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East Bay FB poll — 10/12
By Chace Bryson
Monday, October 12th, 2009 at 5:00 pm in East Bay Football, East Bay Rankings, Prep Sports.
Here’s the football poll for this week. Enjoy.
FOOTBALL
| Team | Record | Points | Last week |
| 1. De La Salle (10) | 3-2 | 150 | 1 |
| 2. Monte Vista | 4-1 | 140 | 2 |
| 3. Deer Valley | 5-0 | 125 | 3 |
| 4. Berkeley | 6-0 | 120 | 4 |
| 5. Encinal | 4-1 | 108 | 5 |
| 6. Clayton Valley | 5-0 | 97 | 6 |
| 7. Amador Valley | 4-1 | 96 | 8 |
| 8. California | 3-2 | 73 | t10 |
| 9. Pittsburg | 2-3 | 69 | t10 |
| 10. Granada | 3-2 | 59 | 9 |
| 11. San Ramon Val. | 4-1 | 49 | 12 |
| 12. Foothill | 3-2 | 33 | 7 |
| 13. James Logan | 3-3 | 31 | 14 |
| 14. Washington | 3-2 | 21 | NR |
| 15. Concord | 4-1 | 19 | 13 |
Also receiving votes: Oakland Tech (4-1, 8 points), Ygnacio Valley (4-1, 1), San Leandro (3-2, 1). The East Bay poll is voted upon by the prep sports staff of Bay Area News Group-East Bay.
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October 12th, 2009 at 6:04 pm
DLS’ NorCal streak is intact, but MV’s rush defense is not. It will be interesting to see if MV can win out against #7, #12, #10, #8 and then #11 (including 3 road games). If they do, then MV deserves #2, even though Berkeley may run them out of the county in NCS.
October 12th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
How come the prep teams from Solano County (at least from cities of Vacaville, Fairfield, Benicia and Vallejo) are not ranked? nor included? Afetr all alot of other Bay Area Prep Teams play them? Solano County is also part of the Associated Bay Area Governments.
October 12th, 2009 at 6:36 pm
3 Top 11 matchups in the EBAL. Monte Vista at Amador, & Granada at Cal are 2 super matchups this week. We’ll see if MV and Cal can stop the running games of Amador and Granada. SRV was impressive against Foothill last week, but will need to on their A-game traveling to DLS. Another big game in NorCal this week is Del Oro hosting Granite Bay.
October 12th, 2009 at 7:01 pm
Berkeley is the “darkhorse” to win NCS this year. They have loads of talent. But have not had much competition to date. Everyone knows that they will have to wait until the playoffs. In order to demonstrate that talent. The problem is how will those kids respond, when they face some adversity. Because they will not have been tested. That is the big mystery about this team. They will conclude their regular season with a home game vs. Pinole Valley (4-1). That will be a semi-tune up game for them. As they prepare for battle in the NCS playoffs.
If both DLS and Berkeley, win out the rest of the regular season. Will the playoff bracket be set for a title game “collision course” ? I think that could be a 40-30 type of game.
Pittsburg is a team that could emerge. With the BVAL slate set to begin. Look for the Pirates to step up. Obviously their October 23rd game vs. Deer Valley will be huge. Pittsburg played a difficult non-league schedule, going 2-3. This included an 18-16 loss at Berkeley. As well as a 30-20 road loss against Granite Bay. Monte Vista was their other defeat (45-25..on the road).
Clayton Valley (5-0) still has a significant test against Concord (4-1). Concord’s sole defeat by a 27-24 verdict @ San Ramon Valley. Clayton Valley’s biggest win so far was at North Salinas on October 2nd, 27-20. But I am still not sold on these Eagles
October 12th, 2009 at 7:22 pm
bryson
poll correction berkeley is 6-0.
October 12th, 2009 at 7:25 pm
Yep the Del Oro vs. Granite Bay game has huge SJS D-II implications.
October 12th, 2009 at 10:26 pm
I don’t think Berkeley would beat MV. In fact I think they would lose by 14 points or more. De La Salle scored 31 points on Lakeland of Florida the #10 ranked team in the country at that time. That same De La Salle team scored 28 pts on MV.
MV also routed Pitt in the 2nd half of a preseason matchup, winning that on 45-25. Berkeley only beat Pitt 18-16.
Hence, I think MV will beat Berkeley if they get matched up in NCS.
Also, I think De La Salle would beat Berkeley by more than 10. Someone commented that the score might be 40-30. I think it’d be more like 40-7.
Speaking of big matchups this week. I think that the Monte Vista Amador Valley game is going to be a high scoring affair. If Amador’s Defense can put some pressure on Nottingham then they might be able to pull off the upset, especially having homefield advantage.
For this weeks EBAL Contests I’ll take….
Amador over MV 35-28
DLS over SRV 42-14
Cal over Granada 22-21
Foothill over Livermore 42-20
October 13th, 2009 at 12:15 am
Pittsburgh is a good team but with Erick Dargan the remainder of the season it could be tough for them to win enough games to make the playoffs.
October 13th, 2009 at 12:17 am
the winnder of Pitt Heritage this week gets in the playoffs loser stays home. Because Deer Valley most likely goes undefeated. Pitt could have posed a threat with Dargan but without I doubt it. Heritage no way.
