Week 10: (8-1) Raceland KY @ (6-2) Ironton

[Tigercannon71]

You're living in the past. I understand. Its hard to see through the glasses.

And you either have a hood on or you are blind. So I can understand you not being able to see whats in front of you.

[moonshine]

Even though it pains me, It looks like it will be Raceland by 3

[YOU'RE TIGER BAIT]

shine shame on you. here we are on the eve of the raceland/ironton game and you pee pee on the fire. way to redirect though. I feel the fighting tigers flex their muscles here at home on senior night and take the rams to the ole proverbial woodshed. if we have troubles it will be via the passing game me thinks.

[jinks]

TRH is right. Ironton has more to gain than Raceland in this game. Raceland COULD beat Ironton if they went all out and used their "trick" plays. However, they have already secured their playoff berth and probably want to save some surprises for the next opponent. Raceland will probably want to play it safe and come out without any injuries. (Besides everyone knows how many points Ironton starts out with when they play at home. Who's reffing???)

[Tigercannon71]

TRH is right. Ironton has more to gain than Raceland in this game. Raceland COULD beat Ironton if they went all out and used their "trick" plays. However, they have already secured their playoff berth and probably want to save some surprises for the next opponent. Raceland will probably want to play it safe and come out without any injuries. (Besides everyone knows how many points Ironton starts out with when they play at home. Who's reffing???)

This is one of the funnier posts on here. You're saying well Racelands not really going to try so if Ironton wins its because Raceland didnt try and because the refs will cheat them. Which is code for Raceland is going to get killed so I gotta come up with some excuse before the game.

[jinks]

No excuses, none needed. Look at last year's score. Just saying Ironton has more to lose and that is always a motivation. Still think Raceland will win, but ask anyone (except Tiger fans) and they will tell you the homecookin' is always good at Tanks. Besides that, every game y'all talk about Ironton's silly self-imposed penalties. Think that will be Ironton's downfall.

[Tigercannon71]

its the exact same thing !!!!

isnt ironton keeping burg , russell , ashland and one other ????

ironton would come out 4 points better with ovc!!!

its only different cause those teams are perceived as BAD TEAMS the points will be their

some those teams probably are bad teams(still have point value)

The combined L2 points of the OVC teams (including Portsmouth) is 85 points.

Sounds good right? No that's not.

Wheelersburg, Ashland, and Russell have a combined 102.5 L2 points between them.. And that's not counting the 4th non conference opponent.

There's the reality.. These teams will force Ironton to play non conference teams they can beat.. Which equals dulling the schedule down more.

[YOU'RE TIGER BAIT]

No excuses, none needed. Look at last year's score. Just saying Ironton has more to lose and that is always a motivation. Still think Raceland will win, but ask anyone (except Tiger fans) and they will tell you the homecookin' is always good at Tanks. Besides that, every game y'all talk about Ironton's silly self-imposed penalties. Think that will be Ironton's downfall.

after that debacle last year at raceland against ironton, someone actually have the nerve to talk about officiating at the tank. funny how ironton has always been equally effective at winning games on the road. after someone seeing the officiating when ironton plays these ''umm let's say private'' schools, someone questions the officiating. I think this will be a very good football game by 2 schools who are very nearly the same size that are playing very good football.

[Tigercannon71]

No excuses, none needed. Look at last year's score. Just saying Ironton has more to lose and that is always a motivation. Still think Raceland will win, but ask anyone (except Tiger fans) and they will tell you the homecookin' is always good at Tanks. Besides that, every game y'all talk about Ironton's silly self-imposed penalties. Think that will be Ironton's downfall.

First of all anytime you go to Kentucky somebodies getting screwed. Last year Ironton was going through an identity crisis and if they would have ran the ball Raceland by 21. This year Ironton knows who they are and will beat Raceland by 30.

[ohbuckeye2]

No excuses, none needed. Look at last year's score. Just saying Ironton has more to lose and that is always a motivation. Still think Raceland will win, but ask anyone (except Tiger fans) and they will tell you the homecookin' is always good at Tanks. Besides that, every game y'all talk about Ironton's silly self-imposed penalties. Think that will be Ironton's downfall.

First of all anytime you go to Kentucky somebodies getting screwed. Last year Ironton was going through an identity crisis and if they would have ran the ball Raceland by 21. This year Ironton knows who they are and will beat Raceland by 30.

I was reading on another site that the Tigers will be lucky to get 120 yards Rushing against Racelands great Defense.

[YOU'RE TIGER BAIT]

we shall see we have an awesome backfield, with the qb being a big threat to run as well. if our o-line maintains their blocks better , and keep their butts low and back straight we have some dinosaur lineman that will just wear you out. my biggest concern with our o-line is the pass blocking, they just let loose too quick.but if we can run on ya, it's gonna be a long night for the rams. keys to our winning will be our secondary play.

