I am indifferent on this. I nor any of you know for sure their will be more injuries. You would need to know how many injuries happened before this new scrimmage. Then you would need to do a study after the new scrimmages. My mind is saying yes the number will rise but I have no basis other than it’s against other schools so the kids may go harder than a normal scrimmage.
See that's where my curiosity comes in. I wonder just how intense these scrimmages will be.
It’s teenagers so I would expect them to want to impress.
In theory, but I think coaches will try to curb that as much as they can, depending on how they choose to play the scrimmage.
I think it will be intense. However, I expect returning starting to play very sparingly at most programs.
Just to clarify as I was confused. The Maine South/Kankakee event on Aug. 23 is a scrimmage, not a real "game." The term "game time" was used which made me look up to see if an actual game between the two powerhouses, albeit of much different school sizes, was an actual game.
I have a feeling that former Week 0 "color vs. color" internal scrimmages in some cases have been attended by informal representatives from Week 1 opponents?
I don't think the effort put forth will depend on the week 1 opponent. I don't anticipate any team going all out and I think most coaches will use these scrimmages mainly as a way to determine starters for positions where it may be close between two or more players or to determine if an frosh/soph is worth bringing up.
East is not scrimmaging anyone. They had their live contact scrimmage with refs earlier this morning which is their “week 0 scrimmage”
As of right now from what I’ve been hearing they are trying to find a team in the Midwest to play. I think the ESL classic is out and now they’re just trying to find a game to travel to or come to them. There was rumors the team backed out because of “financial issues” but sent the email the day right after Jonas Williams committed to Oregon…..
Hopefully they find a game. Tough because it has to be a quality team. The team has to believe they have a chance to win.
Exactly. There’s probably a lot of lower class teams that they could fill a game with but none of them in their right mind would play East. Hopefully something opens up for them
It would not be ideal from either side, but Winnebago might need a week 2 game now that Rockford Christian is opting out of the season.
Only thing with that is would Winnebago be willing to play East? Not ideal at all like you said. Right now East is fighting an uphill battle of not only trying to find a game this late but a team that actually wants to play them. Because the chances of a quality team having an open game right now are very slim
