ASJCPUMA Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 I watched all 6 games on the TV for the first time in years. Here are a few initial thoughts. The QB from GS is the real deal and should be Mr. Football hands down. The Bowen kid from Andrean is a beast and can see why ND went after him. Several teams had young QBs which mean they are set for a couple of years Mt Vernon was the quickest team I had seen in a long time Not sure what the attendance was but seemed on TV some crowd bases followed and others did not. I thought Northridge would have more fans since when they play a home their side is usually full. The 6A game was a great fans game. Some of the offenses were very wide open and scored often. Football around Indy is still in a league of its own. I have no problem with Cathedral winning again. Great programs that can reload and do that I have no issue with. Kids want to play for a winner. In all I thought is was a fun weekend to watch football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Once a Titan Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 (edited) 14 minutes ago, ASJCPUMA said: I watched all 6 games on the TV for the first time in years. Here are a few initial thoughts. The QB from GS is the real deal and should be Mr. Football hands down. The Bowen kid from Andrean is a beast and can see why ND went after him. Several teams had young QBs which mean they are set for a couple of years Mt Vernon was the quickest team I had seen in a long time Not sure what the attendance was but seemed on TV some crowd bases followed and others did not. I thought Northridge would have more fans since when they play a home their side is usually full. The 6A game was a great fans game. Some of the offenses were very wide open and scored often. Football around Indy is still in a league of its own. I have no problem with Cathedral winning again. Great programs that can reload and do that I have no issue with. Kids want to play for a winner. In all I thought is was a fun weekend to watch football. I’ll agree with all this Its been awesome to be able to watch GS QB grow into what he is now! I saw just the last quarter of the 1A game and felt like it could of went either team. 2a was a very defensive game and felt MD couldn’t get into rhythm. That Bowen kid…..i say kid more like MAN gezzz what a monster! Mt Vernon….the turbo button was stuck 🏃 💨 All in all congratulations to all teams for making it to the Dance!!! Edited November 28, 2021 by Once a Titan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grover Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 1 hour ago, ASJCPUMA said: The QB from GS is the real deal and should be Mr. Football hands down. Maybe he should be but saying "hands down" is absurd. Position bias? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DumfriesYMCA Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 Bowen is Jaylon Smith all over again and I can’t see it otherwise. and i mean that in the highest praise with no reflection of Jaylon Smiths current nfl status. Kid can just ball out on both sides of the ball and then even special teams. He’s a special player for sure 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitting Llamas Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 20 minutes ago, DumfriesYMCA said: Bowen is Jaylon Smith all over again and I can’t see it otherwise. and i mean that in the highest praise with no reflection of Jaylon Smiths current nfl status. Kid can just ball out on both sides of the ball and then even special teams. He’s a special player for sure Bowen was the difference in the 2A game. He was a menace on both sides of the ball. Looking forward to seeing what he does at Notre Dame and whether he stays inside and hangs 30 more pounds of muscle on or if he goes outside. Either way, he's the real deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boilernation Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 1 hour ago, DumfriesYMCA said: Bowen is Jaylon Smith all over again and I can’t see it otherwise. and i mean that in the highest praise with no reflection of Jaylon Smiths current nfl status. Kid can just ball out on both sides of the ball and then even special teams. He’s a special player for sure Bowen is also good enough to play baseball at ND. Not sure though if he actually will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boilernation Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, ASJCPUMA said: I watched all 6 games on the TV for the first time in years. Here are a few initial thoughts. The QB from GS is the real deal and should be Mr. Football hands down. The Bowen kid from Andrean is a beast and can see why ND went after him. Several teams had young QBs which mean they are set for a couple of years Mt Vernon was the quickest team I had seen in a long time Not sure what the attendance was but seemed on TV some crowd bases followed and others did not. I thought Northridge would have more fans since when they play a home their side is usually full. The 6A game was a great fans game. Some of the offenses were very wide open and scored often. Football around Indy is still in a league of its own. I have no problem with Cathedral winning again. Great programs that can reload and do that I have no issue with. Kids want to play for a winner. In all I thought is was a fun weekend to watch football. Allen definitely has the size and arm strength of a P5 QB. That was the first time I’ve seen him play. I was really impressed by his ability to throw to such small windows. At times the Brebeuf DB’s couldn’t have had better coverage and Allen still found the window. It also doesn’t hurt when you have a 6’4 WR capable of catching every dime you through his way. Edited November 28, 2021 by Boilernation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boilernation Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 I missed the 6A game. Did Popeye outplay Curry this time? His stats on D were impressive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiting89 Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 1 hour ago, DumfriesYMCA said: Bowen is Jaylon Smith all over again and I can’t see it otherwise. and i mean that in the highest praise with no reflection of Jaylon Smiths current nfl status. Kid can just ball out on both sides of the ball and then even special teams. He’s a special player for sure Hold your horses Jaylon smith was the 3rd rated recruit in the nation while Bowen is 22nd and not even 5 stars its disrespectful to compare anyone to Jaylon he is in a league of his own source 1 https://n.rivals.com/content/prospects/2013/jaylon-smith-11252 source 2 https://n.rivals.com/content/prospects/2013/jaylon-smith-11252 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staxawax Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 13 minutes ago, Boilernation said: I missed the 6A game. Did Popeye outplay Curry this time? His stats on D were impressive. I don’t think so. Both had their moments. Popeye had some TFL’s. Curry was double teamed quite a bit and as a short yardage fullback could not be stopped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
