NE8_Fan

Leo all they way. I'm looking for the Lions to lock up Minnix (w/ Hurst) and force the Saints to try and grind out a win which I don't believe they can. I also don't expect to see the Lions play a cover 0 all night against Dwenger like they did against East Noble (which is how they gave up the big plays Friday night). And Carter got his chance Fri night and man did he take advantage. Kid hit the hole like a bullet every play and was had to bring down for his size, I think Leo found their RB1 for the rest of the season. I'm going to say Leo wins, 35-17 and ends their sectional drought.

Week 2 Games: 1. Brownsburg @ Ben Davis 2. Lawrence Central @ Lawrence North 3. Noblesville @ Zionsville 4. Bloomington South @ Bloomington North 5. Evansville North @ Floyd Central 6. Franklin @ Terre Haute South 7. Plainfield @ Harrison 8. East Noble @ Leo 9. Mississinewa @ Columbia City 10. Roncalli @ Mooresville 11. Fairfield @ John Glenn 12. Indian Creek @ Franklin County 13. Lawrenceburg @ Batesville 14. Yorktown @ Delta 15. Brownstown Central @ Triton Central 16. Central Noble @ Manchester 17. Greencastle @ Linton-Stockton 18. Heritage Christian @ Winchester 19. North Posey @ Evansville Mater Dei 20. Rochester @ Lafayette Central Catholic 21. Wheeler @ Bremen 22. Clinton Prairie @ North Vermillion

Only 4 NE8 teams left..... Bishop Dwenger @ Dekalb.....the Barons will keep this close for a bit, maybe even till halftime, but the Saints will pull away in the second half in a big way.....Dwenger 35-14 Mississinewa @ Columbia City.....the Eagles had a ROUGH 4 weeks to end the regular season but got back on the right foot last week...upset coming....Columbia City 28-17 GOTW- East Noble @ Leo......East Noble has been on a TEAR since the Leo loss earlier (14-7). Leo has also been on a tear handling the lower echelon NE8 teams to end the year..in the first game the Knights held Hurst in check, if they do it again they will win.......East Noble gets revenge.....Knights 24-22

Only 4 NE8 teams left..... Bishop Dwenger @ Dekalb.....the Barons will keep this close for a bit, maybe even till halftime, but the Saints will pull away in the second half in a big way.....Dwenger 35-14 Mississinewa @ Columbia City.....the Eagles had a ROUGH 4 weeks to end the regular season but got back on the right foot last week...upset coming....Columbia City 28-17 GOTW- East Noble @ Leo......East Noble has been on a TEAR since the Leo loss earlier (14-7). Leo has also been on a tear handling the lower echelon NE8 teams to end the year..in the first game the Knights held Hurst in check, if they do it again they will win.......East Noble gets revenge.....Knights 24-22

Opening Week Games: 1. Beech Grove @ Muncie Central 2. Culver Academy @ Lowell 3. Hobart @ New Prairie 4. Pendleton Heights @ Greenfield-Central 5. Danville @ Tri-West 6. Lawrenceburg @ Centerville 7. Scottsburg @ North Harrison 8. Twin Lakes @ Boone Grove 9. Western Boone @ North Montgomery 10. Andrean @ LaVille 11. Bluffton @ Alexandria 12. Eastbrook @ Frankton 13. Evansville Mater Dei @ Tell City 14. Greencastle @ North Putnam 15. Sullivan @ Southmont 16. Clinton Prairie @ Covington 17. North Miami @ Southern Wells 18. Pioneer @ North Judson

I"m in

DeKalb at Angola......the Barons overpower an unusually weak Angola team....35-10 Dekalb East Noble at New Haven....GOTW, that PHYSICAL beating, I'm sure, is still in the Bulldogs minds...with or without Mylan, it happens again....31-21 Knights Leo at South Side.....alot of reserve players will get some playing time this week, maybe some freshman too.....42-7 Lions Columbia City at Huntington North...man have the Eagles fallen off a cliff...i get losing to Leo, EN and New Haven but losing to Norwell??? CC gets one more win this year.....38-14 Eagles Delta at Norwell....a disappointing season ends for Norwell......28-17 Eagles Bellmont at Garrett......the Braves will be slightly competitive for a half but inevitably lose......27-7 RailRoaders NE8 goes 4-4 knocking 2 teams out by other NE8 teams

Week 9 Pick ‘Em Games: 1. Carmel @ Lawrence Central 2. Hamilton Southeastern @ Brownsburg 3. Portage @ LaPorte 4. Terre Haute South @ Columbus North 5. Northridge @ Warsaw 6. Northview @ Indian Creek 7. Yorktown @ Mount Vernon (Fortville) 8. Hamilton Heights @ West Lafayette 9. Bluffton @ Lakeland 10. Madison-Grant @ Alexandria 11. Seeger @ North Vermillion 12. North White @ West Central

East Noble has gotten much better since the Leo game and what they did to NH was impressive. When they played Leo earlier, the Lions played them in a straight cover 0 all night and loaded the box using their top3 cover guys (Hoeppner, Hurst & Zeisloft) to blanket the Knights receivers and they obviously did well with it. I FULLY expect Coach Amstutz to have a counter for that this time around. Maybe using motion to cross up/pick the man coverage and also use the RB on routes seeing if the LB's lose track of them. If Wayne is able to hang in anyway with Snider tonight, I could see them knocking off Dwenger. Last year they nearly knocked off Columbia City in a game most thought the Eagles would run away with and they are a year better now, granted Lamarion is gone. This is definitely the premier sectional in the area this year.

