BigWinners

Beat a good 2A team. SG still has not done that.

Difference between listening to radio and actually seeing it. didnt put it together scorer was kicker and that was a factor. Prob spoiled by how competent RV has been in the kicking game, guess I figured they were confident from 25-in.

Thats a very apt description I think. There have been multiple years where I felt like RV had more overall talent or were playing better than the Bears but once the game started, the RV staff would just go away from what has been working to try and add new wrinkles and it was not smooth. Feels like Union approaches it as another game and goes out to execute the game plan where RV approaches it like they have to beat Union and dig in their bag. Union is banged up, lost another elite runner tonight and still held on. And call me crazy but if I was a coach and had Grant ob my roster, he’s touching it 30 times combined.

I get that. But my point, if it’s 23-21, a FG wins the game. In a low scoring game like that, I’d rather have the point. But again I see why they did it, do you guys not trust the kicker to kick it from further than 20? RV just has a mental block. Something about the Bears on the other sideline, Pack just cannot get over that hump yet.

Bears recover a fumble and that may do it

It is, RV missed rhe 2pt. Had they kicked, it would have been 23-21

Esp since you know you’re going on 4th. Run the ball on third down, pretty simple.

I understand that, but if it’s 23-21, a FG wins rhe game.

Terrible clock management from Bears there

RV gets a TD. 23-20 with about six minutes left. Don’t get going for two there.

Hall to Jones again. Second TD hookup of the night.

Rayvon goes 85 as Bears strike first.

My point is it’s almost possible to truly tell become every school does it differently. Some really want to win and look good at that level, some are just trying to get the kids out to play while others are preparing them for a HS system. Some have their best players play up, some hold back, it’s just wildly different so it’s such a murky look at it. You may very well be right but you cannot be mad at people who take a wait and see approach because in the last 10-15 years, the three shuttered schools did not exactly burn it up and now they’re facing much stiffer competition overall.

I don’t think it’s crazy for 11-12 year olds to play games in pads but repeated live action in practice is not good IMO. The evidence we have coming out now about just how dramatic life changes for people that play 10+ years of padded football with live practice means things gotta change. It’s not gonna be a huge number of guys who just played some HS football that get dementia or CTE but if you make it to the college level, your chances of getting degenerative brain disease are way higher than the general population

Im not sure drastic changes aren’t needed in how tackle football is taught from young ages. With all we now know about concussions and future brain health, I dunno if kids under 18 should be hitting in practice at all. Maybe just shoulders and helmets with light contact but nothing jarring. I see some of these videos of children under age eight out there doing Oklahoma drills, smashing into each other and I find that insane. Their necks aren’t strong enough, im glad BSG doesn’t start that early.