McMinn vs. Cleveland

[logcabinman]

Any thoughts on this one.  McMinn off a rout of Cross Creek rival and Cleveland loses to a pretty good Red Bank squad.  What do you think?

[Martymcfly]

Not watched the entire Red Bank vs. Cleveland game yet, but from what I've watched so far, Cleveland is a much better team than the final score vs. Red Bank indicates.  

[logcabinman]

2 hours ago, Martymcfly said:

Not watched the entire Red Bank vs. Cleveland game yet, but from what I've watched so far, Cleveland is a much better team than the final score vs. Red Bank indicates.  

How do you see the McMinn game playing out?

[Martymcfly]

Less than 10 point win for either team - unless McMinn can't defend Cleveland's passing game

Sorry for the vague prediction - I'm a bit superstitious about making predictions for a team I'm a fan of.    

[clevelandblueraiderfan]

3 hours ago, Martymcfly said:

Not watched the entire Red Bank vs. Cleveland game yet, but from what I've watched so far, Cleveland is a much better team than the final score vs. Red Bank indicates.  

Without the turnovers the game is much closer, but Cleveland did have lots of problems containing the athletes of RB

[RichyRich]

Mcminn and cleveland play close 90% of the time the exceptions were in 2013 when cleveland killed mcminn 42-7 and 2016 when mcminn beat cleveland at home 28-0. I remember cleveland used to be the team to beat around here and bradley used to be everyones punching bag what caused the shift in athletes surely not the creation of walker valley.

[BrushCreek]

Richly Rich McMinn beat Cleveland 42-7 two years ago. However with that being said I could honestly see this going either way. I wouldn’t be surprised if McMinn won or I wouldn’t be surprised if Cleveland won. Both these teams have some questions to answer and things to address 

[BrushCreek]

McMinn has 17 penalties in week 1!!! That has to be cleaned up for them to have a chance. I guess if I had to pick this one I guess I would give Cleveland an advantage with home field advantage 

[clevelandblueraiderfan]

3 hours ago, RichyRich said:

Mcminn and cleveland play close 90% of the time the exceptions were in 2013 when cleveland killed mcminn 42-7 and 2016 when mcminn beat cleveland at home 28-0. I remember cleveland used to be the team to beat around here and bradley used to be everyones punching bag what caused the shift in athletes surely not the creation of walker valley.

Bradley has a stable proven coaching staff, while Cleveland has been a rotating door for the past decade.

[blitzinbuc]

On 8/22/2022 at 4:37 PM, logcabinman said:

Any thoughts on this one.  McMinn off a rout of Cross Creek rival and Cleveland loses to a pretty good Red Bank squad.  What do you think?

It's hard to say at this point how good, bad, or average either team is.
Everyone I've talked to in Cleveland said the Raiders are much better than what they showed against a solid Red Bank team. No doubt the Cleveland coaches will work out many of their issues in practice this week from last Thursday's game. And I imagine the team will respond and show a much better product against McMinn.
The Cherokees do have some talent at skill positions, and their line looked pretty good Friday night.  McMinn certainly needs some quick housekeeping on the penalties. 17 penalties/140 yards isn't going to win you many games. Cleveland has more speed than Central, so the question is can they use that speed to contain the edges and seal the perimeter, where McMinn was successful against Central?
Though they're not Region opponents now, it's still a great rival game 
 

Edited August 24, 2022 by blitzinbuc

[Cactus Jack]

This game is always a classic. Cleveland back in the days of Benny and the Jets against the Shazzon Bradley led Chunky Cherokees. I think this round goes to the Kees though. 21-14

[RichyRich]

3 hours ago, Cactus Jack said:

This game is always a classic. Cleveland back in the days of Benny and the Jets against the Shazzon Bradley led Chunky Cherokees. I think this round goes to the Kees though. 21-14

Shazzon  was a big ole boy that's for sure.  Wish he had better lucky with green bay.