I’m first to admit I’m a Big 8 homer but I get a little shiver when the subject of Blair Oaks comes up. Nothing but respect for them.
Who was it again that won the 12th man award in Missouri high school football last year?
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Who was it again that won the 12th man award in Missouri high school football last year?
Nobody is playing a created tough schedule like some STL schools do where they play schools out of state, and such. BO almost plays only conference. And Lamar has a conference only schedule. So technically I wasn’t suggesting ANYONE plays a tough schedule. This is more about tempering expectations. LN isn’t good, and these “no slouches” I see are typically about as good as teams Lamar or Seneca play week in and week out. Maryville is a solid class 3 school. This year. They aren’t great. Everything is always stated by me in a general “now” sense. Not historically. This year is the topic at hand.
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Read my first comment. Not typing out again. And again, I’m just suggesting they haven’t done anything besides just win and play who’s in front of them that should suggest they are not beatable. That was the sense I was getting from a few of people commenting.
SWMO isn't a team. Lamar is. None of which is relevant to Blair Oaks' schedule.
Dont look now, but MY Penn State Nittany lions are UNDEFEATED AND ranked #11!
So since SWMO has OWNED Class 2 since 2012, Lamar plays a tougher schedule than Blair Oaks this year?
Perfectly clear now.
That's because BO has been class 3.
Good point.
And Eric Clapton joined the Yardbirds in 1963.
Outside of 3 seasons? BO wouldn’t have competed with Lamar over the past decade. Sorry. Great program, great coach. I actually respect the hell out of them. But Lamar in 2015/2016 would’ve won class 1-3. Maybe even 2017. But I won’t push it.
BO had a clearly better team than Lamar in 2018/2019. Outside of that it’s debatable at best over the past decade. I get being confident in BO. But they wouldn’t have faired better in class 2 for the majority of that time. It’s just factual lol
Those of you also who are hating on the big 8. I don’t recall many other conferences producing multiple state championships or deep runs with 2-3 teams over the past decade. The big 8 has. Just saying.
They are super young, super talented, but definitely down from prior teams. Game coaching is also suspect from what I have watched.
this is going to go on and on for weeks on end. BO already has played the tough part of their schedule (if you call that tough in their standards). They won't be challenged for a considerable amount of time. The only way they don't get #1 seed in their district is if Hermann wins out which would include a win over Union. They would play against District 1 in sectionals which I don't see a possible Cinderella coming from there. The following week is when it all starts in the semifinals against the winner from Districts 7 and 8 Quarterfinal which there is a long list of possible suiters. Bowling Green, Centralia, Lafayette, Richmond, or a possible surprise. The winner goes to the Show - Me Bowl.
So in all honesty if we are saying we don't know how good BO is and if they are as good as Lamar or Seneca then this ridiculous thread is going to get very long as it will be late November before those questions are answered unless there is, and heaven forbid this would happen to the kid, an injury to Dylan Hair.
So lets just save all that talk for November ok...
So in all honesty if we are saying we don't know how good BO is and if they are as good as Lamar or Seneca then this ridiculous thread is going to get very long as it will be late November before those questions are answered unless there is, and heaven forbid this would happen to the kid, an injury to Dylan Hair.
So lets just save all that talk for November ok...
BO has been Class 2 One time since 2013, they won state that year. In that time they've won 1 Class 3 and 1 Class 2 title and 2 other Class 3 semi appearances. It's all hypothetical, but I would argue they could've beaten Lamar in 14 and 17, had they been class 2. 15 would've been a great game, that's a toss up to me. No need to get in the homer talks as I don't live in the district, but a fan of Mid Mo football, but I don't know that anything is factual that they wouldn't have faired better in Class 2. I respect Lamar and all of the schools down there, honestly prefer watching their physical brand of football in SWMO. But like it's been stated before, we won't find out until November.
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The Big 8 became the Big 12 in 1996. Get with the times.
And wrong on the conference deal. Not taking anything away from Lamar. But again, it has nothing to do with the rest of the conference or area. Lamar has won titles. Webb City has won titles. That doesn't make everybody 3 hollers over champions by association.
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If you would read the whole thread. This did not start with schedule, the BO- debate started with posts that "BO is the clear favorite and its not even close" That is what this post was about and IT IS clearly relevant.
But it’s still called the Big 8. They chose to keep the conference name the same.
Somebody was contending that BO did not play a worthy schedule compared to Lamar. Then somebody, predictably started talking about how good Seneca and whoever is, and how many Class 2 titles SWMO has won, etc. Which is not relevant to Blair Oaks or this year.
LOL...Blair Oaks top end schedule is Way better than Lamar's. LOL
We now have 3 separate unrelated arguments all going at once and to my eyes no one is really talking about the same thing. Classic message board stuff here.
Class 2 is a lot of fun this year.
Class 2 is a lot of fun this year.
Check those teams records. Historical context within this specific argument doesn’t matter. It’s not that tough THIS year. Which was the original point, Maryville is solid again but not great, Boonville isn’t as good as last year, and LN is not good. But even with that? Lamar didn’t play anyone but Seneca. Let’s just wait to see how the season unfolds. It was only originally mentioned because someone decided to crown them this week.
And you all thought us Doc Guys were bad! We're barely even in this thread. HA!
We arent even in this thread! We have our own thread, thank you very much. Also, its the most viewed and replied upon thread in MoSports history. NICE TRY BOZO!!!'Cause you Doc guys be wondering around like....
That is because you NINCOMPOOPS forget that you post on there and go back to it every other day!
Easy there, hangman. Nincompoops is MY thing! Get your own thing!
