Comments on: 30Q-2-KICKOFF (No. 1): Who will win East Bay POY?

By: Bulldog Forever

Bulldog Forever — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 01:06:44 +0000

Leaf third string? Third string what, Jj2?

Jared Leaf is first string RB, first string LB, first team all-league, and first class all the way.

By: jj2

jj2 — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:03:09 +0000

@comment # 34

I saw Jared Leaf throw the ball vs Pinole Valley and he really needs to stick to running the ball. His throwing style looks nothing like a quarterbacks and has no accuracy. Luckily he is third string.

so i guess you don’t know what your talking about.

By: someone who knows what he's talking about

someone who knows what he's talking about — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 21:52:06 +0000

jared leaf is gonna throw davis the ball

By: MV Alum

MV Alum — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 12:11:50 +0000

S1lver: they will use Sullas as their starter he took over for Johnson last year after he got hurt and he had a good year for them (1300 total yrds 11or 12 tds in 6 1/2 gms) I can tell you he isn’t the biggest kid but he has good speed and is real strong from what I hear pound for pound one of the strongest on the team. After him they have a couple of backs Anderson who is fast, then some juniors Wening who will play some fullback and a Sophmore Chang who is small but real shifty.
I will agree with Renagades assessment that they will need to show something the first couple of games with the run or it will be a long season, with that said I believe they will. Bergman just needs to mix it up a little more u can’t always run the stretch teams like DLS know what is happening and it won’t fool anyone…

By: Bulldog forever

Bulldog forever — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 05:27:22 +0000

The POY voting will be split between two teammates, Jared(Thunder)Leaf and Trevor(Lightning)Davis, both from Alhambra. Davis will win, and Leaf will finish second. Last year, Davis played at 5’10″ and 145 pounds. Now he’s 6’1 1/2″ and 165 pounds. With his speed, his long arms, and his phenomenal jumping ability, it’s like he’s really 8′ tall. The cornerbacks won’t have a chance. No matter what, Lightning Davis will catch a minimum of 60 passes this year, and it’s probable that he and quarterback Jon Miller will hook up for 80+ passes.

Last year, Davis was platooned in favor of the senior players, and thrown an average of only 3 passes per game. And even with those few passes thrown to him, he still lead the league in receiving yardage. Coach Alan Hern(new this year from JV)has designed quite a few plays specifically for Trevor, and he’s going to have a breakout year.

Thunder Leaf has grown an inch from last year (he’s now 6’2″), and he’s also up to 225 pounds from 215. He’ll be first team All-League as both a running back and a linebacker. He’s amazingly agile for a big guy, and averaged 8+ yards per carry last year. It’s possible, if not probable, that he’ll gain 2,000 yards this year. And as good as Jared is as a running back, he’s an even better linebacker. He’s strong, he’s fast and he hurts people.

Even the Four Horsemen run for cover when Thunder and Lightning come to town.

By: s1lverngreen

s1lverngreen — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 04:48:51 +0000

MV Alum,
Perhaps you are right, I only saw MV play twice last year, both times against DLS..I’ll tell you that the Spartans were shocked at Nottingham’s ability to scramble out of the pocket and move down field as well as he did, particularly in the NCS playoff game. I guess when you have a kid as talented as Nottingham you are more apt to throw the ball. You mention that they will run more this year; who is/are their running backs? Big and strong or quick & shifty? Good luck this year!

By: renegades10

renegades10 — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 01:44:57 +0000

when Johnson went down against Foothill they started using Wilkerson as a FB specifically for those short yardage situations with decent success for the rest of the season.

By: MV Alum

MV Alum — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 00:14:59 +0000

S1lver: It wasn’t that they weren’t able to run the ball Bergman chooses to throw when the run is going well if you listened to the game you would have heard the commentators stating that MV was getting good yardage on the ground and should stick with it. When you have Nottingham thou Bergman will throw so this year because of the QB situation they are going to need to run more and I think they should be able too… Also Congrats to Jacob Welter on picking OU!!!!

By: s1lverngreen

s1lverngreen — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 22:48:19 +0000

Regarding # 18

JR,
I agree with you, I watched the Monte Vista and Foothill game this weekend on ESPNU and noticed MV’s inability to run the ball. Even in short yardage situations they opted to pass..a more balanced MV would have been able to beat Foothill and perhaps yielded them 1 or 2 more wins LY. last year. By the way, for those of you interested in Prep football, ESPNU has been showing all of the prep games from last year’s Old Spice showcase…They seem to be on Friday afternoons and evenings…

By: MV Alum

MV Alum — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 21:58:38 +0000

Renagade; I will agree with your assessment on Johnson last year against DLS he was a beast but Sullas didn’t just do mop up duty at the end of games against inferior teams he ran hard and got alot of tuff yrds for them (against all of the league plus playoffs except DLS and that was when DLS was playing out of their nut) he only averaged 11 touches a game. You know Bergman is all about the pass ESPECIALLY last year. I think he will prove that he will get those yrds they need and keep teams honest (plus he can catch the ball if Bergman will ever look for the back instead of always focusing on the downfield receivers but I will give you that he will need to prove himself in the first couple games but they got to give him a chance too or they will be one dimentional.