temptation Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 (edited) Westfield gave CG one hell of a scare and dropped a sure TD pass immediately prior to the CG pick that sealed the game. Gave em a better game than any MIC school did this fall. Great contest. That didn’t stop the MIC slappies from exhaling and touting their conference superiority on Facebook when the clock hit 0:00. Tick, tick, tick…the MIC is on the clock. Edited November 28, 2021 by temptation 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Footballking16 Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 6 minutes ago, temptation said: Tick, tick, tick…the MIC is on the clock. Been hearing this for years. Biggest threat to ending MIC’s title streak will be Cathedral the next two years assuming they are bumped. Very real chance it’s an all MIC/Cathedral final once Carmel inevitably gets bumped to the Northern half of the bracket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DumfriesYMCA Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 19 minutes ago, Whiting89 said: Hold your horses Jaylon smith was the 3rd rated recruit in the nation while Bowen is 22nd and not even 5 stars its disrespectful to compare anyone to Jaylon he is in a league of his own source 1 https://n.rivals.com/content/prospects/2013/jaylon-smith-11252 source 2 https://n.rivals.com/content/prospects/2013/jaylon-smith-11252 If you are in the top 32 in the country overall you are a 5 star prospect. won’t make a big argument about this though…Bowen has another year to improve upon what he has already done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
temptation Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 12 minutes ago, Footballking16 said: Been hearing this for years. Biggest threat to ending MIC’s title streak will be Cathedral the next two years assuming they are bumped. Very real chance it’s an all MIC/Cathedral final once Carmel inevitably gets bumped to the Northern half of the bracket. Westfield gets a title before BD/Warren get their next. I called this over the summer and was nearly correct last night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yuccaguy Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 28 minutes ago, Staxawax said: I don’t think so. Both had their moments. Popeye had some TFL’s. Curry was double teamed quite a bit and as a short yardage fullback could not be stopped. Needs to learn a "swim technique"... IMO. Just because you get disrupted on the way in....that AIN'T "holding'! My U PLAYED at Louisville. I "participated" at Kentucky.... we kinda have experience with the game of FB. Having said that, there were studs ALL over the field in the 6A game! I truly hope that those of you saw that, and appreciated the efforts. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Footballking16 Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 8 minutes ago, temptation said: was nearly correct last night. Too bad they weren’t playing horse shoes or hand gernades. Always next year though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
temptation Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 29 minutes ago, Footballking16 said: Too bad they weren’t playing horse shoes or hand gernades. Always next year though. You have been in denial of the HCC’s closing of the gap from day one. The champion of the HCC just took the nation’s #7 team down to the wire last night. Its happening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staxawax Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 7 minutes ago, temptation said: You have been in denial of the HCC’s closing of the gap from day one. The champion of the HCC just took the nation’s #7 team down to the wire last night. Its happening. The clock is ticking. Question is, is it a sundial or a doomsday clock? HCC’s overall Sagarin was 5 points better than the MIC this season. But, even if both Westfield and Zionsville had won this past weekend I’d still say MIC is #1 by a whisker. The keys for both conferences in the next few years will be 1.) do the teams on top reload or are they going to have a huge drop off. 2.) Do the teams in the lower half of both leagues improve. in my opinion it’s more likely CG, Ben Davis and Carmel reload and complete for another championship. WC was young and will be a factor. Brownsburg the same. Westfield lost some outstanding talent but had great JV and freshman teams. And HSE will be a threat. It certainly looks like the bottom half of the HCC is stronger and the league is more balanced than the MIC. The real question is, which happens first…. an HCC state championship, or a new 16-team super conference? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Footballking16 Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 1 hour ago, temptation said: You have been in denial of the HCC’s closing of the gap from day one. The champion of the HCC just took the nation’s #7 team down to the wire last night. Its happening. Lol. It’s been “happening” for a decade. DT now HHF or whatever disguise he’s come back with for the 100th time routinely spewed the same BS nearly 10 years ago. 4-5 years ago the fantasy take was that Avon and Brownsburg were going to be the West Side giants and Ben Davis was going to be left in the dust. It’s now 2021 and Brownsburg finally won their first sectional this century only to get wrecked by an extremely average Ben Davis team and Avon went 1-9. No doubt that Westfield has raised their 6A profile the last two years, but how much of it was due to a phenomenal 2022 class that has 2-3 D1 kids and Carmel going South? If Westfield can consistently reach LOS you may have a point, but sue me for not jumping on the bandwagon just yet. Also kudos for setting the HCC’s barometer for success for not getting blown out by a MIC team in the final. Really high bar there. Just goes to show you the distance between the two conferences. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
