Bear54

Week 5, halfway through... Covington @ South Vermillion - Not sure what's going on with the Trojans, but they're in trouble. A promising season has taken a turn for the worse. The Junior Visors took care of business against their county rival. I believe they should be able to handle this one. Visors up, or whatever they say now. (Is that a Greg Barrett trademark?) 34-12 Fountain Central @ Attica - The season outlook for the Mustangs is getting a little better. They should roll in this one even without a QB and make it two in a row for Coach Earl. Big trouble in Rambler land. The numbers just are not there for Coach Dean. But they keep showing up some how. 40-8 North Vermillion @ Riverton Parke - The Falcons made it interesting against the Junior Visors. They do some good things. I just don't know if it will be enough against the Panthers. RP can dash out a team's hope pretty quickly. Seeger was the lastest to find that out. 48-6 Parke Heritage @ Seeger - The Woolfs have enjoyed some early season success, but they also haven't seen much competition. They will be tested by the Patriots, who are looking to get back on track. This one will be close, but I like the home team. 34-24

Week 4... Covington @ Fountain Central - Gonna be tough for both teams without their starting QBs. The Trojans had last week won. The Mustangs kept fighting after a scary situation. Word is he is gonna be fine. I've seen the hit. The block was right in front of the returner. Unnecessary? Probably. (It was flagged, also.) But not dirty or blindsided as indicated by some. (I'll just go ahead and ask the question... Why is your starting QB a coverage guy on the Punt team?) Anyways, this will be a close game. I'll take coach Earl to get his first win. 24-14 Parke Heritage @ Attica - The Ramblers came back to reality after playing a team with a pulse. I want to believe they're improved, just not seeing it yet. The Woolfs survived a scare from the Junior Visors. I don't think we can crown them just yet. That should've been a blowout. Pretty sad state of affairs in Rockville if they believe their best high school football player is an 8th grader. Anyways, they'll get to pad those passing stats this week. 41-13 Riverton Parke @ Seeger - Panther starters began to get pulled in the second quarter last week, even after the unsteady start. Two weeks in a row they've railed off 40+ points after being down early. Is this just this team's MO? Slow starts? Might get them in a bind some day. The Patriots did whatever they wanted to last week, against Attica. This week may be a different story. I think they can make it interesting against RP, but their lack of running game and dudes up front will ultimately hurt them. 48-22 South Vermillion @ North Vermillion - Good fight by the Junior Visors at Rockville last week. But the decision making needs to get better. May I suggest kicking a field goal when down by 1 in the last minutes of the 4th quarter? Falcons reminded me of their old selves fighting back and stealing one from Covington last week. Could be something brewing in Northern Vermillion county. I'm taking the home team in this one. 28-24

Panthers' JV squad are usually the ones doing the scoring in the 4th quarter. Anyways, Week 3 Picks... Fountain Central @ Riverton Parke - Mustangs took it on the chin up at Crawfordsville. The Panthers are not Crawfordsville. I think Sagarin needs some tweeking. It is going to be a very emotional night Friday in Mecca. Panthers win by at least 30 North Vermillion @ Covington - Well, I guess I had the Trojans wrong last week. I'm still scratching my head about that one. The Falcons, however, have a long way to go, but they always seem to give Covington some fits. This one is closer than expected. 28-18 Seeger @ Attica - Patriots looked pretty decent, chucking it everywhere. Ramblers also got a nice win. I just don't think they match up with Seeger very well. 42-12 South Vermillions @ Parke Heritage - Visor Jr's got humbled after being up at Sullivan early. Do the Woolfs play any away games? I think this is three in a row in Rockville. I don't think it will matter where this played. PH will wear down the still young Visor Jr's. 34-14

