BigBrebeufFan

Probably not. The game against Mooresville looks like a fun matchup on paper. I’m interested in seeing how the braves match up in a 4a sectional for the first time. Roncalli showed during the regular season that they can simply run their game plan and grind down Brebeuf in the second half. Brebeuf is a couple horses short of having the depth to compete in the trenches with the top teams in the state. Plus, there’s no guarantee that matchup happens. I don’t know much about northview, but mooresville is more than capable of advancing to the finals from the top side of the bracket.

Didn’t know about Wooten. Pretty sure there are multiple Purichia’s scattered through the Ritter record books. Ritter has always lost talented players to other schools but something seems off based on the past few years. Do you think it is the rise of Covenant Christian and resurgence of Speedway that are taking away the “immediately local” (for lack of a better phrase) players, or did football die on the westside?

So it goes. There was the “push the pile” clip from Neddenriep’s twitter feed that caught my eye. 4 or 5 Irish defenders walking during a live play.. not something that you see every day.

71-0 against Lutheran last night. This was a proud program that would routinely punch above their weight from the 80s through 2010s. What gives?

There were a lot of *really, really* good LBs and DBs on that 2017 team. Jay Higgins (now at Iowa) was in the middle and flanked by several multi-year starters. This year’s crop at LB is still awfully talented but not quite at the same level, imo. DL is definitely better with this 2021 team. Strickland obviously gets the most attention, but Childers is without a doubt an all-state player at DE based on production and talent. Zhang and Petrie are both pretty good as the interior linemen. Offensively, it’s a bit of a toss up talent-wise. OL had more size+experience in 17, and that team had a couple of game changers in Wright (who is probably the best slot WR and return man I’ve ever seen… at least in 3a) and Pressler who was a mismatch at 6’6. The 21 team has two pretty dominant WR with Annee and Walters. I don’t ever recall seeing too many teams having 2 WR each 1k yards and 10+ touchdowns. Both are capable of scoring any time they touch the ball. I also think it’s fair to say that the passing concepts in 21 are more sophisticated and better executed compared to 17. I think the edge goes to 21 for offense.

First time, long time here. Not sure how Brebeuf is under the radar considering they have been a perpetual top 10 team for about a decade now. They would surely have more sectionals and regionals to their name if not for being gerrymandered into the sectionals of hell (seriously, Tri West goes south? Someone find me a map of Lizton -> WestLaf vs Indy -> WestLaf). Anyways, excited to see if the Brebeuf D front can cause enough pressure to neutralize the GibSo passing attack, and, likewise, if Brebeuf can limit TOs with enough pass pro to attack the GibSo secondary. Could be the game of the weekend! I’ll hang up and listen.