While Memorial has certainly been a really good tournament team, I think sometimes people overlook the Tigers regular season successes. Only 12 regular season loses dating back to 2016 season. Averaging less than 2 losses per regular season over last 7 years. But I do agree about the coaches. They find a way to elevate the kids to a different mode come tournament time.
I don’t think any Memorial fan I associate with thinks they walk through 3A. GS is perfect example. I think several GS fans thought they would win 3 straight sectional titles with Allen. Just speaks to the competition level in 3A. A team/program of GS caliber only winning 1 since 2016 is proof enough it’s not easy down here.
I think it would be fair to say SIAC could have a deeper team, like numbers 3’s and 4’s on the depth chart. I’ve watched enough of both conferences to say the 1’s & 2’s would be some damn good matchups. Not sure all 4 teams on depth chart wouldn’t make for damn good matchups. Last time I checked it’s 11 vs 11. Can’t see SIAC being much better.
I care. Sometimes when a team is struggling to win important post season games, like Memorial, it’s nice to know Tiger fans can celebrate the Cake-eater trophy in the off-season.
I think that year the Mr Football finished in this order
1 Kiser
2 Bell
3 Lindauer
4 Elliott
5 George
Crazy Warren Central had 3 of top 5 vote getters. Not 100% on George. I think the 3 finalists were Kiser, Bell, and Lindauer. What a year.
I’m not an SIAC historian but I’m not sure there’s been many runs like the one the Tigers are on.
2016 sectional
2017 state
2018 semi state
2019 state
2021 regional
2022 sectional …. TBD