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Concordia at Snider...seeing the stat that this is Concordia's first 2-0 start in 40 years was shocking to me, awesome to see them turn the corner. Unfortunately for them this will be a good week for the Snider offense to continue to find its rhythm...Panthers by 28 Dwenger at North Side...this is where I will be Friday Night. Saints looked much better for a majority of the game against Moeller, just wore down at the end. QB injury makes this one more iffy. North has more talent, but I think it will come down to which team can stay disciplined, where BD has a slight edge, and special teams, where the Saints are much stronger...Dwenger by 2 Northop at Luers...Bruins can put up a lot of points. But think the Knights D can slow that down, and Bruins have shown no defensive ability...Knights by 10 South Side at Carroll...Carroll didn't care about running up last year, they'll do it again this week...Chargers by 50 Wayne at Homestead...two teams I have no idea what to make of, and I'm not sure if this game will give me a better idea about either. Picking the home team...Spartans by 7

Carroll at Center Grove...CG losing to 2 games in a row hasn't happened in 5 years. Carroll didn't show me anything last week that would make me think they could get it done...Center Grove by 17 Cincinnati Moeller at Dwenger...Another year of not getting a good read on BD until Week 3, maybe they should look into new out of conference opponents moving forward...Moeller by 38 East Noble at Snider...Panthers Defense looked as good as advertised in Week 1, hopefully the offense can get some rhythm against a weaker opponent. Snider by 14 Concordia at Eastbrook...Cadets proved me wrong last week. Think they can put up another good fight this week. Cadets by 7 Luers at New Haven...New Haven looked bad last week. Luers should be able to control this game. Knights by 20 Northrop at Huntington North...Northrop seems to have weapons this year, can they keep up the scoring pace to help the lackluster D? Northrop by 5 South Side at South Bend St. Joseph...Heartbreak for South last week, hopefully they don't let that spoil any momentum they had...St.Joe by 20 Lawrence North at North Side..Legends picked up an impressive win. But playing better teams Special Teams matter. LN by 11 Noblesville at Homestead...Homestead also needs to go the Dwenger route and switch up the out of conference schedule....Noblesville by 35 South Bend Riley At Wayne...the Wayne hype train is in question for me for having to claw out an OT win vs Attucks, could be the most competitive game of the week..Generals by 2

Dwenger at Brownsburg...Hearing BD should be better this year. Still quite the gap to catch up to the Bulldogs. Brownsburg by 35 North Side at Northridge...North has all the talent in the world, but can they harness it for the best? History says no...Northridge by 14 Wayne At Crispus Attucks...Is this the year Wayne lives up to the hype? A big win week 1 will add fuel to the fire...Wayne by 30 Hamilton SE at Carroll...Last years game was heavy for HES revenge. Should be another great game...Chargers by 7 Homestead at Carmel...Homestead almost pulled the stunner Week 1 last year. Think this year Carmel will be ready..Carmel by 20 Scecina at Concordia...Cadets have a lot to prove they aren't the worst team in NEI this season...Scecina by 24 Leo at Luers...Lions have a lot to replace, but think they'll have a few more playmakers to squeak it out...Lions by 4 Marion at South Side...Archers get a much needed program victory...South by 7 New Haven at Northrop...how does New Haven respond to a sudden coaching change? Can Northrop get the ball to playmakers?...New Haven by 12 Warren Central at Snider...been hearing this may be an old school power run Snider type team this year, if they control the tempo they'll control a lot of games...Snider by 10

I think we are thinking too small....Could East Central beat Anderson or Manchester? What about ISU? IU?!?

As someone who doesn't have a dog in the fight, streaming is the way to go. Nothing was better last week than having Snider-Mishawaka on the TV, BD-Cathedral on the iPad, and Luers-Bluffton on the phone. Through the season I still try to hit some home games. Usually the home openers and homecomings. But when it is bad weather/too cold to take the little one out, makes it so much easier to watch from the comfort of the basement. Will be streaming tonight

Will Snider go for 70?

Had to be 2011. Halls first or second year I believe. They switched to black Helmets in 2013

Not wanting to speculate on the exact happenings too much. But it seems like the falling out at North this year has a lot of different things going on with it, with Admin, Coaches, and Players that can all share blame. I'll agree the top of the blame does lay on the adults in the room, you want to build up hype/swagger and run your program on chaos, don't be surprised when things start to crumble and turn ugly But on the flip side of that, it is on players to hold some sense of responsibility themselves in their decision making both on and off the field, especially if you are trying to play at the next level. Like yes teenagers are still going to make mistakes and bad decisions, but some have much more to lose than others.

