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PantherPride

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  1. This is what I was saying at the time. The defense was doing decent early and to try an onside kick against a fundamentally sound team like EC is just not the play. They were not caught off guard at all. I’m guessing if you asked Coach Andrews he’d say they were playing to win and felt like they had to be ahead at half. That said it should’ve absolutely been 14-7 at worst at half. Over time then EC wore out Northwood and are to be commended for . Congratulations to both teams, you represented the public schools well.
  2. And I remember that when Chatard finally went to their “throwing qb” on the final drive they were able to move the ball down field enough to get a shot on the final play. As an outsider at that time, not living in Wa-Née I kept wondering why teams refused to try and throw against them. It was clear they were an A+ run defense. Also I saw recently that was Chatard’s only loss in 17 state appearances. I’ll say as far as EC they did score 38 on Moeller. I don’t see Northwood doing something even Moeller couldn’t do. Hope I’m wrong though.
  3. I think most of the hope from Panther fans is in the results of the past 2 weeks. I wouldn’t put a lot of stock in losses from the first few weeks of the season either. Northwood literally threw the ball over 80% of plays and Roeder threw 3 2nd half INTs against Northridge which lead to them blowing a 2 score lead in the 4th quarter. Warsaw was a freak game where there was 5 fumbles and the only game like that. i dont know if Northwood can keep it close or not but I think people are banking on the fact that Leo was ranked higher last week and Northwood really controlled that game. I think honestly that’s kinda how this game will be even Northwood is clicking on offense. They will score but never truly be a threat on the scoreboard.
  4. Thanks. And yes EC is likely an unstoppable force this year in 4A. We’re going to support the community and let our kids experience a state finals and NFL stadium but I don’t have much in the way of expectations.
  5. Taking a break from how awesome EC is, but I wanted to recognize coach Andrews and his staff for the job they have done this season. I know that the Panthers were 1 of the favorites to reach LOS in August, but it’s been fun to see this team overcome mid season adversity and improve tremendously since September. I realize that the Panthers have 2 of the top 5 college recruits in the state, but to get them to play as a team when 1 transferred in last winter and another was transferred out all spring and summer until a week or so before the season started. Nitro admitted in an interview he was playing for himself the first few weeks. A team that was giving up chunk plays in the run game to Plymouth did a solid job of shutting down New Prairie and Leo’s running games. Admittedly it may not matter on Saturday but to pull this team together when they could’ve checked out after 2 straight losses given the preseason expectations coming off all that happened to the program off the field to end last season has been a tremendous job.
  6. Haha, the 4A title game thread has turned into what teams in Indiana can beat EC. This will be an interesting thread but none of it will be about the 4A game.
  7. I thought the game was well played by both teams. How it played out wasn’t at all how I expected it to go. Northwood dominated the ground game and the Leo defensive line. Leo moved the ball at ease through the air. I think if you had been given odds on those things happening beforehand you’d have not taken them. For our reward as Panther fans we get possibly the best 4A team ever, at least that’s how people talk about EC. Great win! 1 more week.
  8. For the most part I thought the officiating was pretty good and I didn’t see the particular play referenced. However, there was 1 play where the Leo WR obviously came down out of bounds and the ref looking right at the play calling it a catch was terrible. I was watching on tv and the 46 crew said something like “that wasn’t even close”. There was a penalty on Edmond for holding so they were still going to get some yards but got about 15 more than it should’ve been.
  9. Yes Tuggle and Edmond are the DBs on defense now. As far as any Michigan rumors Nitro and Joziah are good friends. That’s mostly why Joziah transferred to Northwood. So I would guess he’s trying to get Nitro to go to Michigan but I haven’t heard anything about Nitro not signing with Georgia. I know he just visited there a couple weeks back and hasn’t visited anywhere else, so as far as I’ve seen he’s pretty solid to the Bulldogs.
  10. I could see the other schools okaying Culver just to salvage the conference. Otherwise I’m not sure they will want to make the trek all the way down to SW Marshall county. That’s probably an hour and 15 minutes from Elkhart.
