Burns @ Monroe

[JustAsportsfan04]

I’ve seen other discussions with the other CC games this week. Would love to hear some opinions on this game. Burns doesn’t get much run but I believe this is a game they can win. Haven’t seen much on Monroe but do know they are a good team.
Any thoughts or insights?

 

[Burns1985]

Gonna definitely have to step it up several notches above round 1s efforts.....

 

[shelbyfan1]

Burns with the upset....
Monroe havent played any smash mouth fb teams yet...Burns D must step it up

 

[SHS LION]

Good luck to the Bulldogs this week. Will be a tough one for sure.

 

[BurnsBullDog02]

Burns has only lost to teams in Cleveland County and those teams are still playing. Those teams will also be playing next week I think. Monroe didn't play West Charlotte and that to me would have been a bigger measuring stick. Forest Hills was going through some position changes and trying to figure things out but outside of that I am not sure Monroe has played anyone to the strength of Crest, KM and Shelby. I do think Burns has been battle tested more but we have to play better than we did last week. Penalties and Special teams are extremely important this week and both have hurt us in the past. I would love to see the offense throw some short routes to get the RB's out in space. We did that a little Friday. If Monroe stacks the box we have to be prepared to adjust. There is not one coach that does not want to keep playing so I know they will prepare. This could be a big upset and I am all for it. Let me also add that even though I was a little frustrated Friday about us making a few mistakes and letting that game get close, North Stanly does not quit. They are actually much better on defense than I thought. Both teams were laying the wood.

 

[BurnsBullDog02]

I’ve seen other discussions with the other CC games this week. Would love to hear some opinions on this game. Burns doesn’t get much run but I believe this is a game they can win. Haven’t seen much on Monroe but do know they are a good team.
Any thoughts or insights?

Strength of schedule in non conference could play a big role.

 

[LTown Wolves]

From what I’ve seen of Monroe the last several years, they are really hard to beat at home and much more vulnerable on the road. Having said that, I’m not sure how this year’s team/talent measures up to the ones I’ve seen.

Good luck to Burns. Hope you guys knock em out.

 

[BurnsBullDog02]

From what I’ve seen of Monroe the last several years, they are really hard to beat at home and much more vulnerable on the road. Having said that, I’m not sure how this year’s team/talent measures up to the ones I’ve seen.

Good luck to Burns. Hope you guys knock em out.

They were very athletic but had not been tested the last two years.
Opponents records:
Burns - 60 - 60 (5 teams with a winning record)
Monroe - 37 - 69 (1 team with a winning record - Forest Hills)

Friday that will mean nothing. We have our hands full but even in our terrible conference we have still been tested much more. I hope that pays off. Between KM, Crest and Shelby you will not find much tougher games.

 

[BooSturdy]

24-10 against North Stanly Comets and trust me when I say the Vomits are a bad football team. They are dumb, undisciplined and not well coached. Monroe is going to be a lot more like playing Crest and Shelby. They are very very fast. Y'all played a barn burner against them 2 years ago. But you are traveling to them, that's gonna be a little tougher. I sincerely hope y'all win.

 

[BleedBurnsBlue]

Yea, I'm not expecting a win this week. But we knew this year would always be a transition year. When your best linebacker is your QB, you're probably going to have some problems. What I don't understand, is the last several years our passing offense has been screens and the deep ball. Which seemed to work a lot. You would think that type of offense would be easy to run for a non-traditional QB with a strong arm. You don't have to make many reads, just get the ball out quick with some zip on it. But we don't do that. Instead, we run, run, run, run some more then take a deep shot. That game against Monroe a couple years ago was a fun one. I haven't seen Monroe this year, but going by their history, we're going to have to play our best game and get a little lucky.

 

[BurnsBullDog02]

24-10 against North Stanly Comets and trust me when I say the Vomits are a bad football team. They are dumb, undisciplined and not well coached. Monroe is going to be a lot more like playing Crest and Shelby. They are very very fast. Y'all played a barn burner against them 2 years ago. But you are traveling to them, that's gonna be a little tougher. I sincerely hope y'all win.

You described them as if they were Cherryville. They were 6-4 coming into the game so I think your opinion is more personal. They were not a great team but by saying "Vomits" shows me a lot. Offensively they struggled for the most part. They had two drives that were pretty good and one in particular ran the ball right at us. They were a little scrappy too. What impressed me was their defense at times. They were pretty physical. We definitely made them look better at times and once we got up 17-0 it seemed like we got a little too settled in. The coaches fired them back up and sealed the deal with the late score. They were by no means an awful team.

 

[Burns1985]

Maybe this will be the week kickoffs will go deeper and the opponent wont start every drive on their own 40.......

 

[Shelltown2002]

Monroe by 16

 

[BleedBurnsBlue]

Maybe this will be the week kickoffs will go deeper and the opponent wont start every drive on their own 40.......

Not this week with what Monroe can put out on the field. They can run it back with 4-5 different guys. We may as well kick it out of bounds each kickoff if we're popping it up to the 35 every time.

 

[GrizzlyDevil]

Don't have a solid take/guess for this game. But give me Burns. Monroe shouldn't be here in 2A and I've been a fan of Burns since I saw them play Salisbury at home in Covid playoffs vs Honeycutt.

Burns by 7