NORTHERN INDIANA CONFERENCE OCT 10 SLATE

[ASJCPUMA]

NORTHERN INDIANA
ALL TIMES EASTERN
	CONFERENCE			ALL GAMES
	W-L	Pts	OP	W-L	Pts	OP	Streak
Penn	5-0	244	39	7-  0	293	74	Won 7
St. Joseph	5-0	158	33	7-  0	220	39	Won 7
Elkhart	3-2	155	121	4-  3	201	163	Lost 2
Adams	2-3	70	146	3-  4	111	207	Won 1
New Prairie	2-3	154	206	2-  5	182	289	Won 2
Riley	1-4	109	170	3-  4	177	176	Lost 2
Marian	1-4	86	147	2-  5	114	196	Lost 4
Washington	1-4	64	178	2-  5	116	216	Lost 1

Friday, Oct. 10
Elkhart at Marian ©, 7 pm
New Prairie at Penn ©, 7:30 pm
Adams at Riley ©, 7 pm
St. Joseph at Washington ©, 7 pm

Elkhart coming off 2 loses in games that mattered.  Marian has lost 4 in a row.  Elkhart has the athletes, but will they show up?  Marian trying to salvage what is left of the season.

Penn comes off dominating Elkhart.  New Prairie comes off winning their 2nd game.  The Cougars do not have the athletes to stay with Penn.

Adams at Riley - The other city rivalry game as Adams beat Washington Friday. Riley played well against St. Joe.  Their defense played hard.  The offense struggled

St. Joe at Washington - Many years this game filled School Field.  The Panthers are struggling with numbers and managed no offensive TD's against Adams.  St, Joe offense struggled against Riley.   

[BLACKGOLD2007]

17 hours ago, ASJCPUMA said:

NORTHERN INDIANA
ALL TIMES EASTERN
	CONFERENCE			ALL GAMES
	W-L	Pts	OP	W-L	Pts	OP	Streak
Penn	5-0	244	39	7-  0	293	74	Won 7
St. Joseph	5-0	158	33	7-  0	220	39	Won 7
Elkhart	3-2	155	121	4-  3	201	163	Lost 2
Adams	2-3	70	146	3-  4	111	207	Won 1
New Prairie	2-3	154	206	2-  5	182	289	Won 2
Riley	1-4	109	170	3-  4	177	176	Lost 2
Marian	1-4	86	147	2-  5	114	196	Lost 4
Washington	1-4	64	178	2-  5	116	216	Lost 1

Friday, Oct. 10
Elkhart at Marian ©, 7 pm
New Prairie at Penn ©, 7:30 pm
Adams at Riley ©, 7 pm
St. Joseph at Washington ©, 7 pm

Elkhart coming off 2 loses in games that mattered.  Marian has lost 4 in a row.  Elkhart has the athletes, but will they show up?  Marian trying to salvage what is left of the season.

Penn comes off dominating Elkhart.  New Prairie comes off winning their 2nd game.  The Cougars do not have the athletes to stay with Penn.

Adams at Riley - The other city rivalry game as Adams beat Washington Friday. Riley played well against St. Joe.  Their defense played hard.  The offense struggled

St. Joe at Washington - Many years this game filled School Field.  The Panthers are struggling with numbers and managed no offensive TD's against Adams.  St, Joe offense struggled against Riley.   

Elkhart needs to learn how to block, 20+ sacks in two games. Marian just needs to turn the dial up on D and pray they get home, Bardo cannot beat you if their QB is on his back. With that said, Elkhart wins 35-14

Penn has backups in at halftime, 49-0

St. Joe v Washington - Do not overlook Washington if I were St. Joe. The last thing the Huskies want is to slip up and back their way into the Penn game. St. Joe wins 28-7

Adams v Riley - every time I pick one of these games the opposite happens. I am going to go Riley wins in OT 21-14

 

[Coach Lou]

Elkhart probably won't have any problems with their last 2 opponents, but this team has regressed and did not look good against Penn. What is the issue with the O-line. We get a Big Ten recruit transfer in at wideout and a top transfer at QB but we can't take advantage of them as we can't protect. Have to get it fixed before playoffs.