I have a feeling this may be the case...could see Snider put up 50+ this week and not slow down.

Leo should win this game easily. But man I would get a good chuckle out of the online discourse that would come if the Saints end up winning this sectional after being sent down to 4A once the year started. That being said, Leo is too talented and I'll be happy to see Coach Doerffler get a sectional title. Lions by 20

Carroll-Warsaw...Chargers by 17 Fisher-Homestead....Fishers by 14 Hamilton SE-Northrop...HSE by however much they want Anderson-Snider.....Snider by however much they want Dwenger-Dekalb....Saints by 10 Eastside-Luers...Luers by 7

Looks like rain is supposed to be in the morning which is good for the Bulldogs, weather may be a big deciding factor for all their potential playoff matchups

Wayne-Dwenger...wouldn't be surprised if Wayne found a way to win this game, but also they haven't shown me anything really throughout the year to think this is the year they get over the hump. Dwenger takes this one and could take this advantageous draw to a potential sectional title....Saints by 14 Leo-South Side..really thought South was gonna grab another big win last week against a bad Northrop team but couldn't get it done...Leo shouldn't have to do much to win this one and focus on a big NE8 rematch next week...Lions by 30 Yorktown-Concordia...rough year for the Cadets ends. Yorktown by 28 Luers-Churubusco...Luers has all the pieces to walk through this sectional, regionals and Semi-State will be tougher challenges but Harrell has them as the favorite in 2A North...Knights by 24

"Interesting" is definitely one way to put it. Overall none of what I have heard is surprising or much different from issues that have been around all year to my knowledge. Will be very interested to see what happens Friday. Carroll may put up 70 more...

Dwenger-Concordia...Saints get a nice get right game going into sectionals where they got a favorable draw. Heard Dwengers RB may be out for the year so will need to fill that gap in. Long year almost over for the Cadets...Dwenger by 30 Luers-Homestead...the sanctity of the Victory Bell is at stake here lol. Luers has done all they were tasked to do and won what their schedule permitted. Think this one is 100% dependent on what version of Homestead shows up. I'm thinking the good one will. Spartans by 10 North Side-Carroll...Chargers also get a get right game. Hearing Tae may be done for the year at North, hoping that kid can figure it out at the next level. Chargers by 40 Northrop-South Side....Game of the week? Think South has just enough to get it done. Archers by 3 Wayne-Snider..Think this game could be over super fast if both teams just choose to run the ball all night. Panthers roll. Snider by 28

Carroll-Northrop....Chargers will win this one by however many they want. Northrop needs to focus on next weeks matchup with South as their lone chance to not make a play at an Elmhurst-esc losing streak...Chargers by 45 Concordia-Homestead..The Good Spartans/Bad Spartans paradox shows it a week for the good Spartans, wouldn't matter if the bad ones showed up this week either as the Cadets are rough...Spartans by 40 Snider-Dwenger...had Snider not been upset a few weeks ago, I think Dwenger would have been in a prime spot to make a game of this. But Panthers should be focused and this matchup always has a little more juice, Saints too indisciplined...Panthers by 17 South Side-Luers....I can complain about how a conference champion is crowned all I want but all that matters is if you win the games on your schedule. And the Knights have done that, should be an easy one before the big matchup with Homestead...Luers by 28 Wayne-North Side...still have no clue what to make of this Legends team. Offense is anemic without Tae so the coaching staffs number 1 priority should be to keep him mentally in this game. Wayne has the athletes to go shot for shot here, think they pull it out...Generals by 5

I think its knowing that a lot of the pieces for success are there, I look at a school like Covenant Christian down in Indy and what they were able to do as they built a program from the ground up, may not be the exact results as pulling from a West Indy/Suburbs talent pool, but with vouchers expanding making the school more accessible, it could only take 1 special class to come in over a few years to set up a long postseason run

Probably not a super hot take, but I wouldn't be surprised is Blackhawk fields a consistent competitive program before Northrop or South over the next 5 years