October 13th, 2009 at 8:56 am
All Bay Area Preps Fan: They probably consider solano county to be North Bay, and this is a East Bay poll
October 13th, 2009 at 9:59 am
All Bay Area Preps Fan,
As noted, this is the East Bay football poll, so it covers only teams in the East Bay. That’s as far as our newspaper covers, so it would only be fair to just rank teams within our coverage area. If we’re not covering those teams, we wouldn’t be able to properly judge them because we don’t see them play.
October 13th, 2009 at 10:18 am
Poll comments from today’s. Deer Valley and Berkeley should be ahead of DLS and MV. Washington is getting hosed, they beat Cal high but are several spots below them with identical records.
At the Midway Point –
Projected Teams that will make it into Playoffs but No Particular Order, based on how they will finish up, and Not based on today’s record.
Strength of schedule, and all teams are expected to be at least 6-4 or 5-5.
Division I
Amador
Berkeley
Cal
DLS
DV
SR
Granada
Heritage
Logan
MV
San Leandro
Washington
Division II
Clayton
Concord
Hayward
CN
Montgomery
Petaluma
Windsor
Casa Grande
YV
Mt. Diablo
San Lorenzo
Alameda
Division III
Alhambra
EC
Encinal
MC
Novato
Miramonte
Piedmont
Moreau
Healdsburg
Tamalpais
Fortuna
Analy
BOD
Acalanes
Terra Linda
Campo
October 13th, 2009 at 10:19 am
Are you guys covering the teams around here? cause your poll sucks. =(
October 13th, 2009 at 10:29 am
Solano County? Why Solano county? Is there any teams worth mentioning out there other than Vanden? We are talking gridiron, smash mouth football. What are you talking about. The best players and teams are from the East Bay anyway. Why waste are time out there buddy?
Why dont you tell us who’s who in Solano county.
October 13th, 2009 at 10:34 am
yeah killerd have to agree…i still think foothill would get nod over heritage though at this point…heritage is going to have to beat dv or pitt to get in.
yeah granada & srv beats foothill, foothll beats logan so that makes since on polls..so obviously you guys are following a head to head format which makes since…then washington beats cal a team that KILLED SRV and they are 6 spots below them with identical records. while you could argue cal has been more impressive of late how do you use head to head on a few teams then totally ignore on another end.
and then pittsburgh while a talented team has no wins of worth and is 2-3…so are we ranking based on potential or overall body of work?
and amador’s one loss is to DLS and have quality win over granada…i dont think clayton valley has even played a team that would come within 3 td’s of granada…so not sure how you continue to throw that respect that way…what you guys are saying is play a cupcake schedule, be at a contra costa school, and we will put you in the poll…
October 13th, 2009 at 10:35 am
I agree that Clayton Valley has not been tested yet but have Won 15 straight Regular season games and have won 17 out of there last 18 with only loss to Cardinal Newman in NCS Championship
October 13th, 2009 at 10:38 am
flip flop washington and pitt…slide cal wash and av ahead of clayton valley and now you have a poll.
October 13th, 2009 at 10:42 am
again not saying clayton valley not a good team, but at this point we are 6 weeks into season…we should have a solid gauge on overall body of work…so shouldn’t have to rely on past history teams for a ranking anylonger. clayton valley could very well deserve that spot, but all i am saying is they need to prove it before it is handed to them
October 13th, 2009 at 10:45 am
if you make this statement:
“Deer Valley and Berkeley should be ahead of DLS and MV”
-your post has no credibility
October 13th, 2009 at 11:36 am
oh yes i didnt see that…have to agree dv and berkeley should not be ahead of them…you could argue dv ahead of mv, but neither ahead of dls…
consider this stat…
top 5 teams opponent records: (relevant d1 teams only)
#1 DLS – 20-4
#2 washington – 17-8
#3 pitt – 17-9
#4 cal / granada 15-10
#5 foothill 16-11
bottom 5 teams
berkeley 6-26-1 (tought to count them to seriously, and if pitt loses this week that win not even all that great)
amador valley 7-17
dv 10-16
san leandro 10-15
heritage 13-13
October 13th, 2009 at 12:04 pm
Hard to believe MV would give up almost 400 yards to one guy and still lose just 28-21. Seeing Foothill lose back to back to Granada and SRV is also strange. If Berkeley is so good, why didn’t they schedule any competition this year? San Leandro will run table in HAAL again, but can they win in the playoffs this year? Looking forward to Wash/Logan game in MVAL.
October 13th, 2009 at 12:08 pm
DLS is an unequalled program, But things do go down or drop sometimes for a bit.
DLS was beaten by Two teams with having Superior athletes and solid schemes. Playmakers abound on Bosco and Lakeland.
Berkeley and DV have too many Playmakers for DLS this year…………….this ranking has NOTHING to do with last year or the last 20 years.
October 13th, 2009 at 1:21 pm
I hope Encinal does play B-High. That game would be awesome. B-High is extremely fast, big as hell, talent up and down that roster. The seats would be filled with college recruiters because both teams are filled with D-1 collegiate athletes. Coach Zo is a football genius and serves as a role model for a lot of young ball players. Coach Tenario puts his best on the field and lets them play ball. B-High should make this happen. The NCS needs to allow this
October 13th, 2009 at 1:29 pm
I dont know Matt Rempel maybe because Zo runs a pro style offense and tells the entire Bay Area Im going to run the ball down your throats. And it always seems to happen year in and year out.
