KDumbwitty

There's not a D1 player in the WRC this year, last year or on any roster currently. There may be kids with size, but ultimately speed separates athletes at each level and there is not a varsity player on any team with D1 speed for any position in the WRC .

Attica @ SV - I'm still cheering for Attica to get to win #3 this week. I think it's possible, but against a tough opponent in a similar roster position - young and hungry. Both will be fighting for a final win to end the regular season before each moves on to a very tough round 1 sectional draw. Attica 22 SV 14 Covington @ RP - The best part of my week is The Prince's comments and predictions. Far from me to ask the Prince about running up scores when history shows a certain Rockville team coached by The King allowed his Senior QB named Matt King to score 9 TD's in a game against Turkey Run in a 72-0 hammering in 2008. (Source -- Turkey Run vs Rockville | Football | 9/19/2008). Heck, I think even Billy Bettis was on that team too. (Source - Rockville Football Roster (2008-09) - MaxPreps.com). I don't know if RP left their starters in the game or not. Does it matter? PH had 105 yards total offense, 4 fumbles and an interception against RP. No game against even a decent opponent would be close with those stats. And my guess is that RP's JV probably did enter the game and continued the success their varsity had earlier in the game. Their JV throttled Seeger's JV a couple weeks ago by 30 and apparently hasn't lost in a couple years. RP wins big and secures the WRC title. 52-0 Covington gets North Central next week in an very winnable sectional round 1 game. FC @ PH - A battle for WRC's third place finish and then a rematch the next week in Sectionals. FC is rolling and apparently healthy. It will be interesting how the teams play this week knowing they play again the following week with more on the line (Winner gets South Put in the sectional semi-finals). I think FC rolls here two weeks in a row and sets themselves up for sectional rematch vs South Put from 2024's season. Seeger @ NV - Seeger probably got the best draw they could ask for in their loaded sectional. The Patriots will make the sectional finals with a shot to move on to regionals and continue their great season. It hasn't been talked about much, but a win by Seeger and an upset by Covington over RP and the conference title will have co-champs in 2025. Seeger will roll NV in this game and head into sectionals with momentum. NV will get a home game vs RP next week in round 1 of sectionals.

Covington @ Attica- I really want this to be a good game, but it's a tough out for the Ramblers. With 2 wins this season, I believe the Ramblers can get to 3 in the next two weeks vs Covington or SV. Covington brings two of top scoring QB/RB's in the WRC. Both will have a great night and get the Trojans to .500 in the conference. North Vermillion @ FC- FC gets back to .500 with a win over an inferior opponent this week. FC rolls the Falcons in big fashion. 60-6 SV @ Seeger- Seeger has given up 24 points total in the last three games since their game vs RP. This game is a shutout in the making. Seeger rolls at home this week vs SV. 42-0. I believe the Patriots can make some noise in the sectional with the current draw. Its a tough sectional with W. Boone, Southmont and LCC. #8 Panthers @ #10 Woofs- If PH is #10 in the state in 1A based upon the IFCA coaches' poll, we need to take the ability of coaches voting away from them. Based on this, Seeger would be Top 5 in 2A and FC exactly where the preseason Lafayette Courier Journal had them predicted after they play PH next week. If Seeger, who is the second most physical team in the WRC, handled them upfront, RP will do the same. RP takes a top 10 defense into this game giving up less than 7 points a game. (source-- state leaders). I don't know if RP can hold them under 10, but will run away with the game. RP 50- PH 12 CLASS 1A 1. Springs Valley (6) 7-0 93 vs 1A Perry Central (0-7) Friday 2. North Judson (3) 6-1 86 at 1A Caston (2-5) Friday 3. South Putnam (1) 5-2 73 vs 3A Owen Valley (2-5) Friday 4. North Decatur 6-1 64 vs 1A Edinburgh (1-5) Friday 5. Providence 5-2 63 6. Pioneer 6-1 51 vs 1A Triton (5-2) Friday 7. Frontier 7-0 40 vs 1A West Central (7-0) Friday 8. Riverton Parke 7-0 31 at 1A Parke Heritage (5-2) Friday 9. North Daviess 7-0 19 at 1A North Knox (3-4) Friday 10. Parke Heritage 5-2 11 vs 1A Riverton Parke (7-0) Friday

