Comments on: NCS Division-by-Division Poll

By: XTower

XTower — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:42:20 +0000

Gymbo,
What’s considered “outside the area?”
Mack and Skyline went to L.A. to play Dorsey and Crenshaw. Tech played at Antelope Valley when it had Andre Crenshaw. Skyline used to play St. Francis on an annual basis and still plays Palma. I’m pretty sure the Titans went to Clovis West and Valencia on one occasion, too, when Beam was there, not to mention Franklin-Stockton. Mack played at Valley Christian when Kyle Reed was the QB.

Here’s the thing I’ve noticed more than anything. SoCal has these made-for-TV games where teams like Hart play Los Al or LB Poly plays Birmingham. Mater Dei played Carson on ESPNU earlier this year. NorCal doesn’t have games on Comcast Bay Area like that. Shoot, I’m not even in the state and I watched the Edison-Servite game this weekend, although those are two O.C. schools, but you get my drift.

By: Kyle Bonagura

Kyle Bonagura — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:18:33 +0000

Gymbo- I don’t know if it’s really about “having the stones” to go outside the area. Travel for an entire football team outside of the area is very expensive and in most cases it makes sense to stay local. I doubt Cal would have made the trip up North if it weren’t for MaxPreps coming to Cal with the proposal to go up there and play at Qwest Field.

From a historical perspective, De La Salle is the only area team that needed to travel outside the area to find teams of its caliber. Therefore, it was has been the only team to travel on a consistent basis.

By: gymbo

gymbo — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:42:54 +0000

Until someone from the Bay Area knocks off DLS, they should and will remain #1. Until Cal went to Bellview, WA I don’t know of another Bay Area team with the stones to take on someone outside of the area.

By: Jimmy Durkin

Jimmy Durkin — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:28:34 +0000

Bill,
Nope, Newman’s in Division III. There is no petitioning up allowed.

Speaking of Newman, sounds like a hell of a game last Friday against Palma. Newman won 34-33 in what could amount to the Division III NorCal title game, which, come to think of it, would be pretty awesome. Have the top two NorCal and top two SoCal teams in each division meet a week before the state bowls to determine the berth. I know they won’t want to add another game or lengthen the season, but that would be sweet.

By: Jimmy Durkin

Jimmy Durkin — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:05:59 +0000

EBAL Fan, yeah I guess in a way my argument states that but those aren’t the only factors in deciding between Cal and DLS (I was only arguing Cal for No. 2 so that’s the only arguments I presented). Since DLS’s other two opponents are better (not significantly better, but still better) than Cal’s other two opponents, DLS has the edge. But I’ll tell you, if Cal had beaten Bellevue, I surely would’ve bumped Cal up to No. 1 after this DLS loss.

By: Bay Area watcher

Bay Area watcher — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:06:06 +0000

On the DFAL scheduling note, I have to say I’m impressed LL’s non-league schedule. Mitty, Cal, two teams from the SFL (best league in Sac) and keeping the Battle of the Creek rivalry with Northgate – well done.

By: billjohnson

billjohnson — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:03:24 +0000

has cardinal newman petition up to d-2?

By: You Know

You Know — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:57:45 +0000

Its good to see that whoever is votig has a pretty good idea about what is what in hs football around here. Except Pitt, Encinal and Middletown are ranked to high.

By: EBAL FAN

EBAL FAN — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:40:23 +0000

Jimmy, by your argument, cal should be ranked ahead of de la salle…..

Kyle, is there was a year MV might beat dls three times out of ten, it would be this year. MV has got to be better than serra and there’s no scare factor left for MV, Foothill or Cal in playing DLS — I would be surprised is someone beat them in the EBAL, but I think this year, I wouldn’t be shocked.

As for Granada, hey they got their chance this week to get some respect.

By: Kyle Bonagura

Kyle Bonagura — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:23:59 +0000

They probably could have, but in the past none of the DFAL teams had to really do any really scheduling because of the old 9-game DFAL schedule. So maybe they weren’t sure what the best route was? Just speculation? I actually liked how the did it though, a good mix of good, average and bad teams.

Of the four games they’ve played, the 7-point loss at Foothill on a late TD impresses me the most. After a mediocre year in 2007, it just will take a little time to get back on the map. Beating LaLo would certainly do that, but we’ll have to wait awhile for that one.