enigmaax wrote:Might have also had something to do with their plummeting enrollment. That district has been in sad shape and it probably isn't going to get much better any time soon. The move made sense.SEOP12 wrote:They used to be in the Ohio but couldnt win so the league moved them downOrange and Brown wrote: They are a D7 school, why in the world would they even consider moving to the Ohio???
The Hocking is as close to perfect as it is going to get for a small school league. I mention this every time the topic comes up - it is almost a guarantee that the Hocking's top 3 teams will make the playoffs every year and they've had a few upsets that have cost them four spots in a season (it could easily happen).ArmChairQB wrote:The Hocking would be better off If they would drop Wahamma or better yet SG,
I have heard nothing positive about the trip to SG!
This setup has been posted numerous times and I'll say again, it's horrible. The small schools have zero reason to alter their setup. If the big schools (Athens, VC) wanted to compete against Logan & Warren for league titles, they wouldn't be in the TVC right now. The TVC Hocking had virtually that same small school setup you posted here at one time and it didn't do much for any of the schools involved. 6-4 league champs and the league getting no one in the playoffs isn't much fun. Easy scheduling, guaranteed points for your top teams...there's nothing wrong with the Hocking Division.Rufus wrote:Yeah..I think the most logistical thing would be to move a Hocking team over to the Ohio, but which ones would be able to compete? Trimble? Waterford has had a decent stretch as of late, but both of those schools are so small. Is Fed Hock the biggest school in the Hocking? I thought the TVC expansion would have been great for the league, but apparently I was in the minority. A league that looked like this would be fun to watch:
Logan
Jackson
Athens
Warren
Vinton County
Meigs
Alexander
Wellston
River Valley
Nelsonville-York
Fed Hock
Belpre
Trimble
Southern
Miller
Waterford
S. Gallia
Eastern
I think that is everyone except for Wahama, which I've always thought should be in a league in WV just because there are different rules and regulations they need to follow around tournament time. That leaves everyone with 5 league games for football and they could schedule with TVC teams in other divisions for their non league. Always seemed to make sense to me at least.
By gosh enigmaax I think you're onto something. I can't think of a much better way to say it.