Beechwood is Beechwood even on a down year. I still think Beechwood will win with ease.

 

And they are the champs till someone is MEAN and BAD enough to knock them off....:popcorn:

I wouldnt say they are overrated but they are not loaded in the SR/JR class like most years. They have some great skill players and I do mean very very good. Rigdon/Vocke/Colosimo are a very deadly running combination and need to be contained.

 

If Bellevue can go double tights and sustain long drives keeping the ball out of BEechwood's hands they have a chance.

 

There are a lot of Beechwood sophomores who are developing into nice players for Beechwood. Staton is a fierce hitter at LB for the defense and they have a 6'4 DE soph I forgot his name but he is a very good pass rusher and tackler. Bellevue will have their hands full but if they get a big crowd, wet field and do not turn it over they have a good chance.

 

Good assessment. Beechwood is doing it all with youth which is different from years past. It will be interesting to see how they handle adversity. I think Bellevue has the weapons to make this a game. I hear a lot of Beechwood is Beechwood. If Bellevue looks past the name on the jersey I think they can compete. Should be a fun game, IMO its up in the air.

Good assessment. Beechwood is doing it all with youth which is different from years past. It will be interesting to see how they handle adversity. I think Bellevue has the weapons to make this a game. I hear a lot of Beechwood is Beechwood. If Bellevue looks past the name on the jersey I think they can compete. Should be a fun game, IMO its up in the air.

 

Eight seniors starting and most playing both ways. There are more sophomores getting playing time than usual at Beechwood, but there is still an excellent core of seniors leading the way. There just aren't as many seniors as usual.

You are on target with all the above. :thumb:

 

Everett is the soph DE whose name you were looking for. Beechwood also has another 6'4" soph DE, Corey Cruse, who has been playing more and more at the other end as the season has moved forward.

 

They also have a tough/quick nose tackle that plays a lot of minutes. Just heard he's a soph and Rash is very high on him also.

 

The future looks bright in Beechieville.

Up year for Bellevue, down year for Beechwood, and the weather says "pouring rain" all day on Friday. The stars certainly seem aligned for BV...

Stinks its going to rain, I was planning on going. Any live broadcasts?

Stinks its going to rain, I was planning on going. Any live broadcasts?

 

You wimp. Put on some rain gear, go to the game and cheer your alma mater in one of their biggest games in quite some time. I'm beginning to understand why you are more of a basketball fan than football fan. :taz:

Eight seniors starting and most playing both ways. There are more sophomores getting playing time than usual at Beechwood, but there is still an excellent core of seniors leading the way. There just aren't as many seniors as usual.

 

A friend of mine at work told me that Beechwood is so thin this year they even have a couple of Freshman starting Varsity special teams.

You wimp. Put on some rain gear, go to the game and cheer your alma mater in one of their biggest games in quite some time. I'm beginning to understand why you are more of a basketball fan than football fan. :taz:

 

I should have prefaced that with "I have 3 yr old little girl responsibilities" on Friday night as my wife is out of town so I cant feel good about dragging her down there in the rain. LOL

 

But you just never know. :taz:

 

Go Tigers !!! Black n Gold that is.

A friend of mine at work told me that Beechwood is so thin this year they even have a couple of Freshman starting Varsity special teams.

 

I do not think Beechwood is using them because they need them. I think if they see some up and coming Freshman they like to get them in some. They did this a little last year with Staten, and Vocke. As for the two Freshman, they are; Max Nussbaum, younger brother of the Sophmore Kicker Joey, and Gage Erdman. Both are very fast, and like to hit.

I'm a little confused. I keep hearing how young Beechwood is and then VOR said they have 8 seniors starting each way. Thats not young in most schools that is a very experienced team. No more excuses they should just run away with this game.

I'm a little confused. I keep hearing how young Beechwood is and then VOR said they have 8 seniors starting each way. Thats not young in most schools that is a very experienced team. No more excuses they should just run away with this game.

 

Just to be clear, there are 8 seniors that start and play both ways - and that is the entire senior class. The reason you see the comments about being young is because Beechwood usually does not play sophomores much. You might see one or two sophomores each year that get significant playing time. This year, there are 7 or 8 that have played quality varsity minutes. Injuries have led to some of the playing time but some of it is because there is a lot of talent in the sophomore class.

With all the rain being predicted, do you think they might move this game to the turf at Beechwood? :popcorn:

You wimp. Put on some rain gear, go to the game and cheer your alma mater in one of their biggest games in quite some time. I'm beginning to understand why you are more of a basketball fan than football fan. :taz:

 

Hey, the conditions are a lot more severe in the gym than outside.

With all the rain being predicted, do you think they might move this game to the turf at Beechwood? :popcorn:

 

Come on now, we just don't move games to other fields just because of rain. That makes some teams have advantages over others. If weather predicts or right, it will be a great mud puppy dog fight in the trenches.