And all you can say is your looking forward to watching Washington play James Logan.
October 13th, 2009 at 2:35 pm
too many playmakers are you kidding me? when you play the schedule that DV and Berkeley have it’s easy to make the whole team look like playmakers. Berkeley has a great back in Galvin no doubt about it. and from what I was informed of on the board have a line with good size. but c’mon they beat a down Pitt team without it’s best player by 2 points and DV struggled against Vallejo. And trust me neither Berkeley or DV playmakers are anywhere close to being on a level with Bosco or Lakeland’s playmakers.
October 13th, 2009 at 2:37 pm
deer valley and Berkeley should play a e.b.a.l team.
they wouldnt stand a chance
October 13th, 2009 at 3:13 pm
DLS has played one of the most difficult schedules in the NATION (probably in the top 10 most difficult), and the unbeaten streak against NorCal schools is intact. In addition, their QBs will be more game-tested finishing out the EBAL schedule. Current roster considered and ignoring the past 20 years, it would still be a major upset for either Berkeley or DV (or any other NCS team for that matter) to beat DLS this year, with props to Grant.
October 13th, 2009 at 3:55 pm
Murdoc it “happens year in and year out” due to the lack of competition in Berkeley’s schedule… look what happens in the playoffs “year in and year out”… first round loss than the same old tired Raiders saying, “We’ll get them next year. =p
I agree with Matt, I’m looking forward to the logan vs wash game.
October 13th, 2009 at 8:35 pm
How does everyone keeps saying Pitt played without their star RB? Dargan didn’t get hurt until the end of the 3qtr and the score was 16-12 Pitt. Dargan only had one touchdown in 3qtrs.
October 13th, 2009 at 8:46 pm
please name all of these athletes that are at DV and Berkeley. they don’t have the coaches to match DLS and we have seen way to many time superior athletic teams lose to DLS because of there coaching. However, both these schools at least this year would play very competitively in the EBAL, especially DV.
October 13th, 2009 at 9:29 pm
ok so he played but the injury occurred before they played berkeley. it happened when they played granite bay and given the fact that he was playing on an injury like this it would be fair to assume he wasn’t at full strength.
October 13th, 2009 at 11:32 pm
Seriously though why so much Berkeley talk, they are the most overrated team around. Berkeley beat an average pitt (2-3) by 2 and Monte Vista destroyed Pitt. Yet you claim Berkeley can play and beat most of the team in the EBAL. Heck Monte Vista is not even the best team in the EBAL. Berkeley would go .500 at best in the EBAL. Great players yes coaching is average and definately does not compare to DLS.
October 13th, 2009 at 11:49 pm
Falcon, there’s two big name guys for me who stand out on DV and B-high respectively-
DV’s Kristoff Wiliams is pretty talented, super fast and athletic at QB and DB. I’m not sure he’ll keep playing both sides against Pitt and Heritage, both big games coming up in BVAL to decide league and ultimately playoff seeding. Right now DV looks complete as a team on offense and defense, although that last one against Vallejo looked a little complacent. well not complacent, but not going for broke like i think they would be if it were Pitt or Heritage. Still, one of the big heavy weight schools to take charge and looks in good position. #3 or #4 depeding on that BVAL title. I’d say if they go 10-0 gotta be #3 because league is stronger than the next teams….
Berkeley High is another heavy weight school, over 3000 students, that has a fantastic RB Rickey Galvin. Arguably the best RB in the East Bay (with some gaing competition from Terron Ward. Not to take away from Rickey’s crazy numbers, but when you run 398 over the #2 team in the poll-MV- and set a school record Maurice Jones-Drew- you got to get mentioned.)
I like Galvin a lot but his team doesn’t play national strength schedules, like Ward has but nonetheless week in and week out edging each other for who’s the best in NCS.
Now, sorry for digressing, Galvin is smaller than Ward but may even be faster. He’s consistently averaged over 200 yards and his effort is second to none. This guy has tons of heart and more drive than a racecar. His yards seem to come easy, a good line is essential, and before halftime he single handedly takes over games.
Berkeley definitely did step up their schedule this year with all D-1 non league opponents which will look more favorable in NCS. Ponderosa, a strong team last year in SJS that had a good RB as well and B-high passed that first test week 1 with a defense that looked stronger than ever and the run game going all the way. A good sign for things to come. Then the Jackets went on the road two more straight times and defeated last year’s NCS #5 seed Freedom and a very large school with 2800 kids Castro Valley. CV isn’t a powerhouse but last year Monte Vista went there and blew them out just like Berkeley did so expectations met.
Then came the Pittsburg game.. Berkeley’s first home game, a thriller the Jackets won 18-16. A Very solid win for Coach Carter over last year’s #3 seeded and NCS runner’s up. A similar team with star RB Erick Dargan, Berkeley managed to contain him with their impressing defense and earn the W with Zo’s trademark smash mouth football. The road to an undefeated season started off with ACCAL play and the Jackets are rolling right along. Favored to go all the way 10-0 and a top 4 seed for this team in NCS is not unthinkable by any means. Week by week they’ll continute their style of play with success. If you haven’t seen Berkeley play, some upcoming games to watch that’ll be entertaining to watch for sure include: Oct 23 at El Cerrito. The top two looking teams in ACCAL square off for the title. and the last game at home Nov 13 has the always-fun-old-vs-new-league-champs as Pinole Valley, the last repeat ACCAL champ in 05-06 before the Carter administration at Berkeley comes to visit.
then, we’ll all be watching for NCS and more great matchups. Good luck all season Berkeley High Yellowjackets.