New Haven was seriously exposed by East Noble's running game last Friday.....East Noble ran power lead over and over and over again and NH could not stop it. On top of that, they did NOTHING to adjust. Even if Mylan comes back (which there are rumblings he may not) he wont make a difference defensively. EN was able to pressure Williams and keep him in the pocket rushing only 3 and dropping 8. I'm seeing an East Noble/Leo rematch in Rd 2 and that game could go either way imho. The Dwenger/Wayne winner will have a definite "recovery" game in round 2 with possibly Dekalb giving light resistance. Dwenger may be down to their 3rd RB but their style of play will still keep them in any game with any team in this sectional. Wayne is a team nobody is really wanting to play from what I'm hearing. They can go into their Jumbo set and run smashmouth football and they can spread you out with their athletes, pick your poison. Leo definitely got the best draw (other than Angola and Dekalb) with a date at South. I'm gonna go out on a limb and say this though, if Coach Doerffler can get the ball in Hurst's hands 12+ times a game, they win this sectional. That can be pass targets, jet sweeps, Wildkat or even put him at tailback, that kid is the biggest weapon in this entire sectional. Best decision he ever made was to get out of that dumpster fire on State str and go to Leo. Combine that with Leo's defense playing at a high level with Schott and you have the tools for a run. I'm seeing a Bishop Dwenger @ Leo sectional final.

Sectional 19 is going to be murderer's row.....top 3 teams in NE8 on the same side and both SAC teams on other side, let alone facing off in 1st round. I know a few NE8 coaches are cautiously looking at that BD/Wayne matchup and actually are more worried about Wayne than Dwenger. But yeah, seeing the scores of Luers against NH and EN the first 2 weeks then to see what Luers has done since.....impressive. As of late, NH has been on a little decline without Mylan and now there are rumblings he may be done for the season. East Noble just physically PUMMELLED them and that would not be sign if they where to get to a matchup with a Wayne or Dwenger. With that being said, I see Leo facing off with Dwenger in the Finals, and if Leo finds more ways to get the ball in Hurst's hands, Dwenger could be in trouble.

I'm sorry but this is coming off as sour grapes. Luers didn't make their schedule and ,yeah your right, not playing two of the top teams may cause people to disregard what they've done. Make no mistake about it though, IF they beat Homestead this Fri (and that's a very BIG if) they fully have earned the right as SAC champs and to lay claim to that title. I don't care about that they didn't play Carroll if they beat Homestead due to the fact that Homestead beat Snider, plain and simple. In the end, if they win Friday, they did what they needed to do to claim the title, BUT I think we are heading to a 3 way tie if I'm being honest.

Just that they are completely turning into dumpster fire.......

Week 8 Pick ‘Em Games: 1. Fishers @ Westfield 2. Fort Wayne Wayne @ Fort Wayne North 3. Greenwood @ Franklin 4. Columbia City @ Leo 5. Mooresville @ Martinsville 6. New Haven @ East Noble 7. Delta @ Greenfield-Central 8. Pendleton Heights @ Yorktown 9. Western Boone @ Danville 10. Southridge @ North Posey 11. Sheridan @ Eastern (Greentown)

Week 7 Pick 'Em Games: 1. Terre Haute North @ Southport 2. Martinsville @ Perry Meridian 3. Northridge @ Concord 4. Bedford North Lawrence @ Floyd Central 5. Vincennes Lincoln @ Evansville North 6. Evansville Memorial @ Evansville Reitz 7. Bluffton @ Heritage 8. Lafayette Central Catholic @ Twin Lakes 9. Indianapolis Scecina @ Triton Central 10. Hagerstown @ Winchester 11. Milan @ Providence

Speaking of NLC, my DREAM conference for 4A would take Conference B and sub in NorthWood and Northridge in place of Southside and Wayne. I think travel would be a hindrance but man that would be murderers row of a conference.

