Gallia Academy 42 Coal Grove 20

[Abe Froman]

Gallia rolls along until the Ironton game I think. I got the Blue Devils.

[GalliaGrad78]

Gallipolis on cruise control until the bubble bursts in week 9.

LOL! Ironton wins a few games and all of the sudden, its like the Lutz era again!

I think you will be eating those words in a couple weeks... Ironton will be most physical team you have played promise you that. Ironton has also played a tougher schedule. Defense wins championships and Ironton has the best D in the conference. We will know soon. Take it one week at a time.

More physical than Jackson? hmmmmm.....
We'll see.

[Blue/92]

Gallia wins but only because of one kid . That Jacob Campbell kid . Coal grove hasn’t played or tried to stop a running back with his size and strength. And not only that he’s a monster on defense

Gallia wins because they are a better "TEAM". It takes 11 on both sides of the ball. Obviously you are butthurt that he isn't still at RV. Let me remind you " the one kid" didn't play much against your Raiders and we all know the outcome of that.

[Fattseycline]

Gallia wins but only because of one kid . That Jacob Campbell kid . Coal grove hasn’t played or tried to stop a running back with his size and strength. And not only that he’s a monster on defense

I’m sure he’s good but no way he’s better then the Parker kid from Portsmouth. He was a stud and Cg beat him so if all gallia has is one good back Cg will be ok. I know they have more than just one good running back.

[Ema]

After seeing both teams play, I'd say CG has the better line. CG at home with the best line=W

[Blue/92]

Gallia wins but only because of one kid . That Jacob Campbell kid . Coal grove hasn’t played or tried to stop a running back with his size and strength. And not only that he’s a monster on defense

I’m sure he’s good but no way he’s better then the Parker kid from Portsmouth. He was a stud and Cg beat him so if all gallia has is one good back Cg will be ok. I know they have more than just one good running back.

By the point differentials of the Portsmouth game, it looks as if GA defense may have the edge.

[Fonzie]

People on here can talk about whatever week they want of the season, past or present. But I can assure you this week Coach Penrod and his staff are only concerned about week 7. Coal Grove is the only team on their mind. I think it will be a gut check game for the boys in blue. Might see them down early, and have to mount a comeback. I think a few games with playoff style atmosphere would be good for them. I have never been a believer in looking at point differentials of common opponents, so I tend not to worry about those things. Each week is a fresh match up of athletes, and it all depends on who comes to play that given Friday.

I look for GA to come away with a hard fought win. GA by 10

[645945]

You can’t be the man till you beat the man. you can’t count out the grove. Coal grove is a solid team with excellent pass catchers, a strong armed elusive QB, and a solid run game. The line is good but it is hard to compare them to the excellent line that the hornets fielded last year. I think fans may be looking ahead that is natural, but the seniors that are on this team have never had a winning season in their varsity careers. If they win Friday that monkey will be off their backs. That is why I don’t think they are looking ahead they want win #6 and coal grove is the game that can happen. It will take a solid team effort, the grove will not go quietly into the night.

As an old guy that only knew this as a non-conference game I always loved playing the hornets. Always hard hitting and hard charging and a fan base that knew the game and loved there team.

My feeling is Gallipolis will win this game. I suck at guessing scores so I will just say blue devils win. Players not looking ahead when you’ve been down like the blue #6 looks real good.

Go blue!!!

[79Tiger]

I'm going with the Hornets in this one but it is great to see the Blue Devils back on track. I remember their SEOAL days under Bill Trent. They were always a physical team.

[Fattseycline]

People on here can talk about whatever week they want of the season, past or present. But I can assure you this week Coach Penrod and his staff are only concerned about week 7. Coal Grove is the only team on their mind. I think it will be a gut check game for the boys in blue. Might see them down early, and have to mount a comeback. I think a few games with playoff style atmosphere would be good for them. I have never been a believer in looking at point differentials of common opponents, so I tend not to worry about those things. Each week is a fresh match up of athletes, and it all depends on who comes to play that given Friday.

I look for GA to come away with a hard fought win. GA by 10

This is a must win for both teams. For playoff and conference hopes. Grove has already lost one conference so there is no room for error. This game will basically ne a playoff game for both teams. Grove has to come ready to play because Gallia can score fast and often. Should be a atmosphere just like he “old days” lol

[CGFAN#1]

I am not sure this team is playing as good of ball yet as coach Eddy’s playoff team but they are headed in that direction.

I would say they're playing slightly better on the offensive side of the ball, but not as lockdown on defense.