October 14th, 2009 at 3:58 am
925: Is that really the single game rushing yards record? Who had it before Jones-Drew? DJ Williams or Patrick Walsh? I think often times De La Salle’s discipline overshadows their overall athletic ability. Yeah they’re smart and well coached. But, how many times have we seen guys just be able to go up and get a ball as if the team is passing on air? I mean: Toomer, DJ Williams, Landry, Simon, Gutierrez, Demetrius Williams, Maurice Jones-Drew, etc. Just food for thought.
October 14th, 2009 at 4:18 am
all props to B-High for beefing up their schedule but Freedom and Pitt are both quite down from last year. And yes schedules are made based on the previous year and Berkeley had no control over how good or bad those teams would be this season. but overall the combined record of their non-league opponents is 4-17. Very hard to say just how good they are. I think what more of the response from myself and some other posters is about a comment that B-High and DV had way too many athletes for DLS this year and that both should be ranked ahead of DLS. DV has played a tougher schedule then B-High but have really flown under the radar for the most part. they should win pretty easy this week at home against a very down Freedom team. then they have the big test on the road against Pitt. my guess right now for the top 6 seedings and this is assuming certain teams win out is
DLS
MV
DV
B-High
AV
Washington
I am assuming Washington is going to win the MVAL but that could change when they play Logan. Would bot be surprised if the Colts won. But if Wash wins they have the win over Cal High. If Logan wins they will not be this high as the loss to Foothill really hurts them as I do not believe Foothill will make playoffs this year. The loss to Granada really hurts them as they still have to play MV, DLS, Cal, and AV. I don’t see them winning any of those. Same goes for Granada who have to play SRV, MV, DLS, and Cal. Both Foothill and Granada should finish 4-6. This leaves some spots open. San Leandro should win their league so they are in. I think Pitt and Heritage both make it. This leaves two more spots open. I think SRV makes it and this leaves one spot open for College Park or maybe in a surprise Liberty if they beat both Antioch and Freedom. Again it’s too early to know as too many different scenarios could happen.
October 14th, 2009 at 4:25 am
HAAL fan Atari Callen is thought to have maybe had the record although there are no official records kept. anyways in 99 title game he rushed for around 270 yards on only nine carries against pinole.
October 14th, 2009 at 4:26 am
excuse me that was the 98 title game
October 14th, 2009 at 9:24 am
MaxPreps has Terron Ward at 411 yards in the MV game. All I see in the CCTimes High School reports list him at 398. Does anyone know which one is correct and why the discrepancy? I’m guessing that Ward had so many yards, and so many had subtractions for unusual penalties, that even the best statisticians couldn’t keep track! Heck, it looked more like 500 yards out there to me.
October 14th, 2009 at 9:30 am
Does anybody know the Leota kid from San Leandro high school? Is he Samoan?
October 14th, 2009 at 10:03 am
Porque, it’s my understanding that all the writers covering the game conferred afterwards and agreed on the 398 total. There were some pretty experienced guys at the game, so I’d trust the 398 mark. You never really know who entered the MaxPreps info.
October 14th, 2009 at 10:21 am
Yes Leota is Samoan and a Sophmore…
October 14th, 2009 at 10:31 am
I wonder if he is related to Alvin Leota or Kevin Leota and Al Sui Sui from the Expos.
October 14th, 2009 at 10:39 am
hmmm… Not sure..
October 14th, 2009 at 11:28 am
Sorry Murdoc, geeez. Just making conversation.
October 14th, 2009 at 8:52 pm
I think DLS with that sophomore QB now playing. They are going to take off. Could be another Matt Gutierrez. With a more effective passing game. The running game breathed life against MV. It had been mediocre prior to that contest.
So basically I am saying, they made a critical change. Coupled with the team gaining experience (Now halfway thru the regular season). The Spartans are going to continue winning. No more close calls in league (Like the AV game).
- Berkeley will do some damage come playoff time.
- Pittsburg will wind up 7-3 and claim the BVAL title. Pirate football will continue without their star (Dargan).
- Washington will win the MVAL. They hung with Tracy (5-0) until the 3rd quarter, before losing 42-21. While their other loss was to Cal. A team that might be #3 in the talented EBAL. Think each week. Washington will continue to get better.
- MV will beat AV by 17 this Friday.
October 14th, 2009 at 10:08 pm
No matter how good the DLS soph qb is…young guys make errors.
Amador was up on DLS and MV played them very tight too.
Berkeley has good coaching and WAY more speed and athletes than anybody in the EBAL.
Berkeley is hard to beat this year, whether you are DLS or whomever.
October 14th, 2009 at 10:44 pm
Isn’t he a “red-shirt” soph? ( another HS FB recruiting tactic -held back a year, i.e. will be 19 when he graduates?)If so, not as “young” as advertised.
