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Laughable. Love to compare resumes on Snider and Merrillville and one team is woefully short of the other. Have to say, I don’t believe in bulletin board material, especially when it is some poster sitting in his parents basement, eating his boogers, and living off his parents. If it were a player or coach that makes a statement, then it becomes bulletin board material.

This is not the typical Luers juggernaut when they get to this level. Usually, they overmatch most 2A teams, I just don’t see that talent level for them this year. They work hard and play hard, but they don’t have that stud athlete like in years past. This is a more workman like team

Again, Luers was flat out overmatched against East Noble and New Haven. Very good 2A team vs a really good 4A team, East Noble, and a good 4A team in New Haven. As bad as those games were, Snider and Carroll would have run wild on the Knights. Bad SAC after Snider and Carroll this year, period Having said that, LCC is a longtime powerhouse at this level. I have Luers as a slight favorite in this game

Here is how I see this game: 1. Luers defense is pretty good unless you have quality speed 2. Luers offense is methodical in nature. They do throw the ball, but overall, ball control seems to be their thing 3. At the 2A level, Luers is more than capable of beating anyone in 2A. Things get skewed for Luers when they play 4, 5, and 6A teams that are real quality teams. Anyone that thinks Luers is overmatched against anyone in 2A is fooling themselves I see this game as a close game that is decided by 7 points or less

Think Leo is going to beat Northwood

Just busting your chops buddy…

Fair enough. I agree with you about both teams, I would say this Luers team is not even top 10 all time at Luers, maybe not even top 15

I believe it was Red Dawn

I always enjoy seeing your posts. You call it like you see it. No sandbagging, like BTF Holtz, and you are honest about what you see

Are you calling LCC the favorite?

I have to agree with Bob, watching it live I thought it was a personal foul on Merrillville. Dangerous contact on a defenseless player. If you watch the video, the Merrillville players were expecting a flag after the hit, they knew it was coming, but it never did

Luers has benefitted greatly this year without playing Carroll or Snider. Had they played those 2 teams, I honestly believe you would have seen 56-7 losses in both for Luers. Luers did rebound from getting thrashed by East Noble and had a good conference season sans playing the top 2 teams. Just my opinion here, I see Luers as a slight favorite against LCC. Thinking a 21-14 type of game. LCC better keep contain on Luers though or else that speed will get you…

Snider packed 9 in the box against Mishawaka daring them to throw the ball and they hurt Snider passing the ball. Snider obviously made the decision that they weren’t going to let Mishawaka run the ball at will and kill the clock. It worked as Snider controlled time of possession and drove the ball between the 20’s, they just didn’t finish in the red zone. Snider’s pass defense was actually pretty good this year. As for the Merrillville D-1’ers, lots of team speed, not a great passing QB, and no beast running back bodes well for the Panthers. Defensively, Merrillville has good linemen, decent linebackers, and fast but leaky secondary. I think the magic number for Snider is 21 points, anything more than that and they win, less than that and it’s anyone’s game.

Leo’s strength is running the ball so we shall see

This game has blowout written all over it

Someone was posting about upsets happening in the postseason and the LaPort vs. Snider game leaps out at me. I remember Snider was a prohibitive favorite in that game and absolutely got slaughtered by the Slicers. Game was not as close as the 35-7 final score indicated. Valpo game last year was a crushing loss. Very few times when I say the better team didn’t win, that is one of them

I have watched some video on Merrillville, great team speed, lots of good athletes, undisciplined at times, likes to run the ball quite a bit. When motivated and engaged in the game, they are tough to beat. If Snider can get ahead by double digits, not sure Merrillville will stay in and fight back. I will stand by statement before the Mishawaka game, beating Mishawaka would be harder than Merrillville or Valpo

I thought so as well, nasty hit. I think Merrillville players thought there would be a penalty as well judging by their reaction when nothing was called

The Leo offense is legit. I have watched enough of them this year to say that. I think they are vulnerable on defense in some situations

My bad, it was PSA Boy who said that…

Hell yeah they are, I picked them to beat Valpo. Now, Snider gets to play a team with 80 D-1 players…

Snider out-gained Mishawaka in this game, not sure how you say they were outplayed. Mishawaka hit 2 long pass plays and did nothing on the ground. Snider settles for 4 field goals, ran for 250 yards, and controlled time of possession. Interception inside the 10 yard line didn’t help. We’re they fortunate to win. Absolutely. Did they deserve to win? Absolutely. Congrats to Mishawaka on a great season and great game

Merrillville 24 - Valpo 20, 2 minutes to go, if Merrillville wins at Snider next week, if Valpo wins at Valpo next week

Snider 19 - Mishawaka 18 final Snider 45 yard field goal as time expires

Snider 16 - Mishawaka 15, 4 minutes to go