Guest DT Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 The Merrillville Pirates are back, and that is a huge boon for high school football in Northwest Indiana. Brad Seiss has the MHS machine humming at 6-0, with a huge clash on the horizon this week at DAC rival Valpo. Michigan City has hogged the DAC and NWI spotlite over the past few seasons, but these two bluebloods, Valpo and Merrillville, will be back on center stage Friday night. The Vikings have one of the tightest defenses in the state, surrendering just 9 ppg. Valpo can also light up the scoreboard, leading the Duneland at 41ppg. Merrillville has been equally stingy on defense, allowing only 3 points more on the season that VHS, and the Pirates have the athletes to turn any game into a track meet. With 6A north without a dominant ball club this year, could the DAC finally send one of its big boys to the 6A finals? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobref Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 Sagarin has the Vikings a 7 pt. favorite, including the home field advantage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DT Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 How about both Merrillville and Valpo at LOS to rep 6A and 5A? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainHook Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 wish I could see this one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDGiant93 Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 Loser definitely will be a target for contraction. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DT Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 1 hour ago, BDGiant93 said: Loser definitely will be a target for contraction. Gotta love me some contraction Got a feeling your HC might be contracted before too long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slicer28 Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 3 hours ago, Bobref said: Sagarin has the Vikings a 7 pt. favorite, including the home field advantage. I'll give the points and take the Vikings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 (edited) 25 minutes ago, DT said: Gotta love me some contraction Got a feeling your HC might be contracted before too long. Shots fired! (Though I’d say the Warren win bought him some extra time.) Edited September 30, 2019 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DT Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 46 minutes ago, Temptation said: Shots fired! (Though I’d say the Warren win bought him some extra time.) The last HC to fail at BD wound up as a head honcho in The Big Ten. You just never know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gipper Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 Vikes, 19-10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 7 hours ago, DT said: How about both Merrillville and Valpo at LOS to rep 6A and 5A? Will be the 1st time since 1985 two DAC teams played in the state finals. Valpo lost to Warren Central in 5A and Hobart lost to Brownsburg in 4A. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoomBoomMcGee Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 This game will show how legit Merrillville really is as a contender in 6A... should be a good one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoomBoomMcGee Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 This game will show how legit Merrillville really is as a contender in 6A... should be a good one! and to think the Valpo program was such a hot mess a little over a year ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDGiant93 Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 5 hours ago, Temptation said: Shots fired! DT and I have been ribbing each other and tangling on this board for years. I'm sure he considers the source at this point when I respond to him.😂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roscoeguy Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 This should be a great game as Mville is very talented and is great for region that they are back. Congrats for Coach Seiss and whole staff. The region is better when Mville is great. The hot mess of Valpo has won 17-18 DAC games over the last 2 1/2 years, and beaten Penn 3 times DT City has not been better then Valpo the past 4 years...stop saying that City has dominated the DAC ...they have not beat Valpo or won the DAC ...and you know it...I dont get why you keep on spewing a false narrative 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach Nowlin Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 Just think @DT thought Coach Seiss should of been fired just last year.......... 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTF Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 22 hours ago, DT said: The last HC to fail at BD wound up as a head honcho in The Big Ten. You just never know. Interesting to say the least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DT Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 8 hours ago, Coach Nowlin said: Just think @DT thought Coach Seiss should of been fired just last year.......... Glad to see him get things turned around. Things are just better back home when Merrillville is in the hunt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boilernation Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 2 hours ago, DT said: Glad to see him get things turned around. Things are just better back home when Merrillville is in the hunt. I’m nitpicking here and probably shouldn’t care as I’m not a millennial and into the uni combos. But, can they please put the Pirate back on the helmets!?! The all dark purple with no decals looks dull, imo. Vikes by 17. Bucs not quite ready for a return to prime time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DT Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 9 hours ago, Boilernation said: I’m nitpicking here and probably shouldn’t care as I’m not a millennial and into the uni combos. But, can they please put the Pirate back on the helmets!?! The all dark purple with no decals looks dull, imo. Vikes by 17. Bucs not quite ready for a return to prime time. Or the big block M. I agree, the helmets are dull. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gipper Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 10 hours ago, Boilernation said: I’m nitpicking here and probably shouldn’t care as I’m not a millennial and into the uni combos. But, can they please put the Pirate back on the helmets!?! The all dark purple with no decals looks dull, imo. Vikes by 17. Bucs not quite ready for a return to prime time. Spot on. Lafayette Jeff should be a great sectional matchup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gipper Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 Love me some DAC, but quality ball is something they’ve been missing for the past few years... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boilernation Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 This one will air live tonight at 8 ET on ihsaatv.org courtesy of WJOB out of Hammond. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DT Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 1 hour ago, Boilernation said: This one will air live tonight at 8 ET on ihsaatv.org courtesy of WJOB out of Hammond. Thank you Sir! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 I’m going to Penn @ New Prairie tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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