Week 2, last tune ups before WRC play... Attica at Tri County - Ramblers really let me down last week. I thought they could have started the year 2-0. Guess I was wrong. Hopefully, they don't let me down again this week against the Cavaliers. Attica in a close one. 27-20 Covington at Englewood - The cupcakes keep stacking up for the Trojans. Although I think the Techies will put up more of a fight. Good thing WRC play starts next week. Covington wins big again. 41-20 Fountain Central at Crawfordsville - Heartbreaker for the Mustangs last week. Coach Earl and the gang have another tough one this week with more of the same. Athenians start 2-0 in the WRC. 34-18 Paris, Ill. at North Vermillion - Nifty kick return for the Falcons last week. Too bad the offense didn't do anything else. Tigers have dominated this one as of late. 34-12 Seeger at Benton Central - Patriots took it on the chin from a pretty physical Carroll (Flora) team. I keep hearing Herbinator has good things going at BC with the Bison. Not this week. First win for Cronk at Seeger. 28-7 South Vermillion at Sullivan - This one will be over before halftime. Even with all those skill players, Junior Visors do not stand a chance up front. Arrows all the way. 45-6 West Vigo at Parke Heritage - This will be a fight. The Vikings started to get things going last week, it was just too late. I think Crabtree uses that for momentum into this week. Woolfs will be on the short end again. 24-22 Riverton Parke at Tri (Saturday) - From what I hear, if the Panthers don't get in their own way, they may have clocked Linton. Still a good win for them. The Titans however, are top ten ranked after pounding an inferior opponent 67-0. This will be another good test for RP. 35-7

Football is back... Attica at Faith Christian - This is a tough call. I keep hearing Attica is improving, but their numbers say otherwise. Don't know much about Faith. I'll stay with the WRC. I'll take Attica 28-14 Carroll at Seeger - Good early season matchup. Cronk era begins for the Patriots. I've seen the Carroll faithful are excited to get this season started. Cougars like the ground and pound. Don't know if Seeger will like that. Carroll 28-24 Covington at Tri County - Whatever. If the Trojans want to be taken seriously, they need to beef up the schedule. Covington 42-14 Crawfordsville at Parke Heritage - Don't know much about this year's edition of the Athenians. Have heard the Woolfs think they are a top 10 team. I'm not so sure. C-Ville 35-34 North Central at North Vermillions - Hopefully the injury bug is over for the Birds. Heard a lot of dudes were sitting out the scrimmage. Curious to see how the Falcons respond to their new coach. That hype video was great. Away team wins 35-12 Riverton Parke - Linton at Rose Hulman - Great match up. Heard this one is on the docket for at least three more years. I think the more experienced players, not coaches, take control of this game early, but the Miners will keep fighting. RP wins. 40-24 Southmont at Fountain Centrals - Coach Earl will do good things. He just might have to wait a week or two, or three for his first win. Mounties win. 35-7 West Vigo at South Vermillions - Crabtree is just what the Vikings need. The Wildcats are are still who we think they are. Vikings sack Clinton. 21-14

Apparently the 7 on 7 "waxing" was a 1 score game. Hardly a waxing if you ask me. Sounds like RP can't catch. Which is understandle. MaxPreps had them for over 4000 yds rushing last year. A lot harder to drop a handoff than it is a pass.

Sorry boys, it's been a busy summer. Hog farming ain't an easy job. Just ask @Donnie Baker. No predictions today, I'll wait til the actual season gets going. But from the sounds of it, there might be some interesting match-ups this season. But I do have to ask, @BillyBettis, you OK? You seem a little upset. Anyways, I heard there is a scrimmage tonight at North Putnam that features two of our beloved WRC teams, North Vermillion and Riverton Parke, along with North Putnam, Owen Valley and the mighty Blackhawks of Sheridan. Quite the assembly of teams. Should be a fun one to watch.

What happens when you don't have the athletes to run that offense? Out the door you go, on to the next shiny thing. Rinse and repeat. Leave all those 'inferior' coaches and players behind to figure it out. If it works so well, why not stay and build something? That's why I like seeing guys like Coach Sanders start to have success. And why it scares everyone else. Because once they're on top, it's hard to knock them off. Because they've put in the time and the work and actually built something. And deep down I think he probably cares more about helping make great young men than making history. Do things the right way and the success will come. Save your money, I already know you and Kevin...

