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  1. Another battle Another battle of 1-7 teams will be Wawasee at Goshen. Both teams won their first game of the regular season before going on their 7 game slides. Should be a good game honestly.
  2. One name I am surprised to see that hasn't shown up is Rick Mirer from Goshen. He played for the Redskins before my time, but my dad coached against him and said there was little they could scheme up defensively that would slow him down. His senior season (1988) he threw for 3,900+ yards and 30 TDs. Definitely a name I always heard stories about while growing up in the NLC.
  3. I remember playing against him my junior season when he and Artis Chambers were seniors on Snider's squad. Both of them were just unbelievably talented. I'll never forget going to a 7 on 7 tournament and seeing him play. REALLLYYYY glad we didn't match up against Columbus East because I would have thrown at least 6 INTs to him. Guarantee it. Some others I'll add to the list - as a homer, current Merrillville HC Brad Seiss was/is arguably the best Warsaw Tiger to have ever played. He was a fantastic athlete and is mostly remembered for his career as a tailback, but he actually started Varisty as a freshman in the defensive backfield for the Tigers. Another that I always like to add to this list is Chris Kramer from Huntington North. I feel like it always gets forgotten at how much of an athlete he was on the gridiron after he went on to play and start on the Purdue basketball team. We played against Huntington North my sophomore year in sectionals and he did everything for the Vikings. QB/Safety/Punter/Kick Returner. He literally never left the field. He was an absolute stud.
  4. Concord +4 - they might even win the game outright - 8 schmeckles Northridge -20.5 - this one feels a little risky, but counting on at least 4 Northridge TDs and only 1 Goshen TD - 3 schmeckles Memorial +22.5 - home dog by more than 3 TDs?! I'll take Memorial - 10 schmeckles Wawasee +41.5 - basing this on the fact that Warsaw has only won 1 game by more than 42 points. The ground and pound offense milks the clock, and once the Tigers go up by 35, that running clock will come into play. - 5 schmeckles (I hope everyone enjoyed my Rick & Morty reference lol)
  5. Funny enough, it's my "heart" that is pulling for Concord (so that Warsaw still has a shot at the title), but my GUT is telling me not a chance Plymouth loses this game at home. Should be a great battle! Can't wait to watch it on Channel 46
  6. It's a poll by GIDers... no one is winning a championship based off these polls. It was also: 1) a close game 2) it was Central's first loss of the season, while Mishawaka already has 2 losses
  7. Northridge by 21 NorthWood by 16 Warsaw by 28 Plymouth by 2
  8. I apologize if I am misspeaking, but I'm assuming New Prairie is still more of a ground and pound type offense under Coach Radtke correct? If so, much like Warsaw, that style of offense is always easier when playing from ahead. Plymouth was able to take advantage of some Tiger mistakes early in the game and Warsaw was playing catch-up the entire game. Baron can throw the ball all over the field and the Rockie defense is solid enough. Would I bet on Plymouth winning that potential match-up? No. Could they pull it off? Yes.
  9. Can you confirm this? I apologize for putting words in your mouth, but it's hard for me to believe if this conversation/topic wasn't occurring exactly 10 years ago during the 2009 season when Alexandria was sitting around a 20+ game losing streak that you wouldn't have been talking about the tigers being on the brink of contraction. I'm not saying that wouldn't have been warranted either, but my point is things did not look so great just 10 years ago for Alexandria and they've turned it around. I would argue they were in a MUCH worse place then than Shelbyville is now (the Golden Bears had a record of 23-8 from '15-'17). This seems a lot more like a small blip than a code red contraction meltdown.
  10. Of course it's not up to us... but I for one find it a good discussion point for a message board, even if I don't always agree with @DT and his views/points.
  11. 100% agree with Gipper here. Maybe they are an "outlier", but one of my favorite push backs on the whole "contraction" thing is Alexandria. Take a look at their history. From the 2001 season through 2009 (current Head Coach Pete Gast's first season), the Tigers won 13 games over 9 years, including a losing streak of 31 straight games. However, in the 10+ seasons since, they have gone 46-54 overall (including seasons of 9-2, 8-4 and 7-4) and been mostly competitive in the CIC. That's a school that I guarantee would have made @DT list of contraction opponents following the 2009 season. However, they've to the right guy at the helm that helped provide stability, increase numbers across the board, and get admin support. I'm not in full disagreement that some schools should potentially consider the idea of contraction, however, if Alexandria can overcome a 13-79 W/L stretch to the competitive team they are now, ANY school can come back from the "brink of contraction" IMO
  12. Quick predictions for tonight: Concord @ Goshen : Minutemen by 35+ ... Concord can score as many as they want Wawasee @ NorthWood : Panthers by 35+ ... see above Plymouth @ Memorial : Rockies by 17... Memorial is a tough squad, but Plymouth is hot Northridge @ Warsaw : Tigers by 2... Northridge's 3 wins came against opponents with a combined record of 1-11. However, Warsaw is pretty banged up. I expect this to be a great game tonight.
  13. Yeah well aware that those ratings are more accurate later/longer into the season. Still just intriguing. It's almost as if his ratings early are inflated by "good" losses (i.e. Warsaw to Plymouth, NorthWood to Cathedral and Concord) more so than the wins themselves!
  14. Hard for me to believe Warsaw and NorthWood are still "ranked" higher than Concord and Plymouth per Jeff Sagarin ratings.
