Week 12...Norwayne Bobcats vs. Orrville Red Riders

• RedRider

  Kudos to Wallace and Zimmerly, if you can't stop them, you have no shot at winning.
• OQB

  

  Those "fans" walking out were not real Orrville fans....most were your wcal brethren. and of course the Orrville people who just attended their first game of they year.
• O-Trap

  

  Okay, just got home after finding my car and grabbing a bite.
  
  1. Medina, if you want to host a playoff game AND you want to charge for parking, make sure parking isn't a nightmare and that you have enough space plotted out. Remember, this isn't Medina football, where not that many people care (I married a Medina grad). Have enough parking planned out, and if you don't please don't charge people $2 to park several blocks away off Medina grounds.
  
  2. I was very surprised at how easily Monheim went down when running the ball. Line-of-scrimmage battle aside, I know he's an animal, but it seemed like one or two Bobcats meeting him at the LOS brought him down without much pop. When that is combined with the Orrville offensive line not run blocking well, you get what you got tonight: runs mostly in the 0-3 yard range. It wasn't that they didn't run at first. They did. They just weren't getting anywhere with it. OQB can even verify that I texted him at halftime saying Orrville needed to get its running game together. It just didn't look good tonight. Some nights, the bear gets you, and tonight was that night for the Orrville rushing game.
  
  3. I have to speak to the line. Norwayne's defensive line did a HECK of a job meeting the run at the LOS (both up the middle and to the outside) and rushing Brenner, who was running all night. The Norwayne team as a whole isn't big, but it's QUICK, and it showed tonight against a slightly bigger (though not much more physical) but slower Orrville line.
  
  4. Wallace did what he does. The WRs go down field and then he beat the Orrville D around the outside. It's how he likes to run.
  
  5. I was curious why Brenner didn't do the same thing more often. Granted, Norwayne's defense is quick, but there were a couple times when spreading the field looked like it gave him a lane to run but still tried to force a pass. I was asking others why, but I didn't get an answer.
  
  6. Orrville's run D did not look good against the speed of the Norwayne line. Granted, Norwayne's offense is very explosive, but giving up such long gains to Zimmerly up the gut through a nice sized hole isn't where you expect a smaller, speed-oriented team to beat you. Kudos to the Bobcats for winning the LOS on both sides of the ball, and ESPECIALLY on some of those run plays.
  
  7. Tackle, tackle, tackle. Orrville tried a lot of arm tackling tonight, especially in the second half, and Wallace and Zimmerly ran through several arm tackles for extra yardage.
  
  8. One thing I saw from Wallace and one of the Norwayne receivers was that on runs up the sideline, when confronted by a defender, they lowered shoulders and hit the defender rather than just squirting out of bounds. I saw several Orrville plays (not counting the last drive when they were trying to stop the clock) where that happened, and I was surprised.
  
  
  All in all, Norwayne "out-physicalled" Orrville, and tonight, it made all the difference.
• catfan

  Jon Zimmerly will be fine. It's just a deep bruise. He will play next week. thanks for the concern. I want to congratulate the Bobcats on a huge victory tonight. I would also like to congratulate Orrville for a fantastic season. You are a great team that always does the people of Orrville proud.
  
  Thank you Cats for this fantastic ride. One away from a trip to state. You can do anything you put your minds to. Play hard. Lift each other up and you can do anything you put your minds to. We are so proud
• tinman 36

  

  Congrats to the boys at Norwayne and the coaching staff
• Mr Miyagi

  

  Congrats goes out to Norwayne from Miyagi
• Mr Miyagi

  

  O-Trap;970290 wrote: please don't charge people $2 to park several blocks away off Medina grounds.

  LOL!!!!! Miyagi and Bloody made a killing tonight charging 2 bucks to park !!! We were so surprised at how many people were foolish enough to fall for that old Strongsville gag......Sorry O Trap......It is amazing what a bright orange safety suit can do for you !!!!
• Thundercat

  O-Trap;970290 wrote:Okay, just got home after finding my car and grabbing a bite.
  
