JPix week #9

[jpix]

Friday...


WVU -6.........................Loss

Line dropping,,, usually I go with the home dog with this kind of movement, but just can't force myself to take a team that lost to Temple and Rutgers....:sm:


Can't believe I said that about UCONN LOL

WVU in some bad shape....

[joepa66]

Let's cash it JPix! GL

[jpix]

Thanks Joepa... Same here..:thumbs:



What you got on the High School schedule this weekend?

[Stifler's Mom]

I'm with you guys on WV too. I've seen so many schmoes saying "take the home dog in prime time" on this game I literally want to :puke:, yet I haven't seen a single person post a legit reason why Uconn is the play. WV is the far better team, are in a good motivational spot off a bad loss, and has much more experience at the important positions. If Uconn covers the +6, I'll gladly take my lumps and move on rather than bet on them just because they're a prime-time home dog. Real solid capping there.

GO WET VAGINA :beerbang:

[joepa66]

New Philadelphia vs. Dover - 3rd longest rivalry in Ohio!

Just listening tonight........not working! :thumbs:

[jpix]

I'm with you guys on WV too. I've seen so many schmoes saying "take the home dog in prime time" on this game I literally want to :puke:, yet I haven't seen a single person post a legit reason why Uconn is the play. WV is the far better team, are in a good motivational spot off a bad loss, and has much more experience at the important positions. If Uconn covers the +6, I'll gladly take my lumps and move on rather than bet on them just because they're a prime-time home dog. Real solid capping there.

GO WET VAGINA :beerbang:

I agree......


....If Bill Stewart has lost this team it is a no cover, but I feel they play to their potential, which isn't real good, but 7 points better than UCONN.

Line now at -5 at The Greek...

[joepa66]

HERE'S ONE OF THE OLDEST RIVALRIES ANYWHERE JP.....MASSILLON VS. MCKINLEY

MASSILLON, OH —

Around 5 p.m. on Friday, the Massillon Tigers wrapped up their final walk-through prior to this afternoon’s 120th meeting with rival McKinley at Paul Brown Tiger Stadium. As far as Massillon head coach Jason Hall is concerned, there’s nothing else left to do but tee up the football and get the festivities under way.

“At this stage, it’s about making sure the kids are prepared,” Hall said prior to practice Friday. “It’s in. Right now, we’ve just got to go out there and play the game.”

At 2 p.m. this afternoon, the Tigers will put their 7-2 record on the line against the 7-2 mark of the Bulldogs. At stake is ownership of the Victory Bell, which has been adorned in red and black and resided inside McKinley Senior High School since last Oct. 31, when the Bulldogs beat the Tigers 35-21 in the 2009 regular-season finale.

With all the focus and preparation on both sides of this rivalry, there are few secrets between the two by the time they kick off.

“When you get to Week 10, the identities of both teams are known,” Hall said. “We both have played big enough games. Really what you can do is go watch the big games, and you’ll really find a team’s identity. This game is going to be based on big plays, turnovers, field position, things of those nature.”

Friday marked the last day of pre-game hoopla for the Tigers. The captains attended the Rotary luncheon, while the entire team participated in a pep rally at the school in the afternoon, as well as the Beat McKinley! Parade in the evening.

While always cognizant of his team’s need to keep its eyes on the ultimate prize – today’s game – Hall doesn’t want to take away from the other activities that surrounded Beat McKinley! Week.

“I want our kids to enjoy the atmosphere. I want them to enjoy their pep rallies. I want them to enjoy the parade. At the end of the day, those are memories – with the game – that they’re going to have the rest of their lives,” Hall said.

Much like the rest of the week, there is a routine the Tigers will go through today that isn’t much different than previous years.

“On days like today, you want them up just like they would on a school day,” Hall said. “They’re used to waking up at 6:30 in the morning. We don’t want them sleeping in. They’ll be up and moving around by 7, and we’ll get here to the stadium and bus to breakfast and go over to the church (for breakfast) and get back.

“They’ll have about an hour of down time and then we’re into our pregame walk-through as a team. With a 2 o’clock start, that all happens really quick.”

McKinley surging into Massillon game
Josh Weir

The long road that is the high school football regular season is coming to an end for the McKinley Bulldogs. The final stop in this journey is at Massillon, where the Bulldogs and Tigers meet on Saturday at 2 p.m. for the 120th time.

McKinley has won five straight games to secure a playoff spot in Division I, Region 2 where they are ranked 4th right behind Massillon who is ranked 3rd. A win on Saturday gets it a home game next week.

