Old Rider;1489000 wrote:The Orrville parents feed Orrville players after the game "out of their own pocket". They do the same on Thursday evenings when they not only feed the team, but coaches as well. Again, out of their own pocket. I believe we have fed teams in the past, only to get the shaft when we visit their place the next year.

Back to football...Zook practiced with the defense yesterday and we should see him in action on Friday against Louisville. I was also told that in punt situations we will not be lining up in a true "punt formation". We will stay in our normal offensive set and force their defense to guard us and if not...we run a play or rugby/pooch punt with the QB. I like this because it forces the defense guard everyone and makes it almost impossible to put a return man back.
Haven't heard much more about the other special teams.

RedRider1;1489056 wrote:I heard similar things RIDERDAD. They still have the Carmichael kid and with the right weapons, it's a dangerous offense, but the question is did they lose too many weapons & guys up front?

Thanks for the clarification on the feeding stuff. I didn't know we fed teams as a habit...but knew we weren't getting fed at Northwest or Wooster or the majority of teams on our schedule.

Interesting read for those wanting to keep tabs on Bryce's progress over at McKinley. Sounds like he's seeing time at QB, but from some of the comments, doesn't read like he will be their starter in week 1. He may be the backup though & with Glover-Williams a mobile QB, Bryce may only be a play away from being the starter.
http://www.yappi.com/forums/showthread.php?p=5543413

RIDER DAD;1489041 wrote:Anyone in the know, have a report on the Triway, Northwestern scrimmage, I know Northwestern should be pretty good this season. I heard that Triway had all it could handle with Northwestern, but I heard that third hand, Just wondering if any Wayne county league people would chime in, or any Orrville folks have any info?

Old Rider;1489091 wrote:I heard about the same as well. But none of that will matter in my opinion. They want nothing more than to beat us 2 yrs in a row and break in their turf the same way they broke ours in. The place will be buzzing and I am sure they will have some huge ceremony prior. Its how our kids respond and approach that game. I would expect an angry Red Rider team hungry for a little revenge. I hope the coaches really push the kids that week and get them focused on winning a game and dont get distracted with all the hype leading up to it. With all that said...lets get a week 1 win first! GO RIDERS!

Old Rider;1489091 wrote:I heard about the same as well. But none of that will matter in my opinion. They want nothing more than to beat us 2 yrs in a row and break in their turf the same way they broke ours in. The place will be buzzing and I am sure they will have some huge ceremony prior. Its how our kids respond and approach that game. I would expect an angry Red Rider team hungry for a little revenge. I hope the coaches really push the kids that week and get them focused on winning a game and dont get distracted with all the hype leading up to it. With all that said...lets get a week 1 win first! GO RIDERS!

RIDER DAD;1489187 wrote:Don't worry about the kids, last year has not slipped their minds at all !!! If history has taught anything we don't look past Triway, we have a healthy respect, but I think the boys would like to get that bad taste out of their mouths. we need to get through the scrimmage and week 1, it should be a good game for week two.

BRF;1481665 wrote:42 bodies are now out.

HumbleButHungry01;1489498 wrote:Does Orrville really only have 28 TOTAL kids out for high school football or is that some sort of joke or exaggeration?? I sure hope that is not the case. smh

RedRider1;1489538 wrote:Probably had 20-some kids at a 7-on-7 & people took that as it was all we had. We have low 40's but that's also counting 10 or so freshman.

It's a low number for sure but its not 28.

HumbleButHungry01;1489568 wrote:Ok thats good...i know they (we) are witnessing some hard times right now but I was going to say I didn't think things had gotten that bad with that many kids losing interest in the best sport on earth

Havin Fun;1489783 wrote:Soccer and the new concussion rules will impact the smaller schools for sure. Soccer takes away maybe 5-7 kids who could actually contribute to a football team. Couple that with the new concussion policy which will keep a kid out 2-3 week on average and you could see some issues.
I would not be surprised by mid-season if some JV games would not be canceled within a year or two due to numbers at some schools.

rrfan;1489832 wrote:Soccer hits the ball with the head and does not have any helmet on...Just saying that is very dangerous...Get those kids out for football and we will protect their head with a helmet...

Dr. KnOiTaLL;1489836 wrote:Not to mention has anyone ever seen more than one kid go for a header at the same time? There are PLENTY of concussions in soccer as well, so that's no excuse not to play football.

Dr. KnOiTaLL;1489836 wrote:Not to mention has anyone ever seen more than one kid go for a header at the same time? There are PLENTY of concussions in soccer as well, so that's no excuse not to play football.

rrfan;1489841 wrote:I actually saw a stat before that listed soccer as having more concussions than football. I wish I could remember where I read that.