What would you say GA is looking at next year?

I think during the playoff season the offense was much more balanced and thus was able to strain defenses a little more then this years team so far.

As far as next year and the future goes. I think next year especially early in year this team will be not quite as good as this years. But will get better every week.

We have way to many seniors who have started for almost 3 years to not have a little drop off. But to be honest the talent in program is deep. I personally think as long as Penrod is the coach and the blue devils stay in OVC.

You would expect to be at least 7-3 7 out of every 10 years. Some years better then that. But maybe a couple of 6-4’s or 5-5. At the end of next year I would expect this team to be back close to the top of the OVC.

I honestly think the OVC should move the ironton Gallia academy to week 10 as I think in over 50% of years this could be game for OVC crown.

So SVAC83 Gallia has one good year after several down years and you think you should be the feature program for years to come? What is funny is in your old conference where teams were near your size or larger than Gallia your outcome was not good. Now year 3 in the OVC where you are much larger than most of the schools abd you now have a winning record and now dominant.
Well enjoy your year and your seniors and hope you don't get back to average again.
Also know that the smallest school in the OVC, defending champ, will play with a chip on their shoulder looking to upset the larger school and Gallia is playing not to lose.
Should be a good game but enjoy your season and slow down on the dominance talk.

[Stone Cold]

Haven’t seen the Hornets any this year, I’m pulling for the Devils to get the W! Looks like it may be a dandy.

[GalliaGrad78]

It will be hard for The Blue Devils to come out of Coal Grove with a win. But, I think that it can be done.

[svac83]

I would say they're playing slightly better on the offensive side of the ball, but not as lockdown on defense.

What would you say GA is looking at next year?

I think during the playoff season the offense was much more balanced and thus was able to strain defenses a little more then this years team so far.

As far as next year and the future goes. I think next year especially early in year this team will be not quite as good as this years. But will get better every week.

We have way to many seniors who have started for almost 3 years to not have a little drop off. But to be honest the talent in program is deep. I personally think as long as Penrod is the coach and the blue devils stay in OVC.

You would expect to be at least 7-3 7 out of every 10 years. Some years better then that. But maybe a couple of 6-4’s or 5-5. At the end of next year I would expect this team to be back close to the top of the OVC.

I honestly think the OVC should move the ironton Gallia academy to week 10 as I think in over 50% of years this could be game for OVC crown.

So SVAC83 Gallia has one good year after several down years and you think you should be the feature program for years to come? What is funny is in your old conference where teams were near your size or larger than Gallia your outcome was not good. Now year 3 in the OVC where you are much larger than most of the schools abd you now have a winning record and now dominant.
Well enjoy your year and your seniors and hope you don't get back to average again.
Also know that the smallest school in the OVC, defending champ, will play with a chip on their shoulder looking to upset the larger school and Gallia is playing not to lose.
Should be a good game but enjoy your season and slow down on the dominance talk.

No I don’t think Gallia should be the feature program. Let’s start from the back end of my comment first. And that would come from really saying that the Portsmouth ironton game should not be week 10. If you wanted to tell me it should be coal grove and ironton or some other combo that didn’t include Gallia I may be in agreement.
Mans I by no means think that me saying ironton and Gallia could both be pretty good in 5 of 10 years is crazy.

If you go back to the rest of my comment Gallia academy has long term non conference deals with river valley and meigs if you look at blue devils history against these teams. I don’t think it is crazy to think Gallia wins those games 7 of 10 years.

I also don’t think it is crazy. That the blue devils beat south Point, Portsmouth, rock hill, and Chesapeake 7 of 10 years. I don’t think it is crazy to think they win 40% of time against coal grove and fairland. That is the only thing I said by no means does that sound to me like I am saying they should be dominant

[Buckeye2018]

the argument about being a bigger school has nothing to do with it you get 11 players on the field same as anyone else rest of the players stand to the side the better coaches,better disaplined and conditioned team wins Gallia will be better next year the jv team is strong and Jr high is very good as well and they have one of the better coaches in southeast ohio...I may be wrong but I believe that gallia is heading back to having teams like they did from 1999 to 2006 not great teams but very good ones consistently ....coal grove will be tough this week no doubt I feel the team that establishes a consistent running attack will win this game

