Temp’s Top 25 (Week 3)

[temptation]

4 hours ago, RegionFBFan said:

Ended up being 14

CP didn’t take their foot off the gas?

4 hours ago, RegionFBFan said:

If I’m not mistaken, you are the same guy that had Pike beating CP like a mule. Well how’d that turn out? 

I owned it.

[Bobref]

53 minutes ago, temptation said:

CP didn’t take their foot off the gas?

They substituted freely in the 4th period.

[RegionFBFan]

1 hour ago, temptation said:

CP didn’t take their foot off the gas?

I owned it.

You did and I respect you for it.

[23andCounting]

13 hours ago, Bobref said:

I saw CP against Merrillville, and they are legit. But if they want to be playing late into November, they need to sharpen up the passing attack. They’re not going to be able to just line up and play bully ball against really good 6A teams.

The Indy fan base, and Rodney, is struggling to accept how good of a coach Buzea is. Crown Point fits in nicely with the best of the HHC.

[Rodney]

37 minutes ago, 23andCounting said:

The Indy fan base, and Rodney, is struggling to accept how good of a coach Buzea is. Crown Point fits in nicely with the best of the HHC.

iI've never said a word about coach Buzea

I've simply stated that Crown point is overrated every single year.

[23andCounting]

4 minutes ago, Rodney said:

iI've never said a word about coach Buzea

I've simply stated that Crown point is overrated every single year.

Therefore, you're underrating their coach. They beat Westfield two seasons ago and wasted a Pike team this year that Temp said was going to be good. Why is this team so overrated Rodney?

[temptation]

49 minutes ago, 23andCounting said:

The Indy fan base, and Rodney, is struggling to accept how good of a coach Buzea is. Crown Point fits in nicely with the best of the HHC.

They'd compete for the HHC title, no doubt...but not the HCC.

8 minutes ago, Rodney said:

iI've never said a word about coach Buzea

I've simply stated that Crown point is overrated every single year.

Yes.  This is not a unique situation, nor the fault of Crown Point.

I am guilty in my own poll but can't punish teams for beating the teams in front of them.

It is hard with a straight face to insert a 6-3 HCC/MIC team over a 9-0 Crown Point (or whomever else is not an Indy area 6A school) in my rankings.

[Rodney]

1 minute ago, 23andCounting said:

Therefore, you're underrating their coach. They beat Westfield two seasons ago and wasted a Pike team this year that Temp said was going to be good. Why is this team so overrated Rodney?

they made it through a weak north in order to lose the state championship by 4 touchdowns.

following year they lose semi state by 3 touchdowns.

 

but go ahead, put them in the top 5 every single year i suppose 

[23andCounting]

3 minutes ago, temptation said:

They'd compete for the HHC title, no doubt...but not the HCC.

Lol, I always screw those two up. So they wouldn't "compete?" Thought they beat the HCC's best team two seasons ago? Hmmmm. 

[temptation]

5 minutes ago, 23andCounting said:

Therefore, you're underrating their coach. They beat Westfield two seasons ago and wasted a Pike team this year that Temp said was going to be good. Why is this team so overrated Rodney?

I missed on Pike.  No fault of Crown Point, but the Red Devils are 0-3 and have not even been competitive save for a couple of quarters against a BD team that seems young.

No excuses BUT it was also stated that Pike's QB is banged up.

Just now, 23andCounting said:

Lol, I always screw those two up. So they wouldn't "compete?" Thought they beat the HCC's best team two seasons ago? Hmmmm. 

C'mon.  You know I love banter and sensationalism more so than anyone but they are a mid-tier HCC team at best.

[23andCounting]

5 minutes ago, temptation said:

 they are a mid-tier HCC team at best.

You're pretending again from your Indianapolis home. 

[Rodney]

this teams yearly resume is literally beat a bunch of bad teams all season and then get blasted somewhere in the tournament.

[23andCounting]

1 hour ago, Rodney said:

this teams yearly resume is literally beat a bunch of bad teams all season and then get blasted somewhere in the tournament.

Hmmm. I didn't think Westfield was so bad two year ago. No one was coming close to Bed Davis that year in the friendly confines of Luca Oil. 

[temptation]

3 hours ago, 23andCounting said:

You're pretending again from your Indianapolis home. 

You would have them favored over Avon, HSE and Fishers right now?

[23andCounting]

27 minutes ago, temptation said:

You would have them favored over Avon, HSE and Fishers right now?

Yes

Being up on Merrillville 28-0 is more impressive than anything those three have done so far. 

Edited September 12, 2025 by 23andCounting

[temptation]

14 minutes ago, 23andCounting said:

Yes

Being up on Merrillville 28-0 is more impressive than anything those three have done so far. 

Even those who have seen CP play in person this year have stated publicly that they are not the same team as last who got drubbed by Westfield in the tournament.

Avon beat the defending 5A state champions in Decatur Central and Fishers beat last year's MIC champion Lawrence North.

C'mon.

Edited September 12, 2025 by temptation

[BLACKGOLD2007]

4 hours ago, Rodney said:

they made it through a weak north in order to lose the state championship by 4 touchdowns.

following year they lose semi state by 3 touchdowns.

 

but go ahead, put them in the top 5 every single year i suppose 

To be fair Rodney, the North is always weak, even with Carmel, Westfield, Frishers and HSE. CP and Carroll help elevate it, but the North is still not the monster that 6A South has been for over 2 decades now. 