With conference races heating up and there being clear signs of the rich staying rich and the weak staying weak, I figured I'd drop another re-alignment thread for Fort Wayne. I know the SAC just re-aligned but there is also a lot of confusion and some disparity with that. So, for fun, this is my idea. Conference A Conference B ACAC NECC (big) NECC (small) Carroll Bishop Dwenger Norwell Concordia Busco Homestead Leo Heritage Dekalb Eastside Snider New Haven Woodlan Garrett Central Noble Warsaw East Noble Adams Central Angola Fremont Northside Bishop Luers Belmont West Noble Prairie Heights Northrop Wayne Blufton Lakeland Blackhawk Christian Huntington North Columbia City South Adams Fairfield Southern Wells Southside Jay County I know this doesn't make every conference strong top to bottom but I also think this line up would also work well with the other money sport (basketball). Purposely left Conference a with 7 teams to allow for 3 out of conference games against top teams from other parts of the state/state. I think this strengthens the ACAC considerably and creates probably the toughest 4A conference in the state (Conference B). Also keeps a version of the NECC that adds some strength and puts Blackhawk in a conference that they can grow into as they build the program.

I agree....would be nice to see more NE8 teams pick up an SAC opponent in the coming years....cough, cough Columbia City, Dekalb, Norwell....Leo picks up Luers next after finishing it contract with Kokomo (funny how they drop a team that runs a similar offense that Sauder ran at Leo after that style offense beat them both years they played). Would love to see Leo drop Angola and pick up a better quality team as the recent Angola games havent been very competitive (maybe a Wayne or Dwenger).

Could be some nice battles between BD and East Noble in the coming years as East Noble has some REALLY good talent coming up too. Sectional 19 could become the premiere sectional in the north in a few years.

Moving Tae to QB will be a game changer against the likes of the SAC's B division teams but not Snider. Snider can go athlete for athlete with North Side and you taking your best player and putting him in front of the Panthers entire box instead of putting him in front of your their DB will not be good. Reminds me of Haydock in his Harding days moving Selwyn Lymon from WR to QB....made for some exciting games and eye popping numbers in 2005 but didn't equate to the kind of success North Side is looking for (State run). Tae is NOT a QB, he's an athlete playing QB and the Panthers WILL devise a sound game plan to neutralize him. Load the box and make him throw and you will see this "great idea" unravel rather quickly against Snider.

This game will be huge for NE8 supremacy this year as well as a possible forcast for how things could shake up in the north for 4A. New Haven and that offense is simply EXPLOSIVE. Athletes all over the field and a QB in Williams that can threaten you with his legs as much as his arm along with a RB in Bates that has been superb making teams pay when they worry too much about slowing down Mylan Graham with 2 high bracket coverage. Columbia City comes in as the defending NE8 and sectional champs from last year but they lost ALOT from that team, but they return Stratton Fuller who will go down as one of the greatest ever at Columbia City when its all said and done. I look at it this was.....Columbia City does NOT have enough guys to cover all New Havens weapons and I'm not sure New Haven will be able to withstand the Eagles relentless rushing attack. I'm expecting minimum of 4-5 BIG plays in this game and I think 3-4 of those will be by the Bulldogs. New Haven has lined up against the FAR better schedule so far with Leo and Luers while the Eagles schedule has been about as soft as it can be. Common opponent being Dekalb with CC winning 49-7 and NH winning 28-28 BUT the New Haven game was 42-7 at half when the Dogs completely took their foot off the pedal and Dekalb got back into the game. This game DOES deserve more interest but lets be honest....if its not the SAC, you dont get alot of clicks on here as it pertains to football in the Fort Wayne area, sad but true. With all that being said, I believe this game is for the NE8 title this year as if New Haven wins, they will go unblemished in the regular season (and yes I know they still have a date with East Noble that cannot be overlooked) and if Columbia City wins, they still have dates with Leo and East Noble left SOOOOO I'm saying New Haven 35 Columbia City 24

They wont be able to find a level high enough to compete with the Panthers this year.....Snider will win by 3 scores....Elite level coaching vs lack of discipline this year....js

He will be a sat machine the rest of their schedule since they have the "weak" part of their schedule coming up. Dates with Luers and Wayne will test them and as soon as someone loads the box and forces him to throw they will run into trouble. They will be done once they run into Snider as they will get THOROUGHLY outcoached in every aspect of the game. So in short, I don't think Tae should be in ANY Mr Football conversation......Especially playing in the same area as Mylan. Seen both in person and Mylan is CLEARLY the better player all around.

I, without any hesitation or doubt, would say Graham is faster, but he is probably the only one of New Havens bevy of athletes that is.

Week 6 Pick ‘Em Games: 1. Brownsburg @ Westfield 2. Crown Point @ Valparaiso 3. Warsaw @ Mishawaka 4. Columbia City @ New Haven 5. New Palestine @ Greenfield-Central 6. Heritage Hills @ Gibson Southern 7. Batesville @ Lawrenceburg 8. Knox @ LaVille 9. Northeastern @ Centerville 10. Seeger @ Fountain Central 11. Eastern Hancock @ Milan