The official schedule probably won't be out for at least four more months, but I thought it would be interesting to speculate on what the schedule will be or what we want it to be.

I don't have any inside information, but I think I can make an educated guess. Here is what I think it will be:

Week 1 (Thursday): Buchtel (I'm sure about this one)
Week 2 (Saturday morning): WPIAL AAAA team, probably Gateway, at Rally in Death Valley
Week 3: at St. Clairsville
Week 4: Ursuline
Week 5: at Morgantown (I'm sure we're playing there, but I am not certain about Week 5)
Week 6: Boardman
Week 7: Brooke
Week 8: at Massillon (if we're going to play them, it will have to be Week 5 or Week 8)
Week 9: Buffalo St. Joe's
Week 10: O'Hara

Anyone agree or disagree?

FairwoodKing;1038026 wrote:The official schedule probably won't be out for at least four more months, but I thought it would be interesting to speculate on what the schedule will be or what we want it to be.

I don't have any inside information, but I think I can make an educated guess. Here is what I think it will be:

Week 1 (Thursday): Buchtel (I'm sure about this one)
Week 2 (Saturday morning): WPIAL AAAA team, probably Gateway, at Rally in Death Valley
Week 3: at St. Clairsville
Week 4: Ursuline
Week 5: at Morgantown (I'm sure we're playing there, but I am not certain about Week 5)
Week 6: Boardman
Week 7: Brooke
Week 8: at Massillon (if we're going to play them, it will have to be Week 5 or Week 8)
Week 9: Buffalo St. Joe's
Week 10: O'Hara

Anyone agree or disagree?

Why continue to schedule O'Hara? They are the size of Toronto.

Funny you bring up Gateway. In Pittsburgh they were wanting one weekend with three games at Heinz Field. One of those match-ups were Gateway and Big Red. This was coming from some of the people who worked at Heinz Field last April or May when they weren't sure if there was going to be a NFL season, so they were making plans on events being held there during the strike. I was wondering if they were still trying to get that game.

I think Buchtel is week 2....Ursuline is week 6.....MoJo is week 7...Motown is week 8. That's all I know for sure.

Massillon is either week 5 or nowhere.

No, I'm sure that Buchtel is Week 1. That would leave Week 2 open to play a Pittsburgh team.

That theoretical schedule has 3 away games on it. I'm pretty sure they will burn the HS to the ground if the number ever goes above 2.

FairwoodKing;1039075 wrote:No, I'm sure that Buchtel is Week 1. That would leave Week 2 open to play a Pittsburgh team.

Buchtel opens with McKinley...so unless they are playing a doubleheader, they will not be in Steubenville.

ts1227;1039433 wrote:That theoretical schedule has 3 away games on it. I'm pretty sure they will burn the HS to the ground if the number ever goes above 2.

We had 4 a few years ago.

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holdingout;1038130 wrote:Why continue to schedule O'Hara? They are the size of Toronto.

O'Hara is a good team to play in Week 10 because it gives Big Red a breather between the regular schedule and the playoffs. We also clear $20K by playing them. I'm sure we will continue to play them until they decide to drop us.

FairwoodKing;1039664 wrote:O'Hara is a good team to play in Week 10 because it gives Big Red a breather between the regular schedule and the playoffs. We also clear $20K by playing them. I'm sure we will continue to play them until they decide to drop us.

Clear 20K from a small team from northern New York that brings no crowd? I don't believe that.

You have to factor in Big Red's fan base....concessions, parking, 50/50, gameball, etc...

Big Red makes more money playing O'Hara twice at home than playing Ursuline at home and then on the road.

ts1227;1039433 wrote:That theoretical schedule has 3 away games on it. I'm pretty sure they will burn the HS to the ground if the number ever goes above 2.

So what your saying is, you guys are afraid to go out of the Steubenville City Limits for games and are little sissies that cant travel. You should see how Creek travels. And you guys should try traveling. Try being the team on the other side of the log and travel to places like Canada, NY, and Buffalo. You guys say you're the 'Mighty Big Red'... It's why Creek has the BEST fans in the OVAC. Period.

