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Midwest has become the Mecca of football

NorthKansascity
For over a dozen years, I’ve observed a growing trend in football: as speed training techniques are refined and mastered, athletes who are naturally gifted and run a 4.5 in 8th grade are quickly losing that advantage as they enter college and don’t see the same rate of improvement as bigger, stronger players from the Midwest.


Over time, these Midwest athletes, while initially a step slower, close the gap in speed while maintaining their physical superiority. They combine this with an unmatched work ethic and a relentless dedication to training. The result? An emerging dominance from Midwest schools and players at every level of competition.


While you can’t train to become a once-in-a-generation talent like Jeremiah Smith, the combination of size, strength, and a deep commitment to improvement is shifting the balance of power in football. This trend is evident in recent championships:


  • Division I: Notre Dame (Indiana) or Ohio State
  • FCS: North Dakota State University
  • Division II: Ferris State (Michigan)
  • Division III: North Central (Illinois)
  • NAIA: Grand View (Iowa)

The future of the sport will see more and more of these Midwest athletes and schools rise to the top as the Southern schools and athletes do not train or prepare like their northern counterparts.
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West Plains is open

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TadQueasy said:
They graduated several, but I think he would be fine there in the next few years if he had stayed. This was way more about the culture with parents and admin than about players.
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They ran Ary off, Perkins, and now Wyatt. And Womack in girls bball on top of that. I got the 100% scoop finally on what happened with Womack and I hope the athletic programs at WP reap what the admin, AD, and school board have sowed.
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West Plains is open

ChaoticFanatic
TadQueasy said:
They graduated several, but I think he would be fine there in the next few years if he had stayed. This was way more about the culture with parents and admin than about players.
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They have their best lineman back(he’s a unit), one of the RB tandem(the quicker one) is returning, as well as the best WR. I’m sure there are others, but you are correct, the cupboard definitely isn’t empty. Probably could have cranked out another 7-8-9 win season and another district title.
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West Plains

ChaoticFanatic
Comeagle said:
I saw them play Nixa a few weeks ago. I thought they played fairly well and played hard. They were better than I thought they would be. I wouldn’t be surprised if they aren’t capable of beating any Class 5 team in the area with the exception of Marshfield. But even with Marshfield you never know.
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They already lost to Marshfield in the Pink & White but they’ll have rematches in the conference slate and possibly district tournament so we shall see.

Very inconsistent without Womack at the helm, that’s my opinion.
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SCA

ChaoticFanatic
After what I’ve seen so far this season, here are my updated predictions.

1. Mountain Grove
2. Thayer(probably)
3. Willow Springs
4. Liberty
5. Ava
6-8. Houston, Salem, Cabool in no particular order.

Unless it’s postponed, Willow and Liberty play tomorrow so we’ll find out about that for sure.

I was running back and forth between the Blue & Gold and the Grove Tournament over the holidays and I was very impressed with Grove. Mallow has got that press going very well for them and using their athleticism and being aggressive and forcing turnovers and making other teams make mistakes.

I still have not seen Thayer this year, but from what I’ve seen from Willow, I just can’t put them above Thayer until proven otherwise.
Willow has all the talent, athleticism and physical tools at their disposal and the best PG and possibly or probably the best pure ball player in the conference in Jones, but what they lack is consistent effort. They’re still young in the sense that it’s 4 juniors and 1 senior starting and the first 2-3 off the bench are juniors and a soph. But they just haven’t shown that killer mentality that you need to win a conference or district title yet.
Maybe that will change with the conference slate firing up now. We shall see. They’re 9-3 but honestly they should be 11-1. Got outplayed by two lesser teams in Twin Rivers in the Van Buren tournament championship and Mammoth Spring in the Battle for the Border championship.
Bunker beat them like a drum in the MG tournament though.
And Grove barely beat Bunker the next day.

Liberty is going to be a mystery, I’ve been told that Chowning broke her hand? If so, any chance they had at finishing top 3 in the conference is(probably) gone.

Hit me with your assessment thus far, Tad
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MAGAts right now don't even realize how dupey they are

Expect2Win
Veer2Eternity said:
MAGA: "CALI LEADERSHIP BUDGET CUTS MADE FIRES WORSE!!"

also MAGA:

"DOGE should cut 1/3 of the federal budget!"

Note: The 'emergency' budget in Cali was 837 million and 17 million was cut.

Yet you think it's a great idea to cut 2 trillion from a 6.5 trillion budget.

DERP!
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They really don't know what sounds good. They just spout what they are told.
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Check My Math

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Total Number of Conference Schools that played in a BCS Bowl Game
Big Ten: 8
SEC: 7
Big 12: 9
Pac 12: 7
ACC: 6
Big East/ American : 9

Total Number of Conference Schools that played in FBS Games
Big 10: 6
SEC: 5
Big 12: 4
Pac 12: 2
ACC: 2

SEC has played in by far the most total games.
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