There’s some truth to your prediction. I would hope that they could notch wins against Central and North, unlike close losses to those teams last year. The turnaround has to come from at least competing against (and hopefully beating) Memorial, Jasper, and Castle. That might not happen this season but…it’s something to use as motivation on the way back to respectability in the City/SIAC wars.
The past two seasons Reitz has won the first two games out of the chute, then dropped 5 straight. I don’t want that to become a negative mindset once we get to W3 against Jasper. By the way, I welcome the Wildcats and what they bring to the SIAC. A quality athletics program in all sports. Castle is just as solid, and as I stated earlier, Memorial is probably the front-runner in the City/SIAC. Go crazy for your teams…that’s what it’s all about! As for me, I am a proud Reitz man, whose Great Uncle, Edgar Engel (my Grandpa John Engel’s brother), was a star Halfback on the 1927 Reitz football Tiny Ten Champions. Oh, and he’s also the Dr. Engel who delivered half of Evansville in the 50’s, 60’s, and 70’s before retiring. Even in his 90’s he enjoyed talking about his playing days on the Hill! You see, friends, Reitz football was in his blood…and it’s in mine as well. So looking forward to seeing what results my Reitz Panthers can achieve this season!