  11. Just saying. I was talking to a kid that’s brother is on the team and he said they are going to turf next year.
  12. I’ve heard rumblings that Northwood will be going to turf next season as well.
  13. I think it really depends on what Northwood team shows up. If it’s the team that played on Friday night I don’t see them losing. NP had only lost to Penn after an odd week 1 loss to Laporte and Northwood completely dominated that game. Outside of a late pick 6 in garbage time NP scored 1 TD. Tuggle is the star but Joziah Edmond, committed to Michigan is almost as good and usually shuts down the opponents best receiver. Other than them it’s basically role players and a decent SR QB in Roeder. Defensively they’re getting better, teams usually have more success running the ball. Having 2 DBs going to play D1 will make throwing difficult but teams have had success running. should be a good game. Good luck to both teams!
  14. Chatard. Knox is good for northern Indiana football, but the Indy metro area is different. I can see this ending in a blowout. Tippy Valley had their best season and were beating everyone easily and they had Chatard put a running clock on them.
  15. I was shocked by the outcome tonight. Northwood finally looked like the team everyone thought they were going to be at the beginning of the season.
  16. I noticed that as well. I don’t know Nate but I could see it being the type of season where expectations Trump any kind of success they have. Unless the Panthers make the state there will be some disappointment in Nappanee. For one you have the basketball state championship still in the recent past and then you have 2 major D1 recruits, most people were penciling in Northwood for the north. As it’s played out they have been good but not as good as most of us thought and I’m sure that can weigh on a coach.
  17. For the record there’s a lot of accusations being thrown around here without any evidence. There’s no evidence that Northwood did anything. I did say it’s likely it’s someone in the orbit of Northwood. But there’s posts here suggesting the Northwood staff was holding onto it when I haven’t seen any evidence of such. If people want to criticize Northwood’s use of transfers that’s one thing, do that. But beyond that is assuming at best.
  18. Geez let’s tone down the rhetoric. Northwood and Northridge are both fine schools with great programs. It will a great rivalry for the foreseeable future.
  19. As for the accusations made, based on the timing of the tape’s release it is likely that it was someone within the Northwood orbit. Now was this someone on the football staff, school administration or a super fan? We may and likely will never know. I will say that we have family friends that have kids on the team and the team found out about the day before the game so I don’t think there was any inkling at least from the players end that this was something that was a possibility.
  20. The choice to not use timeouts at the end was definitely a surprise to me. I know the game was essentially over but you at least make Northwood snap the ball without fumbling. Northridge just gave up.
  21. What a great matchup. Just like last week I have no clue what to expect other than a huge crowd at Andrews field.
  22. NWood NRidge will have 2 teams that have faced off before that I think will both be very different than their first meeting. I know NRidge was missing their star RB and NWood was missing an important piece of their line. The Panthers swapping Perry for Edmond at RB has put more physicality in the backfield and more speed and quickness on the edge. I dont know if it’s the lack of competition since Mishawaka but Northwood has put a lot more emphasis on the run game than earlier this season when they were throwing 75% of the time. Part of why they blew a 2 score 4th quarter lead in the first matchup with the Raiders was relying on Roeder to try and throw them down the field and the 3 picks lead to their downfall that night. If they are able to establish a running game I foresee good results for the Panthers. If not then I see more turnovers and the Raiders to continue their dominance of the rivalry.
  23. I’m glad to see the coaches finally came around to what I was seeing very early in the year, Perry should be the RB and Edmond a WR/gadget player. Another question, how much of the better defensive play has been due to worse competition? The last time NWood played a really good team they needed to score 43 points to win. I’m like everyone, I have no idea what to expect here. I want to say the Panthers prevail but until they prove they can clear the mental hurdle of Northridge in the playoffs, I’m taking the Raiders 35-28
  24. The thought of Penn playing Washington again next year after watching what Northwood did to them last night with little effort is amusing. It was 35-0 at the end of the 1st quarter. Penn May want to do what teams did with clay and schedule another opponent while sending the JV to play Washington. There is literally nothing that the kingsmen will get out of that matchup.
  25. Northwood showed that if they don’t commit turnovers they are VERY difficult to stop. Also not surprising that they could stop Mishawaka and had to score 43 points to win. Might be what they need going forward.
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