IchsCreekPRIDE;1040181 wrote:So what your saying is, you guys are afraid to go out of the Steubenville City Limits for games and are little sissies that cant travel. You should see how Creek travels. And you guys should try traveling. Try being the team on the other side of the log and travel to places like Canada, NY, and Buffalo. You guys say you're the 'Mighty Big Red'... It's why Creek has the BEST fans in the OVAC. Period.

You're out of your mind. In the past few years Big Red has traveled to Columbus to play Watterson, to Massillon, to Poland, to Youngstown to play Ursuline, and all sorts of places to play playoff games. This year we go to Massillon and Morgantown. Creek doesn't ever play teams that far away. And, of course, Creek isn't good enough to worry about long trips in the playoffs.

holdingout;1040041 wrote:Clear 20K from a small team from northern New York that brings no crowd? I don't believe that.

Reno explained this at a boosters club meeting a couple of years ago. Big Red has 4000 season ticket holders. They pay $6 a ticket. That means that even if we play a team from Canada that brings absolutely no fans, we still take in $24K in ticket sales. If we have to put the team up in a motel, that never comes to more than $4K leaving us with a net of $20K.

All in Ohio. What about out of the state and our region?

IchsCreekPRIDE;1040381 wrote:All in Ohio. What about out of the state and our region?

Since when is Morgantown in Ohio?

FairwoodKing;1040319 wrote:Reno explained this at a boosters club meeting a couple of years ago. Big Red has 4000 season ticket holders. They pay $6 a ticket. That means that even if we play a team from Canada that brings absolutely no fans, we still take in $24K in ticket sales. If we have to put the team up in a motel, that never comes to more than $4K leaving us with a net of $20K.

Who pays for the officials ,lights for the stadium, security, programs?

holdingout;1040491 wrote:Who pays for the officials ,lights for the stadium, security, programs?

Ask Reno. I'm just repeating what he told me.

IchsCreekPRIDE;1040181 wrote:So what your saying is, you guys are afraid to go out of the Steubenville City Limits for games and are little sissies that cant travel. You should see how Creek travels. And you guys should try traveling. Try being the team on the other side of the log and travel to places like Canada, NY, and Buffalo. You guys say you're the 'Mighty Big Red'... It's why Creek has the BEST fans in the OVAC. Period.

We can beat your team anywhere anytime so what are you talking about . Besides Id like to see you schedule homw games with all the teams we did . LOL

IchsCreekPRIDE;1040181 wrote:So what your saying is, you guys are afraid to go out of the Steubenville City Limits for games and are little sissies that cant travel. You should see how Creek travels. And you guys should try traveling. Try being the team on the other side of the log and travel to places like Canada, NY, and Buffalo. You guys say you're the 'Mighty Big Red'... It's why Creek has the BEST fans in the OVAC. Period.

As a matter of record, when we played at Massillon in 2010, we requested 4000 tickets. I'd like to see Creek do anything like that!

IchsCreekPRIDE;1040181 wrote:So what your saying is, you guys are afraid to go out of the Steubenville City Limits for games and are little sissies that cant travel. You should see how Creek travels. And you guys should try traveling. Try being the team on the other side of the log and travel to places like Canada, NY, and Buffalo. You guys say you're the 'Mighty Big Red'... It's why Creek has the BEST fans in the OVAC. Period.

They really showed their dedication during the Big Red playoff game, when they all left during the 3rd quarter.

I'm trying to get news about the Massillon game from the Massillon blogs, but so far there is nothing to report. According to their website, they have weeks 5 and 8 open, although someone on here posted that they found a team for week 8. It would be a crying shame if we didn't play them this year just because we couldn't get our schedule straightened out.

FairwoodKing;1039664 wrote:O'Hara is a good team to play in Week 10 because it gives Big Red a breather between the regular schedule and the playoffs. We also clear $20K by playing them. I'm sure we will continue to play them until they decide to drop us.

Then why not schedule a "breather" from Ohio in week 10 instead of 2 states away?

Most Ohio teams have week 10 filled with a "rivalry" game....so it is a very hard week to fill.


So far it looks like this...according to various sources.

1. ?
2. Buchtel
3. @ East Liverpool
4. Brooke
5. ?
6. Balt Mt St Joes
7. Ursuline
8. @ Morgantown
9. ?
10. ?

The only opening for @ Massillon would be week 5. 9 and 10 could be the Buffalos.

Week 1 is the OVAC Kickoff night