dodgerwv 10 Report Share Posted January 30, 2006 This year's schedule is a great example why Princeton screwed up in joining the MSAC. PRINCETON 08/25/06 - OPEN 09/01/06 A BLUEFIELD 09/08/06 A HUNTINGTON 09/15/06 A SOUTH CHARLESTON 09/22/06 H GEORGE WASHINGTON 09/29/06 A NITRO 10/06/06 H LINCOLN COUNTY 10/13/06 H GREENBRIER EAST 10/20/06 A CAPITAL 10/27/06 H SPRING VALLEY 11/03/06 H RIVERSIDE That's not a real attractive schedule from a fan's perspective. I would much rather see some local schools on their schedule. The James Monroe and Mount View series had to put more fans in the bleachers than any of these with the possible exception of G-East or Riverside. Know they needed AAA games, but why not schedule some VA schools that would count as AAA like Richlands, Blacksburg, or Christiansburg? Not to mention that you wouldn't have to pay the round trip $42 tolls on the turnpike per bus! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMan 3,569 Report Share Posted January 30, 2006 [ QUOTE ] Know they needed AAA games, but why not schedule some VA schools that would count as AAA like Richlands, Blacksburg, or Christiansburg? [/ QUOTE ] P'town has always had the opportunity to schedule teams like that but avoided them...they avoided playing Graham like the plague for the last several years and only did it the other season because both needed a 10th game. The schedule may not be "attractive", as you call it, but at least its respectable now...no more PikeView's and such... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluefield_Rules 46 Report Share Posted January 30, 2006 What I cannot figure is why Princeton and Beckley aren't playing one another. Both are in the MSAC and very close to one another compared to the distance between those two and other conference foes. It makes zero sense that Princeton and Beckley didn't play in 2005 and they aren't playing one another in 2006. Whose bright idea was that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edrforshey 27 Report Share Posted January 31, 2006 Its because the MSAC is broken down into 3 pods of 5 team each. POD A Parkersburg Cabell Midland Huntington Capital Woodrow Wilson POD B Greenbrier East Riverside South Charleston Princeton Spring Valley POD C St. Albans Hurricane Ripley George Washington Nitro You play every school in your pod every year. 2 teams from each of the other 2 pods for 2 years. These matchups are different starting in 2007. That makes 8 MSAC games. You can then elected to play 2 other teams to fill out your 10 game schedule. Some schools has elected to play 10 teams that are in the MSAC, but only 8 are really MSAC games. Woodrow Wilson and Princeton could have agreed to play a non MSAC game, but for some reason they haven't in 2005 or 2006. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPF 417 Report Share Posted January 31, 2006 [ QUOTE ] This year's schedule is a great example why Princeton screwed up in joining the MSAC. PRINCETON 08/25/06 - OPEN 09/01/06 A BLUEFIELD 09/08/06 A HUNTINGTON 09/15/06 A SOUTH CHARLESTON 09/22/06 H GEORGE WASHINGTON 09/29/06 A NITRO 10/06/06 H LINCOLN COUNTY 10/13/06 H GREENBRIER EAST 10/20/06 A CAPITAL 10/27/06 H SPRING VALLEY 11/03/06 H RIVERSIDE That's not a real attractive schedule from a fan's perspective. I would much rather see some local schools on their schedule. The James Monroe and Mount View series had to put more fans in the bleachers than any of these with the possible exception of G-East or Riverside. Know they needed AAA games, but why not schedule some VA schools that would count as AAA like Richlands, Blacksburg, or Christiansburg? Not to mention that you wouldn't have to pay the round trip $42 tolls on the turnpike per bus! [/ QUOTE ] Simple question, simple anwser..............S-C-A-R-E-D. They know they will lose to any local team they play with the exception of Pikeview. Most years they can't even beat James Monroe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzzsawBeaver 12 Report Share Posted January 31, 2006 disagree completely, princeton's had some formidable teams here and there in the last decade, they've maintained a hard schedule for years also, even before they were in the msac, they scheduled the likes of parkersburg south, university, patrick henry. I also disagree they've been scared to play local teams or graham, they've played graham a few games, 2 or 3?, in my opinion they'd simply prefer to schedule as many aaa teams as possible, and in recent seasons they had enough aa teams on their schedule with bluefield and james monroe, oak hill, and pikeview in some seasons, ect.. There's only so many small teams a bigger school can be expected to be willing to schedule. They're in the situation that beckley and greenbrier east were in, a southern wv with only 3 aaa schools. In my opinion the msac is what they had to have. Not certain the fans really preferred to see them schedule a lot of aa teams, closer or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaveFan09 50 Report Share Posted January 31, 2006 lol i used to live in Hurricane Wv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narz_Wave 10 Report Share Posted January 31, 2006 [ QUOTE ] Its because the MSAC is broken down into 3 pods of 5 team each. POD A Parkersburg Cabell Midland Huntington Capital Woodrow Wilson POD B Greenbrier East Riverside South Charleston Princeton Spring Valley POD C St. Albans Hurricane Ripley George Washington Nitro You play every school in your pod every year. 2 teams from each of the other 2 pods for 2 years. These matchups are different starting in 2007. That makes 8 MSAC games. You can then elected to play 2 other teams to fill out your 10 game schedule. Some schools has elected to play 10 teams that are in the MSAC, but only 8 are really MSAC games. Woodrow Wilson and Princeton could have agreed to play a non MSAC game, but for some reason they haven't in 2005 or 2006. [/ QUOTE ] Good lord! Looks like the Big East in basketball! Don't know much about the MSAC. What are the advantages to being in such a LARGE league?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluefield_Rules 46 Report Share Posted January 31, 2006 [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Its because the MSAC is broken down into 3 pods of 5 team each. POD A Parkersburg Cabell Midland Huntington Capital Woodrow Wilson POD B Greenbrier East Riverside South Charleston Princeton Spring Valley POD C St. Albans Hurricane Ripley George Washington Nitro You play every school in your pod every year. 2 teams from each of the other 2 pods for 2 years. These matchups are different starting in 2007. That makes 8 MSAC games. You can then elected to play 2 other teams to fill out your 10 game schedule. Some schools has elected to play 10 teams that are in the MSAC, but only 8 are really MSAC games. Woodrow Wilson and Princeton could have agreed to play a non MSAC game, but for some reason they haven't in 2005 or 2006. [/ QUOTE ] Good lord! Looks like the Big East in basketball! Don't know much about the MSAC. What are the advantages to being in such a LARGE league?? [/ QUOTE ] Having a guaranteed 10-game schedule each season with at least 8 against teams in your own classification. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
princetontiger 10 Report Share Posted January 31, 2006 The scheduling in the MSAC is based on enrollment from what I gathered from it, and how can you say Princeton is scared to play anyone with a schedule like that? Say what you want about their class and coaching but they are not scared. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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