[Fonzie]

the argument about being a bigger school has nothing to do with it you get 11 players on the field same as anyone else rest of the players stand to the side the better coaches,better disaplined and conditioned team wins Gallia will be better next year the jv team is strong and Jr high is very good as well and they have one of the better coaches in southeast ohio...I may be wrong but I believe that gallia is heading back to having teams like they did from 1999 to 2006 not great teams but very good ones consistently ....coal grove will be tough this week no doubt I feel the team that establishes a consistent running attack will win this game

The issue with it simply being 11 vs 11 is not as simple as you want to make it. While yes each team can field 11 guys at any given moment in the game, the truth is that a larger school, enrollment wise, has more kids to choose from to find those 11 players. That does not always mean the team with larger enrollment will always be a better team, which is where your opinion on coaches, discipline, and conditioning come into factor. But bottom line is larger schools, definitely have an advantage in having a larger pool of kids to find those 11 players on the field.

[Fattseycline]

the argument about being a bigger school has nothing to do with it you get 11 players on the field same as anyone else rest of the players stand to the side the better coaches,better disaplined and conditioned team wins Gallia will be better next year the jv team is strong and Jr high is very good as well and they have one of the better coaches in southeast ohio...I may be wrong but I believe that gallia is heading back to having teams like they did from 1999 to 2006 not great teams but very good ones consistently ....coal grove will be tough this week no doubt I feel the team that establishes a consistent running attack will win this game

I agree and disagree. Yes the fact is it’s our 11 vs their 11. But Cg was just a couple of kids away from being D7 and there is a reason that you get more or less points from beating schools bigger or smaller them you. The size of the district does give teams an advantage in having more kids to pick from and the biggest advantage is depth. Now there are teams like Marin Local and coldwater that could beat just about anyone in the state, but they also have more recourses and $ for funding then most schools around here. They also pick and choose what kids come into their school system. Now Cg can’t make excuses they just have to play everyone on their schedule and we can beat anyone we play. We just have to play smart and hard for 4 quarters!

[svac83]

the argument about being a bigger school has nothing to do with it you get 11 players on the field same as anyone else rest of the players stand to the side the better coaches,better disaplined and conditioned team wins Gallia will be better next year the jv team is strong and Jr high is very good as well and they have one of the better coaches in southeast ohio...I may be wrong but I believe that gallia is heading back to having teams like they did from 1999 to 2006 not great teams but very good ones consistently ....coal grove will be tough this week no doubt I feel the team that establishes a consistent running attack will win this game

I agree and disagree. Yes the fact is it’s our 11 vs their 11. But Cg was just a couple of kids away from being D7 and there is a reason that you get more or less points from beating schools bigger or smaller them you. The size of the district does give teams an advantage in having more kids to pick from and the biggest advantage is depth. Now there are teams like Marin Local and coldwater that could beat just about anyone in the state, but they also have more recourses and $ for funding then most schools around here. They also pick and choose what kids come into their school system. Now Cg can’t make excuses they just have to play everyone on their schedule and we can beat anyone we play. We just have to play smart and hard for 4 quarters!

Hearing this from coal grove I will take a little bit. The OVC as a whole though even if you add coal grove in probably averages maybe 50 less kids then Gallia academy and I give you 50 kids may be a lot but I would counter that with. How many schools in OVC have like 16 kids on there golf team and how many have over 20 boys on cross country team and how many have over 25 or soccer team. I think a lot of those extra kids are playing other sports.

But I agree there is a little advantage but in this conference that is a small advantage I think.

[CGFAN#1]

I think during the playoff season the offense was much more balanced and thus was able to strain defenses a little more then this years team so far.

As far as next year and the future goes. I think next year especially early in year this team will be not quite as good as this years. But will get better every week.

We have way to many seniors who have started for almost 3 years to not have a little drop off. But to be honest the talent in program is deep. I personally think as long as Penrod is the coach and the blue devils stay in OVC.

You would expect to be at least 7-3 7 out of every 10 years. Some years better then that. But maybe a couple of 6-4’s or 5-5. At the end of next year I would expect this team to be back close to the top of the OVC.

I honestly think the OVC should move the ironton Gallia academy to week 10 as I think in over 50% of years this could be game for OVC crown.

So SVAC83 Gallia has one good year after several down years and you think you should be the feature program for years to come? What is funny is in your old conference where teams were near your size or larger than Gallia your outcome was not good. Now year 3 in the OVC where you are much larger than most of the schools abd you now have a winning record and now dominant.
Well enjoy your year and your seniors and hope you don't get back to average again.
Also know that the smallest school in the OVC, defending champ, will play with a chip on their shoulder looking to upset the larger school and Gallia is playing not to lose.
Should be a good game but enjoy your season and slow down on the dominance talk.