October 14th, 2009 at 11:05 pm
houston’s first start was this last game on the road at MV. pretty daunting. how many errors? 1 on the pitch. not sure if he will be the next matt g. but the kid has talent.
October 15th, 2009 at 1:16 am
Dutch, Washington didn’t lose to Cal. They won on a last second score. I think they have lost to Deer Valley and Tracy.
I don’t know about Guy Houston’s kid being another Matt Guiterrez. He is still young (even if he should be a junior) and may get better, but I thik most teams would much rather take their chances with him throwing the ball than trying to stop Mr. 400 Ward. He really didn’t have to do much last week but hand the ball off to Ward.
October 15th, 2009 at 1:18 am
well if Kristoff doesn’t play both ways against both Pitt and Heritage then the coaching staff has a problem. Football is about getting your best athletes on the field so he needs to play. Last year 3 of the top Qb’s played both ways all the time and there teams were fine.
October 15th, 2009 at 8:49 am
3 of top qb’s? southwick, nottingham, mannion didn’t, so that stat definately not true…
October 15th, 2009 at 10:01 am
Right now, San Leandro winning league would put one of the 12 D1 teams in the top 15 on this poll out of the playoffs. The only other teams that appear to be in the mix would be Heritage, who has started nicely against a solid-not-spectacular schedule and College Park, who would need to win their league to be in. You have to assume that whichever EBAL team comes in 7th is going to have to be bumped.
October 15th, 2009 at 10:21 am
Norcalfball,
the top 3 was Southwick, John Brown, and Dansika
October 15th, 2009 at 10:21 am
i think it was dansika
October 15th, 2009 at 10:38 am
ok ill buy off on brown being on a top qb list…but dansika? a great player but one of the top qb’s last year. and since when did southwick play defense full time? at times he did, but not regularly.
October 15th, 2009 at 1:25 pm
but at times he did. I mean it was obvious when he did right? Usually when they needed a baller.
October 15th, 2009 at 1:38 pm
And just to give a 4th QB to think about: The Samoan kid from Grant High School (LB, FS, P, K, QB).
October 15th, 2009 at 1:53 pm
Southwick played all of 10 plays on defense all of last year.
The other top QB that also played defense was Ryan Rodriguez at Freedom.
Nottingham, Mannion, Southwick, throw in Stompro who is playing at USD now, and Wayne who is at DVC … that’s five of the top QBs, none of which played defense.
At the schools where the rosters are in the 25-35 range the QB will end up on defense more often, but not at the bigger schools.
Obviously there are some exceptions… Also, teams that use the QB to run a lot (Brown at Encinal last year, Willis at Logan, etc…) those guys are probably going to be the type of athletes that project well on defense too
October 15th, 2009 at 2:43 pm
Hey Kyle,
Because of the teacher strike and schools dropping programs in Richmond, will other teams like Piedmont or Berkeley be able to pick up another game. Will the forfit still count?
October 15th, 2009 at 5:12 pm
yeah thanks kyle i agree…
in fact there is no reason to play kristoff in any game on defense other than maybe pitt and heritage in spot situations…because if he gets hurt they are barely in the top 15 in ncs…and bottom of the playoffs team thats how good he is. he makes that whole offense go because you are so worried about him on every single play it opens things up in passing game and the other runners.
so im not saying dont play him on defense but you got to be smart too.
October 15th, 2009 at 6:50 pm
BHS doesn’t have the discinpline to beat some of those EBAL teams. They have good atheletes, they aren’t putting any more to college ball than these other schools. The EBAL is putting lots of guys in college ball, especially QB’s and receivers. They do a pretty good job with linemen too. If you’re saying De La isn’t producing, go no further than Sundays. They got lots of talent going down that road. Bye the way, it’s not about the individual, it’s about the team. From the NFL to high school, TEAMS are much more successful than individuals. Check out the Raiders, the proof is in the pudding. I’m sure BHS is going to continue to have a great season. We’ll have to wait and see if they can win a playoff game.
October 15th, 2009 at 6:53 pm
Jet fans, watch out coming to John Sweet. New field and the entire town of Crockett going to be at this one. Ripe for an upset.
October 15th, 2009 at 7:07 pm
Yo Mama
really…?
October 15th, 2009 at 7:08 pm
John Angel will have some tricks up his sleeve. He’s back and a VERY GOOD COACH.
October 15th, 2009 at 7:58 pm
Prep Fan…What I meant about Houston. Was that the threat of a De La Salle passing attack. Would help to open up their running attack. The previous starter did not strike fear in the heart of defenses. Thus they were more apt to load up to defend against the run. I do not think. That Ward’s 398-yards and Houston’s start at QB were a coincidence.