  1. Medina, if you want to host a playoff game AND you want to charge for parking, make sure parking isn't a nightmare and that you have enough space plotted out. Remember, this isn't Medina football, where not that many people care (I married a Medina grad). Have enough parking planned out, and if you don't please don't charge people $2 to park several blocks away off Medina grounds.
  
  2. I was very surprised at how easily Monheim went down when running the ball. Line-of-scrimmage battle aside, I know he's an animal, but it seemed like one or two Bobcats meeting him at the LOS brought him down without much pop. When that is combined with the Orrville offensive line not run blocking well, you get what you got tonight: runs mostly in the 0-3 yard range. It wasn't that they didn't run at first. They did. They just weren't getting anywhere with it. OQB can even verify that I texted him at halftime saying Orrville needed to get its running game together. It just didn't look good tonight. Some nights, the bear gets you, and tonight was that night for the Orrville rushing game.
  
  3. I have to speak to the line. Norwayne's defensive line did a HECK of a job meeting the run at the LOS (both up the middle and to the outside) and rushing Brenner, who was running all night. The Norwayne team as a whole isn't big, but it's QUICK, and it showed tonight against a slightly bigger (though not much more physical) but slower Orrville line.
  
  4. Wallace did what he does. The WRs go down field and then he beat the Orrville D around the outside. It's how he likes to run.
  
  5. I was curious why Brenner didn't do the same thing more often. Granted, Norwayne's defense is quick, but there were a couple times when spreading the field looked like it gave him a lane to run but still tried to force a pass. I was asking others why, but I didn't get an answer.
  
  6. Orrville's run D did not look good against the speed of the Norwayne line. Granted, Norwayne's offense is very explosive, but giving up such long gains to Zimmerly up the gut through a nice sized hole isn't where you expect a smaller, speed-oriented team to beat you. Kudos to the Bobcats for winning the LOS on both sides of the ball, and ESPECIALLY on some of those run plays.
  
  7. Tackle, tackle, tackle. Orrville tried a lot of tackling tonight, especially in the second half, and Wallace and Zimmerly ran through several arm tackles for extra yardage.
  
  8. One thing I saw from Wallace and one of the Norwayne receivers was that on runs up the sideline, when confronted by a defender, they lowered shoulders and hit the defender rather than just squirting out of bounds. I saw several Orrville plays (not counting the last drive when they were trying to stop the clock) where that happened, and I was surprised.
  
  
  All in all, Norwayne "out-physicalled" Orrville, and tonight, it made all the difference.

  It's called the Bobcat Cow Butt.
• oh yeah!!

  i think orrville was swagger jacked tonight great job cats!
• Bloody Toothbrush

  

  What a great evening for Football & shenanigans.....
  
  first up, football.....
  I was taken totally by surprise. Norwayne opened a can of whip donkey on Orrville. I never thought Norwayne would be able to run on the Rider defense.
  I also thought Orrville would be able to run on the Cat defense. Looks like I went 0 for 2.
  Congrats to Orrville on a nice season
  Congrats to Norwayne and good luck next week.
  
  
  secondly, shenanigans.....
  Made a few bucks parking rubes on a public street....P.T Barnum was right.......there's one born every minute.
  
  Got in free. We just walked right in an open side gate with our parking attendant vests on. The cop didn't even question us.
  
  Watched the wacky 50 or 60 year old Orrville fan with the cowboy hat and fringed coat attempt and sometimes fail at performing cartwheels.
  
  Miyagi broke his personal record for smoking cigarettes during a game.......16....and nobody complained....also a record.
  
  Noticed Aaron Dorksen has a man servant carrying a notebook at his beck and call....nice job perk...I personally would have a female (36-26-36) fill that position....but hey, whatever floats your boat Dorksen.
  
  quite an entertaining evening and we didn't even philander or drink.
• Riderwannabe

  cause Dorkson hates Orrville
• Mr Miyagi

  

  Bloody Toothbrush;970408 wrote: Made a few bucks parking rubes on a public street....P.T Barnum was right.......there's one born every minute.
  