[Flyingangel]

On 9/11/2025 at 10:34 AM, 23andCounting said:

Not saying you’re wrong. I might be on board with putting Merrillville in that #15 area based on there performance against CP. Was that game really ever competitive? The final score doesn't look bad, but I wanna say they were playing from way behind the entire game. I have no axe to grind with Merrillville. In fact, I'd love to see this team win 5A for their outstanding community of football fans. I just have my reservations. Anytime they play a good time, they seem to lose by double digits. But hey, maybe this year's team is different. 

 Depends how you view the game. Merrillville sent them backward the first 2-3 drives. 
 

and were easily moving the ball down field. Merrillville was running ball to outsides very well. But then when they got to a 3rd and 1 2 straight drives they tried to throw deep instead of taking what was given to them. That’s coaching. But also Merrillville wouldn’t allow there very mobile QB to use his legs the first half that’s a game changer. It was 13-0 at half. 
 

crown point literally just lined Gibbs up under center in 1st half after Jere offense did nothing and just basically ran a Gibbs push from under center that averaged like 5-7 yards a carry. Every time Merrillville shut down something they went back to Gibbs under center. Thats how I viewed it. But to each their own.
 

Merrillville put up over 350 yards in just the 4th qtr almost.
 

they found what worked to late but they pulled it close in 4th. I left with 7 mins to go it was 28-7. I got home with 2 mins to go it was 28-21. Not sure how or what happened. Just know ther eQB threw for over 290 in the 4th. They are missing a OT and 2 WRs but not sure that would have made a difference ce Merrillville coaches not being able to adjust to Gibbs and not allowing there offense to play off each other ruined it.
 

but outside of Gibbs im not impressed with bulldogs at all. They gotta find something or the duneland will rely on Merrillville to make a run in 5A 

[Flyingangel]

22 hours ago, Boilernation said:

Portage is indeed horrible. Lost way too many players to the portal. They're reaping what they sowed by firing Richards. Merrillville's JV will be getting some good minutes on Friday night.

 

Not sure Merrillville puts the jv in lol they don’t have a back up QB. As there back up QB is a starting WR right now. They gotta work with the O-line id keep the varsity offense on the rest of year. And work work work

15 hours ago, Bobref said:

They substituted freely in the 4th period.

But no backups came in. They are people that rotated from the first snap of the gsme. 

[Bobref]

19 minutes ago, Flyingangel said:

But no backups came in. They are people that rotated from the first snap of the gsme. 

I was on the Crown Point sideline for most of the 4th quarter. I don’t know who is a backup and who isn’t. But if that was just normal rotational players, all I can say is that they must rotate an awful lot of players. 

[RegionFBFan]

41 minutes ago, Bobref said:

I was on the Crown Point sideline for most of the 4th quarter. I don’t know who is a backup and who isn’t. But if that was just normal rotational players, all I can say is that they must rotate an awful lot of players. 

Was Gibbs in the field in the 4th quarter? If yes, then CP was not subbing. 

[Coach Nowlin]

Did Crown Point beat Pike @temptation ?   😎

17 hours ago, temptation said:

CP didn’t take their foot off the gas?

I owned it.

must of missed it, I shall go back now 

[Coach Nowlin]

On 9/10/2025 at 6:52 PM, temptation said:

Unpopular opinion:  Carmel has been more impressive than Brownsburg thus far.

(Ducks on the way out…)

Box Score watching or did you attend of stream?   Is there some actual context to why you have that opinion?   Players?  Scheme?  etc.  

18 hours ago, temptation said:

CP didn’t take their foot off the gas?

I owned it.

Saw that after I went back. 

They put in their 2nd tier defense and there was like 3 touchdowns in last 3 mins or something like that. 

CP has a program of 221 players ( Number I was told in the Summer, that is 9-12). They dress like 125 or so on Fridays

17 hours ago, Bobref said:

They substituted freely in the 4th period.

That is the information I was told as well when I was on a smoking hot date with my smoking hot wife Saturday night at the local 3 Monkeys!!!   

 

GOOD to be BACK !!!
 

Love the Thread @temptation

[23andCounting]

3 hours ago, temptation said:

Even those who have seen CP play in person this year have stated publicly that they are not the same team as last who got drubbed by Westfield in the tournament.

Avon beat the defending 5A state champions in Decatur Central and Fishers beat last year's MIC champion Lawrence North.

C'mon.

C'mon Temp, seriously? Big difference between 5A and 6A. Snider's cracked that code one time, you think DC will do it in one year? Gimme a break. Destroying Merrillville 28-0 is far more impressive than Avon barely beating DC...........sorry. 

Fishers is a good football program, but they don't impress me as much as Crown Point does, especially with Buzea running the show. What has Fishers done over the last five years that CP hasn't done? They lose in the playoffs by double digits every year.................but I guess that's okay as long as you're not from the north.  Losing to by 25 points do them no favors when trying to say they are better than Crown Point. I'd bet massive money that CP shows better against Carmel than a 25 point deficit. Don't debate me on this Temp, I'll crush you and Rodney at the same time :). 

[Rodney]

13 minutes ago, 23andCounting said:

Rodney 

there is no debate to be had, cp has been massively overrated for the last two years, decent football team, but not top 5, 

I didn't call for a 25 point game, i said Carmel -20.5

 

and I certainly didn't ever say anything about fishers.


East Central would have walked all over CP in 22 or 23.

Chatard and cathedral would have as well