Week 8: Wheelersburg vs Waverly

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Jason Vorhees wrote: Fri Oct 08, 2021 11:14 pm
yabbadabbadoo wrote: Fri Oct 08, 2021 11:04 pm
Jason Vorhees wrote: Fri Oct 08, 2021 11:02 pm This will be the 57th consecutive season that Wheelersburg finishes with at least a .500 record. Assuming that they win the league championship, it’ll be the 35th Championship in that same time span.
That is very impressive!! That has to be some kind of National record.

Also, kept the streak alive of 20 years in a row of winning there Homecoming game. Last lost in 2001.
Though I am from a fellow SOC2 School, many a time have I heard fans from every school say, “Wheelersburg is down this year” or “They’re not as good as last year.” Wheelersburg holds themselves to a higher standard. It’s something to admire, and more importantly, respect. I’m a fan of local schools having just as much success as the community I’m from.

I think the reason that Wheelersburg won the game tonight is that they knew to grind the tempo down and to try to not make it a track meet. Wheelersburg won the game at the line of scrimmage. If Waverly is to make a run in the playoffs, they’ll learn from this loss. I have a lot of respect for Waverly and I think they’ll be just fine moving forward.


I said that early on in this thread. The only way Burg wins is if they ground and pound and keep Waverly’s offense on the sideline. I didn’t get the total yardage but it had to be a huge edge to Burg. Burg shot themselves in the foot those first three drives and only came away with 3 points. Still don’t understand how you don’t pound it in there with Derrick Lattimore. I know he’s been fighting a foot injury all year but he sure looked healthy tonight and still kept getting yanked. Kid is a beast.


Everyone gauged Burg on that first game against Ironton. Not taking anything from Ironton but Burg was no way ready to play that game. They had had only one scrimmage against a weak Raceland team and had a lot of players playing out of place. They are a totally different team now and playing very well right now. I believe they are a real deal in region 19.


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Re: Week 8: Wheelersburg vs Waverly

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Congratulations to Wheelersburg on the win, much deserved.
Waverly with more total offensive yards and first downs.
The punt return for a TD hurt and then the only Pirate TD was the winner m the 4th with Waverly busted coverage - no defender close.

Waverly DEFENSE played their tales off and held the Pirates offense to 1 TD. You would think that means a Tiger victory but not tonight.

Tigers must regroup and figure out how to beat a very very good Minford team next week. A loss to Minford and Waverly will be on the road first round of the playoffs.

I will share the stats in a minute.


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Re: Week 8: Wheelersburg vs Waverly

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Team Statistics (4th qtr [00:36])
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Waverly Tigers vs Wheelersburg Pirates (Oct 08, 2021 at Wheelersburg HS)

WAVERLY BURG

FIRST DOWNS................... 17 15
Rushing..................... 8 12
Passing..................... 8 1
Penalty..................... 1 2
NET YARDS RUSHING............. 168 266
Rushing Attempts............ 33 47
Average Per Rush............ 5.1 5.7
Rushing Touchdowns.......... 2 0
Yards Gained Rushing........ 173 278
Yards Lost Rushing.......... 5 12
NET YARDS PASSING............. 163 46
Completions-Attempts-Int.... 20-38-0 2-4-0
Average Per Attempt......... 4.3 11.5
Average Per Completion...... 8.1 23.0
Passing Touchdowns.......... 0 1
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS........... 331 312
Total offense plays......... 71 51
Average Gain Per Play....... 4.7 6.1
Fumbles: Number-Lost.......... 0-0 0-0
Penalties: Number-Yards....... 6-40 7-71
PUNTS-YARDS................... 6-220 4-202
Average Yards Per Punt...... 36.7 50.5
Net Yards Per Punt.......... 25.0 49.2
Inside 20................... 1 3
50+ Yards................... 0 2
Touchbacks.................. 0 0
Fair catch.................. 0 1
KICKOFFS-YARDS................ 3-147 5-288
Average Yards Per Kickoff... 49.0 57.6
Net Yards Per Kickoff....... 34.3 36.0
Touchbacks.................. 0 1
Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD. 1-5-0 4-70-1
Average Per Return.......... 5.0 17.5
Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 4-88-0 2-44-0
Average Per Return.......... 22.0 22.0
Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD.. 0-0-0 0-0-0
Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD. 0-0-0 0-0-0
Miscellaneous Yards........... 0 0
Possession Time............... 19:58 27:26
1st Quarter................. 2:02 9:58
2nd Quarter................. 4:28 7:32
3rd Quarter................. 6:12 5:48
4th Quarter................. 7:16 4:08
Third-Down Conversions........ 9 of 19 4 of 12
Fourth-Down Conversions....... 2 of 3 0 of 1
Red-Zone Scores-Chances....... 2-2 1-3
Sacks By: Number-Yards........ 1-0 0-0
PAT Kicks..................... 2-2 1-1
Field Goals................... 0-0 2-3