“I think we’re playing well,” McKinley head coach Ron Johnson said. “We’re finding different ways to win each week based on the challenges presented us. Our guys are playing well and playing as a team right now.”

The only potholes the Bulldogs hit were in Weeks 3 and 4, when McKinley lost 21-14 at home to Lake and 24-21 at Fitch in a game it led 21-7 midway through the third quarter.

“We personally didn’t play very well,” McKinley senior quarterback Kyle Ohradzansky said of the two losses. “But with not playing very well, we were still one or two plays away from winning the game. ... We watched the tape and we understood the only people who were responsible for that loss were ourselves. We made mistakes and we had to get better.”

McKinley’s calling card is its defense, where it is led by a massive line. Ends Steve Miller and Se’Von Pittman go 6-foot-4, 242 pounds and 6-5, 235 pounds, respectively. Miller is headed to Ohio State next year, while Pittman, a junior, has an offer from Alabama and is on the radar of many other colleges. Tackles Eric Snow (6-1, 276) and Terris Daniels (5-10, 288) are strong and sturdy in the middle.

“I don’t think people are rushing the football on them at all,” Johnson said. “We’ve given up some points, but I think they’re really dominating the line of scrimmage and making people do things left-handed to score on us.”

Opponents average just 2.7 yards a carry and 86.4 rushing yards a game on McKinley.

Chad Fite, Bergen Brown, Mike Aylward and Freddie Burton bring speed and aggressiveness at linebacker.

“Those guys have all made significant plays this year,” Johnson said.

Corners Jermaine Edmondson and Johnny Duncan and safety Ruben Burrows make up the secondary. Edmondson has a team-high four interceptions.

Johnson loves versatility on offense, and right now the Bulldogs are at their versatile best.

It begins with Ohradzansky, who has thrown for and ran for career-high yardage in consecutive weeks. Johnson said Ohradzansky’s playing as well as any quarterback he has coached.

The three-year starter brings a hard-nosed mentality to the QB position, especially when he tucks the ball on draws and end runs by plowing through tacklers. At 213 pounds, he packs a wallop.

Elijah Farrakhan and Sa’Veon Holloway have developed into a tough combination at running back, combining for 1,060 yards and 18 touchdowns.

“If you remember back when we really got on a roll last year, it was Bryce (Wilder) and Elijah playing really well,” Johnson said. “Having two guys in there and keeping fresh legs has been real good.”

McKinley will switch from the shotgun spread to the I at times, putting the 276-pound Snow at fullback.

“That’s the Blizzard package,” Johnson explained, “because you’re going to get a whole lotta Snow.”

McKinley’s line — Jacob Williams, Skyler Parks, Chris Moore, Philleano Kennard, Kevin Mills and Scott Pittman — has been a steady force all season.

The Bulldogs have hit on big plays by putting Taron Montgomery and Tyler Foster in a Wildcat look, which McKinley calls its Switch package.

Montgomery is the Bulldogs’ top pass catcher in a deep receiving corps that includes Foster, Malcolm Robinson, Tyler Carney, Christian Thompson and Zach Sweat.

The Bulldogs don’t drop back into traditional punt formation. Rather, Ohradzansky stands in a quick kick look, which he has handled beautifully. He averages 39.5 yards a punt. McKinley also has converted for first downs eight of 10 times in the formation, according to Johnson.

McKinley played the first three weeks without a place-kicker. Enter James Lioi from the soccer team. He made his first 18 PAT tries before missing his first attempt off grass last week.

[jpix]

Saturday

ill -16.5...........................Win

indianna +3.5.....................Win

bc +7........................Win

[jpix]

ADD

iowa -6.5................Win

md -6..................Win

fla +1.................Win

[jpix]

Tired of looking at that .5 on the loss side of the record, so I'm playing a .5 unit parlay to win 1.4.

If I lose it will fix the problem, but if I win I create another for the win column...

tulsa +8.5
neb -8.....................Win

:bang: Now this puts me up 2.3 units.

To get my record straight I will record 2 units on the win side and drop the .5 units on the L side...., I know i will be .2 units off, but.... I just hate looking at decimal points....

[jpix]

ADD

miss +7...........Lose

vandy +20.5..........Lose


that should be all....:sm:

[RahStahMan]

GL "J"



:thumbs:

[jpix]

oregon -6................Win

[joepa66]

WOW!


CANTON MCKINLEY 40
MASSILLON 17

Bulldogs with 352 yards rushing..........:thumbs:

[jpix]

WOW!


CANTON MCKINLEY 40
MASSILLON 17

Bulldogs with 352 yards rushing..........:thumbs:

Penn State 28

Mich 10