No I don’t think Gallia should be the feature program. Let’s start from the back end of my comment first. And that would come from really saying that the Portsmouth ironton game should not be week 10. If you wanted to tell me it should be coal grove and ironton or some other combo that didn’t include Gallia I may be in agreement.
Mans I by no means think that me saying ironton and Gallia could both be pretty good in 5 of 10 years is crazy.

If you go back to the rest of my comment Gallia academy has long term non conference deals with river valley and meigs if you look at blue devils history against these teams. I don’t think it is crazy to think Gallia wins those games 7 of 10 years.

I also don’t think it is crazy. That the blue devils beat south Point, Portsmouth, rock hill, and Chesapeake 7 of 10 years. I don’t think it is crazy to think they win 40% of time against coal grove and fairland. That is the only thing I said by no means does that sound to me like I am saying they should be dominant

Your result logic does make sense. Realize only 2 of those schools are D4 which is your size. All others are D5 or D6. You are playing smaller schools to be relevant and likely hope a newly winning program will get you recruits from RV and SG. However there is no reason with your school size you should not be competitive in the OVC but you should be required to be 8-2 to make the playoffs.
In regard to school size it does matter especially where depth and fatigue can play a factor.
You also state below there is around 55 kids difference between most schools and that may be true with Fairland, Peake and RH but not CG, Ironton and Portsmouth. Remember the numbers measuring boys is only 3 grades so you have to divide that by 3 then X by 4 to get the real number difference. Schools like CG, Ironton and Portsmouth have to play alot of Sophomores and in some cases freshman to have decent depth where larger schools don't. Gallia has around 200 more boys in your HS than CG over 4 grades and you know what? We will be ready to compete tomorrow just like we did last year in Football and Basketball.
Go Big Grove!

[CGFAN#1]

So SVAC83 Gallia has one good year after several down years and you think you should be the feature program for years to come? What is funny is in your old conference where teams were near your size or larger than Gallia your outcome was not good. Now year 3 in the OVC where you are much larger than most of the schools abd you now have a winning record and now dominant.
Well enjoy your year and your seniors and hope you don't get back to average again.
Also know that the smallest school in the OVC, defending champ, will play with a chip on their shoulder looking to upset the larger school and Gallia is playing not to lose.
Should be a good game but enjoy your season and slow down on the dominance talk.

No I don’t think Gallia should be the feature program. Let’s start from the back end of my comment first. And that would come from really saying that the Portsmouth ironton game should not be week 10. If you wanted to tell me it should be coal grove and ironton or some other combo that didn’t include Gallia I may be in agreement.
Mans I by no means think that me saying ironton and Gallia could both be pretty good in 5 of 10 years is crazy.

If you go back to the rest of my comment Gallia academy has long term non conference deals with river valley and meigs if you look at blue devils history against these teams. I don’t think it is crazy to think Gallia wins those games 7 of 10 years.

I also don’t think it is crazy. That the blue devils beat south Point, Portsmouth, rock hill, and Chesapeake 7 of 10 years. I don’t think it is crazy to think they win 40% of time against coal grove and fairland. That is the only thing I said by no means does that sound to me like I am saying they should be dominant

Your result logic does make sense. Realize only 2 of those schools are D4 which is your size. All others are D5 or D6. You are playing smaller schools to be relevant and likely hope a newly winning program will get you recruits from RV and SG. However there is no reason with your school size you should not be competitive in the OVC but you should be required to be 8-2 to make the playoffs.
In regard to school size it does matter especially where depth and fatigue can play a factor.
You also state below there is around 55 kids difference between most schools and that may be true with Fairland, Peake and RH but not CG, Ironton and Portsmouth. Remember the numbers measuring boys is only 3 grades so you have to divide that by 3 then X by 4 to get the real number difference. Schools like CG, Ironton and Portsmouth have to play alot of Sophomores and in some cases freshman to have decent depth where larger schools don't. Gallia has around 200 more boys in your HS than CG over 4 grades and you know what? We will be ready to compete tomorrow just like we did last year in Football and Basketball.
Go Big Grove!

I GOT ONE MORE THING TO SAY SVAC83!
Safe travels to you and all of Gallia folks comiing down to the Grove. Looking forward to a safe and competitive game. I also enjoy the banter.
As you can tell I take pride in how our small school is competitive at a 1-2 division level up. Tomorrow should be no different.
Go Big Grove!