  Watched the wacky 50 or 60 year old Orrville fan with the cowboy hat and fringed coat attempt and sometimes fail at performing cartwheels.

  next week maybe we should do the old "buy a 50/50 ticket in the parking lot before you go into the game gag"
  
  You kept saying , and Miyagi quotes you " I bet that guy doing cartwheels is BRF.......it's gotta be him !! "
• O-Trap

  

  Mr Miyagi;970330 wrote:Miyagi and Bloody made a killing tonight charging 2 bucks to park !!! We were so surprised at how many people were foolish enough to fall for that old Strongsville gag......Sorry O Trap......It is amazing what a bright orange safety suit can do for you !!!!

  Bloody Toothbrush;970408 wrote:Made a few bucks parking rubes on a public street....P.T Barnum was right.......there's one born every minute.

  Impressive. So which one of you was the woman whom I know personally (again, married a Medina girl and know a lot of the boosters, of which this woman was one) who took my $2?
• Mr Miyagi

  

  O-Trap;970413 wrote:Impressive. So which one of you was the woman whom I know personally (again, married a Medina girl and know a lot of the boosters, of which this woman was one) who took my $2?

  wanna buy a 50/50 ticket for next week ? Remember " A fool and his money are soon parted "
• O-Trap

  

  Mr Miyagi;970414 wrote:wanna buy a 50/50 ticket for next week ? Remember " A fool and his money are soon parted "

  Depends. Same woman?
• Bloody Toothbrush

  

  Miyagi....
  Gotta work next weekend. You may have to settle for Dead Bum.
  
  
  BRF.....
  Per our truce, I said nothing of the sort. Miyagi is trying to stir it up......again.
  
  
  OTrap....
  The "I'm a booster club member" is an oldy but a goody. Sorry she got ya.
  also beware of.....
  "I'm an off duty cop working the parking detail" & "yeah, it's my driveway......charge is $2"
  
  
  Miyagi & I broke no laws. We actually performed a valiant public sevice by guiding some folk into perfectly legal parallel parking spots then accepted donations from grateful civilians.
• O-Trap

  

  Oh I don't mind losing $2. I just didn't know one of you was a girl.
  
  I'm far less weirded out by you two and the relationship you seem to have now ... not that there would be anything wrong with that otherwise.
• Bloody Toothbrush

  

  Riderwannabe;970409 wrote:cause Dorkson hates Orrville

  I doubt it........and where did that come from?
• Bloody Toothbrush

  

  O-Trap;970429 wrote:Oh I don't mind losing $2. I just didn't know one of you was a girl.
  
  I'm far less weirded out by you two and the relationship you seem to have now ... not that there would be anything wrong with that otherwise.

  
  I can't decide whether your humor is just very dry or your reading comprehension is lacking.....
  
  either way, I'm glad it works for ya.
• O-Trap

  

  It's hard to communicate sarcastic humor over the web, but that was the gist of it.
• 1_beast

  

  BigDiehl;970097 wrote:Clearly the whole WCAL conference isn't better than Orrville. You can't tell that by just one game. But congrats to Norwayne now going to represent Wayne County in the playoffs

  just stfu
• Mookie22

  So norwayne isn't on orrville's level? Anyone still think that? LOL eat your crow arrogant rider fans. its not who you have played its how you play any given night! To you level headed rider fans this post was not directed to you. It was directed to the posters thinking that norwayne was going to get steam rolled and yada yada. Go cats and congrats on a fine season orrville!
• BigDiehl

  RiderFan0205;970228 wrote:Not only that, we clearly won the battle of the bands as well. Our band was very supportive and outstanding. Thanks to Mr. Jones and the band staff. You all did a fantastic job this year.

  Yes Norwayne's band was very small and our band was loud and very supportive! Means a lot having a great community supporting our band!
• Mr. 300

  

  I wonder if the Rider faithfull will be calling for the Doug's head again like they were in mid season? I mean, you just got rolled by a WCAL team, and rolled bad. Surely with those D1 recruits that filled the RR roster, there is no way this should have happened and heads have got to roll, right?? Come on, surely this staff has run its' course of RTR.
  
  Oh, and Dorkson hates Orrville?? That deserves major Lulz.:laugh:
• BigDiehl

  1_beast;970437 wrote:just stfu

  Very mature