Make no mistake, Northrop has the kind of athletes on on offense that would give Carmel or Brownsburg a headache. The program is having a very good year. Defense leaves much to be desired, although the best one they've put together during Bowen's reign as head coach. To put into perspective, I'd have them right underneath Jeff and Merrillville if they were a 5A school. They just aren't ready for the top half of 6A.
Yes, trap game. I think East Noble was looking ahead to Leo. I have Dwenger and East Noble dead even at the moment. There's swagger at this East Noble program, I like that. They fear no one. They'd square up against Carmel thinking they're the predator and the Greyhounds were the prey. They have a confidence about them.
Outside of their trap game against Dekalb, no one else has really been close. Just don't underestimate them. Last year I dubbed EN/Dwenger to be a barn burner. East Noble won 38-0 and pretty much dominated their way to the state championship. They even dominated that game for the first 60 seconds.
East Noble is 4A.
I like Lafayette Jeff out of the North. I like their odds a little more than I do Merrillville, Bloomington South, or East Central. If there is one team with an outside shot, it's the Broncho's.
State championship this weekend in Westfield. Snider, Penn, New Prairie, and Muster are coming in from the North. Anyone know who's representing the South?
I'd agree with @Komets2727. I think they let up, then won the game when they needed to. They're a very opportunistic team. Dwenger had them down two touchdowns going into the 4th and ended up losing. The Bruins just have the kind of athletes most coaches only dream of having, I just don't think the program is ready to roll with the big dogs.
I honestly think it's close. Sagarin says DAC wins 5 of the 8 matchups. But I see a lot of flaws in Sagarin. My gut tells me the SAC wins in a close one. Or maybe they go 4-4.
Right now I've got the chances of Cignetti leaving around 8%. He's making 8.3m/year, he loves Bloomington, and importantly, his wife LOVES Bloomington. He's just getting started. Penn State will throw the farm at him though.
I was a nice day, for sure. Chilly in the shaded areas of the stadium, hotter than blazes in the sun. I was in the sun :(. Note to self, sit on the home side next time.
You pretty much nailed this one. I'd like to see Carroll move up to 10 and DC down to 16. Wondering if Dwenger's good enough to sneak in somewhere between 21-25. Also curious how Northrop would do against HH and GS.
Dwenger does have a pretty good defense though. Northrop only had 7pts going into the 4th quarter against Dwenger before the Saints fell apart with turnovers.