Bishop's Cup 2022

[PurplePanther]

This game is always interesting and will be so again this year.

Pope has the highly touted QB who has a great RB and added a monster WR to the skill group.  If he has time, the QB will slice you up.  They have a brand new O-Line that is hard to gauge since the competition to date has been less than stellar.  Hard to tell what they have on defense other than some interceptions that I've seen highlighted.

Ryan has a new QB that can run.  A speedy RB to go along with a very physical RB is a nice tandem.  O-line has 2 returning starters with others that saw time last year.  Turnovers are the issue with 4 interceptions along with 4 fumbles in two games.  D-Line is playing lights out right now giving up 5 yds in the last game.  Secondary is still a concern. That being said, the defense held Brentwood scoreless until the 4th quarter.

Who you got?  Needless to say I am rolling with the Irish.

[theawesomebro]

39 minutes ago, PurplePanther said:

This game is always interesting and will be so again this year.

Pope has the highly touted QB who has a great RB and added a monster WR to the skill group.  If he has time, the QB will slice you up.  They have a brand new O-Line that is hard to gauge since the competition to date has been less than stellar.  Hard to tell what they have on defense other than some interceptions that I've seen highlighted.

Ryan has a new QB that can run.  A speedy RB to go along with a very physical RB is a nice tandem.  O-line has 2 returning starters with others that saw time last year.  Turnovers are the issue with 4 interceptions along with 4 fumbles in two games.  D-Line is playing lights out right now giving up 5 yds in the last game.  Secondary is still a concern. That being said, the defense held Brentwood scoreless until the 4th quarter.

Who you got?  Needless to say I am rolling with the Irish.

should be interesting for sure.  i'm going with ryan for no other reason than we scrimmaged them and they looked pretty good even without the full D line.

[JRB]

6 hours ago, PurplePanther said:

This game is always interesting and will be so again this year.

Pope has the highly touted QB who has a great RB and added a monster WR to the skill group.  If he has time, the QB will slice you up.  They have a brand new O-Line that is hard to gauge since the competition to date has been less than stellar.  Hard to tell what they have on defense other than some interceptions that I've seen highlighted.

Ryan has a new QB that can run.  A speedy RB to go along with a very physical RB is a nice tandem.  O-line has 2 returning starters with others that saw time last year.  Turnovers are the issue with 4 interceptions along with 4 fumbles in two games.  D-Line is playing lights out right now giving up 5 yds in the last game.  Secondary is still a concern. That being said, the defense held Brentwood scoreless until the 4th quarter.

Who you got?  Needless to say I am rolling with the Irish.

Felt like I wrote this, until the “rolling with the Irish part”.  I think you have rolled with the Irish the past four years so give me Pope again. I will keep taking Pope until they relinquish the Cup. 

[PurplePanther]

54 minutes ago, JRB said:

Felt like I wrote this, until the “rolling with the Irish part”.  I think you have rolled with the Irish the past four years so give me Pope again. I will keep taking Pope until they relinquish the Cup. 

[cbg]

Father Ryan is 5-22 against D2AAA opponents the past five seasons.  Ladies and gentlemen it’s time to place your bets 

[PurplePanther]

2 hours ago, cbg said:

Father Ryan is 5-22 against D2AAA opponents the past five seasons.  Ladies and gentlemen it’s time to place your bets 

Full disclosure:  I buy a lottery ticket when the jackpot goes over $500M.

[JRB]

8 hours ago, PurplePanther said:

Full disclosure:  I buy a lottery ticket when the jackpot goes over $500M.

PP doesn't even roll out bed for anything less than $499M.

[theawesomebro]

22 minutes ago, JRB said:

PP doesn't even roll out bed for anything less than $499M.

hahahaha

[LouPickney]

104.5 the Zone will broadcast the Bishop's Cup as their game of the week. So both this and MBA/McCallie (Hippie Radio 94.5) will be on FM radio tonight in Nashville, though MBA's game starts a half-hour earlier.

Tuesday morning I woke up having dreamed Father Ryan won 23-16. Nothing but the score. We'll see. I've only seen Pope Prep in hudl videos, and they've looked impressive.

Two keys:
1. Pope Prep defense vs. Father Ryan runs/screens outside the tackles. When the Irish started to rally after falling into a big hole early against East two weeks ago, that was part of the equation.
2. Pope Prep QB throwing accurately under pressure.

When Brentwood High had time to unload the ball against Father Ryan, or perhaps less hesitation about throwing riskier passes once they were down by 10 in Q4, there were a couple of plays where the receiver got a step on the Irish secondary and the throws were accurate. And that's when the Bruins finally got it clicking a bit more on offense.

I'm very interested in seeing how Pope Prep's offensive line performs. The Irish DL has been stout, and JP2 under their prior HC had an especially well-coached OL.

Should be an intense game. Father Ryan hasn't beaten JP2 since the 2017 playoffs. The Knights have won six Bishop's Cup games in a row.

[JRB]

2 hours ago, LouPickney said:

104.5 the Zone will broadcast the Bishop's Cup as their game of the week. So both this and MBA/McCallie (Hippie Radio 94.5) will be on FM radio tonight in Nashville, though MBA's game starts a half-hour earlier.

Tuesday morning I woke up having dreamed Father Ryan won 23-16. Nothing but the score. We'll see. I've only seen Pope Prep in hudl videos, and they've looked impressive.

Two keys:
1. Pope Prep defense vs. Father Ryan runs/screens outside the tackles. When the Irish started to rally after falling into a big hole early against East two weeks ago, that was part of the equation.
2. Pope Prep QB throwing accurately under pressure.

When Brentwood High had time to unload the ball against Father Ryan, or perhaps less hesitation about throwing riskier passes once they were down by 10 in Q4, there were a couple of plays where the receiver got a step on the Irish secondary and the throws were accurate. And that's when the Bruins finally got it clicking a bit more on offense.

I'm very interested in seeing how Pope Prep's offensive line performs. The Irish DL has been stout, and JP2 under their prior HC had an especially well-coached OL.

Should be an intense game. Father Ryan hasn't beaten JP2 since the 2017 playoffs. The Knights have won six Bishop's Cup games in a row.

Let's go Pope!  

I think Pope has more unknowns - new coach, noncompetitive schedule to date, and loss of OL to graduation- so today is the first step in answering some of those questions.  Long, sustained drives that keep our D on the sidelines would be nice.

Will Lou and PP both be in Giacosa Stadium tonight?  When does the tailgate begin?

Edited September 2, 2022 by JRB

[LouPickney]

Congrats to Pope Prep on the 49-35 victory. Pope DL #65 had a dominant first half. It's like what happens if your opponent correctly guesses your play in Tecmo Super Bowl, only on every play.

Pope QB #4 was as good as advertised. Not many high school quarterbacks can make a throw like this:

Father Ryan never gave up, and clearly they came out of the long lightning delay fired up.

Glad we didn't get a repeat of Clarksville NE at Father Ryan in 2016 where everyone had to come back on Saturday morning to finish the game.

MBA at Pope Prep on Sep. 30 is going to be an interesting game later this season. MBA won at McCallie tonight in a thriller.

Edited September 3, 2022 by LouPickney

[JRB]

I expected  a high scoring game, just thought Ryan would keep it closer.