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Waverly Tigers



Rushing No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg
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Jace Hurd 25 132 2 130 2 15 5.2
Wade Futhey 6 34 3 31 0 12 5.2
Mark Stulley 2 7 0 7 0 6 3.5
Totals... 33 173 5 168 2 15 5.1

Passing Att-Cmp-Int Yds TD Long Sack
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Wade Futhey 38-20-0 163 0 24 0
Totals... 38-20-0 163 0 24 0

Receiving No. Yds TD Long
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Penn Morrison 8 75 0 14
Mark Stulley 7 58 0 24
Jace Hurd 3 21 0 13
Will Futhey 2 9 0 5
Totals... 20 163 0 24

Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB
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JT Barnett 6 220 36.7 44 1 0
Totals... 6 220 36.7 44 1 0

Punts Kickoffs Intercept
All Returns No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg
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Penn Morrison 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mark Stulley 0 0 0 4 88 27 0 0 0
Totals... 1 5 5 4 88 27 0 0 0

Field goal attempts
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Kickoffs No. Yds TB OB Avg
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Keagan Smith 3 147 0 1 49.0


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Wheelersburg Pirates



Rushing No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg
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D Lattimore 8 91 0 91 0 31 11.4
Eli Jones 16 73 3 70 0 14 4.4
Ethan Glover 14 67 4 63 0 11 4.5
Eric Lattimore 6 42 5 37 0 21 6.2
Creed Warren 1 3 0 3 0 3 3.0
Eli Swords 2 2 0 2 0 2 1.0
Totals... 47 278 12 266 0 31 5.7

Passing Att-Cmp-Int Yds TD Long Sack
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Eli Jones 4-2-0 46 1 38 1
Totals... 4-2-0 46 1 38 1

Receiving No. Yds TD Long
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Eric Lattimore 2 46 1 38
Totals... 2 46 1 38

Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB
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Braxton Sammons 4 202 50.5 58 3 0
Totals... 4 202 50.5 58 3 0

Punts Kickoffs Intercept
All Returns No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg
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Eric Lattimore 3 60 60 0 0 0 0 0 0
Creed Warren 0 0 0 2 44 27 0 0 0
Casy Doerr 1 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals... 4 70 60 2 44 27 0 0 0

Field goal attempts
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Braxton Sammons 1st 05:30 28 yds - Good
Braxton Sammons 2nd 02:50 33 yds - Missed
Braxton Sammons 3rd 02:14 39 yds - Good

Kickoffs No. Yds TB OB Avg
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Braxton Sammons 5 288 1 0 57.6



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Defensive Statistics (4th qtr [00:36])
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Waverly Tigers vs Wheelersburg Pirates (Oct 08, 2021 at Wheelersburg HS)


