FB: Ohio Athletic Conference

[reality check]

All I know is that more than a couple Raider fans seem to be interested in where he lands.  Therefore he's a kid I would be happy for LK to not have the opportunity to develop. 

The "Aida" comment is funny because it reminded me of a brief article that Sports Illustrated did about 7 years ago on the Wilson football factory in Ada and the story about the NFL Super Bowl balls before the big game.  They managed to call it "Aida" throughout  the story.  Great research on their part. 

The factory has been a "good times" story over the years though.  I know when Vagedes was getting his looks around the NFL and in Europe, it was written about how he spent the summer working at the football factory in hopes of catching some of those balls the following season for a pro team. 

Now everyone can go back to their postulations about Kuhn's eventual landing spot.

[e_lee]

I am gonna agree with RC on this one and hope that Kuhn ends up at Walsh.  Cavaliers, I think.  I might call my contact on the Walsh coaching staff and see where he ends up.

[raiderguy]

e_lee,

No need to call Walsh. Kuhn will do fine at MUC.

No sense in upsetting his mom and think how nice it would be for her to see her son play so close to home.

I still don't see any draw for Walsh. Didn't when I lived in Alliance and I can't imagine anything has improved in the Canton school now.

JMO

[HScoach]

I'm as interested as anyone is seeing Kuhn at Mount only because he's a very good HS player that is a local boy that I've seen play numerous times in covering the HS games.   If his heart is in it, I'm sure he could be a player at the D3 level, not big enough or fast enough for D1.    But then again I was excited to see Eric Heinzer, Stark County Player of the Year (2000?) at LB.  But after sitting at 3rd string of the FRESHMAN team, Heinzer transfered to out (to Malone?) due to a lack of playing time.  So I'm a little hesitant to get my panties in a wad over where Drew Kuhn ends up.  What fate awaits Kuhn depends on too many things for me to crown him a "difference maker", especially at Mount. 

[e_lee]

Going to my first NASCAR race this weekend. 

Is it a breach of etiquette if I drink Miller Lite while cheering on the #8 Budweiser car?

Is it a breach of etiquette if I keep my shirt on the entire race?

[HScoach]

No, but knowing how to spell etiquette is!

So is having a full set of teeth.

[b4uknewit]

ZOOM ZOOM

[reality check]

No, but knowing how to spell etiquette is!

Forget "etiquette", I think spelling "breach" correctly would put you in the top percentile.

[paohca]

e-lee,how many middle aged white women with a black eye did  you see at the nascar race?

[reality check]

Seeing as how time is creeping by and there is little good football to talk about, I thought I would see what my esteemed colleagues in the OAC board thought of this article I came across today on ESPN.com.

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/news/story?id=2457707

It caught my eye because I am still residing in CT and I think that high school football is already viewed by most as a total joke.  I was scoffed when I told a coworker I intended on seeing my town's high school play a rival school last fall.  The general attitude of most is that if you don't have a kid on the team or have friends/family directly involved, there is absolutely no reason/excuse to see a high school football game.

Needless to say the attitude of most came as a shock to me being from football country.  I think this new rule is actually another sign that they don't take their football seriously.  To me it's inexcuseable.  I am curious what your first reactions are.  Instead of promoting working to be more competitive, I read this movement to encourage teams to play down to their competition subject to penalty if they do not.  I'm not saying I support running up the score, but to penalize a coach or school for winning by 50+ seems a but shaky to me, especially since they reject running clocks.  It appears to me that Connecticut high school athletics is more concerned with participation certificates than competitive sports.

What would you say if they imposed this  type of rule in Ohio?  Any thoughts?

[matblake]

I don't know about Ohio, but it just seems crazy if they are willing to reject the running clock.  Theoretically, the 2nd stringers could lose out because the coach has to put in the 3rd string to keep the game competitive.  Also, I don't think this addresses different enrollments at schools.  2 small schools with just enough kids on each side to play but different skill levels might be affected by this rule.  I'm all for sportsmanship, but how do you tell one of your teams 3 running backs that they can't go for a touchdown, particularly if it is there.

[seventiesraider]

Let me get this right: The mercy rules jumps from PeeWee baseball to high school football and we are penalizing the winners. (Politically correct football)  As a coach and parent in one of the smallest school districts in Ohio, we know that we have to out work bigger schools, not expect them to play down to our level. I'd be interested what a few of E_Lee's SC high school parents would think about that rule.

[jdean]

Time for me to jump in with my un-PC comments. I thought I would find a woman was behind this but its Tony, not Toni, so this time I'll apologize to the ladies for being wrong (again).
Why have any clock? Let them play until a player says he's tired or humiliated, or a mom cries, or the cheerleaders leave for TacoBell, or the stripes call the game, or the ACLU sues because someone is being deprived of his right to a gentlemanly loss. I wonder if football is being singled out or if this will leak into basketball or soccer (2 - 0  GASP!). How about track--will the front runners have to hop until the kids behind catch up? What's next Tony--requiring any team that wins by 50 or more to play 3 girls at the same time for one full Q? 

[seventiesraider]

Oxymoron of the day: Politically correct football!

Your right JDean, why just football. My team lost a few track meets by 90 plus points this year. The kids didn't seem to notice, but it sure hurt my feelings.

BTW While we're talking track, MUC qualified number 1 in the 4x100 at NCAA Nationals today beating the old stadium record New Jersey City U had just set. In fact, all the qualifiers beat the old stadium record.  Anything Garcon is the third fastest in has got to be fast.

[Pat Coleman]

That's because the "old stadium record" isn't very old at all. The stadium is about two years old.