2018 SOC2 Football

[star]

Burg and the rest doesn't matter

[Oak]

Burg and the rest doesn't matter

That's a great attitude

Wheelersburg returns skill on offense, but looses basically all the line and all the defense. They won't be near as good next year.

[bleed_blue]

Burg and the rest doesn't matter

That's a great attitude

Wheelersburg returns skill on offense, but looses basically all the line and all the defense. They won't be near as good next year.

They’ll still be pretty good and good enough to dominate the SOC again

[BurgGrad6]

Burg and the rest doesn't matter

That's a great attitude

Wheelersburg returns skill on offense, but looses basically all the line and all the defense. They won't be near as good next year.

Haha always negative about burg. Haters gonna hate. I guarantee burg smashes through the soc. They have a legit shot to make it back to canton next year!!

[star]

Have no clue yet how good the 2018 Pirates will be compared to this season but one thing is for sure all the other schools are to far behind to catch up to the Burg next season

[Sport Fan]

Burg and the rest doesn't matter

That's a great attitude

Wheelersburg returns skill on offense, but looses basically all the line and all the defense. They won't be near as good next year.

LOL, How many times do you hear this... This Year's Burg Team was the most deepest Team that I have ever seen on a D5 High School .... They had many kids not starting that would have started for most Teams.. They will be fine next year, 40 straight wins and a state championship builds confidence and an expectations to win wach game.

[Oak]

Burg and the rest doesn't matter

That's a great attitude

Wheelersburg returns skill on offense, but looses basically all the line and all the defense. They won't be near as good next year.

LOL, How many times do you hear this... This Year's Burg Team was the most deepest Team that I have ever seen on a D5 High School .... They had many kids not starting that would have started for most Teams.. They will be fine next year, 40 straight wins and a state championship builds confidence and an expectations to win wach game.

We heard this all year. How deep they were. How many played the last 2 games or any of the games until the score got out of hand? Very few. Several played both ways and most of the players were seniors. Try to convince yourself all you want, but they take a huge step back next year

[wobycat]

That's a great attitude

Wheelersburg returns skill on offense, but looses basically all the line and all the defense. They won't be near as good next year.

LOL, How many times do you hear this... This Year's Burg Team was the most deepest Team that I have ever seen on a D5 High School .... They had many kids not starting that would have started for most Teams.. They will be fine next year, 40 straight wins and a state championship builds confidence and an expectations to win wach game.

We heard this all year. How deep they were. How many played the last 2 games or any of the games until the score got out of hand? Very few. Several played both ways and most of the players were seniors. Try to convince yourself all you want, but they take a huge step back next year

You said that last year. The burg will be good again next year. It will eventually come back down but won’t happen next year. Of course anything but a state championship will be a step back, so if they don’t win that I guess that would be huge.

[Oak]

They had an excellent team this year. State championship was a great accomplishment. They will still be good, but nothing like this year especially defensively

[wobycat]

Agree but they will be better offensively if they can produce a solid line with One returning starter. There are plenty to choose from. I don’t worry about them defensively as much. It will be very hard to replace that unit but burg has a few coming back that has plenty of experience. They will be good enough to win most games.

[bleed_blue]

Burg and the rest doesn't matter

That's a great attitude

Wheelersburg returns skill on offense, but looses basically all the line and all the defense. They won't be near as good next year.

Haha always negative about burg. Haters gonna hate. I guarantee burg smashes through the soc. They have a legit shot to make it back to canton next year!!

It’s awful funny we haven’t heard a peep outta Oak for most of the year. Then as soon as the season is over he’s on here ready to go at Wheelersburg again. If Wheelersburg doesn’t win a title next year I guarantee he’s gonna be one of the first ones on here to rub it in. This guy can’t stand the success Wheelersburg has had in the past present and future. Oak needs to stay under his bridge where he has been hiding all season long.

[Sport Fan]

That's a great attitude

Wheelersburg returns skill on offense, but looses basically all the line and all the defense. They won't be near as good next year.

LOL, How many times do you hear this... This Year's Burg Team was the most deepest Team that I have ever seen on a D5 High School .... They had many kids not starting that would have started for most Teams.. They will be fine next year, 40 straight wins and a state championship builds confidence and an expectations to win wach game.

We heard this all year. How deep they were. How many played the last 2 games or any of the games until the score got out of hand? Very few. Several played both ways and most of the players were seniors. Try to convince yourself all you want, but they take a huge step back next year

Burg had one offensive lineman played two ways (#71), Burg skill kids were #30 (Jr), #32 (Sr), #20 (Jr), #29 (So), #10 (Sr), #13 (Sr), #6 (So), #4 (Sr), #12 (Sr) #16 (Jr). These skill guys are not including the Jr QB and #2 (Jr) ... That is 10 skill positions that played in State game, 1 did not due to injury.