Maybe it's just me and my youth that's able to point and click and find data to prove a point. The King is 45-54 in his last 99 games in 10 seasons at FC and Seeger,, 4.5 wins per year. That's a .454 winning percentage. The previous schools from the same time frame (4 years at FC and 6 at Seeger) had a combined record of 35-63 in 10 total seasons prior to The King. That's a winning percentage of .357 or 3.5 wins per year. The Prince is right. When the King takes over a "bad" program, he does get them moving in the right directions and averages 1 more win per year over a 10-year period. Comparably, Coach Sanders took over an RP program that won FOUR games in six years. Since then, he's averaged over 5 wins per year and 8 wins in three of the last four. Continuing, Brian Moore took over a PH program that combined two of the worst (by recent history) schools in the state. Together, Rockville and Turkey Run avg 3 wins per year in the six prior. Moore started the PH program and averaged 8+ wins per year during his four years. Additionally, let's look at Crabtree - the six years prior to him taking over NV, they averaged 5 wins per year. The next six years, he averaged 10+ wins per year and a state title. Stats don't lie and they don't have feelings. And luckily I've just old enough I can pay for the internet to research any and all claims.

Moore is 2-7 vs Crabtree. Both wins coming from his time at PH. And yes, kudos to Sanders at RP. They've went from everyone's homecoming to 50+ on the roster and consistently winning games at all levels.

See above ^^^^^^. The Prince says the job was the King's when they become PH. We've got to get an age limit on this site. Adults only! These kids these days.......

To clarify, PH was going to take The King over B Moore, Herb declined and B. Moore was their 2nd choice?

Attica vs RP - I read RP hasn't played with their two starting RB's all season and playing with backups at those spots. Confirmed? If so, that's an impressive RB factory they've got in southern Parke County. I'm cheering for Attica in this game to play spoiler and keep it close. Not likely. Give me the Panthers to clock the Ramblers at some point in the game. 48-12 Covington vs Seeger - I wanted to believe in Covington and predicted a win over PH last week. Wrong again. Seeger is the second-best team in the conference and proves it again this week. 42-14 FC vs SV - Hey, I'm not saying data is everything, but the stats said the Herb led FC team was going to lose to a team with a winning record, and they lost. They'll get back on track with a win over a young SV team that took a beating from RP. 30-12 PH vs NV - PH most likely secured a regular season winning record with their win over Covington last week. Great job by Coach Rector to right the ship in Rockville. Maybe this will quiet The King to PH rumors starting to swirl. (I can confirm my sources). PH wins another one before their tough season-ending games with RP and FC. 42-7

We love the King and stats don't have feelings. No need to memorize stats, I'm not smart enough for that. I just point and click and acquire data to prove any point I make. Here's you's goes...... indianahsfootball.homestead.com

North Vermilion @ Attica - Give me the Red Ramblers, if for no other reason than they actually input their stats into Max preps before week 9. 33-14 The Woofs @ The little rubbers - The Woofs need this game badly. A win this week would likely secure them a 5-4 season or at least a chance to get to 5 wins before they finish with RP and FC to end the year..... ouch AND woof!!! Its hard to predict if Covington's record is an indication of their schedule strength, or they are for real. I like Covington's 1-2 punch in their backfield and their ability to score points and don't believe PH can keep up. 34-20 Covington Seeger @ Fountain Central - GAME OF THE WEEK or YEAR in the WRC. I actually think the QB from Seeger could be the best in the conference based on the year he's had. Some could argue it could be QB 1 at Covington, who's stats are outstanding. Hell, I'm sure the RP staff would argue that Little Sanders is the best based on his team's record and how he runs the offense. The former Herbies vs the current Herbies. Coach King has 43 wins between the two schools and only 6 of those are against teams that finished the season with a winning record. FC has a great chance to get him another W this week, and the losing team is behind the 8-ball looking up at the conference standings. Give me the Patriots. 24-17 South Vermilion @ The Tenderloins - If the football Gods have one small act to bless on this game, please make it rain. My 10-day forecast shows a slight chance of rain Friday in that area. We've also yet to hear from our sources at the National Weather Service to determine if SV has tried to move the game to a new date yet. Battle for the Milk Can? I don't believe this is a battle at all. 60-0 RP

