As of today I am really leaning Liberty North as the #1 team in this Metro.
They have a very favorable schedule from here on out. Hard to tell if St. Joe Central is for real, but should be a good matchup.
Now that the two are pretty much "eye to eye" as opposed to especially the first 10 years of Staley's existence I soooooo agree.
I haven't seen Kearney now that they are reasonably healthy but disagree. Oak Park gets off to slow starts and honestly benefitted from Marriott's wild throws into traffic. Rooney is a far better QB so that would be a close game but, of course, we will never know.
K didnt play the same Fort O that Gv did to begin with but it was also a week 1 matchup which is always nowhere near the ream you see in the later part of the season. Not only is GV's Defense improving every game but there offense is getting better every game as well which is downright scary. GV still has injuries on the defensive side which wont get back in the lineup til weeks 7 or 8 if i remember right.
I also see Minnick is getting pretty high on his O Line. It seemed inconsistent the first three weeks but that was the gauntlet and didn't have the skill players in place back then. AGAIN the huge key once we get back to the big Kearney games is DISCIPLINE. If they clean that up the sky's the limit. I always take the "off the pace" team over one like last year shockingly going 10-0 having not really experienced the adversity needed to stay focused over the long haul.
No offense to KC area C5 fans but still see nothing indicating whomever survives District 8 will have much for Webb City in the Quarterfinal. Would LOVE to be wrong but just call it as I see it much trouble as it sometimes gets me in............
WC is gonna be a task to handle for any team this year, coming out of 8 looks to be GV this year if all goes as has been. With that I believe they will host the same amount of games as WC and so it will be hosted by WC if i can read correctly lol. That stacks the deck in WC favor a bit more. I will be interested to see this game and maybe i will finally see you there. Factors i see playing into this are 1. Can WC stop the GV offense they can run with Williams and Caldarella can throw from one side of the field to the other, 2. how good is GV defense by this time of the year because they are gonna have to be good on every play not just 90% of them. 3. is the unknown who is back from injury or who has been added to the injured list at the time.
Ongoing key take it from a Kearney guy: First time seeing Webb and what they do is extremely difficult ask Rockhurst 2014. This team is, in my distant opinion, not nearly that good (likely JRod's best ever) but their lines look very physical and that O system is still in place. This, so far, is a very key injury driven season. Many weeks til we really discuss this but just my observation as of today.
every game ive been to this year at every level has some questionable crews but unless we wanna lace up which i dont, then we really cant complain
Not complaining. Just reminding others of the excuses at their disposal.
A totally thankless very low paying job and there is an ongoing shortage. Don't envy them one bit.
Last I checked, turnovers were part of the game and generally the opposing team is considered a factor in making those happen.
