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Post by mdbubba on Nov 25, 2023 11:44:56 GMT -2
Whoa Nellie! Something is in the air as Neutral Observer was in fact observed on this site. I can't wait for his write up, but I will get this party started. Ps. Mamba, we haven't forgot about your write-up too.
4A
3 Wise (11-1) v 5 Broadneck (11-2)-What no QO or NW or Flowers, but there is still Wise. That ship didn't sail, and the Pumas are back in the final. Like Big Macs, fries, and sweet tea at McDonalds, they are steady. I admittedly don't know much about the Bruins, but they did beat a good Churchill team at Churchill. I think Wise is doing what Wise does best, and thats win. Sorry but the Bruins are going down, but I see this as a close hard-fought game. Wise in overtime.
4/3A
3 North Point (13-0) v 4 Mervo (12-1)-Just hand NP the damn trophy now. The QO of southern Maryland is a force to be dealt with. That D is dominating with an O that gets it done. Sorry, Mervo, but you had a nice run. NP by 2 TD's.
3A
1 Oakdale (13-0) v 3 Linganore (12-1)-The battle of New Market, FREDCO, I-70, Rt. 144, Rt. 75, or just the local McDonalds to include the new one being opened next to Oakdale HS. This game is going to have it all. The score will go back and forth, up and down, and sideways when you least expect it. The best athlete on the field is the Oakdale QB who can play anywhere. One of the top RB's in Maryland is also on the field for Linganore. If the Lancer QB and WR's can play at a high level, that will allow the Lancer running game to control the clock and limit an explosive Oakdale O from scoring at will. A lot of great high school football players will be playing their last game, and yes this will be a great game to watch. Does the old coach have something up his sleeve? Linganore in a close one, and I mean really close.
2A
2 Decatur (13-0) v 5 Huntingtown (10-2)-Could this be the best Decatur team of all time? The best Eastern Shore team of all time? Well, time to prove it. As for the Hurricanes, they have been here before. Sorry, OC boys but you aren't in Kansas anymore. Huntingtown by 10.
2/1A
1 Calvert (12-1) v 3 Dunbar (10-0)-The Poets are back, but did they ever leave? Way too many athletes on the 2A level for the Poets to lose IMHO. BUT, Calvert did play North Point close, and Patuxent did play Dunbar close. Another great game but I think Dunbar with its speed and athletes all over the place will be too much for Calvert. Dunbar by 14.
1A
1 Fort Hill (12-0) v 2 Mountain Ridge (11-1)-Lets save gas and play this game out west. No love here between these programs. Hey rifle deer season started today, but you all want to play football, really. Game will be close for a while but expect the Sentinels to wear down the Miners. Ft. Hill by 17.
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Post by Louie on Nov 25, 2023 14:22:48 GMT -2
The best athlete on the field is the Oakdale QB who can play anywhere. I would argue that title belongs to Hunter Thompson. Of Oakdale's big 3 (Nichols, Austin, Thompson) Thompson seems to get the least publicity, but IMO he is the best athlete, and all around most irreplaceable player that Oakdale has. And from what I hear, he is a good person as well.
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Post by mdbubba on Nov 25, 2023 14:29:29 GMT -2
The best athlete on the field is the Oakdale QB who can play anywhere. I would argue that title belongs to Hunter Thompson. Of Oakdale's big 3 (Nichols, Austin, Thompson) Thompson seems to get the least publicity, but IMO he is the best athlete, and all around most irreplaceable player that Oakdale has. And from what I hear, he is a good person as well. What? Such problems to have.
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Post by Jgugs66 on Nov 25, 2023 19:45:33 GMT -2
The best athlete on the field is the Oakdale QB who can play anywhere. I would argue that title belongs to Hunter Thompson. Of Oakdale's big 3 (Nichols, Austin, Thompson) Thompson seems to get the least publicity, but IMO he is the best athlete, and all around most irreplaceable player that Oakdale has. And from what I hear, he is a good person as well. When I was writing for a UMD site, I would always mention to my boss he was a kid the Terps should’ve been recruiting. How he’s only going to Ohio I don’t understand. His size and quickness is a rare combo and he definitely has a lot of potential.