Waverly Tigers
## Player Solo Ast Tot TFL/Yds FF FR-Yd Intc BrUp Blkd Sack/Yds QH
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4 JT Barnett 9 5 11.5 2.5/7 . . . . . 0.5/0 .
9 Penn Morrison 9 . 9.0 . . . . . . . .
12 Bray Robertson 5 4 7.0 0.5/2 . . . . . . .
50 Chris Delgado 4 1 4.5 0.5/2 . . . . . . .
1 Mark Stulley 3 1 3.5 . . . . . . . .
8 Wyatt Crabtree 3 1 3.5 . . . . . . 0.5/0 .
2 Hudson Kelly 3 1 3.5 . . . . . . . .
10 Jason McClellan 2 1 2.5 . . . . . . . .
6 Will Futhey 2 . 2.0 . . . . 1 . . .
76 Cody Helton 1 1 1.5 . . . . . . . .
84 Kody Swords 1 . 1.0 . . . . . . . .
42 Laine Johnson 1 . 1.0 . . . . . . . .
11 Cai Marquez 1 . 1.0 . . . . . . . .
17 Caden Arrowood 1 . 1.0 . . . . . . . .
54 Brock Adams . 1 0.5 0.5/1 . . . . . . .

Wheelersburg Pirates
## Player Solo Ast Tot TFL/Yds FF FR-Yd Intc BrUp Blkd Sack/Yds QH
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9 Brock Brumfield 10 . 10.0 . . . . . . . .
25 Creed Warren 8 . 8.0 . . . . . . . .
4 Josh Clark 7 . 7.0 . . . . 1 . . .
6 Josh Boggs 7 . 7.0 1.0/2 . . . . . . .
24 Ethan Glover 6 . 6.0 . . . . . . . .
16 Hunter Thomas 4 . 4.0 . . . . . . . .
26 Carson Williams 3 . 3.0 . . . . . . . .
29 Jake Darling 2 . 2.0 . . . . . . . .
51 Zavier Stanley 2 . 2.0 . . . . . . . .
31 Cole Frazier 2 . 2.0 . . . . . . . .
28 Brayden Maxie 1 . 1.0 . . . . . . . .
76 Caleb Miller 1 . 1.0 . . . . . . . .


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yabbadabbadoo wrote: Fri Oct 08, 2021 11:02 pm
Kicker. wrote: Fri Oct 08, 2021 9:42 pm Waverly simply outcoached themselves so many missed opportunities. Played terrible in the first half and still hung around with Burg. Don’t understand why Burg just doesn’t run the lattimore brothers more they are clearly the best backs they have


First thing great win for the Burg. Both teams left it on the field tonight. I’m not sure either team had enough gas to go overtime.


Burg should have been up 21-0 at the half. How in the hell do you not pound the ball with Lattimore when you get the ball inside the 10 yard line???

Good question on why doesn’t the Lattimore boys not get the ball more. Derrick bust his ass and gets 10-15 yards and then he gets yanked and doesn’t see the ball the rest of that drive. SMDFH!!! My only hope is they are saving him for the playoffs because he needs more touches. He just runs hard when he gets the ball.

Burgs defense rose to the occasion tonight. Clark totally shut down Futhey. Per the radio he did not have a catch other than the jet sweeps tonight.


Burg sent a message tonight. They will be a tough game come playoffs.

Kudos to Burg where it is due you guys had a plan and it worked. Keep the Waverly offense off the field and score whatever points you can. If our offense wouldn’t have sputtered to much early on we would’ve been in a better situation. What really helped you guys was special teams. The punter made some great punts and pinned Waverly deep plenty of times. I thought Futhey should I’ve gotten more targets clearly #4 guarding him was getting hot and heavy with him while he did get away with some holding and such early on. Best of luck the rest of the way as well, id imagine both the lattimores will get plenty of touches and as long as that defense shows up not a doubt you guys can make a deep run


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Kicker. wrote: Fri Oct 08, 2021 11:27 pm
yabbadabbadoo wrote: Fri Oct 08, 2021 11:02 pm
Kicker. wrote: Fri Oct 08, 2021 9:42 pm Waverly simply outcoached themselves so many missed opportunities. Played terrible in the first half and still hung around with Burg. Don’t understand why Burg just doesn’t run the lattimore brothers more they are clearly the best backs they have


First thing great win for the Burg. Both teams left it on the field tonight. I’m not sure either team had enough gas to go overtime.


Burg should have been up 21-0 at the half. How in the hell do you not pound the ball with Lattimore when you get the ball inside the 10 yard line???

Good question on why doesn’t the Lattimore boys not get the ball more. Derrick bust his ass and gets 10-15 yards and then he gets yanked and doesn’t see the ball the rest of that drive. SMDFH!!! My only hope is they are saving him for the playoffs because he needs more touches. He just runs hard when he gets the ball.

