Fall Sports Forum (Football)

[BlueFan]

The Fall Sports (Football) Forum page gives numbers of discussions and messages in all six forums:

Class 6A:
Discussions 816
Messages 2,713

Class 5A:
Discussions 825
Messages 3,341

Class 4A:
Discussions 2,606
Messages 28,973

Class 3A:
Discussions 1,180
Messages 7,076

Class 2A:
Discussions 1,537
Messages 15,927

Class 1A:
Discussions 1,724
Messages 15,897

Does this mean that there is less interest in Class 6A football than any other Classes? With larger school enrollments and game attendances, you would expect Class 6A to lead in discussions and messages, but Class 6A is lagging behind ALL other classes. Is there an explanation for this?

 

[757FridayNiteZ]

For some reason, 6A North has a history of a group that posts via FFU. Not sure why except it's been around for a good while.

FFU can be disgusting with anonymous porn postings, etc.

Things pick up pretty well once the season starts with a pretty robust predictions thread which can be comparible to the 4A version on this sight.

6A in the Southern Region doesn't seem to gather a passionate group of Internet postings, but I'm not sure that there is any less passion for HS Football that can be directly related to the lack of people on this sight either.

I think other forms of Internet media might be favored, with Twitter & FB posts on each team's sight, etc. Just my opinion though.

 

[mbonape1]

Would be nice to have more people on the board for 5A & 6A. If you are a fan of high school sports this is an excellent site and network.

 

[1amishfootballfan]

For some reason, 6A North has a history of a group that posts via FFU. Not sure why except it's been around for a good while.

FFU can be disgusting with anonymous porn postings, etc.

Things pick up pretty well once the season starts with a pretty robust predictions thread which can be comparible to the 4A version on this sight.

Too true about that unmentionable site. The 2016 thread alone had 2,736 posts and 95,258 page views. I do pick up an incredible amount of quality information from there but I would not recommend it to anyone. The good stuff can be intermingled with the most vile and disgusting visuals and troll wars. The forum administrator apparently checked out about 2 years ago – it wasn’t as bad prior. I also wish they would all move over here.

 

[otnorot]

Used to be plenty of large-school posters here but it has dropped off over the years, once you lose the critical mass people stop posting. Plus the 4A board has become the de facto board for discussing topics that cover multiple classes.

The other site does require a hazmat suit and a good bath after visiting but there can be some interesting discussion there during the season.

 

[Red Neck]

Chi-Bears, who used to post Oakton games passed away prior to the season last year. He was a quality guy, and though I didn't always agree with his assessments, he provided some great insight. He and I sat together at games, and he has been missed by others.

 

[757FridayNiteZ]

Well it looks like FFU crashed. Hopefully, that'll pick things up for this forum.

 

[mbonape1]

We don't seem to get a lot of intel from NOVA as I mentioned earlier. It would be awesome to have a few posters on the 4A, 5A, & 6A. All I work off of when it comes to NOVA is rumors, speculation, and common opponents. Would be nice to have a few people that are actually attending these games.
We get plenty of intel from Richmond, Western Va and 757 but NOVA is a lot of guess work.

 

[DinwiddieProud]

Used to be plenty of large-school posters here but it has dropped off over the years, once you lose the critical mass people stop posting. Plus the 4A board has become the de facto board for discussing topics that cover multiple classes.

The other site does require a hazmat suit and a good bath after visiting but there can be some interesting discussion there during the season.

Hazmat suit and a good bath..., I love it! I've never been to that site, but it sounds like it has been shut down now anyway?

 

[757FridayNiteZ]

It's back up today.. I created the HS Football 2017 thread because the other thread had gotten personal. With no rules & anonymous postings, it can get disgusting.

So far it's been better than past year's thread but things won't pick up until game predictions start getting posted. There ARE some pretty insightful predictors but I hope my recent invitation to move over to VAPreps will be fruitful. We'll see soon.

 

[757FridayNiteZ]

FFU has crashed again.