  15. Per Coach Curtis twitter account, Warsaw kicker Harrison Mevis has committed to Missouri one day after receiving an offer for a full ride scholarship!
  16. @DT and I have continuously smacked heads on this one. There has never been any legitimate thought of Warsaw joining the SAC. Never. Yes, Warsaw is the "big fish" in the NLC size wise. However, they have always received great competition in ALL sports in the NLC. Not a single school dominates across the board in all sports, men's and women's. Warsaw, Northridge, Concord and NorthWood all compete in just about every sport, while Plymouth, Goshen and Wawasee have their spots of competition. Adding Mishawaka will do nothing but enhance the football competition for Warsaw, while providing increased competition across the board. Warsaw to the SAC will never happen and was never a serious possibility in the slightest.
  17. I don’t feel like anyone was hating on Plymouth recently. Just overconfidence in Warsaw. Great win by the Rockies. Scoring first and keeping the lead was big for them in securing the victory. Bart Ball offense is tough to play from behind with. NLC season should be great. Firmly believe no team will go undefeated in the conference, and Plymouth, Concord, Northridge, NorthWood and Warsaw all will have a chance to win the league.
  18. All of the above in my opinion. Warsaw D just unfortunately gave up a few big plays, and Bart Ball offense is hard to play from behind. I was doing my best to temper expectations after all the hoopla from the victory last week, but I was definitely in the minority there. Good thing is, I firmly believe Warsaw could still run the table, but Northridge, NorthWood and Concord won’t be push overs.
  19. Quick rundown of week 3: Memorial (0-2) @ Goshen (1-1) : This could be the last chance before week 9 for the Redhawks to compete for a win. Being at home helps out here, but I believe Memorial is simply the better team. Chargers get their first win of the season. Wawasee (1-1) @ Northridge (2-0) : The Raiders have completely impressed me so far through two weeks. Impressive victories over NIC foes Adams and St Joe. The Warriors hung tough with a good West Noble team and could keep this one close through the first half. However, I like Northridge to pull away in the second half at home and win comfortably and move to 3-0 before a rough stretch of at Plymouth, at Warsaw and NorthWood at home. NorthWood (1-1) @ Concord (2-0) : The Panthers got wholloped last week by one of the better teams in the state, suffering their worst margin of defeat since a sectional loss to East Noble in the 2013 season. While the Minutemen are 2-0, I would argue NorthWood has definitely faced the tougher opponents. However, this has historically been a pretty good matchup and it wouldn't surprise me who won either way. Maybe I'm higher on the Panthers than I should be, but I'll take NorthWood in a close one. Plymouth (1-1) @ Warsaw (2-0) : What I would argue is the game of the week in the conference. The Rockies bounced back after a tough loss week 1 to handle Kokomo last week, while the Tigers pulled off what many are calling a "program defining" win on the road at Michigan City. Head Coach Bart Curtis won the Colts/NFL Coach of the Week as a reward for that victory. It's easy to see what hopes and expectations are currently high in Lake City, however, the Tigers haven't had a bigger thorn in their sides over the past two decades than Plymouth. The Rockies have won 13 of the last 16 match-ups (and the last 5 straight) and since the 2001 season, Warsaw has started the season 2-0 six different times (including this year). Plymouth has ended Warsaw's bid to move to 3-0 all 5 of the previous times (per Roger Grossman's piece in the Warsaw Times-Union). Coach Barron always seems to have his team ready for the Tigers. I'll drink the Kool-Aid and take Warsaw by 10 points.
  20. Per latitude, these are the 5 most northern football playing schools in Indiana: School Latitude SB Clay 41* 43' 55.596" N Fremont 41* 43' 48.0216" N New Prairie 41* 41' 3.732" N Whiting 41* 40' 43.6844" N Michigan City 41* 40' 38.0352" N * stands for "degrees", don't know how to include that
  21. Per longitude/latitude SB Clay is 41* 43' 55.596" N Whiting is 41* 40' 53.6844" N Another school that is more "northern" than Whiting is Fremont at 41* 43' 48.0216" N * stands for "degrees", don't know how to include that
  22. I believe he has offers from Army, Air Force and Washington State as of right now. He nailed the game winning 51 yard field goal with about 4 minutes or so left in the game with about 3 yards to spare. Absolute cannon for a right leg.
  23. I picked the Tigers to lose 1 game and get blasted for it. Cry me a river 😂 Very impressive win by our Tigers. I have always believed Michigan City would be Warsaw's toughest opponent this season. While I did pick Warsaw for 2nd place in my preseason conference rankings, that was more out of respect of what NorthWood has done over the last three years than my belief in the Tigers winning the conference. Bold prediction after week 2 for a team that has never won a sectional title. However, I firmly believe this year the ceiling is unlimited for Warsaw after what I've seen so far. I truly believe a conference and sectional title should be the goal, and anything after that is just extra, delicious gravy 🤤 I agree, their defense is very good. While undersized, they are extremely disciplined, fast, and execute as a unit. Speaks to the coaching ability of Huber and the defensive staff. The only thing you missed is when to use they're, there, their 😉
  24. Unfortunately cannot make a huge post with my reasonings but here are my picks this week: Concord over Memorial in a close game Michigan City over Warsaw by 13-17 points Wawasee over West Noble in a close game Elkhart Central over Goshen by 35+ points Plymouth over Kokomo by 10 points NorthWood over Chatard by 2 points St. Joe over Northridge by 3 points
  25. I am fairly certain their wrestling program is also referred to as the Rockies.
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