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Mater Dei and Linton should meet in the second round. It looks as though the game will be at Evansville. Linton hosts North Posey in round one and Mater Dei goes on the road to Crawford County. Linton will need to play a near perfect game to win on the road. No mental errors, no turnovers, and very, very few penalties if they want to win.

Today, I am a Chiefs fan! Beat those Texans!

Harrell predicts a 31 - 17 Miner win.

That's another thing about the current schedule, it's front loaded. I get that it's difficult to move games around. It would involve several teams and that is practically impossible to do. I'd' rather see them have a couple of tough games and then a winnable game right after. Of course I'd rather see them not have those winnable games at all. I'd love to see them have 50/50 games every week. It would not only make for an exciting season but would keep the team sharp right up to tournament time. I'd rather see them play games when the JV only got to play in mop up duty in the fourth quarter and not playing an entire second half. Injuries happen to all teams. Don't forget: "next man up!" I like having Providence the last game. They are a 2A team and so far have played the Miners tough in the 2 games they've played. A good season ender. Would like to see us renew a series with Northview and drop EG, North Daviess, or North Knox. Would also like to see them pick up a team like Edgewood and maybe Owen Valley. Or what about one of the Terre Haute or Bloomington schools? I get that the Miners may only win one out of 10 games against those schools, but it's the competition. I'd take a 3 loss team playing for a state title rather one that is 9 - 0 playing cupcakes and not getting out of their sectional or regional. There is no glory in beating weak teams 60 - 0 week after week. I get that Mater Dei is in a conference, but their tournament success is tied to that weekly competition. You think another 2A team is going to be as good as a 5A Castle team or a 4A Central team? With the Miners being independent, they can schedule whomever the please (as long as teams are willing). I'd like to see it (the schedule) get tweaked a bit more is what I'm saying.

And your point is? Linton is 18 - 1 against Eastern Greene so except for 2017, we are on different levels EVERY year. And except for the one loss, most of the games have been blowouts for the Miners. I too had hopes that EG was on the rise and would be better competition, but in reality they just aren't. Unless EG can find a head coach who is a "pied pier" and can change the culture, they just aren't going to be good. As far as Mater Dei is concerned, they make deep tourney runs because of who they play. Their competition during the season is above their class so tourney teams aren't as tough for them. The Miners schedule is MUCH improved, but there is still room for improvement. Mater Dei plays a schedule that is above 2A competition so when the tourney rolls around, most teams they face aren't as good as what they see every week during the season.

Week 9 is upon us. Hard to believe the tournament starts in one more week! The Sagarin ratings (this morning) have the Miners at 7th in 2A and the Pioneers at 30th. It would seem this game should go the Miners way, but Providence always seems to play the Miners tough. I believe it is Senior night at Linton also. How will those players react? Will they play "sad" because it's their last game or will they want to go out in a blaze of glory for the Red and Blue? I think the Miners win, but it won't be as easy as some people might think. There are still too many mental errors bring committed by the Miners and this late in the season, that isn't a good thing. I've lost count on how many long plays have been called back for blocks in the back. Back to back neutral zone infractions? C'mon Man!

Agreed. Too many mental errors for this late in the season. The final score doesn't matter. This is one game on Linton's schedule that should be dropped. The schedule still needs more tweaking. There is no challenge in games like these, and they do nothing to get you ready for the tournament. I don't want to hear how it was great for the JV to play the second half. They play their own games on Monday's. For what it's worth: Mater Dei 10 Evansville Central 7. Central was the 6th ranked team in 4A. Huge win for MD. I see a score like that and think, "Linton put up 68...….on a 1A bottom feeder". Seems rather hollow by comparison.

Considering they are only a couple of years removed from a state title game, it goes beyond a shame. I'm not exactly sure what you would call it, but I feel for the kids and the fans.

I would agree about the weather. If it's gong to rain and be sloppy, this is the game to have it. It seems that Eastern doesn't have much of an offense. They have been shutout in 4 of their 7 games and have only scored 42 points total in the other 3 So IF Eastern scores, I would think that will be a moral "victory" for them. They give up an average of 41 points per game on defense. So it isn't if the Miners will score, but how much will they score? And I too must say, hopefully the weather isn't a factor towards injuries. You can expect turnovers in bad weather/sloppy conditions. Except for the Southridge game, the Miners have been able to overcome turnovers this season.

