Cute comment. I'll admit I posted doubt last year on here. I grew up playing in SB, my kids played in SB, my niece and nephews played in SB and I've always questioned how they have done. But maybe it's time to give this team some credit. They can only play who is on schedule, and half the teams have been conference teams or a fellow SB rival. But lets compare before the coaches showed up.
Same team results:
Glenn: 2021 7-42 2023 20-0 and wasn't that close. At no time did Glenn threaten to score
Adams: 2021 6-39 2023 22-12 another one where score doesn't show how dominate riley was actually playing.
Clay: 2021 42-0 2023 76-0 Riley had more points in the 1st qtr then they did against clay in 2021. Running clock was started in the 1st, which I don't think is really in the rules.
They haven't played the NP, Bremen, or Jimtown yet but comparing last year to 2021:
NP: 2021 0-38 2022 21-42
Bremen: 2021 21-48 2022 40-15
Jimtown: 2021 0-25 2022 7-19
These Seniors and Juniors took a lot of very lopsided loses, to now be in position to compete and in some case beat teams that embarrassed them. Without a change in coaching this schedule would still be a 1-5, 2-4 type record. While we're talking about it, this varsity defense has only gave up 18 total points in 6 games. JV gave up the rest. Another thing I was told about what they are doing that is unique is they all play 1 position. They have 22 different starters, and only a few players have even played a handful of snaps on other side of ball all year. They took over a team with maybe 30 kids on it, and because they play so many kids have 80 plus kids on the roster this year. I heard this week they already have 6 kids with college offers from there senior class, which means academically they must be doing something right also. But since it's jokes about COY for NIC, let's compare last years Champions schedule to Rileys this year.
2022 Jimtown 2023 Riley
Northwood 7-21 Gary Westside 48-12
Concord 0-14 Glenn 20-0
Osceola Grace 64-0 Adams 22-12
Glenn 20-12 Clay 76-0
Bremen 35-17 Indianapolis Wash. 46-6
Clay 69-6 Washington 26-0
Washington 35-0 New Prairie
Adams 35-28 Bremen
Riley 19-7 Jimtown
So what big difference between non-conference schedules do you see here? Osceola Grace would've probably been a good game with Indy Washington. They also played Adams, Riley played New Prairie who actually went to state. SO difference is Concord and Gary Westside? At the end of the day Gary did end up winning 7 games last year, and do have 3 wins this year. Concord won only 5 games last year, 1 being Jimtown, then beat Goshen twice, Plymouth and Wawasee. So where was the jokes last year when they won through a joke of none conference schedule? Where was jokes or questions on sportsmanship when they beat Clay 69-6? So I ask, when is it time to give them some respect and say maybe these coaches are doing a pretty good job. No matter who you play, it is not easy to win football games, and really not easy to win in the fashion they keep doing. Now they play is very good program this week, and from what I'm hearing hav nothing but total respect for New Prairie and know it's going to take alot to win game. So if it doesn't go their way, feel free to come back and comment on my post. But at the end of the day, nothing I said is false and these gentlemen and athletes deserve some credit cause if it didn't say South Bend before their school name the word would be this is a good staff and some quality players.
Have a great day.