Dunbar Poets

[CamperGrad1999]

So Allegany opens up with Dunbar at home. What can we expect from them this year. Typical Dunbar team or maybe a drop off in talent?

 

[cumbfanatic]

Dunbar is going to be good. A high scoring offense with weapons. Dunbar would be favorite to win

 

[CamperGrad1999]

I figured they would be the typical Dunbar just didn't want to assume. But nice to see them finally come to cumberland

 

[mccoke]

It's better to play Dunbar early in the season. They tend to improve as the season progresses...

 

[Fort Hill]

According to Baltimore Sun forum they return a very good QB but supposedly lost entire O and D line in addition to a couple receivers to transfer.

 

[Lagmeister]

According to Baltimore Sun forum they return a very good QB but supposedly lost entire O and D line in addition to a couple receivers to transfer.

Such as it is in high school football. I guess one of the questions is whether they would be allowed some quick recruiting basis another run for the ring as with the old downsizing dominance.

As it stands - and to be sure I am not a MaxPreps junkie - Dunbar looks to be ranked atop the 1A heap with a state ranking of 27 and a national ranking of 1475. Alco sits respectfully with 37 and 2128 - putting them 3rd in 1A. FH is just under Dunbar - again according to MaxPreps - at 29 in the state and 1529 nationally.

Playing with the MaxPreps national numbers you can come up with an average spread and an overall competitive difference for the entire regular season.

Dunbar
Rank 1475
*Average spread of the total competition 3704
competitive difference 2229

Alco
Rank 2128
*Average spread of the total competition 2799
competitive difference 671

Fort Hill
Rank 1529
*Average spread of the total competition 3099
competitive difference 1570

You can draw your own conclusions but the numbers suggest that the smaller the difference the closer the school is to its overall competitive level.

*Average spread is the average combined national ranking minus the individual ranking of either Dunbar, Alco or FH.

 

[cumbfanatic]

After they got beat in the 2A playoffs, the coach was saying how good they will be this year

 

[Lagmeister]

After they got beat in the 2A playoffs, the coach was saying how good they will be this year

What are they growin' and smokin' over on Campobello to think they will get by FH twice and Dunbar twice. This doesn't appear to be thinking championships with a home field advantage on route. In fact, this doesn't appear to be thinking playoffs at all, which everybody does - or so I read around here.

I have no doubt that Dunbar has a parade of last year's juniors to platoon as seniors on offense and defense. As a minimum, I would expect speedy backs coming out of the backfield to catch the short pass and challenge Allegany's linebackers one on one. They will have line size and strength as they run people in and out.

No matter what, advantage Dunbar. First game, we will know how good Alco is. I think Keyser will tell us what we need to know about FH.

This is a year that high school football will be very entertaining for everyone at the stadium. Too bad some folks can't get off the, "Wha bout dat runnin clock" type crap.