Concordia-Wayne...Generals seemed to throw everything they had at Carroll last week which was fun to see, should be a big win this week...Generals by 24 Dwenger-Luers...Knights held on to an ugly game last Friday and control their own destiny for the SAC somehow (these divisions mean nothing essentially)..Dwenger again has slowly improved each week. My pick for game of the week....Saints by 3 North Side-South Side...no team is more disappointing than North, calling them undisciplined feels like an understatement. They should be able to still pull this one out without Tae who should be suspended. But South coming off their first big win could be feisty....North by 6 Northrop-Snider...Poor Northrop, not only does this look like one of the worst teams they have ever had, they now get their roommate (not a rivalry) coming off a loss. I know Snider doesn't run up the score, but they may just look to get right at the expense of the Bruins this week....Panthers by 40 Homestead-Carroll...After looking at how each team performed last week, the instant reaction would be to think the Spartans take this one, but they haven't proven any sort of consistency so far and maybe Carroll was caught in a let down spot against Wayne, should still be a good one...Chargers by 7

What a crazy week in the SAC. Good Homestead comes out and catches Snider in a let down spot for a huge W. Long term think this may help the Panthers to refocus. Wayne almost catches Carroll in the same position. Congrats to South for picking up not just a win, but a dominating win at that. Think all the “swagger” is slowly ruining North. Starting to wonder if #3 will have what it takes between the ears to stick at the next level, getting tossed last night was the death blow to the Legends. Luers deserves their share of credit for the win and part of the blame for the chippy nature of the game, but they stayed more disciplined in the end and earned the win. Also I am one who doesn’t hate skipping a handshake line postgame as it could have escalated something bad

Dwenger-Northrop...Saints have quietly been improving each week, in the end it won't result in much more than a .500 record and will need a lucky draw for a sectional run, but improvement in general is better to see than a crash an burn. Northrop is really bad...Saints by 21 Luers-North Side...The game I'll be at this week, interested to see the revamped North offense in person, think they'll just have a little too much for the Knights to handle, but Luers has continued to improve each week as well...Legends by 10 Snider-Homestead...This final will be 100% determined by which Homestead shows up..Good Homestead could catch Snider on a let down week and keep this game close to the end. Bad Homstead could see a running clock in the 4th quarter....Panthers by 17 South Side-Concordia...Cadets have looked better this year than South...Passing attack lights it up..Cadets by 28 Wayne-Carroll...Carrolls focus from here on out should be to stay healthy and get the offensive line better to try and compete in the playoffs....easy week here..Chargers by 40

Yeah can't see the Neighborhood Association letting that go through on the land on Lanes side, would back up to a lot of houses. If they could move the practice field and tennis courts over there though and build a stadium on the footprint where the field/practice area are now that could work. But also as someone who lives in the area, couldn't imagine how awful parking/traffic/logistics would be on game nights.

Concordia-Luers...Concordia has shown ability to put up points, can the Luers D hold up and not force the offense into a shootout? Luers by 7 Northrop-North Side...who would have thought putting the ball in your D1 Talents hands every play would work out? If they would have ran that offense against Dwenger they would have won by 3 scores...Giving up almost 40 on defense is still troublesome but shouldn't be a concern against a bad Bruins team...Legends by 25 Wayne-South Side...both teams have lost their Week 1 luster. One of them gets it back this week. Generals by 20 Homestead-Dwenger...last weeks first half may have been the best the Saints have looked all year...too bad football is 4 quarters. Homestead by 12 Carroll-Snider...essentially the SAC Title game right here has seemed to lose some of its luster as Snider has looked much better so far this year than Carroll. Think this game will show that...Panthers by 17

Dwenger-Carroll....the Saints pulled out an ugly win Friday but this Dwenger team just isn't very good. Carroll should be able to win this one by as many as they want...Chargers by 35+ Luers-Wayne...game of the week? woof. Interested to see how Wayne bounces back after losing big to Homestead. Luers struggled with Northrop early but seemed to get it figured out...Generals by 3 North Side-Concordia...good news for North Side is they have hit the easier part of their schedule. I think they have too much athleticism for Concordia, but if things don't go their way early, they could implode...Legends by 21 Northrop-Homestead...Homestead put it on Wayne, but this team is still a mystery to me, should handle Northrop easily...Spartans by 28 South Side-Snider...after seeing some of the backlash on Carroll you think Snider calls off the dogs earlier this week? Or do they go for 80? Panthers by however much they want.

Both King and Johnson played Friday night, but new QB can't throw the ball, still very undisciplined.