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Trust me, no one is happy with the drop in enrollment. The current freshman class has always been a small class, but graduating our largest class ever (100+) and replacing it with a class of 45 is a pretty fast way to affect overall HS numbers. The classes to follow are more average sized and we will likely move back to D2-AA unless the numbers change again. But you are correct about the large number of privates in Jackson, with a growing 4th school in the mix now. USJ also has been losing a chunk of would-be freshmen to the academic magnet school every year which, while it doesn't have much impact on athletics, does affect overall enrollment.

USJ likely moving to DII-A as well due to 20% drop in enrollment

USJ won the turnover battle. Hardegree had a solid game plan to bottle up #7 and prevent big plays. Offense ate the clock by pounding the rock with only one big play early and the rest being small chunk yardage. The freshman kicker mixed it up nicely, keeping it away from the deep threat and even forced a couple of turnovers on squib kicks. I believe both teams have much more potential to unlock and am hopeful that both will finish their seasons strong. The biggest winner of the night was RIFA with nearly 55,000 pounds of food collected between the 2 schools this week.

USJ is still a little hard to read. We saw some good things from Reynolds at QB against Crockett when he was forced into action after losing our starting QB for the season. Some of the timing issues, etc. I expect to be cleaned up after taking 1st team reps for a week or two. To be honest, we were so outmatched at Haywood on Friday, I didn't learn much more about our team. Our D is solid but lacks a little top-end speed, so containment of Davis may prove to be a challenge. We don't have that Buie/Miller tandem of course, but we have a variety of weapons and I expect us to score points. I anticipate a fairly high scoring but close rivalry match on Friday night. It will be SRO crowd as always over on Windy City and we are looking forward to it.

I am well aware because I took several of our boys over there to watch after our decision to cancel was final. It seems it could or should have been played, but officials make the call and these 2 officiating crews obviously saw things differently. That being said, there was no reason they couldn't have come back on Friday night when the game was initially scheduled. Oh well, on to the Crockett game.

Chester County is 30 minutes from USJ, so distance is not a factor. Before the officials made the final decision, CC had declared they were not coming back the next day and would not reschedule. Not sure exactly why. I suppose they didn't want to waste any more time and energy on a non-region game. On a related note, the weather was perfect tonight. Such a waste.

Man I loved Coach Seig when he was at NCS back in the 80s. Always one of my favorites. Hopefully he can right the ship. I only follow from afar these days, but sounds like things have gotten a little messy of late.

Lausanne offensive analysis: 1. Lausanne cannot throw a forward pass 2. Lausanne doesn't have to throw a forward pass LCS has a ton of speed in the secondary but not necessarily the tightest coverage. BGA will move the ball well. I suspect this will be a decent matchup and a fairly high scoring affair, but Lausanne will have to make some mistakes for BGA to win. Side note: Lausanne is a pitiful visitor experience. Parking is a nightmare. Be ready to walk half a mile even if you take the shuttle. They have 3 row risers and visitor seats for maybe 100, of which 60 are directly behind your players and you can't see over them.

Not sure about Bitili, but Givens' family are friends of my family and he's been here all his life. Believe it or not, he didn't start out 6'6".