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Post by Jgugs66 on Nov 25, 2023 19:47:00 GMT -2
Wise, North Point, Linganore, Decatur, Dunbar, Fort Hill. This is how I see this weekend playing out
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Post by wagglepass on Nov 26, 2023 2:55:44 GMT -2
I would argue that title belongs to Hunter Thompson. Of Oakdale's big 3 (Nichols, Austin, Thompson) Thompson seems to get the least publicity, but IMO he is the best athlete, and all around most irreplaceable player that Oakdale has. And from what I hear, he is a good person as well. When I was writing for a UMD site, I would always mention to my boss he was a kid the Terps should’ve been recruiting. How he’s only going to Ohio I don’t understand. His size and quickness is a rare combo and he definitely has a lot of potential. This reminds me of #77 Carter Hess from Fort Hill. He has absolutely dominated every OL Fort Hill has played the last two years. He has to be among, if not the best lineman in the state regardless of class. Despite being double teamed, held and chopped blocked every week. He has committed to Fordham and a degree from there certainly would highlight any resume. He has a 4+ GPA so that's not an issue. I would have thought at least Maryland would have shown some interest. twitter.com/i/status/1728193035362587051
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Post by mdbubba on Nov 26, 2023 11:50:27 GMT -2
When I was writing for a UMD site, I would always mention to my boss he was a kid the Terps should’ve been recruiting. How he’s only going to Ohio I don’t understand. His size and quickness is a rare combo and he definitely has a lot of potential. This reminds me of #77 Carter Hess from Fort Hill. He has absolutely dominated every OL Fort Hill has played the last two years. He has to be among, if not the best lineman in the state regardless of class. Despite being double teamed, held and chopped blocked every week. He has committed to Fordham and a degree from there certainly would highlight any resume. He has a 4+ GPA so that's not an issue. I would have thought at least Maryland would have shown some interest. twitter.com/i/status/1728193035362587051The UMD has a different way of thinking and it's not pretty.
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Post by mdhsf1201 on Nov 26, 2023 12:08:17 GMT -2
This reminds me of #77 Carter Hess from Fort Hill. He has absolutely dominated every OL Fort Hill has played the last two years. He has to be among, if not the best lineman in the state regardless of class. Despite being double teamed, held and chopped blocked every week. He has committed to Fordham and a degree from there certainly would highlight any resume. He has a 4+ GPA so that's not an issue. I would have thought at least Maryland would have shown some interest. twitter.com/i/status/1728193035362587051The UMD has a different way of thinking and it's not pretty. This is all I’ll say about the terps- don’t want to get too off topic on this board. One of their biggest issues has been and will continue to be player development along with a misunderstanding of where they stand amongst the better programs in the BIG. The amount of kids that go to Maryland and get better seem to be few and far in between. They frequently go for the big fish (as they should) but can you blame anyone for not going to a spot where guys don’t seem to get better? They also frequently show little to no interest in the 2/3 star guys who could make a difference. Maybe they know they can’t develop, so why try. But I have a hard time believing that they couldn’t get Hunter Thompson/Evan Austin if they really tried. Both kids aren’t the highest rated, but they have specific skills that could at least provide depth. Austin is a great athlete. Probably more of a slot corner/receiver in college, but he has great production and is super elusive. As for Thompson, I’d love to see a guy with his measurements get a shot at outside corner or even safety. I’ve heard Locks is a great recruiter, and I’ve yet to see it. I wish more local kids would stay home.
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Post by lurker on Nov 26, 2023 13:00:55 GMT -2
The UMD has a different way of thinking and it's not pretty. This is all I’ll say about the terps- don’t want to get too off topic on this board. One of their biggest issues has been and will continue to be player development along with a misunderstanding of where they stand amongst the better programs in the BIG. The amount of kids that go to Maryland and get better seem to be few and far in between. They frequently go for the big fish (as they should) but can you blame anyone for not going to a spot where guys don’t seem to get better? They also frequently show little to no interest in the 2/3 star guys who could make a difference. Maybe they know they can’t develop, so why try. But I have a hard time believing that they couldn’t get Hunter Thompson/Evan Austin if they really tried. Both kids aren’t the highest rated, but they have specific skills that could at least provide depth. Austin is a great athlete. Probably more of a slot corner/receiver in college, but he has great production and is super elusive. As for Thompson, I’d love to see a guy with his measurements get a shot at outside corner or even safety. I’ve heard Locks is a great recruiter, and I’ve yet to see it. I wish more local kids would stay home. Sorry but darn near most these named local favorites some of you pimp for Maryland that would catapult UMD in the BIG stage are really dime a dozen or or 15-cents for two dozen players. Yes some are local stars but would not be a lighted match on any big time college stage. Heck, I've looked back many of those some of named going years back and most disappeared where they ended up going. Sorry to bring the truth to some of you couch (forum recruit) pimps who think you can out perform Locks.
