DACNUT88

14 minutes ago, Boilernation said:

That's a lot of off the top of your head knowledge for someone whose kids play for both Lake Central and Portage, lol. How abou tyou look amount the amount of D1 recruits out of the SAC in the past few years while researching Valpo and Crown Point?Not only will you see you're wrong, but you're also trying to compare guys who went MAC or lower to guys starting on Power Conference Rosters. 

By the way, IF Merrillville ever finds their way into 6A again, why are you so sure they're going to win State? Guys like JoJo Johnson and Kenneth grant don't come around often and Merrillville was still clobbered by Westfield 2 years straight. Throw in Chatard as well. Merrillville, with their plethora of D1 recruits, hasn't actually proven they can win a high stakes game outside of NWI opponents. 

Besides, the Pirates are no longer the dominant NWI team. Wait until they get back to that level before resorting back to the empty promises of the Pirates winning a State Title. Right now, those convos are only for your friends at 5959 Broadway and in Valpo.

I’m sorry but you really think Andrean is dominate? Then you didn’t see how bad they were smashed by merrillville and crown point recently. 
 

valpo I have no argument for except coaching cost merrillville in the regional last year. Why would you move your most effective weapon from RB to WR for the first time all year (Justin Marshall) he started the first drive at RB then I’m not sure he ran the ball much after that. They rotated in like 4-5 others at RB and moved Marshall to slot. 
 

Westfield well that’s a whole different story. The 2nd game westfield smacked them. That 1st game… at merrillville. Is questionable. With a ref being out of position at the end of the 1st half. It went from a potential merrillville 8 point lead. To a Westfield 6 point lead and then Westfield struck on the 1st drive of 2nd to make it a 2 possession game. 
 

but who am I. I’m just a fan. And everyone knows jojo Johnson catch was 3 feet down in end zone but it was called incomplete and that he was out the back of end zone. 🤷🏽‍♂️ not saying Merrillville wins game 1 but the game is called alt differently when you have a lead than being 2 possessions behind 

13 minutes ago, Boilernation said:

That's a lot of off the top of your head knowledge for someone whose kids play for both Lake Central and Portage, lol. How abou tyou look amount the amount of D1 recruits out of the SAC in the past few years while researching Valpo and Crown Point?Not only will you see you're wrong, but you're also trying to compare guys who went MAC or lower to guys starting on Power Conference Rosters. 

By the way, IF Merrillville ever finds their way into 6A again, why are you so sure they're going to win State? Guys like JoJo Johnson and Kenneth grant don't come around often and Merrillville was still clobbered by Westfield 2 years straight. Throw in Chatard as well. Merrillville, with their plethora of D1 recruits, hasn't actually proven they can win a high stakes game outside of NWI opponents. 

Besides, the Pirates are no longer the dominant NWI team. Wait until they get back to that level before resorting back to the empty promises of the Pirates winning a State Title. Right now, those convos are only for your friends at 5959 Broadway and in Valpo.

I graduated from merrillville lol 😂 in 85 my heart will always love the pirates. Plus my kid just came in the school

15 minutes ago, psaboy said:

I'm going Carroll on that bet 

Carroll is interesting but 2 years doesn’t really prove much. Before last two years they were ehh I’m not sure if the talent pool was good or if coach finally learned to close games out. But I’m hearing their defense might be a tad less dominant this year. They will definitely be a semistate contending team every year. And right now with them in 5A I’ll give FW the 6A north. Unless Penn ever shows back up 

1 hour ago, psaboy said:

Quite a list. How can a school with so many D1 recruits struggle so much?

I wouldn’t say struggle is appearing in the final 4 

4times in 5 years? Now breaking the Indy barrier. Well there could be many different reasons. I do truly believe that the north has better athletes but with that said the central/south (mainly Indy) have more opportunities when it comes to development for players. And they have most of the top coaches. The DAC was behind the ball for years when it came to developing the players. But they are slowly getting on track. Crown point just built an indoor facility. Lake central I believe has one. Merrillville has approved plans to build one. That will bring better strength and conditioning programs and more room for multiple kids to hit the grind. Merrillville weight room is honestly small for a 5/6A school. They do must of there training in the field house no weights. They do a lot of agility and speed training. Because they have to share the small room with many other teams from other sports. Valpo has probably around the same amount of D1s as merrillville and yes they won state which is great. But I don’t think any of the Valpo teams the 4 years prior would have don’t any better than merrillvile in 6A. Those teams would have lost to carmel/Westfield also. Indy is still ahead. But in a few years I think the DAC will close the gap some. And I will go on a limb and say the first north 6A state title team will not be crown point. It will end up being Valpo/merrillvile when they both are in 6A again. 

7 hours ago, psaboy said:

If you know the count, please provide names to verify. 

