Brentwood Academy at BGA

[sportshooter]

FYI BA's male breakdown:

 

Senior class - 47 boys in the class, of which 16 play football

Junior class - 58 boys in the class, of which 26 play football

Sophomore class - 59 boys in the class, of which 23 play football

Freshman class - 66 boys in the class, of which 34 play football (none on the varsity team however)

 

230 boys in the high school, 99 on the football team - 65 (not including freshmen) that play "varsity"

 

Not much disparity between BGA and BA numbers wise - BA has guys that go both ways too.

 

BGA has 19 Juniors and Seniors on the football team vs. 42 at BA. That is a significant disparity in numbers in the upper classes. BGA's freshman and sophomore numbers are more in line with BA's so this won't be an issue in two years. BGA has two freshmen starters and seven sophomores. How many freshmen and sophomores start at BA? Numbers aside, BGA will show up and compete.

 

 

Numbers on the football team is not the issue - number of boys in the school is - I would bet the number of boys in the junior and senior class are roughly the same or somewhat close - getting more boys to come out for the team is where these "depth" issues seem to come into play. BA plays 6 sophomores and a handful of others see some spot duty, the youth is a non issue (most of the "playing" team is juniors) - no freshmen play because they aren't needed, they have their own team (again most of the team is sophomores and juniors).

 

I never questioned BGA showing up to play, I know they will, they always do. I always cringe a little bit when someone mentions "youth" or "inexperience" to justify their shortcomings. Both teams have played a number of games and scrimmages (along with 2 months of practice and a long summer and spring of strength and conditioning).

 

Should be a great game.

 

Matt86, to state that BGA has a young team is just a fact. However, I agree with you, with five games under their belt this should not be used as an excuse.