MIC Week #6

[temptation]

Back to "in conference play" for all "eight" schools....26-6 on the year.

Ben Davis @ Lawrence North:  The Giants came back to earth last week and sweated one out against Warren after continually shooting themselves in the foot (17 penalties), facing a freshman quarterback and allowing Warren to score two special teams touchdowns.  They can't afford to do it again, especially on the road against a good LN squad coming off its first loss of the season.  I am still not sure who the second best team in the MIC is but LN is right there in the conversation.  They hang around before losing late.  BD wins 30-24.

Center Grove @ Lawrence North:  Trojans return to the "road" for the first time since the opening week and play an in-state team for the first time.  The Bears have been extremely underwhelming though I expect them to get up for this one.  I'll say its close in the first half and then CG pulls away,,,31-17.

North Central @ Carmel:  I had to do a double take this morning...17 losses in a row for NC?  Really?  Make it 18 as Carmel figured some things out last week.  Carmel wins 34-0.

Pike @ Warren Central:  Surely the folks on the east side would scoff at the notion that their Warriors earned a moral victory last week against BD but I am not one of them.  Warriors showed fight despite losing their QB early to injury and a couple other defensive keys later.  They'll get back in the win column this week with an easy breather against lowly Pike.  Warriors win comfortably.  31-10.

What say you?

[Slobberknocker]

7 minutes ago, temptation said:

Back to "in conference play" for all "eight" schools....26-6 on the year.

Ben Davis @ Lawrence North:  The Giants came back to earth last week and sweated one out against Warren after continually shooting themselves in the foot (17 penalties), facing a freshman quarterback and allowing Warren to score two special teams touchdowns.  They can't afford to do it again, especially on the road against a good LN squad coming off its first loss of the season.  I am still not sure who the second best team in the MIC is but LN is right there in the conversation.  They hang around before losing late.  BD wins 30-24.

Center Grove @ Lawrence North:  Trojans return to the "road" for the first time since the opening week and play an in-state team for the first time.  The Bears have been extremely underwhelming though I expect them to get up for this one.  I'll say its close in the first half and then CG pulls away,,,31-17.

North Central @ Carmel:  I had to do a double take this morning...17 losses in a row for NC?  Really?  Make it 18 as Carmel figured some things out last week.  Carmel wins 34-0.

Pike @ Warren Central:  Surely the folks on the east side would scoff at the notion that their Warriors earned a moral victory last week against BD but I am not one of them.  Warriors showed fight despite losing their QB early to injury and a couple other defensive keys later.  They'll get back in the win column this week with an easy breather against lowly Pike.  Warriors win comfortably.  31-10.

What say you?

Typo: Center Grove @ Lawrence North should be Center Grove @ Lawrence Central

[temptation]

1 minute ago, Slobberknocker said:

Typo: Center Grove @ Lawrence North should be Center Grove @ Lawrence Central

Thanks.  Was in a hurry.  Capsule still reflects my prediction.

[BDGiant93]

I'm worried about the LN/Ben Davis game. The Giants cannot play anywhere close to the way they did against Warren and be successful. That said, with all the mistakes, that's a game they would have lost in the recent past. They got lucky, and they did enough to win. 

I agree largely with your picks. Poor North Central. In 2019, they were MIC co-champs. In 2020, they were competitive and in the hunt. The drop has been precipitous. Hopefully Derek Hart can turn it around.

[LC_Bears_04]

Ben Davis by 10

Center Grove by 21

Carmel by 35

Warren Central by 21

[temptation]

4-0 (30-6)

[Grover]

For all the supposed animosity, I saw a lot of respect last night from both CG’s and LC’s players. It reiterates that other teams’ refusal to play us is about adult egos and not what is in the kids’ best interest. 

[temptation]

1 hour ago, Grover said:

For all the supposed animosity, I saw a lot of respect last night from both CG’s and LC’s players. It reiterates that other teams’ refusal to play us is about adult egos and not what is in the kids’ best interest. 

Tell ‘em!