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4 hours ago, TurfToe said:

Boone Grove V Glenn - The Falcons shutout BG in this one. Glenn only allowed 40 yards of total offense to them last year and are returning 9 of 11 defensive starters. Falcons keep them under 3 first downs this year. Look for Creed and Howe to have a big impact on offense. Falcons by 40

Concord V Elkhart - Lions have to replace 18? Starters and a Stud at RB after his summer session injury. Concord puts up a fight but Lions prove to be too much. Lions by 21

Central V Washington- Newly combined school from the region comes to battle on the west side. Can Washington’s ground and pound slow down the clock to keep it close. Central by 14

Jimtown V Northwood - Andrews teams are always well prepared. Besides Johntu Jimtown doesn’t seem to have any other weapons. Panthers stack the box in this one. NW by 21

Lakeland V St. Joe- I’ll go with the NIC here. Don’t know much about Lakeland other the  going 2-8 last year. Hopefully the Indians new positive outlook will clean up their costly penalties from previous years. Indians by 10

Laville V Bremen - Laville appears to have a decent line with a good sized fb. Two young teams battling it out. Losing Dingus proves to be too much for the Lions. Laville spins past Bremen by 14

Mishawaka V Marian- Marian loses a big senior class with many weapons. Who will win the QB spot this year? Caveman kick the rock away from Atkinson in this one “hint” and their run game runs wild. Cavemen by 17. 

New Prairie V Laporte - Another year removed from Radkes reign. The cougars start getting comfortable in their new scheme behind a decent Oline. Cougars by 7

Northridge V Adams - Adams speed and massive Oline proves to be too much for NR. If Jones can keep the run game alive. Adams takes this one by 14. 

Osceola Grace? V Clay  - is there such thing as a Tie? I’d have a better chance of scratching off a lotto ticket. Clay by 1. 

Penn V Valpo - going with the black and gold in this one. If they can control the ball and capitalize on Valpos mistakes. They take this one by 7 but after their Twitter photo shoot. I’ll say plus 14.

Riley V Michigan City - wildcats sporting a two platoon system this year with freshmen/sophomores. With Luuga making a Left on to Ewing Street and into Caveman territory. The wildcats lose any experience on the defensive side. Let’s hope the pittsburg Steelers can keep it close in the 1st quarter. Michigan Cities Ballarina offense by 50.  

I don’t know if I would call Bremen young. This group of seniors have played a lot since they were in 10th grade. Bremen lost 2/3 difference makers, but the foundation is back. LaVille will be a tough game though. 

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3 hours ago, southend said:

For me,I think the interviews erased the persona that fans like myself,not tight with a particular program, may have had of a particular coach and his program , and replaced it with real dialogue for us to discern. 

These put a human connection to some of the programs you only see from the outside, it was nice to get some inside information.

Intriguing idea.

Doesn't surprise me small communities have had a better response.  More personal connections to the individuals involved with the programs.

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Good job DT.  I enjoyed the content.  I shared the link from Coach Leeper with a Bremen Football page and a Bremen town page, it got a lot of likes.  Hopefully that led to a few follows for your page.  

What are some of your takeaways from hearing from the coaches in many parts of the state?

1 hour ago, broadcastsport said:

Bremen is the only school that I have heard of, and they turned down the option last year.  Go figure!

Who will be producing the Bremen games.  I hope they have a better production crew then the guys the had last year.  That was the worst production of high school sports in the state.  

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Bremen-"It's a Good Town".  Don't believe me, its on the sign.

Bremen will be strong on defense and will have a good offensive line, but they have to find playmakers to step up and replace the talent they lost. 8-9 wins is a good bet.

Oldenburg is now looking for a week 1 game as a result of their first opponent having to cancel. 

Seems like a good dude.

Really looking forward to what Coach Leeper has to say.

Bremen is a Jamboree with Jimtown, Fairfield, and Goshen. 

Friend of mine in Baugo Township said Jimtown has between 65-70 players out.  Great to see them reverse the numbers trend they had be experiencing.

Good read. Thanks

Good read

How is everyone feeling about summer workouts? 

DT, the Michiana area schools as a whole need to have a major culture shift. A few places have mad necessary changes, but for the most part, the region as a whole is being left behind compared to other regions of the state.

Big fan of Marian and Coach Davidson, but they have a load of talent to replace. Would love to them succeed like you predict, but I don’t see it this year. 

Good read. Best of luck Coach Kinzie.