whoisjeff

Let's wait till October 6th-12th to talk about MBA vs BA. Should be a GREAT one though. Don't count out MBA so soon. I don't know how some of you guys are comparing MBA's team last year to this years team, its a 360 degree turn.

Undefeated? Lets not get too far ahead of ourselves. They'll have their hands quite full next week with MBA if they can even get past McCallie undefated.

What are you talking about? You go all out every game. There is no off weeks especially when playing an old super 7 team. Yes, it will be ugly against MBA but not from being bruised by McCallie. It will be ugly from getting completely dominated.

McCallie by 3-4 TD's. If they get closer, they will have proven themselves. I can't see a way that they win this one.

MBA in this one.. best team @ MBA in awhile...

for some reason I believe boski is vastly under rating HHS... should be a good game though

Doesn't Maplewood run a wing-t style offense? I don't see the problem with putting 8 in the box if this is true.

56-14 with backups coming in beginning of 2nd quarter, it got ugly fast opening up with a kick return from EJ Vinsang. It was 21-0 3 minutes into the game, yes 3 minutes.

Agreed, I can't wait for October 12, MBA vs BA. Big rivalry with a lot of things riding on this one. Will be fun to watch this one, also see how many college recruiters show up.

The problem with HILLSBORO's 3 step drop is there was no 2nd hot read. MBA had 7 sacks... yes 7. When his 1st hot read wasn't open he didnt have another receiver to read. Also, #11(their 2nd qb) wasn't given any rollouts which could have relieved some pressure that MBA was bringing. I didn't like there almost no variety, its just going to work against a team like MBA. But Maplewood not being MBA, I hope they do what they did against MBA. Just bad game planning IMO.

MBA dominated the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball, dont expect BA to be any different. Look for Baylor to look away from the run and concentrate more on the pass as thats the only place they stand a chance. Please Baylor dont be arrogant and actually believe you can run the ball successfully against BA. PASS THE BALL, EXPOSE WEAKNESSES. I will admit they did better against wilks/gray than i thought they would, still its Baylors best shot.

I don't disagree that he's not the best athlete. He got in at RB/WR/FS and made plays where ever he was. I just think that Seward is more as of a threat when hes coming out of the backfield. If you were at the game you could just see this guy fly... his first step as soon as the play started is booming, he lines up 3-4 yards behind the line just because their coach realized he doesnt need more than a step to scan the line and get his motor going full speed. Just what I think though... maybe if they didnt look for Gordon the whole 2nd half and just let Seward run a couple more traps, they could have come back.

Wondering if Wowcraft means MBA is mediocre.... Dont count JP2 out too early, Tate can score at any time. Also if you've actually seen one of their games, you will notice they CAN move the ball they just shoot theirselves in the foot with dropped passes going for INT's etc... I will confess that their D is treadful but that can be coached up. In the end MBA - 56 JP2 - 0 (if wesley breaks a couple plays, as MBA has shown signs of bad tackling expect this to go up)

OK I figured I'd jump in now as I've been reading this whole thread and hearing that MBA's defense is not the better than Maplewoods. MBA has the best defense in the state hands down. They were exposed with bad tackling in the first half with a GREAT back out of Seward. A warning to Maplewood, Seward is up there with the best backs in the state no doubt. Eric Gordon is a factor but watching the game vs MBA, it is very obvious Seward is their bread and butter. To the guy saying Hillsboro is very simple.... YES THIS IS TRUE, but stop it.... They run their fades/digs, then a bubble or jailbreak screen, couple of tosses, traps, and HB screens. You can argue that Arent isn't rattled, you could also argue that all of the passing plays they run are based on timing, and steps. His completion/attempts were great because they ran 3 step drop all night. Its obvious when they run a screen because its the only time he takes more than a 3 step drop with the exception of the fade/digs they run. Screens and fade/digs were both 7 so I will say I dont like their passing game, but they ran the trap exceptionally well. About their tosses, they did not work in the 2nd half because MBA switched up their man blitz switching the DT containing to the DE's coming outside the DT. This put the DE's in Sewards face in seconds. MBA's D.. with their coaching/discipline I really believe they are the best in the state. Disagree as you wish. Also they didnt shut out Antioch.. they returned a fumble recovery for a TD,they shutout out Baylor. Say what you want about speed, but without discipline, speed is nothing. Maplewood is better off keeping 6-7 in the box all night to contain Seward then worry about Eric Gordon/Garrett. Regarding Eric Gordon, he is a great receiver dont get me wrong, but I just don't think Arent is good enough to show his true potential. In the end... Hillsboro - 21 Maplewood - 10