October 16th, 2009 at 9:57 am
Predictions for Week # 6 Point Margin Just for Fun:
Salesian vs. Harker: Salesian by 15
St. Eliz vs. Valley Christian: VC by 28
Albany vs. Piedmont: Piedmont by 14
Encinal vs. John Swett: Encinal by 14
Moreau vs. St. Mary’s: St. Mary’s by 10
Heritage vs. Pittsburg: Pitt by 14
Antioch vs. Liberty: Liberty by 1
Alhambra vs. Acalanes: Alhambra by 14
Miramonte vs. Campo: Campo by 9
Clayton vs. Mt. Diablo: Clayton by 10
Monte Vista vs. Amador: MV by 1
Granada vs. Cal: Granada by 1
Livermore vs. Foothill: Foothill by 15
BOD vs. San Lorenzo: SL by 4
Fortuna vs. Del Norte: Fortuna by 21
Ferndale vs. Vacaville Christian: Ferndale by 10
Novato vs. Marin Catholic: MC by 9
Tamalpais vs. Justin Siena: Tam by 5
Analy vs. Casa Grande: Casa by 10
Healdsburg vs. Windsor: Windsor by 1
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Total Games Picked – 20
October 16th, 2009 at 10:25 am
encinal by way more than 14..if they are that good they should be beating their entire league by 30 pts a night, because most all those teams are bottom dwellers in any other league.
cal by 10 over granada…if atkinson can’t get going against AV, then i think more of the same with cal.
October 16th, 2009 at 11:03 am
Yo Mama, Hope you got enough guts to meet me at mid field to shake hands when we win and admit you were wrong. If we lose(which we won’t) I will do the same. You’ll know who i am. I’ll be on the Jets Sideline. Jet Pride!
October 16th, 2009 at 11:11 am
it’s too early to say how good houston will be. he’s not at the level that matt was at at this point in his career. then again matt had some outstanding weapons around him when was the qb. when you get to hand the ball off to Kevin Simon or MJD and throw to a Demetrius Williams and have an O-line starring Derek Landri it makes life pretty easy for a qb. But in his first start on the road, Houston made two big time throws. we shall see.
October 16th, 2009 at 11:11 am
Yo Mama I hope your guys back up your talk…
October 16th, 2009 at 10:33 pm
Well ManDown i waited on the 50. No yo mama. Nice win for my Jets. I really hope that was not the whole town Yo mama. The crowd was ok but almost as many jet fans in the house. Jet Pride!
October 17th, 2009 at 10:56 am
Sorry, I wasn’t there. I didn’t get off duty until after midnight. OPD is short because of vacations this week, had to work OT. The best thing about Crockett is hitting the Club Tac after a game, lot’s of fun across the bar.
October 17th, 2009 at 5:09 pm
Ok so what happend to your upset? Jet Pride!
October 17th, 2009 at 5:25 pm
Got to some game action on every week. Congrats to the Jets on the blowout.
October 17th, 2009 at 5:25 pm
Got to have some game action on every week. Congrats to the Jets on the blowout.
October 17th, 2009 at 5:32 pm
Would nice to see Terch vs. BHS . They could play for the un-offiical Silver Bowl. BHS might finally get a playoff win if this game actually could occur.
October 17th, 2009 at 7:11 pm
From the Info I Have my week # 6 Prediction Results:
Salesian vs. Harker: Salesian (Yes)
St. Eliz vs. Valley Christian: VC (Yes)
Albany vs. Piedmont: Piedmont (Yes)
Encinal vs. John Swett: Encinal (Yes)
Moreau vs. St. Mary’s: St. Mary’s (Yes)
Heritage vs. Pittsburg: Pitt (Yes)
Antioch vs. Liberty: Liberty (No)
Alhambra vs. Acalanes: Alhambra (Yes)
Miramonte vs. Campo: Campo (No)
Clayton vs. Mt. Diablo: Clayton (Yes)
Monte Vista vs. Amador: MV (No)
Granada vs. Cal: Granada (No)
Livermore vs. Foothill: Foothill (Yes)
BOD vs. San Lorenzo: SL (Yes)
Fortuna vs. Del Norte: Fortuna (Yes)
Ferndale vs. Vacaville Christian: Ferndale (Yes)
Novato vs. Marin Catholic: MC (Yes)
Tamalpais vs. Justin Siena: Tam (No)
Analy vs. Casa Grande: Casa (Yes)
Healdsburg vs. Windsor: Windsor (Yes)
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Total Games Picked – 20
Total Number of Games CORRECT: 15 out of 20
October 17th, 2009 at 11:29 pm
Monte vista offense is great, there Defense is suspect, team changed against av when, #2 got hurt. AV was smacking Wilkerson, he’s overrated, looks great at combines, but looked slow, and was getting smacked by a average, av oline. Keenan Coogler from Berkeley is the guy to watch, stop believing the internet hype, Coogler over Wilkerson any day! Run Rickey Run, Go Jackets!
October 18th, 2009 at 12:59 am
if wilkerson had some help his talent would show. but the other linebackers don’t pose much of a threat and therefore teams specifically gameplan against wilkerson. that’s a sign of respect and understanding of what he can do in a game when you gameplan against a player. it’s what DLS did and after they romped through the MV defense on the ground I’m sure Amador as well as the rest of the EBAL took notice.
October 18th, 2009 at 10:25 am
renegades10 i do agree, mv in that 3-3-5 gives wilkerson angles to scrape, just seem slow, possible knee injuried. I went to college with his dad, not hatin just observing. mv very talented in the secondary, thats it, they see the Best arm everyday in practice, need to work on that run defense.
October 18th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
any word on B-High’s offers?
Coogler should be getting interest how good he’s producing.. i was j/w because cal gave wilkerson an offer last year based on nothin really but projected growth and impact..
October 18th, 2009 at 12:32 pm
Dam KillerD you on it. Picked MC and SLZ over Novato and O’Dowd. Im impressed! lol they should re-start the pick em challenge but i guess with few writers its harder to coordinate..
