Division V rankings and early speculation

[greygoose]

Ironton lost 3 straight games to end the season. Burg got to state again

Yeah and both teams ended their season losing to the Johnnies, 1 played a close game and 1 literally got ran out of the stadium. Good thing it's 2019 season and quite frankly preseason rankings don't mean anything, simply something for people to talk about. Wins and computer points is what matters, that's what gets you into week 11 and work towards every teams end goal of a state title.

goose, you is gonna have every pirate on here chasin after you. the good news is ole bait might get a break in the action. we tiger fans cain't talk about the past. just the burgers can.

LOL, none of them have said anything yet. There really isn't much that can be said, I try to remain unbias towards all teams no matter how harsh it comes off sometimes. I just had to respond to that users comment about Tigers losing 3 straight to close the season like it played some sort of pivotal role in this years outcome. Honestly I think if anything it should help Ironton going forward, it showed them that you can't play well and be successful for 2/3 of a season and just start showing up for games thinking you're going to win, you have to finish the job. I think that's something Pendleton will drive home this year and use it as motivation. I do look forward to trying to get to a Ironton game this year, would like to see the improvements and check out Carrico as well.

[eagles73Taylor]

I hope not jolly. I think we have a keeper. tiger fans have been around long enough not to put much stock in preseason polls. we feel coach Pendleton is the real deal. and now he is our ad. so somebody is seeing big things from him. it's exciting to be excited.

Trevon in place as AD has nothing at all to do with success (or failure for that matter) of the football season. I can assure you he got the AD job believing he will be fair and equitable to all kids and programs at IHS regardless. He is a high quality individual who has the very best plan and intentions for ALL, athletes, school and parents regardless of what sport is involved. Write that down.

I’m sure he will. But who cares? Can anyone name the burgs ad or Jackson or Minford or waverly? ADs are about scheduling games, and make ups, and taking care of money and security. They honestly don’t have time for much more than that. I still can’t believe they are going to let a coach do it.

Jared Shaw at Burg, Bo Annett Waverly, Kristin Ruby Minford, Joe Albrecht Portsmouth, Lafon was at Ironton I think still is, Keith Detwiller at Piketon! I know a bunch of these AD’s, they all do a good job!

[Gone Country]

I couldn't name an AD @ Ironton that wasn't a coach in some capacity in one sport or another. The question is if the AD can be equitable and balanced with the money and privileges to all teams in the system regardless if he coaches or not. Mike Burcham is in the Ohio sports Hall of Fame as an AD, coached through the Lutz years and was AD concurrently. I doubt anyone in the know would question the results through those years. It is a tough job with many facets. Delegation is key. Trevon or his brother attended most all Ironton sports contests before he became AD including Jr High and Little League. He has big plans for the future for Ironton sports all inclusive.

[YOU'RE TIGER BAIT]

You keep talking about variables changing. That's cool and all but you guys have no clue what these mysterious changing variables will profit the Tigers in week 1. There could be variables changing the variables that have changed causing more variables to change.

My point is, this is a game between high school kids. You can't logically sit behind a keyboard in your parent's basement soaking up all the free wifi and expect to type it into existence.

If Burg scores first, I want to see how Ironton responds. That's a variable I'd like to see. If Burg stretches the lead to 2 tds late in the 4th, that's the variable I'd like to see. We know how Burg responds to adversity. But Ironton has the past 6-7 years of taking beatings they have to get past. Will they fold? I hope not.

See, you did it again.

"If burg scores first and blah blah blah Why do you feel compelled to narrate these fictitious scenarios in your head? Read what I am saying instead of focusing on your emotions. It's not that deep.

Bro. Ironton MAY be good this year. Why don't you hold off until they win the lowly OVC and then we can talk. Yout act like they've already won it all. Save it for Aug. 30th. Then let's talk. I'm taking burg 28-13. What say you?

lowly ovc. yeah, the soc is obviously the premiere conference around here. you got burg and burg. get over yourself and realize how close they are to mirror images. and you wonder why everyone wants to see burg get tripped up. no matter who does it.

