in this game. If Minford can score 3 touchdowns in this game i think they can pull the upset. It's about matchups and Minford matches up very well with burg. Burg fans seem to be more focused on the ironton rematch than Minford and it could come back to bite them.

[syyoung]

Okay, maybe Michigan and Ohio State wasn't the best example since the series is relatively close. Maybe my point would've been better made if I had used any of the following examples:
Alabama (74-18-3) vs Mississippi State
Oklahoma (82-17-7) vs Oklahoma State
Notre Dame (71-12-1) vs Navy

These are some of the most lopsided rivalry series in college football. Grant it both teams in each series have double digit wins against their opponent, but when you look how many times they've played, that isn't a surprise. I'm not trying to build this game into something it's not though. I'm a 99 grad from Minford, and in my time in school, anybody would've considered Wheelersburg our top rival at that time. Maybe things have changed since then. I didn't post this to make an argument. I just wanted to clarify where I'm coming from, and what my opinion on a rivalry series is. Regardless of all that, I hope we have a competitive game Saturday night, and I'm quite certain we will be seeing Minford come out as the victors this time around.

[Proud_Pirate63]

Minford has one of the best defenses I've seen this year. They are a very good tackling team. I can't see pirates scoring more than 21 in this game. If Minford can score 3 touchdowns in this game i think they can pull the upset. It's about matchups and Minford matches up very well with burg. Burg fans seem to be more focused on the ironton rematch than Minford and it could come back to bite them.

Well I guess it’s a good thing the fans aren’t the ones playing.

Burg’s team and coaches are not overlooking Minford at all. They have been focused solely on the Falcons this week.

[14U]

As far as a team needing to win twice a decade to call it a rivalry is crazy. So if Michigan fails to beat Ohio State more than twice in a decade, they will stop playing for the golden pants and just cancel the rivalry altogether? How about other major rivalry games as well? To Wheelersburg, this isn't much of a rivalry game at all because they are used to teams targeting them year after year, and used to the fact that teams will celebrate even a losing season if only they beat Wheelersburg. Minford might not be a rival in the sense of an Ironton, but the matchup still has rivalry written on it. Most folks from Minford would likely consider Wheelersburg their top rival, if not Lucasville Valley, but even then in a close 2nd.

Having said that, I feel like I might as well chime on with my score prediction this week. I'm going with Minford and the upset 33-28. Anybody that watched the first game knows that both teams had a lot of penalties, and many opportunities slipped through the fingers of both teams. I disagree that Minford is playing different ball than they were they first time they met. Matchups is what football is all about. Common opponents doesn't mean anything at all, ever. When we try to form an opinion on a game because of common opponents, we often get disappointed. MInford did not match up as well against the type of offense and the type of team Oak Hill and Waverly had as they did against Wheelersburg. So they lost those games. That takes nothing from the fact that Minford will likely show up just as motivated, if not more so for Saturdays game than the first time around. Mostly because they know they left so many opportunities on the field to put the icing on the cake, and blew it. I can guarantee they know they can win, and will be playing to win. Wheelersburg is battle tested, and they have been in this situation many times. I take nothing from Wheelersburg. They have a phenomenal team this year. But if they think for one moment they can take this home playoff game lightly, they will find out quickly that it might be decided by more than one possession in favor of their opponents.

I seen a falcon team 5-0 at home and on grass knowing they were going to beat the pirates and match up will against them. Did it happen? No! That took a lot out of Minford as they played over their heads that night, the best they played all year and still came up short. I believe it wasn’t the players as much as it was the head coach not believing in his staff and paid for it. Burg has the best coaches I’ve seen around here and stick together without egos like the falcons head coach. This will be a good game to watch and the Falcon will show up and play football. I just don’t think Minford can come out like last game and play 4 quarters like the week 6 game. This is their last shot to beat burg as seniors as Minford losing about everybody. Yes burg losing a lot but burg always does and comes back next year just as strong. Hope for a great game and injury free. Let’s get it on!!

[Bleeding Red]

Minford has one of the best defenses I've seen this year. They are a very good tackling team. I can't see pirates scoring more than 21 in this game. If Minford can score 3 touchdowns in this game i think they can pull the upset. It's about matchups and Minford matches up very well with burg. Burg fans seem to be more focused on the ironton rematch than Minford and it could come back to bite them.

Well I guess it’s a good thing the fans aren’t the ones playing.

Burg’s team and coaches are not overlooking Minford at all. They have been focused solely on the Falcons this week.

Will Burg be getting a disguised guy with a mic and press badge for the visitors sideline or do they save that for week 12?


Minford does match up well. I believe had Mathews not stripped Wiget on the long run at the beginning of the last matchup, that game goes a different direction. Same could be said with the Minford db not timing the pick correctly for Burgs big score. Both teams made plays and Burg was a 2 pt conversion from taking a loss. So Burg fans might not want to thump their chests too hard right now.

Should be a good game as long as Minfords HC opens up the offense and doesnt go into conservative....play not to lose mode.

[Bleeding Red]

And has Minford found a kicker that can make an XP yet? That could be huge in this one.