October 18th, 2009 at 12:56 pm
taking the top 12 teams as if to seed, right now. not at the end of the season
#1 De La Salle – king of the hill
#2 Amador Valley – beat MV, Granada, impressed vs DLS
#3 Monte Vista – have beat top 2/3 BVAL teams blowouts
#4 Berkeley – beat pitt, which DV hasn’t done yet
#5 Deer Valley – still has to play Pitt and Heritage(MV routed both)
now it gets confusing… a lot of these teams are about the same.. having lost (or projected loss) to top 5..
#6 Washington 8-2/7-3 – lets hope they win MVAL or this is worse
#7 California 6-4/5-5 – have to be below washington at this point (even if they beat MV Foothill or AV, or 2/3 or all)
#8 Logan 6-4 / 7-3 – 2nd place mval? do they deserve to get in. yes. tough schedule, but have lost to DV, MV, Foothill, (& maybe Wash?)
#9 Pittsburg 6-4/5-5 – beat Heritage but might finish 5-5 or 6-4 idk if they deserve to get in with that many losses..
#10 Heritage? 7-3 wins vs lower division.. loss vs MV, Pitt, idk if they deserve to get in because they have lost to the top teams. would be rematch so to say
#11 winner of Granada 4-6 / San Ramon Valley 5-5 .. another case of poor record, deserving a spot? available spots have to be filled, but seeding is a crap shoot here
#12 San Leandro 8-2 – automatic weakest league after ACCAL
there’s room for 7 at large teams if 5 league champs qualify. dls, dv, bhs, wash, sl
from the top 15 poll above, amador, monte vista, logan, pittsburg, cal, san ramon valley, granada, foothill are listed. thats one left out. i say its foothill because they lost to SRV & Granada and still have tougher games ahead.. if you include Heritage, they take away a spot.. likely from the SRV/Granada loser.. whoever wins that game likely gets the last spot..
basically by the end of the season a lot of teams will have bad records and a lot of them will get in by strenght of schedule, league, etc
its hard to rank now, because if those turn out to be true, how “fun” is it to go watch 6-4 / 5-5 teams in the playoffs.. its just a down year or everybody’s watered-down or after the top 5 its a huge drop off
October 18th, 2009 at 1:11 pm
for simplicity im hoping the ebal turns out:
dls 7-0, amador 6-1, monte vista 5-2, cal 4-3, srv 3-4, granada 2-5, foothill 1-6, livermore 0-7
meaning DLS overall is 8-2, amador 9-1, monte vista 8-2, cal 5-5, srv 6-4, granada 4-6, foothill 4-6, livermore 2-8. granada and foothill get left out..
in mval washington wins and goes 8-2, making logan 6-4 overall.
bval deer valley 5-0, pitt 4-1(but watch out for antioch upest), heritage 3-2
overall dv 10-0, pitt 7-3, heritage 7-3.
accal berkeley 10-0, haal san leandro 8-2..
dls 8-2, amador 9-1, mv 8-2, dv 10-0, berkeley 10-0, washington 8-2, pitt 7-3, logan 6-4, heritage 7-3, cal 5-5, srv 6-4, sl 8-2
1) dls bye, 2) amador bye, 3) mv bye, 4) dv bye
#5 berkeley vs #12 san leandro
#6 washington vs #11 san ramon
#7 pitt vs #10 cal
#8 logan vs #9 heritage
that looks more like it..
October 18th, 2009 at 1:17 pm
berkeley would host and win
washington would host and get upset
pitt would host and get upset
logan would host and win
#1 dls vs #8 logan – DLS
#2 amador vs #10 cal – AV but can they do it twice
#3 monte vista vs #11 san ramon – MV again twice
#4 deer valley vs #5 berkeley – rematch 08 B High
#1 dls vs #5 b high, 07 rematch much closer
#2 av vs #3 mv, another rematch tight as hell
#1 dls vs #2 amador, another rematch(!) amador finally wins in a parallel universe LOL
October 18th, 2009 at 1:19 pm
yeah that was all pretty much for fun and arbitrarily i thought some upsets would happen and set up big rematches, but none of that is likley to happen at all and the real thing will definitely be radically different and NCS will probably give DV and B high top 4 seeds for being undefeated except AV would be as well if not for DLS so strength of schedule hurts at the top, but at the bottom helps(why i chose ebal upsets)
October 18th, 2009 at 4:02 pm
berkeley has yet to win a playoff game… so I wouldn’t favor them against anyone. =p
October 18th, 2009 at 4:09 pm
James ur just a straight hater stop speaking on B-high cus u always come wit some horrible fake comments come watch on friday night against EC then comment until then leave B-high out ya comments
October 18th, 2009 at 4:27 pm
its the 2009 Football season…The past is the past NOBODY has won a playoff game this season…Let the season playout
October 18th, 2009 at 4:39 pm
You’re right Cash… “my prediction” is B-high wont advance in the playoffs. Well maybe… if they get that first week bye but then they lose following week.
What does beating EC prove again???
