Boilernation

I completely underestimated just how bad of a QB Mertz is. Yikes. ND will survive again. I think your over 8.5 is a lock Temp.

I woud love to see a Duneland team finally make it out of the North in 6A even if they were completely pasted by Center Grove; however, nobody is beating the Sectional 4 winner unless Fishers or Noblesville pull off a miracle.

Fishers 27 Avon 13 -- Avon's worse season since?? Westfield 31 Brownsburg 17 -- How did Cathedral keep the Rocks out of the endzone? Such a great offense. HSE 42 Zionsville 31 -- Nice bounce back W for the Royals Franklin Central 24 Noblesville 14 -- West keeps rolling.

Yeah, IU under 8 appears to be a lock. That ND one is going to be close. I think Wisconsin beats them in Chicago. Have a feeling they'll bounce back at home against Cincinnati. I could see at least two losss between @ Viriginia Tech, North Carolina, and @ Virginia and @ Stanford. USC, Navy, and Georgia Tech should be gimmes. @ Stanford should be tough regardless of Stanford's record. 9-3 or 8-4 seem like the most probable outcomes. I would be surprised if they hit 10 wins in the regular season.

I really don't get why Morton scheduled this game. I can see adding Elkhart or Bloomington South to round up excitement for Morton following the consolidation of HS's in Hammond. But, Cathedral? That's nearly as asinine as Warren Central scheduling Bishop Sycamore.

Sounds about right. Cline Avenue is just east of the HS and a major thoroughfare to get to Arcelormittal in East Chicago. There are a lot of industrial businesses / organizations lining Cline between Hammond and Gary.

IU only giving up 9 in Bowling Green. I would take Western Kentucky straight up on the money line if I were still a Bachelor and didn't have to explain a potential monetary loss to the spouse. Gut feeling the woes continue on the road against a non P5 viewing this as a huge game.

No, it's not. They have a powering O-Line that can push the ball down the field and some bruisers and speed at RB. I would love to see them figure out a way to sprinkle in an effective passing attack out of the power formation. Just something to rely on 7-10 times per game to keep the chains moving and the back 7 from selling out on the run.

I wish I had some drive charts or specific notes to rely on, but I would say any yardage of at least 5 and longer they will still dial up the power run game.

He and Johnson have turned such promise into completely underwhelming college careers. The woes continue to Hunter. His statline from Saturday was 6/16 75 Yards and 3 INT's.

Per Max Preps, here are the final stats for the Noblesville/Zionsville game: Total Plays: Noblesville 67 Zionsville 52 1st Downs: Noblesville 19 Zionsville 16 TOP: Noblesville 27:32 Zionsville 20:28 Rushing Yards: Noblesville 421 Zionsville 178 Passing Yards: Noblesville 11 Zionsville 181 Once again, similiar to the Fishers game, Noblesville's inability to have any sort of a passing game is really hurting them. They're not getting HCC defenses to break when trying to run the ball on 3rd and long. Plus, it's making 4th and short even harder when the defense is going all out to stop the run. The turnaround in Year 1 with West in Franklin Township is remarkable. At this point I'm expecting them to be 5-2 heading into Week 8 @ HSE.

I like Brohm. Think he inherited a complete dumpster fire of a program and 5 years still might be too soon to create any meaningful depth when it's tough to recruit above the 3 star level at Purdue. Plus, I would wager the odds are better we would take a step back in coaching if Brohm did leave. My biggest knock on him at this point has been are achilles heal for quite some day. Brohm is a failing miserably to develop any sort of an offensive line. D-Line isn't that stellar as well. Purdue seemed to crank out NFL O-Linemen and occasionally on the D-Line during the TIller/Spack years. It's painful to continuously watch the run game get completely stuffed on short yardage situations.

This complete dud of a game at least provided an entertaining 4th quarter, which ended with one of the worst drives I’ve ever seen to with a chance win a game. Maryland tied the game with 2:13 left on an 86 yard drive that ended with a TD. Illinois’ final drive started at their own 25. They went negative 18 yards on 6 plays. Before punting on 4th and 39 from their own 7, Illinois was sacked on 3 straight plays including an intentional grounding call on Peters. Maryland started at the Illinois 46 and quickly got into FG range on a 26 yard pass. The rest was history for Beer Belly Brett.