temptation Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 14 minutes ago, Footballking16 said: Lol. It’s been “happening” for a decade. DT now HHF or whatever disguise he’s come back with for the 100th time routinely spewed the same BS nearly 10 years ago. 4-5 years ago the fantasy take was that Avon and Brownsburg were going to be the West Side giants and Ben Davis was going to be left in the dust. It’s now 2021 and Brownsburg finally won their first sectional this century only to get wrecked by an extremely average Ben Davis team and Avon went 1-9. No doubt that Westfield has raised their 6A profile the last two years, but how much of it was due to a phenomenal 2022 class that has 2-3 D1 kids and Carmel going South? If Westfield can consistently reach LOS you may have a point, but sue me for not jumping on the bandwagon just yet. Also kudos for setting the HCC’s barometer for success for not getting blown out by a MIC team in the final. Really high bar there. Just goes to show you the distance between the two conferences. Yep…the distance is about 6 points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Footballking16 Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 6 minutes ago, temptation said: Yep…the distance is about 6 points. Again, it’s not horse shoes and hand grenades. Until it happens, it hasn’t happened. Always next year though… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
temptation Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Footballking16 said: Again, it’s not horse shoes and hand grenades. Until it happens, it hasn’t happened. Always next year though… It happened for the second consecutive year as the HCC had a winning record head to head against the MIC…just not on the biggest stage. But Brownsburg’s dismantling of Carmel can’t be ignored even though they laid an egg the next week. I get that postseason wins matter more and it’s tough to take the HCC seriously until they break through on the biggest stage but facts are facts. You are hand picking certain contests to fit your narrative. Edited November 28, 2021 by temptation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxbat Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 21 minutes ago, Footballking16 said: Lol. It’s been “happening” for a decade. DT now HHF or whatever disguise he’s come back with for the 100th time routinely spewed the same BS nearly 10 years ago. 4-5 years ago the fantasy take was that Avon and Brownsburg were going to be the West Side giants and Ben Davis was going to be left in the dust. It’s now 2021 and Brownsburg finally won their first sectional this century only to get wrecked by an extremely average Ben Davis team and Avon went 1-9. No doubt that Westfield has raised their 6A profile the last two years, but how much of it was due to a phenomenal 2022 class that has 2-3 D1 kids and Carmel going South? If Westfield can consistently reach LOS you may have a point, but sue me for not jumping on the bandwagon just yet. Also kudos for setting the HCC’s barometer for success for not getting blown out by a MIC team in the final. Really high bar there. Just goes to show you the distance between the two conferences. I'm hoping that it's Westfield increasing its profile and sustaining it ... for selfish reasons. Harrison had two losses this season: Westfield and Zionsville. Harrison took Westfield to 19-11 in the 4th before succumbing. Last season, Harrison's freshman squad dropped a 7-point game to Westfield's freshman. This season, the Harrison JV squad, with many of those same freshman, took Westfield to the end, dropping a 1-point game on a 47-yard field goal by Westfield's sophomore kicker to win it. Unfortunately for Harrison, they are "land locked" in the NCC. I'd like to see Harrison pick up some 6A competition besides Jeff; however, they'd have to drop THS and the NCC schedule leaves no other wiggle room. Not sure which conference they could go to that would welcome them with open arms that would help them compete; especially if it meant Jeff, and possibly, McCutcheon bouncing along. Not sure they'd go by themselves is an option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Footballking16 Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 33 minutes ago, temptation said: It happened for the second consecutive year as the HCC had a winning record head to head against the MIC…just not on the biggest stage. But Brownsburg’s dismantling of Carmel can’t be ignored even though they laid an egg the next week. I get that postseason wins matter more and it’s tough to take the HCC seriously until they break through on the biggest stage but facts are facts. You are hand picking certain contests to fit your narrative. Has anyone actually argued that the HCC hasn’t improved over the years. Like you said, at the end of the day it’s about titles. The HCC isn’t even in the discussion yet. Win one and then talk. It’s like saying the B10 is the best basketball conference because they always get the most teams in the tournament yet year after year lay egg after egg when it matters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
temptation Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 1 minute ago, Footballking16 said: Has anyone actually argued that the HCC hasn’t improved over the years. Like you said, at the end of the day it’s about titles. The HCC isn’t even in the discussion yet. Win one and then talk. It’s like saying the B10 is the best basketball conference because they always get the most teams in the tournament yet year after year lay egg after egg when it matters. The basketball analogy simply doesn’t fit. A single elimination basketball tournament doesn’t always reward the best team. Rather the hottest. Since Baylor won last year, the Big 13 gets to boast? What if Gonzaga wins in 2022? Gimme a break. The MIC has four programs that carry the weight for the rest and is mediocre beyond that. The HCC has closed the gap at the top, is winning more than its fair share and has surpassed the bottom tier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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