Not 100% sure who RP had all summer, but a subscription to the Lafayette Courier Journal would have told you exactly who FC scrimmaged. I think they posted an article on every scrimmage they had like it was the Super Bowl of the greater Lafayette area. Hard Knocks WRC - Meet the Mustangs

Max preps says 56 on the roster but looks like about 90 players and 28 coaches

Agree with what Wabash Walley said above - It's easier now to schedule very competitive summer scrimmages than it is to find games in the weeks 1 and 2 slot. Kudos to those schools that can and are willing to do this. As someone mentioned earlier, RP's summer schedule was loaded, and I know Seeger went to Linton as well. Both coaches didn't take on cupcakes but assume both expected to compete at a high level this fall.

Attica @ FC - Here's a little fun fact about our Hall of Famer -- He hasn't won a game at FC vs a team that finished with a winning record. Stats don't lie and that's hard to defend. (Enter The Prince.....) FC's OL/DL is too good up front for the Rambler's, but these teams did meet in the summer. I'll take the Mustang's by 20. 32-12 RP @ NV - I don't know if the Panthers are the #1 team in the state, but they cemented their place as the best team in the conference, and by a long shot. I didn't expect a mercy rule vs Seeger at halftime, even with multiple starters out of the game or hurt. RP rests up this week and plays many backups by halftime. 46-0 G Seeger @ PH - Even Marshall Mathers can see the Wolves are improved. Is it the poor WRC schedule strength or are they moving the needle in Rocktucky? This would be a nice, quality win for the Wolves, but not so fast, my friend. Seeger's kids are too much overall for the Wolves. 28-18 Seeger SV @ Covington - Coach Miller secured a nice rivalry win last week vs NV to get the Wildcats to 2-2 and Covington finally played a quality team that slowed down their offense. I like the Wildcats in this one in a close game. 20-16

6-6 against Good 4-5 against Sanders (and the future doesn't look good on the win side) 2-7 against Brown. Hall of Famer wins this battle. Hope this helps.

He's 23-40 in the regular season in his career against the six coaches I listed, each of which took over new or struggling programs.

With the rosters that Seeger and RP have and the limited seniors on each, the light is flickering.

Yes. The Hall of Famer is 14-20 in his 3.5 years at FC. This is after a 29-33 record at Seeger in 6 seasons there. He's 43-53 in his last 10 seasons and 64-63 since his last 9-win season. Overall, he's 203-166 in 35 seasons as a head coach at North Put, South Decatur, Rockville, Seeger and FC. Give him credit -- He's won 3 sectionals, two regionals and a semi-state. (State final vs Sheridan. Nick Zachary punted, kicked, ran, passed, defended, punt returned, and kick returned vs 11 Rox players to victory). His time at Rockville was outstanding, but outside of that, his other four stops are barely .500 or below. You'd have to be his relative to defend his last several years vs the mystique of The King. Give me a program to build and win at and choice of a local WRC coach and I'm taking B. Moore, B. Crabtree, G. Barrett, B. Sanders, Ryan Good, and Travis Brown over the Hall of Famer. Now, if you want your kids in the local media getting great PR, pre-season awards and a push for post-season awards, Herb is your man. No one does it better and yes, it's part of today's environment. Kids love it.