No preference on defense. For offense: always and forever, The Wing - T.,

I hear rain is in the forecast for the game tomorrow night.. I expect that will help keep the score down some. Slippery footing, wet ball, etc.

That's been going on for years. Some kids from WRV transferred just so they could keep playing football. Several groups of parents have tried to get football started at WRV, but they are like Bloomfield and just stick with basketball.

My bad. I was one coach off! Forgot about Coach Wray. Coach Wary was 6 - 4. Which compared to most years at EG was a successful year.

In no particular order: Nick Zachery, Danny Anthrop, and Tyler Muerer.

Joey Paridaen was head coach at Eastern Greene for 4 years (2014 - 2017). HIs record was 5 - 5, 8 - 3, 10 - 3, and 14 - 1. He had the program on the rise and not only Eastern Greene fans, but fans from other schools were excited about the Thunderbird program. Then for some reason(s), the school board decided not to renew his contract for 2018 and he was let go. Who ever heard of a coach getting let go off of a 14 - 1 record and a state runner up season? There were all kinds of rumors floating around as to why he was released. It's just my opinion, but it wasn't in the best interest of the school or the program to let him go. So now they are pretty much back to square one (and 2 coaches in 2 years) until they can hire another coach who can turn the culture around again, if at all. I really feel for the players and the fans.

Good timing for the bye week. Got several guys that need to get healed up. Hopefully we get Leonard back out of the bye. Love seeing the Colts playing Houston that next game. Should have a big say in who will control the division.

The Falcons just dropped 42 on that PH "defense". "Nuff said.

Old school win. In today's pass happy league, the Colts played smash mouth football and proved it can still win games. The defense looked stellar.

The Miners should win out also. Providence will be the only test of the 2 remaining games. Providence currently has a 3 - 4 record with 2 of their 3 wins against lower tier 2A teams (Clarksville and Mitchell). Their other win is against Bethlehem, Kentucky. At the beginning of the season I predicted the Miners would be 7 - 2. By all appearances, they will be 8 - 1. I still say sectional 40 is between the Miners and Mater Dei. One of those 2 will make it to at least semi-state if not the title game.

Okay "Mr. Reality"". Here's some reality for you: North Vermillion 42 PH 36. Linton 38 North Vermillion 20. You have no concept of reality. Your posts are all based on what if's. PH had the chance to schedule Linton and turned it down. At least the Falcons aren't afraid to play against good competition. And what is there to gloat about? Your team lost, and guess what? We could care less. Believing in something or having an opinion isn't reality. You want to talk football, that's fine. But talking meaningless smack isn't talking football.

Appreciate your faith in Linton. Sectional 40 is always tough and the winner usually makes a deep run. It's going to be another tough year even without Southridge (moved to 3A). Mater Dei is still strong and I believe (at the moment) it is their sectional to lose. I'm hoping for a good draw and see Linton and Mater Dei in opposite sides of the bracket. Would be a great atmosphere to see those 2 in the sectional final whether it's at Linton or in Evansville. Look for the sectional 40 winner to at least get to semi-state if not at the Oil Can again this year.

Yeah I wasn't going to bring up the coaching woes that Eastern has had. It's a shame that crap like that still has to happen in the 21st century. Adults having the need to live life with a junior high mentality. The players and the fans have to suffer because of some parent's agenda. Total BS.

Yeah I can imagine @ pranks. Probably some of the same things we pulled back in the 70's. LOL But it was great stuff when used properly.

What the hay happened to Fountain Central? They haven't been this bad since 2001. Not used to seeing this.

The predictor tool says the Miners by 59.5 points. It looks like Harrell is being kind with a prediction of 45 - 7. This one will probably be over right after the coin toss. Leave the women and children at home. It's gonna get ugly. Too bad the Thunderbird program is going backwards after that state run they had just a couple of years ago. It seemed like they were finally going in the right direction.