100th meeting. Wooster v. Orrville

• OQB

  

  I know what you mean Woo...lol I too want a clean injury free game!
• Wooster All-Sport

  Surely this can't be seen as me wanting every Orrville player to suffer career ending Injuries

  I didn't take it that way. Hit em hard but clean and then shake hands when it's over.
• RedRider1

  

  THE4RINGZ;531606 wrote:I am going to my local family owned hardware store tomorrow to buy the supplies for my sign to take to the game.

  Hits a little close to home for me. Don't get me started on supporting local hardware stores.
  
  Here's a secret to any small business wanting to increase foot traffic in their store.....announce you're closing. They come out of the woodwork.
• THE4RINGZ

  

  I agree RR1. Makes you wonder if all those people shopping at a going out of business sale had shopped there all along the store probably wouldn't be closing. I guess that is the vulture like nature.of our society.
  
  Anyway back on topic....does having an extra day before the game help or hinder the teams? Having an extra day to prepare does that offset getting the players out of their weekly routine?
• 62_80_47_Woo

  

  RedRider1;531810 wrote:Hits a little close to home for me. Don't get me started on supporting local hardware stores.
  
  Here's a secret to any small business wanting to increase foot traffic in their store.....announce you're closing. They come out of the woodwork.

  
  I was in Cleveland one afternoon for a game, went to dinner afterwords and actually seen a store that's name was "Going out of Business"...
• RedRider1

  

  Ringz,
  It will be different in that the "flow" of the day will be off...but it will be for both teams...so probably have a net zero effect.
  
  Here's some interesting reading for BRF and any other history buff. I added the Wooster/Orrville rivalry to Wikipedia's page of longest running high school football rivalries.
  
  http://bit.ly/cTYmCz
  
  It's sorted by date of first game, so scroll down to 1903. 6th longest running rivalry in the state by that list.
• clickclickboom

  Rooting for Wooster here.. seeding reasons of course..
• OQB

  

  It gives us an extra day to get things fixed....
• Old Rider

  

  ...and to mess with the routine a little more...Orrville does not have school Friday due to Parent/Teacher conferences during the week. Not sure if its the same for Wooster, but I think an extra day of practice, no school on Friday and then play Saturday evening could be a small distraction...and then simply throw in all they hype of this game, the Turner factor, the winning streak and playoff implications.......WOW, very easy for a 16 -18 year old to get sidetracked!
• OQB

  

  I say hold an all day walk through on Friday.....Haha work out the offensive problems.
• riders1

  

  I see someone painted the bridge with wimpy carolina blue, the local hardware must not stock woo blu so the wimpy light blue instead
• THE4RINGZ

  

  It was probably a bunch of Orrville kids painting the bridge in an attempt to get the Riders fired up. If some of the words are spelled incorrectly my theory is correct.
• riders1

  

  There were no words, all wimpy light blue, so it probably was woo kids that forgot they needed two colors to make a picture
• OQB

  

  Haha I saw that too, also noticed the baby blue initials "TMS"......RR1, Do you have something to tell us? Haha
• THE4RINGZ

  

  Maybe the perpetrator was simply color blind. Don't hate.
• RedRider1

  

  Not my middle initial......I'm clear.
  
  Wouldn't waste my time painting the bridge...plus I'd fall in the road and be hit by an oncoming car.....just my luck.
• RedRider1

  

  So let's talk the game.....Wooster's only 2 loses are to CF and ASH. Orrville lost to both and also Copley by 1 in double OT.
  
  Wooster lost to Ashland by 14....so did Orrville
  Wooster lost to Clear Fork by 35...Orrville by 33....but at least Wooster scored.
  
  By the numbers only....these are 2 very similar teams.
  
  Offensive PPG
  Wooster - 32.78
  Orrville - 27.56
  
  Defensive PPG
  Wooster - 21.33
  Orrville - 22
  
  Wow. Talk about mirror images. This game is going to be a barn-burner.
• OQB

  

  haha....I know just yanking your chain big dawg!
• OQB

  

  It has the potential to be a really really great game....
• riders1

  

  RedRider1;532178 wrote:Not my middle initial......I'm clear.
  
  Wouldn't waste my time painting the bridge...plus I'd fall in the road and be hit by an oncoming car.....just my luck.

  
  Or hit by a train while standing on the bridge
• THE4RINGZ

  

  Wooster needs to come out and set the tone early. Score some points on the first couple of possessions and make Orrville play catch up.
• OQB

  

  McCreary would still know how to give the game away if they got up early...haha
• THE4RINGZ

  

  OrrvilleQB;532196 wrote:McCreary would still know how to give the game away if they got up early...haha

  True
• RedRider1

  

  We love playing from behind...have done it in EACH AND EVERY SINGLE GAME this season.
  
  Trailed Triway and West Holmes 6-0 before waking up. Trailed Madison and Senior 14-0 before halftime.
  
  About the only game we led early on was the Northwest game (led 10-0 after 1 qtr)
  
  Just another day at the park if we trail early.
• 62_80_47_Woo

  

  Devonta, did not practice today he was walking around in a neck brace. His status for Saturday unknown. What little I did overhear without prying was a compression fracture of a disc.
  
  This injury sits clearly on top of McCreary's head and I hope he was man enough to take responsibility for it to the young mans parents.