I’ll say the ones I know off the top of my head for merrillville. 
 

merrillville: 

jo jo Johnson: Notre dame(tore ACL)  then transfer to IU 

dierre Kelly (bowling green)

justin Marshall (Colorado state) 

Lavarion logan ( Illinois state)

kenneth grant (Michigan) 

Jordan Magee (Toledo then transferred out of D1 to Marion university) probably should of been there in 1st place.

phillip gunn: ball state 

jerimiah Howard: northern Illinois 

Peter Rodriguez: started at auroura university and then walked on a played at IU. 

Martes Lewis: university of Minnesota. 
 

justin Ramsey: ball state 

Here is a link to all of merrillvilles college athletes for just football all levels! These are where they started not where they finished either. But 60% finished in D2 or NAIA which is cool. Any extra education is great. Link also can take you to view all the other sports at merrillville and who went where. 

https://merrillvillepirates.com/sports/2020/4/29/football-alumni.aspx?id=179

Valpo and crown point I know both have at least 5-6 in the last few years. But don’t really feel like looking them all up 😂

10 minutes ago, temptation said:

What FB page?

The indiana high school football page that has like 16k members 

13 minutes ago, BTF said:

Majorly? Maybe if I find time I'll research the D1 guys who came out of the SAC vs the DAC over the last 7 years. I'm guess the SAC has the edge in that department. Majorly is a powerful word without any research on the topic. 

Merrillville the last 5 years has 7? Or 8? Just from them. Valpo I know has 6-7

crown point has at least 4-5 

Chesterton had a few. It’s definitely an interesting topic. But I think if you got last 10 years the DAC has it for football. Now if you combine all sports I have no idea. Because the DAC is deep in a lot of sports like wrestling/baseball/softball/ basketball (girls) im Sure FW is too 

Btw everyone should check the FB page because Cody called y’all out lol 😂 I told y’all he wasn’t on this page 

9 hours ago, psaboy said:

Why so much hate, I wonder sometime??

Mc dad must be someone that has no life when he is attacking a guy not on the page that was banned last football season. And the kid don’t work a Petsmart anymore. He actually works for the school. I know that because he was working for the school last year. 🤷🏽‍♂️ kid used to sit and watch games but hasn’t been able to because he is working them. 

9 hours ago, psaboy said:

Why so much hate, I wonder sometime??

Imma take a guess mc dad is Gresham that talked crap years ago to him and got put in his place then he blocked cody because Cody dished it back and he couldn’t take it 

18 hours ago, BTF said:

Valpo is 3-2 vs Snider and 1-0 vs Dwenger. Snider is 2-0 vs Merrillville. The DAC only holds an edge over the SAC in head to head matchups, which are very few and far between. They don't hold any kind of edge over the SAC as a whole.

Over last 5-7 years the quality of talent has been majorly in the DAC favor. And if y’all wanna know who I am just ask. 
 

my name is Don Pavichevich 😂 I’m a merrillville fan but I’m definitely not cody 

On 6/27/2023 at 8:28 AM, Boilernation said:

One thing Valpo really has going for them is they are built to win in November. As mentioned above, they killed Snider and Whiteland by continuing to run off tackle over, and over, and over again with a power running game. It'll be the same story this year with a presumably healthy 6'0 220 Travis Davis at RB and a huge OL anchored by 6'6 270 Toledo committ Matt Hofer at Tackle. 

Anyone know what crown points line is like this year? Or merrillville? Heard both of them are bigger than last year but haven’t seen for myself. Going to the CP week 0 scrimmage. And will see merrillville against my nephew at elkhart next week

5 hours ago, Boilernation said:

The Gary and Hammond pipeline into Merrillville appears to have have been closed. It'll be interesting to see what Seiss can do without a well defined athletic advantage. 

They are getting transfers from westside/calumet/Griffith now. And they have 1 from lake central. The transfer portal is never closed for that school especially with the fact them and crown point are the only two schools in the area that will have certain things to offer the kids after next year (non athleticly) merrillville school is doing a massive expansion right now and is building a indoor sports facility next year like crown point did. But we will see how season plays out. I just hope the Tribe got .500 this year. 
 

14 hours ago, MC Dad said:

Dear Lord Cody please just stop. Crown Point and then what ever . But what does that mean in Indy  Skill ?   The DAC is so sub par. Nothing will change.

Cody aka dac88 hows your portal seams as if Hobart and CP have taken over. Your such a slap nut,  Valpo cream of the crop 5A unless God says No REPEAT.

City what a shame oh well.  Maybe Portage No one ever talks about LC unbelievable  Hey what the hell Go Pirates ! Cody have fun at Pet smart.