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Post by tube on Nov 26, 2023 14:03:11 GMT -2
Man Lurker, I like to read some of your football knowledge, sorry to say, but sometimes you let your personality shine too brightly.
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Post by mdbubba on Nov 26, 2023 16:26:56 GMT -2
The UMD has a different way of thinking and it's not pretty. This is all I’ll say about the terps- don’t want to get too off topic on this board. One of their biggest issues has been and will continue to be player development along with a misunderstanding of where they stand amongst the better programs in the BIG. The amount of kids that go to Maryland and get better seem to be few and far in between. They frequently go for the big fish (as they should) but can you blame anyone for not going to a spot where guys don’t seem to get better? They also frequently show little to no interest in the 2/3 star guys who could make a difference. Maybe they know they can’t develop, so why try. But I have a hard time believing that they couldn’t get Hunter Thompson/Evan Austin if they really tried. Both kids aren’t the highest rated, but they have specific skills that could at least provide depth. Austin is a great athlete. Probably more of a slot corner/receiver in college, but he has great production and is super elusive. As for Thompson, I’d love to see a guy with his measurements get a shot at outside corner or even safety. I’ve heard Locks is a great recruiter, and I’ve yet to see it. I wish more local kids would stay home. Locks got a few good ones to attend Illinois and New Mexico and thats about it. Anybody can recruit for Alabama, so thats a wash. He's highly overrated and all he's got is mostly 3* kids. As you said Austin is a great athlete and should have been looked at it, but Locksley is blind. His ability to recruit OL and develop such is almost criminal. Until he gets a good OL and this year's OL is nothing more than D-2 at best, he will not be competitive against the better teams, UM, OSU, PSU, and now USC, Oregon, and UW. Getting 6 wins per year is going to seem like a miracle.
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Post by lurker on Nov 26, 2023 17:46:38 GMT -2
Man Lurker, I like to read some of your football knowledge, sorry to say, but sometimes you let your personality shine too brightly. Come on tube, a one-of-a-kind high school football player is quite rare. Be realistic that there are tons upon tons of equally talented players every where to fill 80 or so FBS slots and all the silly banter that UMD is missing out big time not getting players from Maryland is pure crap. So many in here say UMD does not actively or aggressively seek out MD top talents, usually their own favorite high school talent. I'd venture to speculate that many of these Maryland "divas" -- and many are -- sit back waiting on being sought and don't put forth good diligent efforts to be aggresively sought other than having their film out in the ether to be amazed over. I'll say many even don't approach UMD or attend its camps or do anything extra to get themselves of interest like players from other areas do. I was at UMD's spring game earlier this year and talked to two kids (teammates) and their coach and parents who came up from down south from a school called Mill Creek supposedly a good national or national ranked team. I was sitting there when somone from UMD gave them passes to attend an after game UMD family cookout. Now I recognized several Maryland high school football coaches at the game but not one I recognized had any of their players with them nor did I recognize, of course not knowing all, any of the better state of Maryland high school players. Recruitment can and is often a two-way street and Maryland "talents" to me tend to steer toward the ego needing to be called first and by UMD first instead of going after where one wants to attend college over who has interest in playing for them. Sorry tube, I just see things a little different than just UMD fails to look local first.