[Orange and Brown]

Trevon in place as AD has nothing at all to do with success (or failure for that matter) of the football season. I can assure you he got the AD job believing he will be fair and equitable to all kids and programs at IHS regardless. He is a high quality individual who has the very best plan and intentions for ALL, athletes, school and parents regardless of what sport is involved. Write that down.

I’m sure he will. But who cares? Can anyone name the burgs ad or Jackson or Minford or waverly? ADs are about scheduling games, and make ups, and taking care of money and security. They honestly don’t have time for much more than that. I still can’t believe they are going to let a coach do it.

Jared Shaw at Burg, Bo Annett Waverly, Kristin Ruby Minford, Joe Albrecht Portsmouth, Lafon was at Ironton I think still is, Keith Detwiller at Piketon! I know a bunch of these AD’s, they all do a good job!

The AD position is becoming a part time job at more and more schools. Rusty Richards is currently the AD at Nelsonville-York as well as head football coach. He has site managers that help so that he can focus on coaching.
Belpres AD coaches Softball. She happens to be one of the best AD's in Southeastern Ohio.

[eagles73Taylor]

I’m sure he will. But who cares? Can anyone name the burgs ad or Jackson or Minford or waverly? ADs are about scheduling games, and make ups, and taking care of money and security. They honestly don’t have time for much more than that. I still can’t believe they are going to let a coach do it.

Jared Shaw at Burg, Bo Annett Waverly, Kristin Ruby Minford, Joe Albrecht Portsmouth, Lafon was at Ironton I think still is, Keith Detwiller at Piketon! I know a bunch of these AD’s, they all do a good job!

The AD position is becoming a part time job at more and more schools. Rusty Richards is currently the AD at Nelsonville-York as well as head football coach. He has site managers that help so that he can focus on coaching.
Belpres AD coaches Softball. She happens to be one of the best AD's in Southeastern Ohio.

It’s becoming part time money wise, but time wise full time and then some! As the Great Mr. DJ Owens says, AD is everything he hates about sports and nothing he likes!

[wobycat]

Jared Shaw at Burg, Bo Annett Waverly, Kristin Ruby Minford, Joe Albrecht Portsmouth, Lafon was at Ironton I think still is, Keith Detwiller at Piketon! I know a bunch of these AD’s, they all do a good job!

The AD position is becoming a part time job at more and more schools. Rusty Richards is currently the AD at Nelsonville-York as well as head football coach. He has site managers that help so that he can focus on coaching.
Belpres AD coaches Softball. She happens to be one of the best AD's in Southeastern Ohio.

It’s becoming part time money wise, but time wise full time and then some! As the Great Mr. DJ Owens says, AD is everything he hates about sports and nothing he likes!

I agree. I asked the ad if he was ever home, he said rarely was he able to go home at a decent hour. He doesn’t coach anything that I know of. I’m sure there are site managers but the ad is ultimately responsible.

[fbnut]

See, you did it again.

"If burg scores first and blah blah blah Why do you feel compelled to narrate these fictitious scenarios in your head? Read what I am saying instead of focusing on your emotions. It's not that deep.

Bro. Ironton MAY be good this year. Why don't you hold off until they win the lowly OVC and then we can talk. Yout act like they've already won it all. Save it for Aug. 30th. Then let's talk. I'm taking burg 28-13. What say you?

lowly ovc. yeah, the soc is obviously the premiere conference around here. you got burg and burg. get over yourself and realize how close they are to mirror images. and you wonder why everyone wants to see burg get tripped up. no matter who does it.

SOC may be top heavy but I think most would rank it above OVC top to bottom
May be off a game or 2 but head to head
2018 SOC 8-2
2017 SOC 8-3
I included oakhill since they move into SOC 2 this year

[Jolly P(irate)]

See, you did it again.

"If burg scores first and blah blah blah Why do you feel compelled to narrate these fictitious scenarios in your head? Read what I am saying instead of focusing on your emotions. It's not that deep.

