You Blair oaks homers need to hold on. They are maybe the 6th best team in class 2, Seneca, Lamar, Bowling green, Lafayette county and Richmond are all better. Blair oaks doesn't have the defense, as stated many times on here and are literally a single player show on offense. They gave up how many points last year? There is no way that defense is that much better. Theyre to soft and not physical enough to matchup the other top schools in class 2. All of the teams better than them are tough and physical teams that can run the ball right at you, Blair oaks isn't stopping that. Saw the film last year when Seneca was getting ready to play Mexico, wasn't impressed. They would be a 500 team if they played in the Big 8 west. Maryville isnt the same anymore and Lutheran north is overrated as usual. So they haventt played anybody worth a dang this year. Seneca or Lamar is winning state, with Lafayette county, Bowling green and Richmond close behind.
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Not from Blair oaks. Seneca actually.
Serious question, why shouldn't Seneca be number 1 right now?
And do you really believe Blair oaks would beat Seneca, Lamar and Nevada?
I'm not saying Blair oaks isnt good, I just don't think theyre as good the Blair oaks posters are saying. Look what happened in 2019 when they played Cassville. We heard the same thing then and they lost. I just think swmo football is where the road runs through in class 2. This years Seneca team has the right stuff to win it, as long as we can get past Lamar again in the semi's. I just hate hearing all the hype, it's like hearing all the hype about St. louis private schools. Every year we hear how great they are, but very rarely do they actually win a title.
I'm not sure who the Blair Oaks homers you are referring to other than maybe Stryk. Nobody is saying they can't be beat. And to your post earlier, the Defense is much improved. You do realize they started 1 senior on defense last year if I remember correctly. Started 1 Freshman and 4 Sophomores I believe. They are physically more mature than last year. The one man show you're referring to is also the all time leader in Total yards in the state of Missouri. Regardless, they are very well coached and I think can make a deep run. Nobody is crowning them, just stating they think they can be in the Title hunt at the end.
BO defense is much improved. It is not as good as their 2018 team. It is defnitely better than their 2021 team. People can score on the BO defense but what I have seen so far this season is their coaching staff makes sound adjustments on the fly (like any good coaching staff) and you will see a drastic improvement after the half. California did not get a 1st down after the half last week against them. They had either 11 or 12 the first half. On offense it is hard to stop all the elements that they throw at you. If you take away the run Dylan Hair goes to the air using many different targets. If you try to take away his arm he will just run all over you until you try to stop the run and then they go to the air anyways.
By the way if they was not physical then they would have had problems with LN controlling the line of scrimmage. That was not a problem. Dylan had plenty of time in the pocket.
You can score on BO but BO will score on you. To beat BO you have to out coach them. You have to have a sound game plan for their air attack and ground attack and not just take away one and lastly control the line of scrimmage and time of possession. I will say it again. Seneca, Centralia, Lamar, maybe Richmond, Bowling Green have that as far as I have seen.
By the way if they was not physical then they would have had problems with LN controlling the line of scrimmage. That was not a problem. Dylan had plenty of time in the pocket.
You can score on BO but BO will score on you. To beat BO you have to out coach them. You have to have a sound game plan for their air attack and ground attack and not just take away one and lastly control the line of scrimmage and time of possession. I will say it again. Seneca, Centralia, Lamar, maybe Richmond, Bowling Green have that as far as I have seen.
I so want to be wrong but see little evidence otherwise BUT got several weeks until they play anyone from this area.
Lee's Summit North had almighty CBC dead to rights and let them get away last year. The next game was almost inevitable.
The way Webb practices now you will never see the true lineup until week 8 or 9. Almost like the regular season has became a preseason and kickoff starts week one of districts. Fine by me. Love the "where did they come from" talk during the playoffs last year.
I do believe Sarcoxie should be ranked, but using their win over Stockton wouldn’t be sufficient evidence.
they may be Class 2, but they’re currently 1-3 on the year and have went 5-15 in the previous 2 seasons, 4 of those 5 wins all coming against smaller schools.
The combined record of those 5 teams they’ve beaten over the last two years is 19-33 with 8 of those 19 wins coming from one team
After you hid out for the past week plus that is all ya got?
I think all the old Southwest Conference schools except Neosho are ranked this week.
Not sure who this guy/gal is but I haven’t heard anyone from Seneca say we should be #1. I’m happy to have a great head coach that utilizes the athletes he has. There were a few teams from the last 5 years that could have made a run at state but McFarland screwed that up with the dumb offense he ran. It should be one hell of a run for state for any of the top 5 teams.
Haha my thoughts exactly, this reads like a Blair Oaks coach wrote it. This looks like a little anti-rat poison, to quote Saban
All of Stockton's games are against smaller schools. I've watched a couple of Sarcoxie games. They are top heavy with seniors and seem to be coming together.
The first game they play against each other really doesn't matter, it's the second time they meet is the one that really matters to keep playing on.
Let’s see BO play an even good class 2/3 team first. LN gives them a ton on the strength of schedule, but that team is pretty bad this season. Outside of that game I guess Maryville is solid this year. Always are. But let’s Settle down. They deserve at the moment because of record and pedigree to be considered the favorite. By technical standards. But there’s a few different teams not to be counted out. Most on their side of the bracket as well.
Play a good team?...name another school in class 2/3 with better wins? Boonville is no slouch either. It's HS sports anything can happen, I am very aware of that...and yes there side of bracket is tough. Until they get beat, they are the unanimous favorite. Will be fun to watch class 2 this year for sure.
Well.... Lamar plays state ranked Seneca, Class 4 McDonald County and Nevada (both are 4-1) and Class 3 Logan Rogersville and Cassville.
WINS: #2525 Maryville (MO) (54-42), #2835 Lutheran North (St. Louis, MO) (35-0), #4480 Boonville (MO) (52-13)
Three teams better than anyone Lamar has played.
And Blair Oaks would beat any of the teams Seneca has played. Guess we will have to wait and find out
Kearney - beat Fort Osage, who beat Grain Valley, who beat Park Hill South, who beat Ray Pec, who beat Rockhurst.
It all makes sense now.
It all makes sense now.
You said to name teams with better schedule. LN and Lamar both play a tougher schedule
Keep believing the hype. BO may very well win, but far from the slam dunk some are trying to make them out to be. Lets not forget SWMO has OWNED Class 2 (thanks Lamar). Heck, if officials could count to 12 they likely would have won again last year. Give me Lamar or Seneca against the field.