Here are the new starters Burg had on D this year that did not start 2016. #52 end (Sr), #71 DT (Sr), #29 FS (So), #30 SS (Jr), #6 SS (S0), #10 (Sr) and we have #60 returning LB, so yea I think they will reload .....

[falcon117]

I think people are underestimating the falcons next year. Hopefully the kids that need to be playing will play and it won't just be the parents of seniors deciding who plays. I am told that the seniors and juniors to be love to play together and actually love football. Everybody seems to forget that if certain thing go the falcons way last year they are 6-4. I'm not saying they will contend for the SOC, i'm just saying that from what i'm hearing, the kids that will be leading the team next year are tired of losing

Only kid I think should get a real shot that didn't would be the freshman that will be a sophomore this coming season

Falcons will return their QB, who had a solid year, and their best defensive player Lindamood. The O-Line will be a big question mark once again, but I can see them competing for a 3rd place finish in the SOC

[Portsmouth98]

I would think Valley would start to show some more improvement this year. When is the last time they had 3 losing seasons in a row? I would imagine it was the early 90's.

[BurgGrad6]

LOL, How many times do you hear this... This Year's Burg Team was the most deepest Team that I have ever seen on a D5 High School .... They had many kids not starting that would have started for most Teams.. They will be fine next year, 40 straight wins and a state championship builds confidence and an expectations to win wach game.

We heard this all year. How deep they were. How many played the last 2 games or any of the games until the score got out of hand? Very few. Several played both ways and most of the players were seniors. Try to convince yourself all you want, but they take a huge step back next year

Burg had one offensive lineman played two ways (#71), Burg skill kids were #30 (Jr), #32 (Sr), #20 (Jr), #29 (So), #10 (Sr), #13 (Sr), #6 (So), #4 (Sr), #12 (Sr) #16 (Jr). These skill guys are not including the Jr QB and #2 (Jr) ... That is 10 skill positions that played in State game, 1 did not due to injury.

Here are the new starters Burg had on D this year that did not start 2016. #52 end (Sr), #71 DT (Sr), #29 FS (So), #30 SS (Jr), #6 SS (S0), #10 (Sr) and we have #60 returning LB, so yea I think they will reload .....

If all the cards play out right, Burg will be unstoppable next year!

[fbnut]

I think the burg fans have heard every offseason for years that they lost to much and won’t be as good. The burg will field a very talented team next year. Skill position wise they will be very hard for teams to matchup with. May see a little smaller quicker D-line. I have confidence the burg coaches will put a solid o-line on the feild.

[LucasDavenport]

I would think Valley would start to show some more improvement this year. When is the last time they had 3 losing seasons in a row? I would imagine it was the early 90's.

Valley since 2000

2000—5-5
2001—8-2
2002—8-2
2003—8-2
2004—7-3
2005—11-2

Enter SOC2

2006—5-5
2007—4-6
2008—5-5
2009—7-3
2010—8-2
2011—12-1. SOC2 champs
2012—12-1. SOC2 champs
2013—11-1. SOC2 champs
2014—11-3
2015—9-2
2016—1-9
2017—3-7

[Abe Froman]

The outlook for SOC II in 2018 is similar to 2017, let's face it. Burg, then West should be very good also. Out of conference schedule for Burg is the toughest yet.

Burg success is sort of a self-fulfilling prophecy now, everyone has bought in, that momentum is ridiculously hard to duplicate or start, but once you have it you have it. Very similar to a Coldwater, Marion Local, Hartley type of mentality now among players and staff and community. Kids will respond to the expectations I think.

[greygoose]

The outlook for SOC II in 2018 is similar to 2017, let's face it. Burg, then West should be very good also. Out of conference schedule for Burg is the toughest yet.

Burg success is sort of a self-fulfilling prophecy now, everyone has bought in, that momentum is ridiculously hard to duplicate or start, but once you have it you have it. Very similar to a Coldwater, Marion Local, Hartley type of mentality now among players and staff and community. Kids will respond to the expectations I think.

Yep they say it takes money to make money. Well in sports it takes success to make success, kids want to play for ball clubs that win. Look no farther than the number of kids these small schools are producing on their team. Yeah you'll graduate a really good class and maybe the class below isn't quite as good but you know what the they'll get you 8-10 wins because they've been around that success and know what it takes to achieve it. Now Waverly has had some success last couple years but they've had some pretty talented players come through, so let's see what happens with their program this year. Do they reload and end up with 7 wins or better which would be good considering what skilled players they're replacing. Or does it take time for those players to figure things out and they end up 5-5 ball club because of their schedule.

Said it in an earlier post but I honestly believe not really next year but I think the 2019 season you could see one of the most talented SOC II divisions from top to bottom then we've seen in quite a while. If that happens with players I've seen and know that's coming up that could hold serve for the SOC II for at least a couple 2-3 years in terms of parity within the league.

[Osu fan]

Have to believe the SOC 2 is Burgs to lose next year and the year after next, and the year after that, and well you get the point.