Burgs defense rose to the occasion tonight. Clark totally shut down Futhey. Per the radio he did not have a catch other than the jet sweeps tonight.


Burg sent a message tonight. They will be a tough game come playoffs.

Kudos to Burg where it is due you guys had a plan and it worked. Keep the Waverly offense off the field and score whatever points you can. If our offense wouldn’t have sputtered to much early on we would’ve been in a better situation. What really helped you guys was special teams. The punter made some great punts and pinned Waverly deep plenty of times. I thought Futhey should I’ve gotten more targets clearly #4 guarding him was getting hot and heavy with him while he did get away with some holding and such early on. Best of luck the rest of the way as well, id imagine both the lattimores will get plenty of touches and as long as that defense shows up not a doubt you guys can make a deep run
No deep balls at all. Everything was sideline which helped the defenders.


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Lattimore 11.4 yards per carry and only touches the ball 8 times.

I stand corrected on the total yards. It just didn’t don’t seem like Waverly had that many yards passing. I guess them never hitting a big play threw me off.


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Burg played over the top all night and gave up the inside run. They started running successfully on burg late in the game when fatigue set in. Credit burg staying with their game plan. Rely on the front 6 to hold their own. The waverly coaches took what they could get. Burgs coaching needs to be commended on this game.


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Huge win for the Pirates . Meet the new boss , same as the old boss !


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smurray wrote: Fri Oct 08, 2021 11:24 pm Congratulations to Wheelersburg on the win, much deserved.
Waverly with more total offensive yards and first downs.
The punt return for a TD hurt and then the only Pirate TD was the winner m the 4th with Waverly busted coverage - no defender close.

Waverly DEFENSE played their tales off and held the Pirates offense to 1 TD. You would think that means a Tiger victory but not tonight.

Tigers must regroup and figure out how to beat a very very good Minford team next week. A loss to Minford and Waverly will be on the road first round of the playoffs.

I will share the stats in a minute.


I don’t understand why you think it was busted coverage. Lattimore got behind the safety because the safety kept sneaking up towards the LOS all night. That play was pretty much there the whole 4th qtr. When you put the safety 8 yards from the LOS you’re going to get burnt.

The punt return was a combination of two things. Bad tackling and impressive running. Waverly had three guys around him right after he caught it but somehow got away from them and then just outran everyone else.

Contrary to what you want to believe Burgs offense is about as vanilla as it gets. They basically ran the same play all night. They just rely on the o-line to make the holes and the backs find them and make the plays. The days of Burg throwing the ball 30 times a game is gone for now. Might come back in the future but right now what they are doing works.

Burg’s defense has gotten better each week. They kept a very strong Pikeville team in check until late. They held a very strong Jackson team to 14 in regulation and lost in OT, a game they probably should have won. Then tonight they held a team averaging 42 points a game to 14. Defense is flat getting it done right now.


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As much as I don't like the four letter word pronounced Burg,( sorry born into me). I always have respect. Wheelersburg doesn't look at the front of the jersey and say they are supoose to lose. I believe Waverly is the better team but I knew Burg would have a plan and boy did they. It will be tough, but I am looking forward to the boys from the West Side coming to the Ed in two weeks. Not saying I expect a win, but it could be a good rivalry week.


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yabbadabbadoo wrote: Sat Oct 09, 2021 12:18 am
smurray wrote: Fri Oct 08, 2021 11:24 pm Congratulations to Wheelersburg on the win, much deserved.
Waverly with more total offensive yards and first downs.
The punt return for a TD hurt and then the only Pirate TD was the winner m the 4th with Waverly busted coverage - no defender close.

Waverly DEFENSE played their tales off and held the Pirates offense to 1 TD. You would think that means a Tiger victory but not tonight.

Tigers must regroup and figure out how to beat a very very good Minford team next week. A loss to Minford and Waverly will be on the road first round of the playoffs.

I will share the stats in a minute.


I don’t understand why you think it was busted coverage. Lattimore got behind the safety because the safety kept sneaking up towards the LOS all night. That play was pretty much there the whole 4th qtr. When you put the safety 8 yards from the LOS you’re going to get burnt.

