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On 9/6/2019 at 4:18 PM, Ultimate Warrior said:

Who are the d1 athletes at Angola and West Noble. 

Brandon Pruitt at West Noble....see the link below:

https://n.rivals.com/content/prospects/2020/brandon-pruitt-211699

Ryan Brandt at Angola...see the link below:

https://n.rivals.com/content/prospects/2020/ryan-brandt-230667

My picks minus the Fairfield game:

Central Noble 21 Fremont 7...Fremont is greatly improved,  but size gets them in this one.

Churubusco 35 Prairie Heights 14....closer than recent years.

Eastside 28 Garrett 14....Eastside surprised me last week.

Angola 42 Lakeland 14...Angola's 0-4 record is totally jaded by their strength of schedule thus far.  

Though they may not be truly reflecting where teams are right now...in about week 7 or 8...Sagarin Ratings are VERY accurate.  (They don't take in account injuries though 🙂 )

Looks like Plymouth is the team to beat this year in the NLC.  

A few surprises for sure last week!  Here are this week's game...what are your thoughts and predictions for the NECC?

(Chart from the John Harrell site).

From the John Harrell website:

My guesses are:

Concord 42 Wawasee 14....I think this might be the easiest pick of the night for the NLC.

Goshen 14 Northwood 28...Goshen might not have the fire power to keep of with Northwood.

Northridge 29 Plymouth 28  Double OT...based off of Swordfish's comment, i like the Raiders...however Plymouth might be the team to beat this year in the NLC.

Warsaw 35 Memorial 21 ...Close at the half, but "Bart Ball" gets the best of Memorial.   

Impressive offer!  Congrats.

My picks minus the Fairfield game:

Angola 14 West Noble 15 OT....this one was hard to pick because the strengths of schedule seem so lopsided.  However, because WN is 3-0 and Angola is 0-3 for the first time since 2001, I will give the edge to WN on pure momentum alone.  I wouldn't be surprised if it went the other way thought because Angola has played a tough schedule for their first three games.

Busco 35 Eastside 21..........I should never doubt Churubusco.

Garrett 21 Lakeland 14....I think Garret is getting better, and the Lakers have struggled a little.  4th quarter td gives Garrett the win.

Prairie Heights 7 Central Noble 28...I like CN's size and speed...they find the win column this week.    

I feel like week 3 really told us a lot more about each team.  Here are this week's match-ups:

(Chart comes from the John Harrell site)

What are your thoughts and predictions in the NECC this week?

7 hours ago, Roadwarrior75 said:

Lmaooo the Plymouth haters are mighty quiet this morning..... tail between legs? Awful lot of confidence in this thread Pro-Tigers... or arrogance... any other excuses the people need to hear about? All ears 😂

 

Who is this guy?  If you are a Wawasee Warrior fan, then I guess laughing at other people's misfortunes makes you very different than us....because none of us are laughing at ALL of yours.  #dudecameoutswinging

3 hours ago, NLCTigerFan07 said:

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.

 

I would agree, except I think the odds of Northwood winning are lower than the others.  Plymouth is off to a great start.

These are my NLC predictions this week:

Elkhart Memorial 28 Goshen 14:  It will be close at halftime, but a few turnovers will hurt the Redhawks. 

Wawasee 0 Northridge 42:  Looking at the first two weeks, it seems obvious that this might be a bit of a mismatch.

Northwood 21 Concord 31:  If you want to call it an upset, go ahead...but I think the Panthers might have been exposed a little bit last week...against a darn good opponent.  The fact that it wasn't close though, should make us all realizes that the Panthers are human.  I still think it will be tough for NW to replace such a talented point scorer they have have had for the past three years.

Warsaw 49 Plymouth 42:  This one might be a shootout...regardless, I still like what the Tigers are doing,and I think, in the end, it gets the best of Plymouth.     

