Boilernation

As a former Duneland player currently living in Noblesville I’m fully convinced Noblesville could have competed for the DAC title this year. Outside of Crown Point, the DAC is now a 5A Conference. Lake Central and Portage either don’t care or simply can’t figure out how to be very good at football again. Cody is probably right that CP the team is likely very overrated. The coaching staff is fantastic you fool. Having huge lines, and that’s about it, doesn’t get you far post Duneland. Maybe I just jinxed that crap out of Carroll, but I don’t think Crown Point has enough talent to keep up with them. Crown Point is very methodical with no game breakers. I can easily see Carroll or a Hamilton County team countering with size and making life very difficult for the ‘Dogs.

Or DT. Randomly saw a FB post of his claiming CP would win state.

LOL. I was curious to see where he had Carroll as well. I watched most of their game with Penn. I was very surprised by their size, speed, and talent. I've been burned before thinking Carroll was ready for Hamilton County so I'll patiently wait to see how this unfolds.

And he looked pissed on the sideline.

Great write up. I have more to comment on later, but my intial reaction was to look at Martinsville's resume. Jeckyl & Hyde to say the least. They've beaten your favorites to make the 5A South Semi-State as well as a solid Franklin team. Nothing wrong with losing to Mooresville. The losses to Plainfield and Decatur Central are headscratchers. Speaking of the Hawks, talk about a complete letdown vs. expectations from this forum.

That's what I really like about East Central. A lof of 4a/5a/decent amount of 6a programs would consider a 21-19 loss to Roncalli as a moral victory. Not the Trojans. They believe they belong on the field in that game. Man, not sure anyone can play spoiler to New Pal. East Central definately has an advantage and that they would get the survivor of the Evansville rematches in Regionals. The winner of an assumed New Pal/Roncalli Regional could be fairly banged up come Semi-State.

I think you may have East Central too low. I was really impressed with them on Friday night. Play just like Roncalli. Strong on the lines, disciplined defense, and an offense that's relentlessly going downhill. Fun game to watch. Roncalli's defense was unreal within the 10 yard line. I haven't been able to find a good clip showing the block that negated the long TD run from East Central with about 2 minutes left.

Brownsburg North Central (Farmersburg) New Prairie Evansville Reitz Zionsville Cathedral Roncalli Carroll (Flora) Western Boone Twin Lakes

Possibly. I’m very intrigued by the idea of North winning this Sectional. I think it would give them a huge confidence boost and they would go on to win the North. If I’m North’s OC if I’m finding every way possible to get the ball in Johnson’s hands on a high percentage plays. He is the type of talent that can take over a playoff game.

I think LC would have waxed that Ville team. The ‘92 team really had a chance against Ben Davis.

Let's be honest. They have arguably the best coach in the state and 6A talent playing at 4A. Nobody in 4A is going to want to see them in the playoffs. Per 247: Senior Class: 6'7 OT committed to Louisville 6'1 WR committed to Ball State Junior Class: 6'5 OL with at least 20 Power 5 offers Sophomore Class: 6'2 DL with an offer from Tennessee listed. I'm sure there are other offers that aren't reported in 247. Outside of the above list I'm sure they have at least 5 guys (likely more) who will/could play at various levels of college.

Be honest Parkhurst, you got Merrillville 49 - Snider 10 in front of a sold out Demaree Stadium? Get a little payback for Jamaal Williams and that '92 team that was legitimately good enough to win State?

Not even Andrean? Most of what you said in this thread is the equivalent of saying water is wet. Nobody in this thread other than maybe Parkhurst has stated at all this season they think a northern team has a shot at 6A or that 5A is a meat grinder this year. Congrats on your hyperbolic diatribes, I guess.

YIkes. Procrastinated and completely forgot to put my picks in last week.

indeed. Definately not the same as when my mom lived there. She grew up in the small Village of Riverdale that is across the Little Cal River from Chicago. Her childhood home recently sold for a whopping ~$35K.

Thornton Towship (my moms alma mater in Harvey) has definately seen better days. But, for a brief period in the '90's, they had Randle El, Tai Streets, and Napolean Harris in the hallways among others.

Michigan and Notre Dame generally get who they want out of Chicagoland. But, Wisconsin and Iowa (Michigan State to an extens) have been feasting on what they don't want and have been getting some highly rated players occasionally. I think it would turn the needle towards Illinois in Chicagoland if Bielima starts producing in Champaign at a higher level than those 3. Champaign isn't as nice as Madison and probably Iowa City, but they tend to recruit Chicago well when they have a positive buzz in Champaign.

On the flip side, that was a pretty big win for Bielema in my opion. He can now go to places Wisconsin has feasted in recruiting, especially Chicagoland, and say what they had is now in Champaign. Curios to see where this goes with Bielema as I think Illinois has long been a gross underachiever.

And the ultra underachieving Mertz is still the QB. I am definately curious to see what kind of an impact Leonard could actually make this year as the CEO of the program. His auditition may be more about how he conducts himself as the CEO and less about on field success the remainder of the season.

Did you see that CBC/Chatard game? I don't know much about St. Louis area football other than East St. Louis is traditionallly a powerhouse. CBC looked like a well coached All Star team. I wouldn't be surprised if someone said the Public schools in that area aren't the greatest because schools in that Catholic league CBC is in hoard the talent. Complete team. Not just some big time studs like Detroit King. I would be amazed if Warren could go to St. Louis and keep it within 2 scores considering the way they're playing.

Good points. I'm just expecting it would be very painful to watch as a Purdue fan. Oh well, need to take the cup is a half full approach and just be happy to be there. My wife is always telling me I'm too pessimistic.

Definately enjoyed that W after the way they lost to Penn State and Syracuse. The 'Cuse was the worst for me. Can't give up 30 yards in penalties after you score the assumed game winning TD! It could be worse. At least I'm not one of the boosters who committed $95M to Mel Tucker, lol. I respect what PJ Fleck has done in Minnesota; however, his Row The Boat schtick and reading children's books to his team just really annoys me for some reason.

Of course. They have an elite coach. I think it's fair to say they're not beating Brebeuf last year with just an average HS QB. Allen was making throws in that game that were beyond next level for a HS QB.

Of course they woudl, but it would be a very unpleasant game to watch. I can't imagine, presumably Michigan or Ohio State with a CFP berth on the line, letting this Purdue team hang in the game very long. I would guess the opening line would be around -17.5 and could hit 20 if it was Ohio State in the game.

We're talking 2022. Gibson Southern no longer has a MAJOR reason they finallly broke through and won a Title and Chatard clearly isn't the Chatard of 2 years ago. I really don't care who would win a hypothetical matchup between Merrillville and say Chatard, but one thing was evident last Friday night. The speed on the perimiter for Christian Brothers was WAY too much for Chatard's defense to handle. If Justin Marshall was healthy, there's no reason to believe the Pirate offense couldn't run past Chatard as well and make it a game.