Bro. Ironton MAY be good this year. Why don't you hold off until they win the lowly OVC and then we can talk. Yout act like they've already won it all. Save it for Aug. 30th. Then let's talk. I'm taking burg 28-13. What say you?

lowly ovc. yeah, the soc is obviously the premiere conference around here. you got burg and burg. get over yourself and realize how close they are to mirror images. and you wonder why everyone wants to see burg get tripped up. no matter who does it.

The same reason Burg wants to smash Ironton every year. And the same reason everyone wants Ironton to fail. Yea, I get it.

But let's not get back to comparing the SOCII to the ovc. There is no comparison.

[YOU'RE TIGER BAIT]

oh the almighty soc eh.

[YOU'RE TIGER BAIT]

what a hoot.
get over yourselves.

[Mad-Dogg]

Ironton, even in their lean years after Lutz, has always had the raw talent to compete with anybody in SE Ohio. It just took a head coach like Pendleton to re-energize and develop the Tiger talent. As for Wheelersburg, under Coach Woodward, they reload instead of rebuild, so shed no tears for the Pirates who could potentially lose (gasp) three games due to an upgraded non conference schedule. The bottom line is that when Ironton and The Burg are competitive, it elevates the brand of high school football in our part of the state.

Agreed, and ironically my early predictor has Burg doing exactly that = 3 losses. ( Ironton, Hartley, Ashland)

All subject to change of course per info disclosed in the coming weeks.

Keep dreaming

[Mad-Dogg]

I’m gonna go ahead and say it right now. The winner of this game will more than likely take 19 but I will say this. Burg vs ironton in week 13. Rather it’s at portsmouth or jackson that I can’t say but there will be a rematch

[YOU'RE TIGER BAIT]

I would tend to agree with you doggie. I hope all is well brother.
lotsa football to be played, lotsa big matchups.

[ohbuckeye2]

You can’t forget about Ridgewood in Region 19, they finished 10-2 last year, losing to Meadowbrook in the Regional Semifinals. They return just about everyone from last year and they’re preseason #4 in D5

6 of the Preseason top 10 are in Region 19.

[YOU'RE TIGER BAIT]

gonna be a rough division to not only win but compete for playoff rights in.

[wobycat]

You can’t forget about Ridgewood in Region 19, they finished 10-2 last year, losing to Meadowbrook in the Regional Semifinals. They return just about everyone from last year and they’re preseason #4 in D5

6 of the Preseason top 10 are in Region 19.

Ridgewood is a solid program that does it right.

[Bleeding Red]

You can’t forget about Ridgewood in Region 19, they finished 10-2 last year, losing to Meadowbrook in the Regional Semifinals. They return just about everyone from last year and they’re preseason #4 in D5

6 of the Preseason top 10 are in Region 19.

Like I said, Region 19 is stacked this year!

[Crab's Brother]

oh the almighty soc eh.

Bro. Ironton MAY be good this year. Why don't you hold off until they win the lowly OVC and then we can talk. Yout act like they've already won it all. Save it for Aug. 30th. Then let's talk. I'm taking burg 28-13. What say you?

lowly ovc. yeah, the soc is obviously the premiere conference around here. you got burg and burg. get over yourself and realize how close they are to mirror images. and you wonder why everyone wants to see burg get tripped up. no matter who does it.

The same reason Burg wants to smash Ironton every year. And the same reason everyone wants Ironton to fail. Yea, I get it.

But let's not get back to comparing the SOCII to the ovc. There is no comparison.

I did this last year but I will add to it....Last 11 years....SOC II is 95-17 against the OVC.

Wheelersburg is 23-0
West 31-5
Valley 27-9
Minford 11-1
Waverly 3-2

There is literally zero comparison.

[Jason Vorhees]

If you wish to include Oak Hill into the mix since they’re moving up to the SOC2 this year, in the past 11 years, Oak Hill is 17-8 in that same time frame. That would bring the total to 112-25.