 

Funny thing is you guys still think I’m cody? Or parkhst? Everyone wants to talk returning starters doesn’t merrillville return 17? 18? They lost a QB/WR/S otherwise they had a bunch of juniors starting. And crown point is still overhyped. What have they done? They went undefeated and still couldn’t win a sectional. And that will repeat this year. God my kid plays for lake central. I know we will be okay but we aren’t gonna be a state contender. But you gotta play talented teams in scrimmages to test yourself. Valpo hasn’t scrimmaged anyone that actually has talent. I have no idea who merrillville has scrimmaged. I know they went to same camp at wabash? And I know they play my nephew next weekend when they scrimmage elkhart. But to say Valpo is head and shoulders the leader is a farce. 
you all do realize merrillville going for the TD in 1st half instead of the FG lost the game? That made FG wins the game. 🤷🏾‍♂️ Valpo controlled the 2nd half. But merrillville dominated the first. The game can been seen if you go back and watch it. Valpo won the game thays great. And who ever won that game was taking state. Just like this year who ever faces merrillville in the regional that’s the state title game. Truthfully I believe Michigan city takes Valpo out this year.. 

23 hours ago, Bobref said:

I was at Valpo’s scrimmage last night. Man, they are loaded! When you consider the circumstances under which he got the job, and what he’s done since then, Bill Marshall has got to be considered among the very upper echelon of coaches in the state.

They played two teams that will he lucky to win a game this upcoming year… so yeah they should look amazing. If they didn’t that’s a problem. Their first test isn’t till penn. They don’t scrimmage anyone worthwhile. 
 

Michigan city I think scrimmaged Penn tonight? ANYOne know how that went? 

4 hours ago, Gipper said:

Then there's that buzzsaw of Warsaw, Ft. Wayne, and Lafayette before almost certain annihilation to an Indianapolis-area school...

Warsaw has been no match for the DAC. And recently FW hasn’t been either. Now the Indy schools in 6A maybe. 

11 minutes ago, Gipper said:

I'm really hoping for a great season in the DAC.  Hopefully, Buzea's coaching at Crown Point gets everybody else going and they make some noise in the tournament.

Valpo and merrillville and Michigan city have all been making runs recently. Crown point has to get up to their level of consistency. Would love to see portage and lake central finally show up but that’s a ways off 

8 hours ago, Boilernation said:

You say you're not Parkhurst but this was something he mentioned a lot. Can any City fans on here validate this comment? It seems outrageous anyone in City would have complained about Mason. Who else has taken them to a Semi-State? Nobody!

Hoosier football mentioned it. And it was actually a current coach on the staff this year that told me this information. His son is a senior on the team and a stud at that. May even be top 3 in state at his position 

8 hours ago, Boilernation said:

You say you're not Parkhurst but this was something he mentioned a lot. Can any City fans on here validate this comment? It seems outrageous anyone in City would have complained about Mason. Who else has taken them to a Semi-State? Nobody!

And I agree but just because a coach has sucess doesn’t mean they get along. 
 

look at Valpo a few years back. I believe they were undefeated going into sectionals and there coach was forced out by the players during the state tourney  and that’s how Marshall became the coach.. so I’m understanding. 

47 minutes ago, WCGrad92 said:

anyone know who Clinton Central hired as a new head coach?

 

Isn’t Tracy Rosa? 

@psaboy I hope you know that post was a joke 😂

Merrillville/Valpo regionals 

michigan city’s losses all season. 
 

crown point falling to laffyette jeff again 

Cathedral beating center grove 

Westfield winning state 

All time or current? 

On 6/15/2023 at 10:55 AM, Rocket said:

Who’s everyone like this year?. A lot of of the same faces or are there going to be some unlikely teams?

5A Preseason 

1. valpo

2. FW snider 

3. merrillville 

4. whiteland 

5. DC

6. Michigan city 

7. fw north 

8. FW Dwenger 

9. Harrison (WL)

10. Chesterton 

On 7/5/2023 at 12:30 PM, gonzoron said:

Oh I'm always paying attention. No one is exempt, not even 'that boy named Cody'.

If you are all talking about my account? I’m not whoever this cody person is. My name is Andrew hunter? My son plays for portage. He will be a freshman this year. And we watched all the teams play last year. And have seen a few “scrimmages” 

Good luck and thank you for making a positive impact on the game 

8 minutes ago, temptation said:

“the team every team in the DAC is trying to match year in and year out.”

LOL, at this.

I stand corrected merrillville and Valpo are tied with 15 sectionals and are tied in regionals. Only difference is merrillville did it in 6A recently and Valpo in 5A. I apologize for my mistake. 

3 minutes ago, temptation said:

“the team every team in the DAC is trying to match year in and year out.”

LOL, at this.

It’s just my opinion. Since 2000 they have been the most successful program in the DAC. They have the most sectionals,regionals,semi state appearances. 
 

Valpo has been to state twice?? Maybe 3 times which is great. But they don’t hold as many other titles as the likes of merrillville. And I can’t remember but I think crown point has more also? Not sure I don’t know where to go on the ihsaa website to find the sectional titles and things of that nature