Lots of unnamed sources unwilling to confirm player transfers until school officially starts. Social media is abuzz with stories and predictions recently from statewide football media. Transfers that can be confirmed are coaches -- Earl to NV, Petrillo to FC.

Happy to see this thread get started. There's lots to talk about in the WRC and much of it isn't about the players on the field next year, rather who graduated, which coaches left (and came back) and the impact of athletes leaving based on the new transfer policy starting June 1st. Graduated Players: The impact of players graduating will be seen immediately in the conference starting with Garzolini (3100 passing yards) and Dawson, both who have committed to play D3 football and will do well. Foxworthy and Sanders will lead the returning QB's, but lead in completely different ways. Foxworthy will throw more and Herb is not afraid to pull the trigger and run him as needed and often. Sanders will lead the run-heavy RP offense as a game manager and make very little mistakes. Eight of the top 10 rushers have graduated, lead by Moore (1700) at covinginton and Price (1400) at RP. Other large contributing losses include Botner and Dawson at NV, Price at RP and Rolison/Graves at PR Its easier to say that SV will lose the best WR's in the conference than to list anyone else. Garzolini three for 3151 yards and every one of them went to a senior (Wallace, Weir, Coleman, Shryrock and Hill). I think their water boy had more receiving yards than 50% of the conference. Coaches: Coach Barrett leaving will have the most impact on the conference, not only due to the large graduating class at SV, but it's hard to replace the run he's had the last 8+ years. His staff is seasoned and their tenure with him makes a difference. The new transfer policy will most likely benefit Coach Barrett at THS more than any coach in the WRC. Although it is believed that the prior link rule supersedes the June 1st rule, so no SV players will follow him unless they change residency. Replacing Coach B at SV is Cory Miller. Although relatively young compared to his peers in the conference, Coach Miller brings with him knowledge of the college game based on his experience playing at Wabash and St Mary's. How will he respond and follow-up the best team in school history last year? Who will his staff be? Will his age be an advantage or lack of experience create growing pains? And lastly, does SV flip the script on the passing offence and become more balanced or do they keep rolling and let the ball fly? Good luck to Coach Miller - Wabash Always Fights Crabtree returns to NV. Hell, they even made him a hype video and hired Matthew McConaughey to narrate it. The boosters at NV must be printing money to make that happen. Regardless, let's not forget what Coach Rodriquez did last year with a group that most thought would be middle of the pack in the WRC. Their only conference loss was to SV. I was able to attend the NV/RP sectional game and wow, was it good. Literally down to a blocked FG for the win to end the game. Coach Crabtree will most likely reclaim his old staff and compete as the expected level at NV following a 9-2 during his one-year retirement. Transfers: Only rumors and whispers at this point. Let's talk after June 1st. Preseason standings prediction: Riverton Parke -- Too big. Too physical and too many athletes in the current group of kids. Fountain Central -- Maybe the best QB in the conference, but can they protect him and stop RP's offense Seeger -- Good group of juniors and some added coaches to the staff will help significantly North Vermillion -- Wise man once told me that you can have all the X's and O's, but you must still have the Jimmy's and Joe's. Give them a couple years to reload Parke Heritage -- I really like a couple of their lineman. Great wrestlers and strong, athletic kids. Will they have to the skilled kids to push in the top 1/2 of the conf? Covington -- Similar to SV, they lose their QB, top two rushers and top 3 WRs and 4 of 5 of their starting OL. Their JH numbers haven't been promising the last 3 years. Let's hope Coach Wheeler can regain better numbers and repeat last season's successes. Attica - It wasn't long ago Coach Ryan good was beating the likes of Coach Moore at PH and Coach Crabtree at NV in sectional games. The ebb's and flows of 1A football have shown no better example than at Attica in the last 10 years. With several freshmen playing last year, let's hope Coach Dean can grab some wins in 2025.