I think you all complaining about the conference is over rated now. Majority of the teams there are teams ya'll used to play for years anyway.
Even with the mess Friday, I am glad SC and Lincolnton provide competition and athletes. It was much worse before but we at least got more non-conference games to go with it.
When is a SCORE of 28 to 21 CONVINCINGLY.
Yea, he got me on the convincingly part too. The only loss in the county that was convincingly was the final with Burns and KM. That game was 12-7 and KM ran away with it. The rest of the county games were neck and neck. I am convinced this dude wears a Shelby jersey to bed at night.
They are great Shelby fans and big supporters of the program. I have a friend that I have not seen wearing anything but a Crest shirt or a Bradley's shirt in at least 10 years. I would bet anything he sleeps in green at night. Great guy who loves his Chargers.
If TRUE that is SAD.
Are we really surprised because I’m not..When last years HC left for a Coordinator job the writing was on the wall
21-7 at half
Looks like they are playing HH this week so maybe it was just a rumor.
I'm not sure that you understood what I said, because I am arguing against, but also defending your point. Classifications mean nothing when it comes to quality of a program and a pool of talent. Shelby, because of their program standards and the pool of talent that they get to pick from puts them in a position to line up with any team in the state; no matter the classification. Not saying they would be favored but could line up and compete. The size of the school means nothing if they don't give a dang about football. I have argued there are schools in the area that have a pool of talented players to pick from (East Rutherford), but have no tradition, and no expectations; that equals no banners in the stadium. But the flip of that is to play against a...let's say Garinger. I will give anyone in the state Garinger and 28 points against Shelby. My money is a safe as a baby in her mom's arms. Garinger has a MUCH larger student body but no tradition. (Also, do they have a pool of talent). The only time classification means anything, is if they have a football tradition and a pool of talent that wants to play. Or, for you old farts, if Tommy Knotts is the coach and can get all the top talent in Charlotte to move to that school.
Or someone could say you almost blew it in the second half. They held you to 7 in the 2nd half too. That is not very convincing. Shelby won but a convincing win is not getting out scored 14-7 in the second half. You can "if we had not" all day. In a convincing win, you would not have to say "had we not". Convincingly means there are no what ifs. 32-7 vs Burns was pretty convincing and my team was on the losing end of it.
Well I could play the what if game with you. Our best OL got injured on the second series and did not play the rest of the game. He was manhandling your defensive tackles who started playing much better after he went out. His injury took away our pulling plays we run with him a lot. Your defense looked a lot better once he was out of the game. The self inflicted penalties and mistakes we had played a part more than anything. Shelby had 32 rushes for 92yds and 16-26 236yds passing. Thats not total control. Kings Mountain have corrected their mistakes from game 1, made changes in their defensive front/secondary, and look like a totally different team. Defensive changes, more offensive tempo, and a freshman qb with varsity games under his belt. Also running through the 3A playoffs isn’t the same as running through the 6A playoffs. Take your week 1 win and be happy. Our offensive guard on the first two series of the Shelby game before his injury:
Like RS in 2001. We saw them practicing against air and air seemed to be holding it's own.
Unless something changes in the past two weeks NG has around 32 varsity players and fielded a jv team this year with more players than varsity.
Everything you said is correct but the game is a four qtr game. Gotta stay on the field in big games.
Defensively I believe the Dawgs biggest challenge will be the Cramer front seven.
Shelby and Burns will be huge challenges over the next few weeks. Everyone knows and respects how tough the CC schools are. Huge opportunity for our team.
I was referencing the 4A playoffs. Burns will be a tough out if they get there healthy. Not too many 4As will have the physicality to match in the trenches.
Oh yeah I know. I was just giving props to the CC teams we play and the fact we get to see Burns before the playoffs.
Or it could be that Burns made adjustments and found what they wanted. Did Mayfield being ejected change things? Absolutely without a doubt. But did it make a difference of 35 points in the 2nd half? No. We outscored them 49-14 after half. 1 player no matter how good they are makes up that big a gap. And let's not forget that Burns defense only allowed a VERY VERY good offense to score 14 after half. And they pretty much had the ball the entire 2nd half because we were scoring in 1-3 plays every time. 7 possessions and 7 scores after half while our defense shut them down for the most part.
I said this before the season and I still think it's true. I don't think any of the 4 of us goes unbeaten in conference. Everybody will have at least 1 loss, and not to any of the other 5 teams
He also mentioned he barely had any carries in the first half. It’s almost as if Burns wore them down and then decided to ground and pound with
