Fort Dodge

[slingitnow]

So what happened to FD? There were many throughout the season had this team picked as a "Dome Team". Over the last few weeks one could argue they are average at best... what the heck happened or were they simply given to much credit?

 

[dmbeyer]

Strength of schedule finally caught up.

 

[hawkod]

At the time that Ft. Dodge was 6-0, their strength of schedule ranked 46th out of 48 4A teams.
The disparity in talent levels across 4A teams is unbelievable. I'm a SEP fan and we clearly
dominated the Dodgers (42-0 last night). That being said, Valley had us down at the half 35-0
and we'll probably be lucky to stay within 3 TD's of Dowling Monday night. You can only play
who's on your schedule, but we've clearly seen that just because you beat a bunch of horrible
teams 50-0 it doesn't mean you're good.

 

[EastIowaHawk]

Agree; records mean little if you're not playing a decent schedule. If a 4A team doesn't face at least one team the caliber of Valley, Dowling, CR Kennedy or Bettendorf (and a few others), a fan can think their team is a lot better than they actually are. There are even some top 3A teams that could beat 75% of 4A teams on any given night.

 

[screwloose]

46th of 48? There's only 46 teams in 4A.

 

[SEPRamFan]

46th out of 48 or 45th out of 46... six of one, half a dozen of the other. Doesn't really matter. Hawkod's point is valid in that their strength of schedule was very near the bottom.

 

[screwloose]

I agree, but if you're going to throw out statistic specific numbers, get'em right or prepare to be corrected. When I put out all my stuff, I welcome corrections if my numbers are incorrect.

 

[hawkod]

Screwloose:
Thanks for correcting my 2 mistakes. I thought the largest 48 were in 4A like in basketball.
My memory on being ranked 46th in strength of schedule was wrong as well; review of
BC Moore site shows was actually 45th.

Your corrections hammer home my point even more:
-A schedule ranked 45th out of 46 is even more pathetic than 46th out of 48.

 

[woodsiding]

The east side of the state had their version of Fort Dodge in Hempstead. Whey they were 5-1 and played 1-5 Iowa City West they got smoked. ICW has losses to Kennedy, Wash, Valley, Bett?, City High.

The team I am waiting on is CR Jefferson. 7-3 right, haven't beaten a team with a winning record, lost to CF in overtime, but got shellacked by Kennedy. Played Wash week 1 and they were tied going into the 4th quarter before Wash pulled away. I have a hard time seeing them win the rematch Monday.

 

[La_Fleur]

It's pretty remarkable that Jefferson is even in the discussion at this point. They were terrible before Webb got there, he's done a heck of a job

 

[screwloose]

Yeah hawkod, I hope you didn't think I was crapping on you, just a point. I knew exactly what you were saying though.

As for Fort Dodge, you can't completely fault them for their schedule - the state controls all of those. They did what a good team should have done though, they destroyed those teams. Didn't mean they were elite, but you can't say they weren't at least a good team, or those others would have done the same against each other when they played head-to-head.