3 hours ago, Slick John Picanos said:

#1 song on September 5 1997: Notorious BIG feat. Puff Daddy and Mase- Mo' Money Mo' Problems....Mo' Jersey's/Mo' Helmets Mo' Problems??? 

 

 

 

Slick...I love your reference here, and I love your profile pic!  Prime time!

Looks like it might be a good one tonight in Garrett...good luck to all teams tonight, have fun and stay healthy.

On 9/3/2019 at 5:24 PM, NRRaider2001 said:

Somehow I went 6-0 on NLC predictions last week

It's because you are a football genius!  🙂

3 hours ago, BuscoFooty said:

 

Busco 35  Garrett 31  -- Would not be surprised with a Garrett W

 

Are you saying that because Garrett seems up, or do you think the Eagles might be vulnerable?

4 hours ago, Fairfield02 said:

 

West Noble 21 Eastside 20.....I think this one could go either way, so I am definitely going with the big school division.  I wouldn't be surprised if either team one.  I do think WN has some very talented athletes.

 

won* not one.

22 hours ago, NLCTigerFan07 said:

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. 

I am excited for the Tigers.  It's good to see the NLC get more and more competitive.

On 9/3/2019 at 5:16 PM, NRRaider2001 said:

You're right, I know someone involved with their program at Grace, they've got a good thing going there that fills a need that other programs can't around here. 

I was surprised...they were kind of loaded.  Also, curious to what need you are talking about.  Regardless this was definitely a worthy opponent.

Glad someone finally replied!

Here are my picks minus the FF game:

Busco 21 Garrett 14....I actually think it could be even closer or go the other way.  Garrett is improved from a year ago, and Busco is always tough.

River Valley 22 Fremont 7....River Valley beat Fremont last year, and I think it will continue.

OLSM 42  Angola 14......Orchard Lake typically plays Penn on this week, and they are at about that 6A level.  Big bump in strength of schedule for Angola.

West Noble 21 Eastside 20.....I think this one could go either way, so I am definitely going with the big school division.  I wouldn't be surprised if either team one.  I do think WN has some very talented athletes.

Good luck to the Falcons on Friday night! 

Bump

It is lonely in this posting-less thread, but I will press on....here are this week match-ups:

Graph is credited to the John Harrell Website.

What are your thoughts and predictions?

On 8/30/2019 at 10:49 PM, NRRaider2001 said:

Congrats on the W tonight!  Glad to see you guys pull it out in a close one. 

Thanks!  The team we played had TONS of speed and size...they were no slouch.

Week 2 will tell us a lot about every team this year.  It's hard to know after one week who is up and who is down.  Interesting NLC match-ups this week will be Warsaw vs. Michigan City, Ridge and St. Joe, and Northwood with Chatard....awesome non-conference strength of schedule for the NLC this week.

As I continue to talk to myself, I will go ahead and make my predictions minus the FF game:

AC 21 Eastside 14...I think it might be close, but AC has been on a roll lately.

Angola 42 Leo 41...I am going to stick with Angola and just assume that Dekalb has a pretty tough team this year. I believe this week will truly tell us a lot more about the Hornets.

Central Noble 20 Columbia City 14....going with the upset here.  CC is the favorite.

Churubusco 28 Lakeland 7....I wonder if the Lakers are down from past years, or Wawassee, who they lost to last week, is better than they have been recently.  Busco has won this one 4 out of the last 5, and I think the Eagles continue to roll.

Fremont 34 LC 21......just going with the NECC and the fact that Fremont is currently undefeated.

Dekalb 52 Garrett 21....I think the Barons are up this year.

PH 14 Bronson 28....I don't know anything about either team...this is just a hunch.

Wawasee 7 West Noble 21....West Noble has some good skilled players, and the Warriors will not be able to stop them.  West Noble wins, making it threes years in a row that they have beat their neighbors to the west.

I will add, that I feel like week 2 will tell us a lot about all of the teams out there.  We will find out who is up and who is down after these matchups.  Good luck to all teams, stay healthy and represent the NECC well.