October 18th, 2009 at 5:00 pm
What team ru cheerleading for james u HATER.B-high must of beat the team ur cheerleading for so that’s why u have Pom Poms out rooting against B-high. Run Rickey Run
October 18th, 2009 at 6:19 pm
Every year is a new year, Berkeley is a good team, give them credit,wait and see in the playoffs, amador is too slow and none athletic enough to hang with Berkeley, hatin on the Yellowjackets, with discipline urban school kids, valley boys beware, the killa jackets are here!
October 18th, 2009 at 6:21 pm
JB big win on Fri. what happened how did you guys pull it off? I must admit I was a little shocked to see that you guys won, me thinking that the home field would be the biggest difference.
October 18th, 2009 at 6:32 pm
berkeley is 10-0 should be #1
October 18th, 2009 at 8:22 pm
I thought they where like 6-0? I’m sure they are taking it one game at a time.
October 18th, 2009 at 9:03 pm
E they 7-0 had that zero week, hardest weeks to get ready for DeAnza, and Richmond, been preparing for El Cerrito for two weeks now, they do alot popping and no way the real coach carter wont be ready for them, they disrespected the jackets by scheduleing the jackets for their Homecoming!
October 18th, 2009 at 9:21 pm
combined records for all the teams berkeley has beatin this year 8-29-1. that’s super impressive! I’m not hating just stating facts… there only decent win is against a bad Pitt team. =( Be happy with your rank spot, think it’s to high.
October 18th, 2009 at 9:34 pm
actually the records of berkeley’s opponents played so far this season are 10-35-1 and they have their toughest stretch coming up when the combined record of their last three opponents is 10-7 with two opponents having winning records. fast and physical i am not doubting that b-high has a talented team this year but you can’t make a comment that they should be #1 when their best win is against Pitt. they should be top four maybe even three but remember the seeding committee looks at the schedule played too. berkeley’s resume just isn’t that impressive this year. they are going to run the table in the regular season and get seeded pretty high but not 1.
October 18th, 2009 at 9:47 pm
The schedule definitely matters. B-High was 9-1 last year and go the No. 8.
Cal was 6-4 and got the No. 6 and SRV was 7-3 and got the No. 7.
October 19th, 2009 at 5:03 am
kyle B-high schedule teams to improve on the vote. could it be possible that b-high is playing better,and everyones favored teams are about the same,b-high has exposed many teams. they didn’t take on any oal teams,saint marys,d-2 or d3, they took on d-1 teams that were playoff bound the past years, ponderosa beat grant in the 2007 playoffs. B-high has for the last
three years has ask to be moved to the haal. Some things are not in there control. Many of the schools
in the ebal, bval,their head coaches are either teachers or ads, this brings some stability to those progams. most oal, accal teams are coached by off campus coachs and are subject to school district budject’s. carter took a down program and turned it around. so give what he and his kids have done the respect they deserve.JUST THINK WHAT TYPE OF PROGRAM
BERKELEY HIGH FOOTBALL WOULD LOOK LIKE IF COACH ALONZO CARTER HAD THE DISTRICT BACKING THAT THE EBAL, BVAL coaches have .Dls beat every team in playoffs by 40. league champion and overall record shoul be the bases for seeding. yes 9-1 8th seed how disrespectful regardless of the results, that was last year.
October 19th, 2009 at 11:07 am
renegades10 I know you support us, and relizes we changed our schedule, the best way we could, all we can do is wait and get hated on, like the passed two years by the ncs committee. One ex Monte Vista player, whos dad was a longtime coach with Coach Stockberger, and the asian gentlemen who is also on the committee, who refrees most of DeLaSalles home game, their is major politics with the seeding committee, Jimmy D was in the seeding meeting, its not fair, when all the EBAL coaches team up against all the other leagues. I played in the EBAL, and know it is superior, maybe its time to change these leagues up, where big schools play big, medium size, play medium, and small, plays small, and a open division, play open! stop giving teams respect on what league they in, or their past accomplishments, cause mark my words, Berkeley will shock the bay, in the Playoffs, Lets Wait and see, good luck to everyone, Im running with Rickey G, Cream of the Crop, Player of the Year
October 19th, 2009 at 11:16 am
i said a few weeks ago that b-high deserves respect for trying to beef up the schedule and that unfortunately they have no control over how good those teams would be when they played but these teams are not the same. Ponderosa did beat Grant in 2007 but this is 2009 and they are 1-6. Freedom advanced to the NCS playoffs last year but they are 0-6. Castro Valley has been consistently mediocore but last year were 2-8 and this year 1-5. And Pitt is not as strong as last year. no doubt they are still dangerous and watch out for them come playoff time and it was a solid win for b-high but they are 3-3 including a spanking by MV. not the same team as last year. it’s not disrespecting the team just pointing out facts. i bet they will be higher this year especially if Pitt wins the BVAL.
October 19th, 2009 at 11:25 am
fast and physical i am a DLS alum and fan first, but I have a lot of respect for what Coach Carter has done at both Mack and now Berkeley. He has shown a true passion for helping his players move on to the next level in tough areas. Not only that but he produces winning football teams. My guess is this is his best Berkeley team ever. If Pitt wins BVAL my guess is B-High is a three seed.
October 19th, 2009 at 11:31 am
Pitt is playing well, we will have to wait and see, the out come, cause DV hasnt played anyone with that Pitt speed, similar to theirs, I predict Pitt, they need to make the playoffs.
October 19th, 2009 at 11:36 am
Dv wins, Pitt just not good this year.