I was listening to a college podcast on the way to work this morning that mentioned Bieniemy and Joe Brady as 2 NFL guys that USC has to contact just to see if they're interested. Regarding Campbell and Fickell, the host believed both were too "milk toast" for LA, which I could see. Historically, 2 of their most recent successfull hires were from the NFL (Robsinson & Carroll) . The glitz, glamour, and NFL legends surrounding the program may be too much for a career College coach to handle. They should take another look at Kiffin as well. He's more suited for the job than his 1st go around in LA. Maybe he views the bridge as burnt, but I can't imagine he wants to stay in Oxford long term.

AD at USC is same AD that hired him in Cincinnati

Interesting. What are your thoughts on Houston? I was listening to College Football podcast recently and they suggested the Big 12 Texas schools never wanted Houston to be invited for fear of Houston locking up the highly talented Houston metro area in recruiting if they had P5 status. If Houston can leverage a Big 12 invite to be a consistant conder for a playoff spot, I would think they could start to look appealing to Texas kids who consistantly see Texas and A&M fall short in the SEC.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/usc-coaching-candidates-luke-fickell-bob-stoops-chris-petersen-among-names-to-replace-clay-helton/ Interesting hearing Petersen wants back into College Football. They could use him again in Seattle.

I like Brownsburg by about 31-14 as well. Ha.I like your analogy to a bet. Agree again. I'll take Avon 21-13 Westfield is really freaking good. Great QB/RB combo and a solid defense. I have a feeling HSE is going to lay an egg after taking it to their rival in front of an overflow crowd in Fishers. I'll go Rocks 35 HSE 17 This is the type of game Noblesville needs to move as a program out of HCC basement status. They played Fishers down to the last minutes and had the ball with a chance to win at the end of the 4th game. It's time for the Millers to finish. I'll go with the homer pick and take Noblesville 24-20.

For those who can remember the old SWC, we’re these two heated rivals. Man, that Razorback crowd looked they wanted blood and treated Texas as much as they left the field. I was flipping through ESPN and saw footage of Razorback fans going nuts after the game and really sticking it to Texas as they left the field. Nothing over the top and newsworthy; however, the commentator kept saying “do you really want that Texas? Do you want to deal with that every year. That’s a fan base and program that is going to view you as a rival.” I was expected the channel to be one of the SEC channels, but when they showed the studio it was the LHN. Cant help but think there’s gotta be quite a few people associated with the program wo are turned off by the move to the SEC.

Yes, you’re biased. But, I see no reason to believe it’s not possible. The Flashes could prob do it.

I was expecting Westfield and Brownsburg to roll, but that HSE score was eye opening. I’m going to go back and watch that one. I haven’t watched them play this year. I like what Noblesville is doing with the power rushing attack, but they have got to mix in a passing game. Can’t keep relying on the run on 3rd and long. Wouldn’t hurt to mix it up some on earlier downs as well.

Coincidentally, I just came across this quote from Saban regarding Julio Jones: " ...We were coming off a 6-6 season, so they (referring to Jones, Hightower, etc.) came here, and they believed. They trusted in what we were trying to do to create a program, and they wanted to prove something. There was nobody we had that was a better leader, or did more to enhance the culture of toughness and effort than Julio Jones did. He used to run down on kickoff and would not come off the kickoff team during the game. There were a lot of guys that made an impact in the early years, but Julio was the guy who led the way." Interest comment from Saban. I can see how adding your best players to Special Teams can make them better, but also add to the culture of the program. I believe Urban Meyer took ST serious enough at Florida/Ohio State that he ran them and it was a goal for players to be on the field in a ST position.

You see that 4 year extension A&M just randomly gave Fisher? Seems like A&M didn't like the boys in Austin getting too much attention for joining the SEC.

And you just know there are delusional and influential boosters in Baton Rouge, Knoxville, Auburn, etc. that think they're one hire away from having their own NIck Saban. It'll only force LSU's hand if they want to use it as an excuse to get rid of Coach O. They kept a basketball coach who admitted to cheating. They'll do whatever it takes to keep their football coach if they really want him.

Granted I know it's absolutely absurd to be talking about a coach being on the hotseat less than 2 years removed from a National Title; however, we are talking about the SEC as well as a school/fanbase that has zero patience for not being an SEC contender. The Bayou Bengals didn't show anything in LA to suggest they'll pose a threat to Alabama in the SEC West, let alone Texas A&M. Coach O caught lightning in a bottle when he hired a highly respected current NFL OC to coordinate a passing attack that included 4 1st round picks and 1 2nd round pick. I like Coach O and enjoy watching him in the Bayou. I'm assuming he'll get another pass this year if they suffer 4-5 losses, but another season like that next year and he'll be out.