Lol, and the 14 NV team would've put 50+ on 07 Rockville in the first half, and so on and so on... Why is it when the Panthers are good, it's because the conference sucks? Pretty sure that 07 Rockville team didn't win state. All or nothing right? Or it's just a good season? And @BillyBettis, I'm not that into you. I just like to comment on some of the nonsense that comes out of your mouth because I know it drives you crazy. I'm definitely not a keyboard warrior. Not hard to figure out your bubble screens, quick slants and QB draws. I think the people in the northern half of the county would embrace wearing burgundy and navy when consolidation comes.

This is all hypothetical what ifs. Yes, Montezuma Elementary is closing down because Southwest Parke is moving towards a one campus model similar to most corporations their size. But any talk of PH and RP consolidating is just that. There are no serious moves being made in that direction any time soon. You must really want to be a Panther Billy. If I could offer you a suggestion, maybe not try to beg for a job on the GID. And as I'm looking at the numbers, I'm pretty sure the Panthers were #1 in scoring, defense and margin of victory in class 1A last year, and top 5 in each category for all classes with most of their guys back this coming season. Didn't they drop 74 against your Woolfs?

So much wrong with these statements. First off, visors aren't allowed on RP sidelines. Neither are polo shirts. State law... And you said spread, at RP, lol

Agreed, Coach. I've seen them play quite a bit too. It took SP overtime to finish off RP, but they seemed to handle Sheridan and Milan fairly easily. That being said, I think they are well prepared for Pioneer's ground attack. Should be a great game. But I think the Eagles will win.

Oh boy, that's a heck of a comparison. The kid you're referring to is still just in junior high. Not to be mean, but nobody cares what kind of numbers your middle school offense put up. You can have fully grown 14 year olds playing against 12 year olds that have never seen a razor. Definitely LOTS of factors still in play. Maybe your young Woolfs should work on some run defense. Until they convince me otherwise, PH will always just be a basketball school that occasionally wins some football games. In the meantime, keep dreaming Billy Boy. And quit derailing this thread from the conversation at hand... Sectional Championship - South Putnam @ Riverton Parke - The cliche holds true - Unstoppable Force vs. Immovable Object. This rematch of last year's championship game has seemed predestined to happen since last year's final buzzer sounded. The Eagles seem to be primed to make another run at state. They've reloaded their roster and look just as impressive as they were a year ago. Can they dictate the pace and simply outscore and pull away from the Panthers? Speaking of the Panthers, they have done nothing short of simply destroying everything in their path to get back here. They look much improved over last year's edition. Their offense gets a lot of hype, but their catalyst is really their defense. Can they get enough stops against the Eagles' offense? I do not see a repeat of last year as some have been saying. I don't see this version of RP letting that happen. And weather could be a factor this year. It's no secret that SP has played a lot of games on turf. A wet, muddy surface could play right into RP's style of play. We shall see. This will be a great game. Too many story lines to discuss on here, but I think the Panthers will pull out a close one. RP wins

Cats? As in Wildcats? Cougars? Panthers? Tigers? What type of cats are you referring to? LOL, have you been on the recruiting trail Billy? So you can take credit for the resurgence of Woolf high school football? Or do you mean kids that can play? Because I have seen your middle school Woolfs. I have my doubts that several of them will transition to the gridiron in high school. Hardwood, more likely. But we do agree that South Putnam probably won't stay in a 3 man front.

Round 2... Seeger @ Lewis Cass - As expected, LCC put up more of a fight last week against the Patriots. I think the Kings will put up a good fight too. This one will be close. Patriots pull off another one point win. Seeger 35 Cass 34 South Putnam @ Fountain Central - As expected the Eagles didn't take it easy on the Ramblers til the end. The Mustangs whipped the Woolfs for the second week in a row. It's put up or shut up time in Veedersburg. I just don't think FC has enough dudes. SP 42 FC 21 North Central(Farmersburg) @ Riverton Parke - The T-Birds showed some grit beating Covington last week. The Panthers were methodical and very efficient last week against the inspired Falcons. 528 rushing yards with mostly back-ups isn't anything to shake a stick at. I don't think NC has the dudes up front to deal with the dudes that RP has. Panthers advance. RP 48 NC 12