Portage vs. Bishop Guilfoyle D6 A Championship Thread

[animus]

So explain to me how rural schools in the south have no such problem...

Explain to me, how down south schools get recruited more heavily then the North. Tell me why Florida has more espn 300 recruits then PA, Ohio, New York combined. The more talent you have in the state the more equal the competition will be. PA all urban based talent, with a very few coming from any rural based area in the state.

So why isn't there rural based talent in PA when there's rural based talent in the south? Work harder to get better. Work on the feeder systems, work on coaching. Instead of complaining about the Catholic schools, in the area, find ways to beat them. It has happened in the past; see Penns Manor, and will happen again.

[guru1]

Altoona only has BG, BA and Tyrone in its area, so not having so many school districts also is beneficial.

Altoona, BG, BA, Tyrone, Hollidaysburg, Williamsburg and Central. All are in Blair county..if you are counting Tyrone then you have to count all of them....same distance from the city!!

[D6sports101]

Altoona is no Pittsburgh or Philadelphia. All of you are acting like they are just pumping out D1 athletes over there. Altoona is usually bad and so is BG. BG has had their program turned around recently and Altoona seems to be on the right track as well. BG is a very good football team this year and you should just accept it and root on one of the areas best teams. No one complained about their team when they were struggling to win a single game a couple years back.

[Stater32]

I get it, we going to argue basics like what is a suburb and what's not. We are going to throw basic geography knowledge out of the window.

[knowitall]

You don't get it

[Stater32]

So explain to me how rural schools in the south have no such problem...

Explain to me, how down south schools get recruited more heavily then the North. Tell me why Florida has more espn 300 recruits then PA, Ohio, New York combined. The more talent you have in the state the more equal the competition will be. PA all urban based talent, with a very few coming from any rural based area in the state.

So why isn't there rural based talent in PA when there's rural based talent in the south? Work harder to get better. Work on the feeder systems, work on coaching. Instead of complaining about the Catholic schools, in the area, find ways to beat them. It has happened in the past; see Penns Manor, and will happen again.

Can you please stop comparing Pennsylvania to down south football. For one, climate plays a big factor in the differences between the two. That's why usually northern schools are basketball and wrestling schools, while down south are baseball and Football. The kids play all year around so they are going to be better. So stop comparing Southern to Northern Football there is no comparison please. I just feel like if you are given a competitive advantage you should be with people who have that advantage also. That's all I'm saying

[LoveOftheGame]

Anytime a local catholic school makes it to a championship game come out. It becomes even more prevalent when a team like BG plays a public school that is in the BC or BM area. A lot of those schools get upset because talented athletes have decided to attended the local catholic school instead of the public school. There may have been instances that could be considered "recruiting" especially when you see certain catholic schools that get junior transfers from the surrounding public schools but BG is not one of those schools. BG loses more talented kids than people ever know. Hollidaysburg retains a TON of athletes that may have gone to Hollidaysburg Catholic or St. Rose and should have gone to BG but instead decided to go to the public school instead. If BG actively recruited or paid for their tuition then there would be no reason for those kids to leave. Let's be honest, the football programs around BG are generally successful. Altoona, Hollidaysburg, Tyrone and Bellwood are usually successful and BG hasn't been sending kids to colleges with full paid football scholarships with any type of consistency, so there is no need for a family to incur the cost of a few thousands of dollars per school year unless religious education during school is more important.

Women's bball at BG is obviously a different argument. Again, they aren't paying tuition but if you are a good basketball player and have aspirations to play in college you are going to BG. The parents make the sacrifice financially to send their daughter to the best girls basketball program in the area in hopes of getting an athletic college scholarship.

[Stater32]

You don't get it

I get it, all I'm saying is a school's location matters to their success. I'm not saying that's the only reason, or that coaching isn't a big part. In PA if you are an urban area school, you are going to have a better talent pool then rural area schools. I'm not saying a rural area school can't beat a city school either. Because it has happened, I'm just saying consistently it won't happen because of the difference in talent.

[Crimson's Ghost]

I have the feeling that Portage is already more concerned that Bishop Guilfoyle is a Catholic school, and not that they are a good football team. It happened back in 2008 too.

I just hope for the sake of the game Portage is focused on football and not the distractions, but that ship has already sailed I bet.

[konjo78]

Konjo, aren't there more farms in PA than Washington? Or did you mean west in general? You do have more volcanos. Be careful.
Berlin has the suburbs of Brotherton, Glen Savage, Fairhope, and New Baltimore.

There are a lot more farms in Washington. People dont realize over half the state is in a desert because those volcano's block off all the clouds. There is literally nothing between the cascade and the Rockys!