scarab527

Offensively and Special Teams. Defensively they've been really stout all year and the only time they've looked vulnerable on that side of the ball was when Jeff burned them on some deep passes to start the game. Which brings me to my skepticism on that side of the ball. CP has been stifling against the run this year, but haven't played a single team that can throw the ball consistently. A lot easier to stop the run when you know its coming. Offensively they've gone extended periods of games where they haven't been able to move the ball well against mediocre defenses like LC and Portage. Special Teams wise they've struggled fielding kick offs/punts (way too many fumbles) and have had issues with onside kicks (they've let teams recover numerous this year). They've skirted by with these issues against a lot of inferior competition. They won't be able to do so forever.

Idk man, it might be slightly hyperbolic, but 2018 Valpo took Carmel to the wire in semi-state and 2019 Valpo was monstrous. This year’s team is decent but in reality I think they’d be really lucky to keep it within 3 scores of either of those teams.

Not hate. Everyone knows I’ll always pull for the teams from the 219. Just calling it like I see it.

Basically, but even the good teams are down. 2023 Merrillville gets running clocked by their 2020 + 2021 teams. 2023 Valpo gets running clocked by 2018 + 2019 Valpo. CP feasting on a bunch of mediocre teams but still can’t blow games open unless they run up the score late. Every other team ranges from mediocre at best to downright terrible.

The DAC is awful this year and anyone from the Region will tell you that.

Going to go with Penn in a close one on this one. CP has played 2 legitimate football teams this year and couldn’t put together a good 4 quarters of football against either of them.

West Lafayette stymies Hanover on a potential game winning 2 pt attempt to come all the way back and win 42-41.

Week 3 Games: 1. Warsaw @ Penn 2. Fishers @ Hamilton Southeastern 3. Westfield @ Noblesville 4. Cathedral @ Lawrence North 5. Mishawaka @ Concord 6. Harrison @ Decatur Central 7. Whiteland @ Terre Haute South 8. Evansville North @ Castle 9. NorthWood @ Northridge 10. Mississinewa @ Kokomo 11. Brebeuf Jesuit @ Mooresville 12. Evansville Reitz @ Evansville Memorial 13. Hanover Central @ West Lafayette 14. Tri-West @ Monrovia 15. Gibson Southern @ Vincennes Lincoln 16. Batesville @ Indian Creek 17. Bremen @ LaVille 18. Eastern (Greentown) @ Bluffton 19. Southmont @ Linton-Stockton 20. Winchester @ Eastern Hancock 21. North Judson @ Triton 22. Park Tudor @ North Vermilion 23. North Decatur @ Milan 24. Springs Valley @ Providence @BTF @00NWP @LC_Bears_04 @WolvesOnTheProwl @troyfan @BLACKGOLD2007 @temptation @FinePrint @CJJL @NE8_Fan @gonzoron @bigcityp @Boilernation @PCFan1996 @1st_and_10 @swcgillespie @sbriant20 @WCGrad92 @kdets89 @TransplantedPanther @BendNotBreak @Bullhorn99 @Komets2727 Been really busy and neglected this. Will get standings from last week posted. Sorry for the short notice on this week’s games.

Valpo 31 Chesterton 14 4Q

Valpo 17 Chesterton 14 Start 4Q

Chesterton 14 Valpo 3 5:56 2Q

21-10 CP over Jeff now. But I’ve seen enough to call CP a pretender.

Jeff 10 CP 0 5:07 1Q

Brownsburg Lawrence North Noblesville Bloomington South Evansville North Franklin Harrison East Noble Mississinewa Roncalli John Glenn Indian Creek Lawrenceburg Delta Triton Central Central Noble Linton-Stockton Heritage Christian Evansville Mater Dei Lafayette Central Catholic Bremen North Vermillion

Week 2 Games: 1. Brownsburg @ Ben Davis 2. Lawrence Central @ Lawrence North 3. Noblesville @ Zionsville 4. Bloomington South @ Bloomington North 5. Evansville North @ Floyd Central 6. Franklin @ Terre Haute South 7. Plainfield @ Harrison 8. East Noble @ Leo 9. Mississinewa @ Columbia City 10. Roncalli @ Mooresville 11. Fairfield @ John Glenn 12. Indian Creek @ Franklin County 13. Lawrenceburg @ Batesville 14. Yorktown @ Delta 15. Brownstown Central @ Triton Central 16. Central Noble @ Manchester 17. Greencastle @ Linton-Stockton 18. Heritage Christian @ Winchester 19. North Posey @ Evansville Mater Dei 20. Rochester @ Lafayette Central Catholic 21. Wheeler @ Bremen 22. Clinton Prairie @ North Vermillion Standings after Week 1: T1. @FinePrint + @kdets89 15 points T2. @BTF, @Bullhorn99, @Cloudy14, @Komets2727 + @WCGrad92 14 points T3. @BendNotBreak, @gonzoron, @NE8_Fan, @NorthKnox94 + @swcgillespie 13 points T4. @00NWP, @1st_and_10, @BLACKGOLD2007, @CJJL, @NLCTigerFan07, @PCFan1996, @temptation, @troyfan + @wvigo13 12 points T5. @bigcityp, @LC_Bears_04, @scarab527 + @WolvesOnTheProwl 11 points T6. @Boilernation + @TransplantedPanther 10 points 7. @sbriant20 9 points Please double check standings. Sorry for getting these up late.

Show us on the doll where the Catholic schools hurt you

In a year where it seems wide open, if I had to pick, I’m going to have to go with CG too. They’re going to waltz to semi-state where in a game against BD/Brownsburg/Cathedral you gotta like their chances. This team just seems to always find a way to get it done, even in the games where they don’t play up to their usual standards. They’re a machine.

4A teams EC won’t put the running clock on this postseason. O/U 1.5

1A teams Lutheran won’t running clock this postseason. O/U 1.5

3A teams that won’t get running clocked by Chatard this postseason. O/U 2.5

The more I think about it the more I think Triton Central runs away with this. 2A is not good this year.

Back by popular demand. Sticking to the 100 game format just to keep things simple. First week will be 18 games, second 22, Sectional Championship week 24 games, Regional week 18 games, and then all 12 Semi-State games and all 6 State games. Opening Week Games: 1. Beech Grove @ Muncie Central 2. Culver Academy @ Lowell 3. Hobart @ New Prairie 4. Pendleton Heights @ Greenfield-Central 5. Danville @ Tri-West 6. Lawrenceburg @ Centerville 7. Scottsburg @ North Harrison 8. Twin Lakes @ Boone Grove 9. Western Boone @ North Montgomery 10. Andrean @ LaVille 11. Bluffton @ Alexandria 12. Eastbrook @ Frankton 13. Evansville Mater Dei @ Tell City 14. Greencastle @ North Putnam 15. Sullivan @ Southmont 16. Clinton Prairie @ Covington 17. North Miami @ Southern Wells 18. Pioneer @ North Judson

Chatard just this past week dogwalked a team that is better than anyone in 3A. This class would be really interesting with a lot of parity if they weren’t in it, but right now the Trojans are a bull in a china shop.

I'll get games posted here when I'm on lunch