Marist will kill bracket d. Other then that, looks ok. Finding 3 non conference games for schools with traditions are tuff. Schools football tradition qualification is really stupid. In Jca’s Case, they are no longer the power house they were in the past. When JCA can have a offensive line and a separate defensive line with same quality, then they will be the same tradition they once where. I understand most teams have linemen that go both ways, but JCA has linebackers and defensive backs playing both ways also. Running the double wing as a linemen and playing defensive line kills a linemen. No easy task there. Can’t compare to a linemen in a passing offense.
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Agreed. I'm encouraged by this year's freshmen class, though. It has talent and numbers. And, it's Jaws' first class in his tenure. Hopefully, it's the beginning of a trend. They need to start stacking good classes to get back to a competitive level in an ESCC-caliber conference. Lately, they seem to have gotten good classes every three years (2016/2019/2022).
Not so sure about that. But, even if true, somebody kills each division just about every year. So what? Teams go through up and down cycles. Not too long ago, Marist, Benet and Laurence were mediocre programs. Now they are not. Around the same time, PC and MC were unstoppable. Now, not so much. The fact that a team will dominate a division is no reason not to put them that division if it makes sense. What doesn't make sense is to have a division of four with the top four teams in the league in that division.
Absolutely correct pjjp. A good class every 3 years for 15 years. Change the offense????? That’s blasphemy!!! Say two our fathers and 10 Hail Marys and a good act of contrition. Yup, time for an over haul. Agree. The game has moved on. The Naz, montini, ND know our offense to a tee. One weak link on the offense and the offense don’t work. Properly executed it works. But haven’t had enough talent to run it consistent enough successfully to win against the better schools in higher divisions. We got a good offense this year and a good throwing qb. Can run any other offense that’s out there and probably do better. One could only dream. Lol
They were 8A in 2014 when they failed to make the playoffs and when 5A JCA kicked their ass 32-7.
Yes. That one is on me. Math was never a strong area for me.
Yup. JCA has to wait for a down year to win. Point proven. If your waiting for JCA to beat bigger schools on a regular basis like the old days, your wasting your time. Times have changed and so has enrollment. We have a good enough team to do well in 5A playoff if we get there but not enough ammo for the higher class teams. Unfortunately for JCA, the Escc they play is filled with 6A - 8A schools. We may never find out. That’s what I like about this years team. Underdogs that if somehow they can make playoffs, they might go far. Would be interesting to say the least.
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You are crazy. Just because JC has struggled for 2 years, doesn't mean they can never compete or beat bigger schools on a regular basis. It didnt take a down year for JCA to beat Marist, JC routinely beat Marist as a 5A/6A school. JC has a winning record against every team in the ESCC and has been the smallest school in the conference for the last 20 or so years.
You are crazy. Just because JC has struggled for 2 years, doesn't mean they can never compete or beat bigger schools on a regular basis. It didnt take a down year for JCA to beat Marist, JC routinely beat Marist as a 5A/6A school. JC has a winning record against every team in the ESCC and has been the smallest school in the conference for the last 20 or so years.
Dude, you just keep digging a deeper hole for yourself.
The year before JCA beat Marist 32-7, the Hilltoppers beat Marist 49-27 in the same year that Marist went all the way to the 8A semifinals and lost by a single score to the eventual state champs. Was that a "down year" for Marist too? Point proven.
Please, stop using the enrollment argument. JCA was 5A in 2013 and 2014 when they beat Marist like a drum, and they are 5A this year. Marist was 8A then and now.
If there were only some sport their kids could compete in over the winter that would help them here . . .
You act as if we r talking about 15 years ago. JC beat Marist 3 years ago and Marist went on to play in 8a championship that year. The program will be fine. Give jaws a few years.
JCA beat Marist in 2015? Man that is impressive! Marist bent WV over a barrel with minimal lube in the semi finals in 8A. Think the score was something like 32-13 and it wasn’t even as close as the score might indicate.
