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Both QB #'s pretty comparable. Both have 21 passing TD's. Both have 17-18 rushing TD's. Xavier has something that LC doesn't though. It has a special name called "running back". He takes the brunt of the running plays as another option so the QB doesn't get cremated when he can't throw the ball as much. Unless LC has some tricks up their sleeve, I see them as way too one demensional. Xavier = too many weapons = big cal preps win. We will probably see if computers are right soon enough. It would be a heck of a game.
They must never have the ball on offense in the second half, if you look at their stats for their lower tier players. Only 15 pass attempts by their back up and not many rushes after the top 3? Realizing that running clock impacts this. I am not sure if Xavier's D is better than last year's, but we will see. Duggan is a level of athlete you can't "not" scheme for on D and you will have to sacrifice something to keep him contained. I have not seen him play, but guessing he is similar, and probably better than Pella's Clayberg from previous years with some bigger horses up front. Very tough to contain, throws better than Clayberg, LCs leading receiver is also a horse at 6' and 200lbs. That's a big boy for corners to hang on to, and he can probably block well on the outside. Looking at overall speed, the edge might also go to LC as their RBs and Receivers are as fast, if not faster than Xaviers (looking at track stats) and Duggan is considerably faster than all of them.LOL at the coach “padding his son’s stats.” Schulte and the first-team offense has played significant time in the second half once this season, against West Delaware. Twice, I think, they didn’t take a snap in the second half. Two or maybe three other games they had one third-quarter series.
i dont think lewis central will be a running clock...harlan gave lewis central 3 easy tds,,,and harlan dropped a pass that was a sure tdXavier and LC will both put running clocks on the scoreboard
With the dome on that field, I can't imagine it holding water. It looks like it drops 2ft from center to sideline. Looking at Decorah's stats, I don't think they have a chance. No passing threat. Xavier LBs too good to put up the run yards needed to keep up with Xavier's O.I see Decorah giving Xavier a bit better game if it is not a mud fest of a field.
With the dome on that field, I can't imagine it holding water. It looks like it drops 2ft from center to sideline. Looking at Decorah's stats, I don't think they have a chance. No passing threat. Xavier LBs too good to put up the run yards needed to keep up with Xavier's O.
the 2 teams listed are probably heavy favorites to meet in the final, i did a cal prep projected matchup
Xavier 31 Lewis Central 10
i as shocked that they came up with this lopsided score, maybe i have xavier under-estimated in the quality of team they have. i know xavier is good, but did not believe they would be such a heavy favorite over lewis central....
we all know lewis central has a very good qb, what does xavier have this year?
Xavier and LC will both put running clocks on the scoreboard
Looking at Decorah's stats, I don't think they have a chance. No passing threat. Xavier LBs too good to put up the run yards needed to keep up with Xavier's O.
calpreps has updated it......thanks for the update..i will change itHmmmmm.....not sure where you are seeing that Ron. I just pulled a calprep projection and on a neutral field it was
Xavier 28 Lewis Central 27.
IMO that passes the sniff test better than 31-10.
LC. Somewhere between 3 scores and continual clock.
I don't know if he was better, but it sure appeared that in times of need that the play Xavior called left a kid wide open to throw to that Schulte, Duggan, or Conrad could have completed to. I didn't see those wide open players that Duggan could have tossed to. Basically, Xavior had better play calling on offense and a far better defense. Duggan still a better player. LC threw the bomb way too often. Had no momentum...Watch the film from tonight's game. Schulte was better.
Duggan has frame, speed and arm over Schulte. So he has the better potential. LCs linebackers made Schulte look great last night. I was surprised how vacant that next level was. Both Schulte and Stovie are patient runners, but it seemed as if the LB level of LC evaporated every time Xavier ran the ball. They also manhandled the LC defense without Volk and without their leading receiver on the year. That receiver was the only one who scored in the Pella game. I didn't see LC's Iowa recruit DT making that much noise either. He had a couple of nice plays, but it did not appear that Xavier was running away from him. Half of Schulte and stovies runs were up the middle. It reminded me of last year's Solon/Xavier game where again you had multiple D1 caliber players on Solon D and Xavier ran all over them. In the Pella game Schulte and Stovie combined for only 112yds. Last night they had 263. Defense wins championships and Xavier will show that. They have good players on offense, but their Defense can cripple even a 4-star dual threat QB with an all-state level receiver.Duggan and Schulte are both great football players. It can be a disservice to them to try and argue who's better although I understand the nature of comparisons. Both can play on my team any day of the week.
I was surprised how vacant that next level was. Both Schulte and Stovie are patient runners, but it seemed as if the LB level of LC evaporated every time Xavier ran the ball.
Not taking away from Xavier's front, but I don't think there was anything creative in Xavier's run scheme. 2 options Stovie or Schulte. With all the hype about LC's D, I was expecting more. (As I was the previous year with Solon). Both are good running backs, but neither IMO at the level of runner that MWilson was. Schulte didn't even really have to develop a passing game to keep them honest. Also losing Volk is big. I understand Xavier is next man in, but that's hard to replace and still didn't notice any drop in performance. I would expect more from my LBs, and yes you are having a bad day, when a team really isn't passing and your FS is the leading tackler. Credit to Simmons though, he was a good player that lived up to the hype. He had some nice catches and was definitely an impact player.This is a good observation, although I’d posit that Xavier’s blocking & game plan had something to do with the linebackers “evaporating.” Simmons, the LC safety, had to be the leading tackler on the night, and that appeared to be extremely unusual for the Titans. He wasn’t among the top 12 or 15 tacklers on the team coming into the game.