The punt return was a combination of two things. Bad tackling and impressive running. Waverly had three guys around him right after he caught it but somehow got away from them and then just outran everyone else.

Contrary to what you want to believe Burgs offense is about as vanilla as it gets. They basically ran the same play all night. They just rely on the o-line to make the holes and the backs find them and make the plays. The days of Burg throwing the ball 30 times a game is gone for now. Might come back in the future but right now what they are doing works.

Burg’s defense has gotten better each week. They kept a very strong Pikeville team in check until late. They held a very strong Jackson team to 14 in regulation and lost in OT, a game they probably should have won. Then tonight they held a team averaging 42 points a game to 14. Defense is flat getting it done right now.
Pulling for burg and proud of them tonight . But disagree they should’ve won the Jackson game. Jackson literally shot themselves in the foot all night. But burg was very solid on defense as they proved tonight.


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The officiating crew deserves a shout out for ignoring the inconsequential lightning most of the night lol


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Glad I took this game in tonight. My take on this game is:
1. Burg found a way to win ( and I'm not surprised )
2. Burg should run the Lattimore Boys a lot more. I'm very puzzled as to why they don't get the ball more often.
3. Waverly offensive play calling was atrocious.
4. Waverly defense played pretty well.
Honestly if both teams don't start making better offensive decisions they will both be exiting the playoffs early.


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Congrats to Burg on what should be another conference title.


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Well I was able to sit back and watch this one at the house and there's several things I walked away with after taking this one in. For as bad as Waverly played in the 1st half offensively they were still only down 3-0 at half, missed FG and a stop on 4th down and this game is possible 13-0 at the half. When you have the ball for a little over 5 minutes in a half to the other teams 18+ minutes you've got to feel great about 3-0. For Burg to play as well as they did I'm sorry but you can't tell me those coaches weren't upset about the score at half. At this point Burg had just over 200 yards of offense.

2nd half tail of 2 halves really as Burg was unable to muster any offense with the exception of the go ahead TD drive, if you look at yard totals Burg didn't hit 100 yards and 65 came on that go ahead drive. I know they had a punt return for a TD and it was a nice return but for Waverly why do you have 3 of your biggest lineman on personal protectors on the punt?? I mean seriously if a guy breaks it who are they catching?? Probably a rare thing to happen but it did tonight and they paid for that type of alignment as none of those personal protectors were able to offer any help, so you played 11-8 on a crucial punt return TD.

Let's roll into the 4th quarter and all of a sudden Waverly decides, hey it's Friday night and we've got a ball game right? Waverly's offense couldn't be stopped in the 4th quarter and it was all because of the running game and the defense stepped up and poof we've got a game. The decision not to hand it to Hurd on 4th and 1-2 was just crazy, they had just got the 1st down using the jet sweep with Fuethey a few plays before I don't think anyone was buying that play again that soon.

Final takes--Burg done an excellent job in ball control in the 1st half but a terrible job of putting it away early on, should've easily had a 2 score lead. The Lattimores played great in this one especially the speedster who was the difference in this game. #4 for Burg I believe they said he had 5 pass breakups but when everything is thrown 10 yards and closer at you it makes it pretty easy but he still had to make the plays and he did that. Burg done just enough to win this game which is what you're supposed to do in these types of games. For Waverly, hey if you got off the bus playing like you did in the 4th quarter you blow Burg out of the water that's just the simple facts of things but once again you guys got off to a slow slow start and you don't beat good teams doing that. Not throwing anything deep and not riding Hurd until the end of that game was your own mistake as the young man had over 100 yards and 2 TDs in the 2nd half and simply was unstoppable at that point. Also not sure what you were trying to accomplish by running 5 yard patterns all night long, you've got 2 of the biggest WRs in the area with speed and you don't give them 1-1 jump balls at least 2-3-4 times in the game?? COME ON MAN. Also thought there was some serious safe play calling from an offensive stand point, couple times just handing off on 3rd and 7 or 8 in that 1st half just seemed like you were playing not to mess up. A bunch of what if's if you're a Waverly faithful watching this one.


