Ga96 Posted June 14, 2021 Report Share Posted June 14, 2021 https://www.si.com/college/indiana/football/big-ten-daily-june-12-indiana-ohio-state-braxton-miller-troy-smith-attempt-to-pioneer-school-like-img-academy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolebull813 Posted June 14, 2021 Report Share Posted June 14, 2021 That’s a good thing. Sports academies are not bad as long as they compete against teams with their same philosophy. Teams like IMG, Grayson, SFA, SJC, STA, Mater Dei, SJB etc etc have all committed to being football factories that operate outside the typical high school sports model. They are essentially farm systems for college. Which is no issue at all. But they shouldn’t be competing against normal high schools for championships. That’s a mockery of the sport. They should be competing with each other exclusively. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweetlarry Posted June 14, 2021 Report Share Posted June 14, 2021 15 minutes ago, Ga96 said: https://www.si.com/college/indiana/football/big-ten-daily-june-12-indiana-ohio-state-braxton-miller-troy-smith-attempt-to-pioneer-school-like-img-academy So what do you think about this academy, 96? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GardenStateBaller Posted June 14, 2021 Report Share Posted June 14, 2021 2 hours ago, Nolebull813 said: That’s a good thing. Sports academies are not bad as long as they compete against teams with their same philosophy. Teams like IMG, Grayson, SFA, SJC, STA, Mater Dei, SJB etc etc have all committed to being football factories that operate outside the typical high school sports model. They are essentially farm systems for college. Which is no issue at all. But they shouldn’t be competing against normal high schools for championships. That’s a mockery of the sport. They should be competing with each other exclusively. Teams like SJC, STA, MD and SJB are far from academies. All of them have rich histories and voluminous alumni bases. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ga96 Posted June 14, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2021 23 minutes ago, GardenStateBaller said: Teams like Grayson, SJC, STA, MD and SJB are far from academies. All of them have rich histories and voluminous alumni bases. That's exactly what they are saying they are anything else would be a lie especially with Grayson they don't have any true history. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HooverOutlaw Posted June 14, 2021 Report Share Posted June 14, 2021 Grayson a rich History that is laughable. They have been a power house for 10 years but only a decade of success does not equal A rich tradition. So if a kid played on the 2011 state team he would be only 28 now. You need to have great grandparents and grandparents that are alumni before claiming a rich tradition it takes more than 10 years. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GardenStateBaller Posted June 14, 2021 Report Share Posted June 14, 2021 1 hour ago, Ga96 said: That's exactly what they are saying they are anything else would be a lie especially with Grayson they don't have any true history. Agree. Grayson shouldn't have been listed as the high school is only 21 years old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Posted June 14, 2021 Report Share Posted June 14, 2021 2 hours ago, Ga96 said: That's exactly what they are saying they are anything else would be a lie especially with Grayson they don't have any true history. 2 hours ago, HooverOutlaw said: Grayson a rich History that is laughable. They have been a power house for 10 years but only a decade of success does not equal A rich tradition. So if a kid played on the 2011 state team he would be only 28 now. You need to have great grandparents and grandparents that are alumni before claiming a rich tradition it takes more than 10 years. Uh, you gentlemen do understand that the current iteration of Grayson only opened in 2000 don't you? Since we opened we've already been split and a new school created out of predominately our student base. We lost a third of our student when Archer opened. I'd say we've done pretty well for that amount of time. We started making it to the quarter/semi finals in our 8th year and with the exception of one year have been valid since. It sure seems to chap your rears that we've done well. Hate it for you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HooverOutlaw Posted June 14, 2021 Report Share Posted June 14, 2021 7 hours ago, Fred said: Uh, you gentlemen do understand that the current iteration of Grayson only opened in 2000 don't you? Since we opened we've already been split and a new school created out of predominately our student base. We lost a third of our student when Archer opened. I'd say we've done pretty well for that amount of time. We started making it to the quarter/semi finals in our 8th year and with the exception of one year have been valid since. It sure seems to chap your rears that we've done well. Hate it for you. Grayson needs to be going to state games for 50 years before they are a rich tradition. Plus only 3 in football. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iletteredintrack Posted June 14, 2021 Report Share Posted June 14, 2021 7 hours ago, Fred said: Uh, you gentlemen do understand that the current iteration of Grayson only opened in 2000 don't you? Since we opened we've already been split and a new school created out of predominately our student base. We lost a third of our student when Archer opened. I'd say we've done pretty well for that amount of time. We started making it to the quarter/semi finals in our 8th year and with the exception of one year have been valid since. It sure seems to chap your rears that we've done well. Hate it for you. You gotta love guys like 96 that scream about tradition. How is that Lowndes tradition working out for him? When was their last championship? The 16 year old's that were on their last state championship team are 30 now. Does that mean their tradition is dead? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Severino Posted June 14, 2021 Report Share Posted June 14, 2021 Moderator, can you fix the title of this thead please? It should read "Broke Former Buckeyes Need Money." Thanks! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Posted June 16, 2021 Report Share Posted June 16, 2021 On 6/14/2021 at 8:05 AM, HooverOutlaw said: Grayson needs to be going to state games for 50 years before they are a rich tradition. Plus only 3 in football. Depends on what you are claiming makes for a rich tradition. If you include the first Grayson high school, then yes the school has a rich tradition that encompasses much more than just football. I don't know of anyone from Grayson that is claiming we have a rich tradition in football since this iteration opened. On the other hand, we have done pretty well for a 21 year old school and there is no denying that. Football wise, starting from scratch and having 3 championships in the past decade and one of the top records in the state in that time ain't peanuts not matter how much you hate us. It is easy to have a "rich tradition" when you are in a state with 3-4 good teams each year. Give us time and we will talk about tradition when we have enough history. Saying we have to have 50 years when we've only been open 21 seems to be a touch self serving. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderRam Posted June 16, 2021 Report Share Posted June 16, 2021 On 6/14/2021 at 6:37 AM, Severino said: Moderator, can you fix the title of this thead please? It should read "Broke Former Buckeyes Need Money." Thanks! If they’ve got enough scratch to lead an investment group in purchasing a former university then they aren’t anywhere close to broke. Nice try though. Moderator, can you put severino’s posting privileges on timeout until severino learns how to think things through before typing? 😉 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Severino Posted June 16, 2021 Report Share Posted June 16, 2021 A few more $400 youth football camps and lots of $35 autographs and they'll have the money in no time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardhit1 Posted June 17, 2021 Report Share Posted June 17, 2021 18 hours ago, ThunderRam said: If they’ve got enough scratch to lead an investment group in purchasing a former university then they aren’t anywhere close to broke. Nice try though. Moderator, can you put severino’s posting privileges on timeout until severino learns how to think things through before typing? 😉 He actually from WV and still trying to fit in. who is this NoleBull & BS? 😂 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Severino Posted June 18, 2021 Report Share Posted June 18, 2021 And just like that, Urbana Prep and Bishop Sycamore find each other. No one saw that coming. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GardenStateBaller Posted June 18, 2021 Report Share Posted June 18, 2021 2 hours ago, Severino said: And just like that, Urbana Prep and Bishop Sycamore find each other. No one saw that coming. PGL held a summit earlier this week. You’re welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderRam Posted June 18, 2021 Report Share Posted June 18, 2021 On 6/16/2021 at 6:00 PM, hardhit1 said: He actually from WV and still trying to fit in. who is this NoleBull & BS? 😂 Some of us have been away for a while and you guys let the new inmates run the asylum? C’mon now 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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