roaringthunderdlr Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 The game in Lafayette should be a good one. Harrison (8-1) has a better record but Plainfield (4-5) has a better SoS and is coming off of a good comeback win against Martinsville. Harrison won the first meeting at home 22-14. The game back home in Indy, however, could get ugly. Decatur Central (3-6) has been playing poorly as of late but should get an easy win over McCutcheon (3-6). Thoughts on this sectional? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxbat Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 2 hours ago, roaringthunderdlr said: The game in Lafayette should be a good one. Harrison (8-1) has a better record but Plainfield (4-5) has a better SoS and is coming off of a good comeback win against Martinsville. Harrison won the first meeting at home 22-14. The game back home in Indy, however, could get ugly. Decatur Central (3-6) has been playing poorly as of late but should get an easy win over McCutcheon (3-6). Thoughts on this sectional? I suspect that DC will have no issue with McCutcheon. If they do, then the winner of Plainfield-Harrison will easily take the sectional title. I'm looking forward to the rematch with Plainfield. Should be a good measuring stick for Harrison to see how far they've come. Harrison came out of the gate shaky this season. I think in that first game with Plainfield, Harrison was still a bit shell-shocked from the previous week against West Lafayette at LOS. They played well against WL, but gave up 3-4 turnovers in the second half alone ... you can't afford to spot WL 3-4 possessions. Since then, they've gotten tighter although, as I posted in another thread, they still have a propensity to put the ball on the carpet at inopportune times. Harrison had a clean game against Jeff with no turnovers; scoring on every possession except for two ... the last minute or so of the game when they sat on the clock after a pick for the win and the last 30 seconds or so of the first half after a Jeff kickoff. At the beginning of the season, the conventional wisdom, and odds-makers, had Harrison as a two TD underdog to Decatur Central. I think the odds now have them favored over DC. I suspect that Plainfield is also favored over DC now at this point of the season too. As I said, I'm looking forward to this re-match to see whether Harrison really has come along in their progress. Likewise, I'm curious to see how Plainfield has improved too. I thought they played a good first game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roaringthunderdlr Posted October 20, 2022 Author Share Posted October 20, 2022 (edited) 57 minutes ago, foxbat said: I suspect that DC will have no issue with McCutcheon. If they do, then the winner of Plainfield-Harrison will easily take the sectional title. I'm looking forward to the rematch with Plainfield. Should be a good measuring stick for Harrison to see how far they've come. Harrison came out of the gate shaky this season. I think in that first game with Plainfield, Harrison was still a bit shell-shocked from the previous week against West Lafayette at LOS. They played well against WL, but gave up 3-4 turnovers in the second half alone ... you can't afford to spot WL 3-4 possessions. Since then, they've gotten tighter although, as I posted in another thread, they still have a propensity to put the ball on the carpet at inopportune times. Harrison had a clean game against Jeff with no turnovers; scoring on every possession except for two ... the last minute or so of the game when they sat on the clock after a pick for the win and the last 30 seconds or so of the first half after a Jeff kickoff. At the beginning of the season, the conventional wisdom, and odds-makers, had Harrison as a two TD underdog to Decatur Central. I think the odds now have them favored over DC. I suspect that Plainfield is also favored over DC now at this point of the season too. As I said, I'm looking forward to this re-match to see whether Harrison really has come along in their progress. Likewise, I'm curious to see how Plainfield has improved too. I thought they played a good first game. Both teams have undeniably gotten better throughout the season. I worry about Harrison's schedule though. Jefferson was a great win for Harrison, but Marion, McCutcheon, Anderson, Tech, and Richmond are, no offense, truly terrible teams. I think Plainfield's worst win, Greenwood, beats all of these teams (close over McCutcheon, blowout over rest). Plainfield is undeniably more battle-tested than Harrison and it could play to a possible Quaker advantage next week. Plainfield's victory over Decatur looked good at the time. It was a clean ball game for the most part and it made homecoming much sweeter. However, as Decatur worsens (they lost to Perry Meridian), the win doesn't look as good. If I had to make a chart of each teams win based on strength, I think it would go like this: Great Wins: Harrison over Jefferson Good Wins: Plainfield over Martinsville Decent Wins: Plainfield over Decatur, Plainfield over Perry, Harrison over Logansport, Harrison over Plainfield Easy Wins: Plainfield over Greenwood, Harrison over McCutcheon Weenie Hut Jr's: Harrison over Marion, Tech, Anderson, Richmond Edited October 20, 2022 by roaringthunderdlr 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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