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Man burg is impressive IMO. Not their greatest teams the past couple years but they always seem to overachieve with the teams they have


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greygoose wrote: Sat Oct 09, 2021 7:26 am Well I was able to sit back and watch this one at the house and there's several things I walked away with after taking this one in. For as bad as Waverly played in the 1st half offensively they were still only down 3-0 at half, missed FG and a stop on 4th down and this game is possible 13-0 at the half. When you have the ball for a little over 5 minutes in a half to the other teams 18+ minutes you've got to feel great about 3-0. For Burg to play as well as they did I'm sorry but you can't tell me those coaches weren't upset about the score at half. At this point Burg had just over 200 yards of offense.

2nd half tail of 2 halves really as Burg was unable to muster any offense with the exception of the go ahead TD drive, if you look at yard totals Burg didn't hit 100 yards and 65 came on that go ahead drive. I know they had a punt return for a TD and it was a nice return but for Waverly why do you have 3 of your biggest lineman on personal protectors on the punt?? I mean seriously if a guy breaks it who are they catching?? Probably a rare thing to happen but it did tonight and they paid for that type of alignment as none of those personal protectors were able to offer any help, so you played 11-8 on a crucial punt return TD.

Let's roll into the 4th quarter and all of a sudden Waverly decides, hey it's Friday night and we've got a ball game right? Waverly's offense couldn't be stopped in the 4th quarter and it was all because of the running game and the defense stepped up and poof we've got a game. The decision not to hand it to Hurd on 4th and 1-2 was just crazy, they had just got the 1st down using the jet sweep with Fuethey a few plays before I don't think anyone was buying that play again that soon.

Final takes--Burg done an excellent job in ball control in the 1st half but a terrible job of putting it away early on, should've easily had a 2 score lead. The Lattimores played great in this one especially the speedster who was the difference in this game. #4 for Burg I believe they said he had 5 pass breakups but when everything is thrown 10 yards and closer at you it makes it pretty easy but he still had to make the plays and he did that. Burg done just enough to win this game which is what you're supposed to do in these types of games. For Waverly, hey if you got off the bus playing like you did in the 4th quarter you blow Burg out of the water that's just the simple facts of things but once again you guys got off to a slow slow start and you don't beat good teams doing that. Not throwing anything deep and not riding Hurd until the end of that game was your own mistake as the young man had over 100 yards and 2 TDs in the 2nd half and simply was unstoppable at that point. Also not sure what you were trying to accomplish by running 5 yard patterns all night long, you've got 2 of the biggest WRs in the area with speed and you don't give them 1-1 jump balls at least 2-3-4 times in the game?? COME ON MAN. Also thought there was some serious safe play calling from an offensive stand point, couple times just handing off on 3rd and 7 or 8 in that 1st half just seemed like you were playing not to mess up. A bunch of what if's if you're a Waverly faithful watching this one.

Couldn’t of said it any better. Don’t Disagree with a thing. It would of been better for Waverly to take little more of a thumping to wake up.

Just to add on the only difference for Waverly from 1st to 4th seemingly being playcall and burgs d wearing down to stop the run. 3rd and 9 in crunch time and you have 2 handoffs.

For the first time in a longtime Waverly was really able to get really good stops on D. And it didn’t take luck or a penalty to finally get a stop. And Waverly capitalized on that by running in passing downs. Worked once or twice but come on. Sometimes you have to use Will Futhey. Wheelersburg didn’t attempt a pass until so late onto the 2nd and where did that get them.

Go-ahead was seeable from anyone that has any understanding of how to actually play the game. You could of stacked 9 or 10 as long as you kept Penn(safety) over the top to play center field for that long pass everyone knew was coming again at some point. Wasn’t busted coverage just got over zealous with the lead

Also blew my mind was that the overused WR screen we have used all season was there in the 2nd half and during the drive before half time and end of game and they are calling plays across the middle and all the way across the hash. I don’t like bashing coaches but something needs to change if they want to go far with that scheme. It’s taken a lot of points off the board because we do gimmick plays instead of one qb sneak behind center or do stuff that Is out of their element.


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