Fun fact for BO…all 4 state championships have been won wearing White uniforms. They lost in 2007 and 2012 wearing Green. Anybody know who will be home or away in this game?
Blair Oaks vs Lamar
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Another fun fact every winning team has had LePage as a coach for at least one year, and five out of six showings as well
Lamar has been the away team the last two yrs!! I’m thinking this will be a similar game to 2012. It was a good close game before Lamar got two pick 6s in the 4th and blew it wide open. Lamar hasn’t seen an offense as good as Blair Oaks but I don’t think Blair Oaks has seen a defense as good as Lamar’s. Defense wins championships so I’ll take Lamar in the most exciting game of the championships!!!
Since the 2011 season(including this season) Lamar is 158-13 with 8 state championships in 12 years and are playing for another later this week.
That’s an average record of 13-1
Of those 13 losses the opponents are as follows:
Cassville- 3
Seneca- 3
Carl Jct- 2
Lathrop- 1
Monett- 1
Ava- 1
Mac County- 1
Lutheran St Charles- 1
That’s an average record of 13-1
Of those 13 losses the opponents are as follows:
Cassville- 3
Seneca- 3
Carl Jct- 2
Lathrop- 1
Monett- 1
Ava- 1
Mac County- 1
Lutheran St Charles- 1
BO defense is better than what they get credit for. It might be the best defense Lamar has seen all year tbh. And BO offense.....is on a different level. I will take BO by a slight margin. Will be an exciting game.
Lamar’s D is the best you have faced id promise it. And we don’t need to defend ours. It’s just good. With saying that, BO will score on them. Would be astonishing if not obviously. I predict a heart attack induced game for both towns. Can’t wait for it. I will say, it’s early. But I did notice 18 mph winds and 40 mph gusts. Something to keep track of for the week. Running on Lamar hasn’t been done much since 2020. Not a brag, just saying. Should be one hell of a game.
The only thing I worry about on D is not allowing the big play. If BO is going to score make it take 4-6 mins off the clock. I will say a final thing, our secondary doesn’t get tested but like 3-4 games a year on a constant basis. Teams in class 2 are typically NOT truly elite at passing. So I absolutely believe we will allow Hair to get some TDs through the air even if it’s windy. He’s that good
Cannot wait. This matchup for sure will be best of the best. This might come down to turnover battle. One thing to take note of, BO doesn't play many 2 way guys. So they always have fresh players on both sides of the ball. Not sure if Lamar plays very many 2 way guys. Chasing a high potent offense like BO will def wear teams out. Something to think about. Looking forward to this one.
Both ways, a fair amount. But they are in better shape than your average run of the mill 2 way team. That’s all they do in the off season. Work on endurance and conditioning. Yeah, turn overs are going to be huge. I’d argue Seneca and Lutheran St Charles both had a much easier time because of mistakes in our last two losses. So we will have to not turn it over. If we play like last week our blocking up field was like it was a few years ago. Hope to see that a second straight week. Respect the hell out of BO. Hope it’s a good one. Either way proud of these boys and excited to be at state.
Good take! 2 very well run programs with tradition and great fans...should be a instant classic.
The best small school programs in a matchup?? Count me in!
Going to be a great game. Not sure you can say anything negative about BO. Their offense gets a lot of praise, but their D is something they dont get nearly enough credit for. That being said, they have seen nothing like Lamar. There is nothing like Lamar. Sets up like a game we will talk about for a while.
While it's true Blair Oaks will probably encounter the best defensive squad they've seen all year Lamar's offense isn't in the same category as Bowling Green presented. Blair Oaks definitely took over in the 2nd half, thanks in large part to their ability to keep fresher bodies on the field. Clean up the special teams miscues and I feel this game will also go Blair Oaks way in crunch time.
Lamar would absolutely stop Starks enough he would have a similar to worse game then against BO, and wouldn’t have allowed the special team miscues. Just judging on actually watching one of the teams being mentioned and living in the state of the teams being discussed. It’s absolutely true BO can and could very well end up with a similar score. Who knows? It’s football. But there’s are absolutely the two best team this year. Sorry BG. Sorry cards.
Not sure how Lamar offense compares to BG. Very different styles, for sure.
I definitely agree about depth playing a big part in Blair Oaks pulling away in the 2nd half. BG was spent by mid-3rd quarter. Also clueless on how to defend Blair Oaks. But probably too fatigued to do it, anyway.
Lamar will do a much better job of defending BO than Bowling Green did. We'll see if it's good enough.
Bowling Green gave Blair Oaks their toughest test of the year hands down. Lamar has cruised through the far easier side of the bracket. We'll see who's who soon enough.
Lamar and Blair Oaks are who they are because each EXPECTS to be here every single year. This differentiates this title game from all the others this week.
Obligatory tell me you don't know much about football without telling me you don't know much about football post. Quit saying bullshit you obviously don't know homer.
Maryville lost by 12. BG lost by 18. Glass house. This is a WEMO bias for you. 1,000%
Final scores are not indicative of how games are played in many instances. It's foolhardy at best to compare teams in transitory fashion.
I was at Maryville/BO game and the BG/BO game. Based on what I saw...BG this year would have beat Maryville handily.
I think a lot of that has to do with BO running a new defensive scheme and working that out week 1. Also, the freshman RB has gotten a lot better and more comfortable as the year has gone on. He had a heck of a day Saturday. I think if they played Maryville again the would win by 4 scores.
OR, you are giving more weight to the BO win over BG. Lamar may be the underdog but I have a difficult time thinking they would lose by 21. We will know the answer in 4 days.
The play of the game was the interception thrown by BG in the 2nd quarter If they were able to score on that drive, it would've been a different story. BO could've still came away with the W, but it would've changed the game drastically.
Did you? How many points did Maryville score on Blair Oaks JV? I can tell you Bowling Green scored all theirs against the varsity. Maryville only scored 14 in the first half, while Blair Oaks posted 34. C'mon you may be a homer but you're better than this.
I don't think so. Bowling Green gave pretty much all they had in that first half. Hell, Blair Oaks did too. Both teams skill players were sucking wind in the second half. Saw several plays where Blair Oaks players broke contain and opted to hug the sideline and wait to be pushed out of bounds when the clearer path was to cut inside.
NEVER EVER do score comparisons and NEVER EVER put a lot of stock in Weeks 1-2 games. HSFB rules to live by...........
Bowling Green's inability to throw the football made it highly unlikely for them to be able to play catch up. Their running game is archaic, but unique enough to cause people problems, with the backs they had. The downside of it is the lack of a passing game. Once they fell behind, their best option was to split their stud RB out wide and throw one up. It worked a couple of times, but just a little too low percentage to pull off repeatedly. Also, he was out of gas by the 4th.
That's why I think the pick was such a big play. If I remember right, they could've went up two scores had they scored on that drive.
And that's why I also think their schedule was their biggest enemy. They were never tested all year until LC. They never had to make defensive adjustments, they just overwhelmed their opponents on O and D.