[BLACKGOLD2007]

1 hour ago, Coach Lou said:

Elkhart probably won't have any problems with their last 2 opponents, but this team has regressed and did not look good against Penn. What is the issue with the O-line. We get a Big Ten recruit transfer in at wideout and a top transfer at QB but we can't take advantage of them as we can't protect. Have to get it fixed before playoffs.

For a 6a school there are a decent number of two way players on Elkhart. 

[GOLDRUSH1985]

3 hours ago, Coach Lou said:

Elkhart probably won't have any problems with their last 2 opponents, but this team has regressed and did not look good against Penn. What is the issue with the O-line. We get a Big Ten recruit transfer in at wideout and a top transfer at QB but we can't take advantage of them as we can't protect. Have to get it fixed before playoffs.

I'm not buying that Elkhart has regressed . They have really only played 3 good teams and they lost all 3 . They did not look good against Penn because Penn is the best team they have played this year . 

[BLACKGOLD2007]

It was a little shocking at how bad their offensive line was these past two weeks. 

[SBFootballFan6]

6 minutes ago, BLACKGOLD2007 said:

It was a little shocking at how bad their offensive line was these past two weeks. 

Its not as surprising if you take a good look. Their play calling is the issue. They refuse to commit to run game, and majority of pass game is drop back. When a D knows your most likely going to be dropping back to pass, the D can get aggressive and send pressure. When your balanced and your mixing run, mixing screens, mixing short game with your drop back it keeps the D off balance and you get less heavy pressure looks. Right now good teams, or teams that have close to similar talent are sending pressure and daring them to try to run or quick throw into it. If you look at their scores the last couple weeks its been big plays or nothing. 

Now they end with 2 bad teams, the 2 worse offenses in conference. There is no way they lose either of them, but we will see if Marian and then Adams can send the pressure to cause issues for the offense.

[BLACKGOLD2007]

Penn	5-0	244	39	7-  0	293	74	Won 7
St. Joseph	5-0	158	33	7-  0	220	39	Won

 

Only difference is Penn has played Washington and St. Joe has played NP.

Similar defensive outcomes but vastly different offensive results. I expect St. Joe will make plays, but Penn will likely be too much in the end. 

[BLACKGOLD2007]

15 minutes ago, SBFootballFan6 said:

Its not as surprising if you take a good look. Their play calling is the issue. They refuse to commit to run game, and majority of pass game is drop back. When a D knows your most likely going to be dropping back to pass, the D can get aggressive and send pressure. When your balanced and your mixing run, mixing screens, mixing short game with your drop back it keeps the D off balance and you get less heavy pressure looks. Right now good teams, or teams that have close to similar talent are sending pressure and daring them to try to run or quick throw into it. If you look at their scores the last couple weeks its been big plays or nothing. 

Now they end with 2 bad teams, the 2 worse offenses in conference. There is no way they lose either of them, but we will see if Marian and then Adams can send the pressure to cause issues for the offense.

I don't follow Elkhart football. So, taking a good look is by what I saw last Friday, so yes it was shocking how bad a 6A offensive line they have and how many players they have going both way for a 6A squad. 

Thank you for explaining to me how play calling and the game of football works. 

[SBFootballFan6]

5 minutes ago, BLACKGOLD2007 said:

I don't follow Elkhart football. So, taking a good look is by what I saw last Friday, so yes it was shocking how bad a 6A offensive line they have and how many players they have going both way for a 6A squad. 

Thank you for explaining to me how play calling and the game of football works. 

Your correct you don't see to many GOOD 6A programs having that many 2 way guys. And I don't really follow them as a team, but their games are posted on Michiana Video so they are one of the easier ones to be able to pull up weekly to check out.

[Coach Lou]

I get Elkhart being committed to throwing the ball with the talent they have at receiver and the QB who they brought in. I just would think you would try and protect better if this is your offense.

 

[ASJCPUMA]

The thing is they RB is not bad.  One would think setting up the run would open up the pass.  But, their line is not a good 6A line from what I saw when St. Joe played them

[Coach Lou]

Was also disappointed with the Elkhart Defense. Took a lot of risk and chances against Penn and got exploited. The Lions need to fix the O-line and Defense or it's going to be 1 and done again come sectional time.

 

[ASJCPUMA]

42-12 SJ over Washington.  Set up the match up next week against Penn.  More in week 9