Northwest VS Orrville

• ajwahoo2k2

  

  Geeting back to the original question that Brutus asked, "Who win this game and why?"
  
  On paper, it appears that with all the D1 recruits, home field advantage, new scoreboard (very nice I must say), size and speed Orrville is the hands down favorite.
  But.....
  This is Ohio High School football; recruits can have a bad game, home field advantage may not work, new scoreboard may not work, size (uh, we have that too) and speed (also once again a wash). This game will come down to who wants it bad enough. Can the Indians step it up and be perfect? In my opinion, YES. We may not be as talented as your Red Riders may be, I believe we have the HEART to pull off an upset.
• 1_beast

  

  ajwahoo2k2;861017 wrote:Geeting back to the original question that Brutus asked, "Who win this game and why?"
  
  On paper, it appears that with all the D1 recruits, home field advantage, new scoreboard (very nice I must say), size and speed Orrville is the hands down favorite.
  But.....
  This is Ohio High School football; recruits can have a bad game, home field advantage may not work, new scoreboard may not work, size (uh, we have that too) and speed (also once again a wash). This game will come down to who wants it bad enough. Can the Indians step it up and be perfect? In my opinion, YES. We may not be as talented as your Red Riders may be, I believe we have the HEART to pull off an upset.

  Well stated!
• 5knots

  

  OK, we have no size whatsoever. Gonna be a great game as usual. Could go either way. Like most first games= fewest mistakes and big plays determine outcome.
• RedRider1

  

  5knots;861208 wrote:OK, we have no size whatsoever. Gonna be a great game as usual. Could go either way. Like most first games= fewest mistakes and big plays determine outcome.

  
  Pretty much. Keep it simple, dont give the ball away and hope you have a shot in the 4th Q.
• 1_beast

  

  Special Teams!!! IDK about NW but I think Stu is a +1 for O-town in that category!!! (He may not be up to speed though since its the 1st game)
• OQB

  

  ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN GUYS....ANYTHING! these are high school kids lol
• Brutus

  northwest, looked ok against a good perry team.
• oh yeah!!

  northwest looked just ok? minus the two fumbles on their first series of 10 they manhandled a good perry team. only reason perry scored on their opening drive was from a bogus PI call where the kid played it well. Besides that NW defense shut down the run and they were able to do whatever they wanted on Offense. Did not think NW was that good, if they stay healthy watch out they have some big time size and speed on both sides of the ball....
• NWIndianNation01

  

  So sad I missed the scrimmage...can't wait until Thursday night to get my first glimpse of the team!
• nw-indian-dad

  

  Just happy to see extra points kicked. Starting hope off a little at a time. Good scrimmage Northwest.
• Brutus

  well we have lots to work on, i think will be ok but we still need alot of work. iam sure that the coaches will correct some of the mistakes by 1st game
• oh yeah!!

  always can find things to work on the big things from the scrimmage is how to identify and stop the screen play that is about all perry had going for them besides this nw really played well and if it was a full game i would have to say they would have won by at least 2 plus tds i was amazed at the team speed that nw had....
• NWIndianNation01

  

  So who are the starters this year? Who is doing the kicking?
• fpfpdadchh

  I love this time of the year, leading up to game 1. Especially when it comes to Northwest / Orrville pre-game hype talk. It will be so strange not facing the Louisville's and West Branch teams. It sounds like the Northwest / Marlington match-up could have been a monster.
• nw-indian-dad

  

  Jordan Benson ..SR...soccer kid....really comsistant xp's and good from 40 in I hear. FINALLY!
• RedRider1

  

  ^^You've discovered the secret....just suit up a soccer kid. Kicker problems...SOLVED.
• NWIndianNation01

  

  Seems like I won't be making it Thursday either...so who else is starting this year at the other positions?
• Lockup Screen

  Glad to see Dan May back on the football field. Great WR and a great punter!!!!!!
• NWIndianNation01

  

  I was also glad to see Dan back! I was pretty upset when I heard he wasn't playing last year!
• Brutus

  CRICKET CRICKET CRICKET, why so quiet. a guy that works with me kid plays for minerva ,he said that minerva blew orrville up. 3tds to 0
• 1_beast

  

  Brutus;863487 wrote:CRICKET CRICKET CRICKET, why so quiet. a guy that works with me kid plays for minerva ,he said that minerva blew orrville up. 3tds to 0

  
  OH NO YOU DIDNT!!!!!!! WHAT?????
• Red Rider Nation

  Brutus;863487 wrote:CRICKET CRICKET CRICKET, why so quiet. a guy that works with me kid plays for minerva ,he said that minerva blew orrville up. 3tds to 0

  And tell that guy congratulations to him and his son. They won a scrimmage against a team with a conservative approach and Minerva is still 0-0. Lots to be proud of! Who wouldnt be proud of that? MAybe they will come watch us play in Week 11 when we are in the playoffs and they arent and he can sit there with his dad and say "Hey Dad, remember when we beat these guys in a scrimmage?" "Ya I do son, im so proud of you"
• Riderwannabe

  good for minerva they won 3 to 0 in a scrimmage,it means nothing orrville record is still 0 and 0 and so is minerva
• 1_beast

  

  So Minerva is that good??? Or Orrville was THAT conservative that they didnt score? I understand it was just a scrimmage....but every coach/kids surely wants to find the endzone....conservative or not!!!
• RedRider1

  

  What sort of computer points do you get for winning a scrimmage.
  
  Call Jostens...order some championship rings.