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Post by mdhsfbfan on Nov 26, 2023 18:32:12 GMT -2
Man Lurker, I like to read some of your football knowledge, sorry to say, but sometimes you let your personality shine too brightly. Come on tube, a one-of-a-kind high school football player is quite rare. Be realistic that there are tons upon tons of equally talented players every where to fill 80 or so FBS slots and all the silly banter that UMD is missing out big time not getting players from Maryland is pure crap. So many in here say UMD does not actively or aggressively seek out MD top talents, usually their own favorite high school talent. I'd venture to speculate that many of these Maryland "divas" -- and many are -- sit back waiting on being sought and don't put forth good diligent efforts to be aggresively sought other than having their film out in the ether to be amazed over. I'll say many even don't approach UMD or attend its camps or do anything extra to get themselves of interest like players from other areas do. I was at UMD's spring game earlier this year and talked to two kids (teammates) and their coach and parents who came up from down south from a school called Mill Creek supposedly a good national or national ranked team. I was sitting there when somone from UMD gave them passes to attend an after game UMD family cookout. Now I recognized several Maryland high school football coaches at the game but not one I recognized had any of their players with them nor did I recognize, of course not knowing all, any of the better state of Maryland high school players. Recruitment can and is often a two-way street and Maryland "talents" to me tend to steer toward the ego needing to be called first and by UMD first instead of going after where one wants to attend college over who has interest in playing for them. Sorry tube, I just see things a little different than just UMD fails to look local first. When Jordon Addison was in HS, nobody from UMD ever picked-up a phone to call him or bothered to visit him at school. He went on to become one of the top receivers in College football when he was at Pitt (and later USC). He's now playing for the Vikings. There's zero doubt in my mind that UMD sucks at recruiting local top talent. ...and also, when Addison was in HS I can tell you not one of our local PG county board geniuses had any idea who he was because he didn't play for Wise or QO or Flowers. LOL. As for Hunter Thompson, if you wanna see how he compares to a receiver already committed to Maryland, go back and watch the Oakdale / City College game from Friday. Then come back and tell us the kid Maryland made an offer to was the best receiver on the field. Again, they absolutely suck at landing local talent.
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Post by lurker on Nov 26, 2023 20:21:21 GMT -2
Come on tube, a one-of-a-kind high school football player is quite rare. Be realistic that there are tons upon tons of equally talented players every where to fill 80 or so FBS slots and all the silly banter that UMD is missing out big time not getting players from Maryland is pure crap. So many in here say UMD does not actively or aggressively seek out MD top talents, usually their own favorite high school talent. I'd venture to speculate that many of these Maryland "divas" -- and many are -- sit back waiting on being sought and don't put forth good diligent efforts to be aggresively sought other than having their film out in the ether to be amazed over. I'll say many even don't approach UMD or attend its camps or do anything extra to get themselves of interest like players from other areas do. I was at UMD's spring game earlier this year and talked to two kids (teammates) and their coach and parents who came up from down south from a school called Mill Creek supposedly a good national or national ranked team. I was sitting there when somone from UMD gave them passes to attend an after game UMD family cookout. Now I recognized several Maryland high school football coaches at the game but not one I recognized had any of their players with them nor did I recognize, of course not knowing all, any of the better state of Maryland high school players. Recruitment can and is often a two-way street and Maryland "talents" to me tend to steer toward the ego needing to be called first and by UMD first instead of going after where one wants to attend college over who has interest in playing for them. Sorry tube, I just see things a little different than just UMD fails to look local first. When Jordon Addison was in HS, nobody from UMD ever picked-up a phone to call him or bothered to visit him at school. He went on to become one of the top receivers in College football when he was at Pitt (and later USC). He's now playing for the Vikings. There's zero doubt in my mind that UMD sucks at recruiting local top talent. ...and also, when Addison was in HS I can tell you not one of our local PG county board geniuses had any idea who he was because he didn't play for Wise or QO or Flowers. LOL. As for Hunter Thompson, if you wanna see how he compares to a receiver already committed to Maryland, go back and watch the Oakdale / City College game from Friday. Then come back and tell us the kid Maryland made an offer to was the best receiver on the field. Again, they absolutely suck at landing local talent. Guy, I think you just do not know what you are talking about regarding Jordan Addison. Didn't he have offers from UMD, Notre Dame, Wake Forest, Michigan, Pitt, and others? I know for a fact that Jordan made an official visit to UMD. He simply chose Pitt. Regarding UMD, Jordan probably considered at that time the UMD receiver corps of Dontay Demus, DJ Turner, and Rakim Jarrett. Oh, I think DeJuan Ellis and the Steelers coach's son Dino Tomlin were around. Yes Jordon went on to become a freshman starter at Pitt BUT for a short Pitt career since he transferred to the other side of the country some say for NIL bucks, I say to have Caleb Williams toss him the rock for NFL bucks. And fella, I am a "... local PG county board genius..." know nothing outside of Wise-Flowers-QO and I knew of Jordan Addison as he was sought by Maryland at the same time Corey Dyches of Potomac in Oxon Hill PG MD was recruited and committed to UMD.....darn a local MD kid. Go Figure! Regarding looking at Hunter Thompson in the Oakdale - City College game, I do not think so if it's the same City College team who lost to 2A-1A Dunbar 60 to 0. Please suggest a more competitive game to analyze play.
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Post by lionatheart on Nov 26, 2023 20:43:42 GMT -2
Another hijacked thread. GOOD GRIEF!!
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