MHSTigerFan

Can’t talk about Vincennes/Jasper without posting Gunner Wyman’s hilarious headstone:

Jasper/Memorial was pretty much what I expected, sad to say. I thought our defense would do better than it did, though.

Heard that Drew Weinzapfel had to leave the game at halftime due to a head injury. I don’t really know how much I should say about it on here though.

I won’t put the whole game on him, because our defense was really bad, too. I would mostly credit that to Jasper’s offense - they were terrific. But Caleb Ellspermann really had a tough night. He was pressured a lot, granted. But he threw a number of pretty bad passes where he had enough time.

I hope you’re right. I’m just not sure where our offense will be coming from. Our passing game wasn’t all that great last year and we’ll be without our best receiver. Pearce is a capable experienced receiver. So he’ll have to step up his game in Leo’s absence. It obviously helped to have two dynamic RBs who could take over a game last season. But our ground game Friday will be relying on a couple guys playing their first games - and behind 3 new OLs, to boot. A couple newcomers I’ll be watching are Alex Broshears and Luke Ellspermann.

I agree with all of this but Jasper/Memorial. Memorial will be missing a number of key players - including one of the best receivers in the area and the only RB on their roster with any varsity experience. I have a feeling that Jasper will win a 3rd straight against my Tigers.

I thought Boonville looked pretty raw at that 4-team scrimmage with New Palestine, Ev. Memorial, and Castle. But you can’t draw too many conclusions from something like that. There are usually players not there - especially if they’re multi-sport. And teams obviously haven’t had much practice.

So it looks like Memorial will be without several starters for at least the opener against Jasper. WR Leo Collins was in street clothes with a knee brace. Hearing he likely won’t play next week. RB Porter Rode’s final hearing on his transfer appeal won’t happen until after the Jasper game. DE Joey Collins was in street clothes in a boot. No word on his status. OL Edward Hartig will miss the first two games for a disciplinary reason. DT Kaleb Collins hasn’t practiced yet while recovering from an off-season injury.

Doug might want to consider moving some of his JV guys up to Varsity. I honestly thought a number of them looked better than their starters. Easily the smallest Castle team I can recall.

This is why Herdes was able to transfer without losing eligibility.

I will if I ever get some kind of confirmation. One thing I will say now is that Porter and his father have been in the process of moving to a newly built house. And that apparently matters, or could matter.

Yeah, I think the biggest question marks are on D. A whole lot of productive shoes to fill there. Really only 1 full-time starter on the D line returning. I think offense ought to be in good shape.

Yes, but I’m not going to post what I’ve heard on here until there’s confirmation. So for now I’ll just “stay tuned.”

It’s out of Andy’s hands. But I agree that he’d do whatever he could to prevent it.

Stay tuned on this.

Good gosh, I should think so. That’s a big number.

My apologies.

I’ll defer to your expertise on that.

I have my reasons.

I’d rather not.

All that I’ll say is that IU football has some deep-seated cultural issues. And these are clearly affecting their recruiting.

Sr. Kaleb Collins, a 2 year starter, is a question mark on DL. He’s had some kind of knee issue. He also looks like he’s lost a lot of weight. Another couple possibilities on OL are Louis Seward and Ethan Wade. Seward played some as a sophomore, but not on OL. Didn’t play last year. Has gained size and strength. Soph. Alex Broshears will probably see some varsity action on D. He’s still a bit undersized. But he has a tremendous motor. He’ll definitely be somebody to watch the next three years. Did some long-snapping as a freshman.

Hearing that Vaughn is most likely going to be C. Hartig kicks out to RT, RG is up for grabs. RB Rode has been having nagging knee problems. Supposedly getting it checked out.

Thanks. I thought that he had.

Hartig had no snaps at G yesterday. They were all at T -- some on the left, some on the right.