[YOU'RE TIGER BAIT]

we had a much more physical Jackson team reeling against our run game last week. we were wearing them down physically with the run game. but we were just the victim of a couple amazing pass plays by their qb and recievers, and got gashed a couple times big on the run.that was a very exciting game, and I won't even go into a few ball spots that took place there at very crucial times in the game.it was a great learning game and great test for the fighting tigers. sizewise we''ll matchup with anyone in the state with this team. they just gotta get er done.

[Tigercannon71]

I heard that too about the 120 rushing yards. If Jackson couldnt hold us to 120 theres no way Raceland can.

[Trojan_Pride]

its the exact same thing !!!!

isnt ironton keeping burg , russell , ashland and one other ????

ironton would come out 4 points better with ovc!!!

its only different cause those teams are perceived as BAD TEAMS the points will be their

some those teams probably are bad teams(still have point value)

The combined L2 points of the OVC teams (including Portsmouth) is 85 points.

Sounds good right? No that's not.

Wheelersburg, Ashland, and Russell have a combined 102.5 L2 points between them.. And that's not counting the 4th non conference opponent.

There's the reality.. These teams will force Ironton to play non conference teams they can beat.. Which equals dulling the schedule down more.

ironton will never drop burg , ashland , russell

only point i was trying to get across is whoever is dropped will equal the point value of the ovc

and if you dont beat 3 out of the 4 non conference games you probably shouldnt be in playoff anyways

raceland should become a game they keep also!!

[Tigercannon71]

You're point was with 6 OVC teams you get 4 more points than with 4 non con games. I pointed out thats not a fair trade off and I go on to point out the Level 2 points are way way higher with 4 non con games than with 6 OVC games. So the point trade off isnt a good one to join the league plus those points could mean the difference between a home game and traveling 2 hours in a 1st rd game.

[Westfan]

You're point was with 6 OVC teams you get 4 more points than with 4 non con games. I pointed out thats not a fair trade off and I go on to point out the Level 2 points are way way higher with 4 non con games than with 6 OVC games. So the point trade off isnt a good one to join the league plus those points could mean the difference between a home game and traveling 2 hours in a 1st rd game.

And don't forget that each current OVC team just scheduled 2 more probable losses when Portsmouth and Ironton are "up". So a couple of those easy wins they've scheduled against small SOC I schools may go away. The overall point value that is being figured from the current OVC schools will probably go down significantly with the addition of Ironton and Portsmouth.

[YOU'RE TIGER BAIT]

westfan, let me shoot straight from the hip with ya. do you have any knowledge of why Portsmouth wasn't allowed in soc, it's the bulk of their schedule anyway, and they certainly aren't thriving. I have no idea if ironton looked at the soc first. but I would certainly think they would have.if you know the answer and don't want to say it here , just send me a pm. you know me, I won't say anything.portsmouth and ironton would have certainly have been better fits there, especially in football.
it's been so long since an ovc team made the football playoffs, I can't rightly remember who it was. and when is the last time an ovc team got past week 11. I'm not poking fun, I truly don't remember. I'm not making fun of anybody, serious question. and ironton and Portsmouth will be there in the fall, so I certainly have nothing to gain by that. just curious about a few things.

[Jolly P(irate)]

westfan, let me shoot straight from the hip with ya. do you have any knowledge of why Portsmouth wasn't allowed in soc, it's the bulk of their schedule anyway, and they certainly aren't thriving. I have no idea if ironton looked at the soc first. but I would certainly think they would have.if you know the answer and don't want to say it here , just send me a pm. you know me, I won't say anything.portsmouth and ironton would have certainly have been better fits there, especially in football.
it's been so long since an ovc team made the football playoffs, I can't rightly remember who it was. and when is the last time an ovc team got past week 11. I'm not poking fun, I truly don't remember. I'm not making fun of anybody, serious question. and ironton and Portsmouth will be there in the fall, so I certainly have nothing to gain by that. just curious about a few things.

Isn't Fairland in the OVC? They made the playoffs last year.

[Westfan]

westfan, let me shoot straight from the hip with ya. do you have any knowledge of why Portsmouth wasn't allowed in soc, it's the bulk of their schedule anyway, and they certainly aren't thriving. I have no idea if ironton looked at the soc first. but I would certainly think they would have.if you know the answer and don't want to say it here , just send me a pm. you know me, I won't say anything.portsmouth and ironton would have certainly have been better fits there, especially in football.
it's been so long since an ovc team made the football playoffs, I can't rightly remember who it was. and when is the last time an ovc team got past week 11. I'm not poking fun, I truly don't remember. I'm not making fun of anybody, serious question. and ironton and Portsmouth will be there in the fall, so I certainly have nothing to gain by that. just curious about a few things.

Facts. No I don't have any. But word is the SOC would've took Portsmouth years ago when Portsmouth was a huge school and very good. I'm talking 20 plus years ago. Portsmouth wanted no part of it. I think they burned bridges. That's what I've always heard.
I've also heard it theorized that possible consolidation of Portsmouth schools could make Portsmouth much bigger than the rest of the conference. Not sure if that will happen. But I would say it will eventually happen.

What this has to do with Ironton I don't know.

[YOU'RE TIGER BAIT]

I forgot about that jolly.