NewCath, overall in 2A since 2007 (regular and post season) is 60-6.

 

The 6 losses:

 

2007 State Final Ft. Campbell 21-7

2008 State Final Ft. Campbell 26-23

2009 Regional Final DeSales 23-10

2011 Regional Final Cov. Holy Cross 24-21

2113 State Final DeSales 34-26

2014 State Final DeSales 26-0

 

That's a pretty good record.

I think this is going to be a VERY, VERY close game, that could go either way.

 

I was impressed with Smith's rushing last year against Beechwood. LB, How is the Breds passing game this year? I'm going to try to make it to Newport on Friday.

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NewCath better mix up the play calling a little bit...

NewCath better mix up the play calling a little bit...

 

Totally agree!!! The offensive play calling has become too predictable.

Totally agree!!! The offensive play calling has become too predictable.

 

That's ok Lloyd's play calling isn't very methodical either. My biggest worry going into this game is the mental aspect. It's almost like the kids and coaches see those yellow helmets with the horse logo and they get stunned. If Lloyd doesn't hand NCC the win like they did the BW game I can see this coming down to the wire.

I think if Lloyd keeps the penalties low they can win in a close one.

I think if Lloyd keeps the penalties low they can win in a close one.

 

I think penalties is more of a NCC worry. The Juggs need to focus on winning the field position battle and turnovers.

Lloyd has absolutely no kicking game whatsoever and this is cause for concern because field position as well as points will be at a premium in this contest. I give NCC a huge advantage pertaining to overall special teams play. This game could easily be decided by speciak teams.

Lloyd has absolutely no kicking game whatsoever and this is cause for concern because field position as well as points will be at a premium in this contest. I give NCC a huge advantage pertaining to overall special teams play. This game could easily be decided by speciak teams.

If it does it will be cause for concern. I don't see it working out to well for the Juggs then. Special teams have been a weak for Lloyd for I can't even remember how long. Can anyone confirm how often they work on special teams at practice? The last practices I watched was last years and they really didn't do much if any special teams that I saw/can remember.

JuggAlum, from what I gather not too much practice time is spent on special teams, although I could very well be wrong. I keep remembering last year in the playoffs and Lloyd had I believe a 10 pt lead in the third quarter and the Juggs held NCC to 4th and 17 from their own 32 (?) and the Breds pulled of the fake punt for like 24 yards. I remember the punt return team was comprised of about 7 or 8 backups who did not get much playing time, and NCC did an outstanding job of recognizing and exploiting this fact. That play completely swung the momentum back to the Breds and the Juggs never recovered. If it were up to me on every punt play Lloyd would make sure that Runion, Creech, Hatton, Townsend, Lunsford, Gaines,Amadou,Mason, Williams, and Burgheim (plus the punter/ or extra defender depending on punt type) are on the field. That way the Juggs would have multiple speed players, sure tacklers, and experience handling different situations on the field when needed most.. Like last season the team executed well on offense and for the most part on defense, but outside of Sergio's kicking special teams was a real weakness. This season I see it as a bigger hinderance. If they do not get enough practice time to shore this area up then IMO it becomes even more important to put speed and experience on the field. I get the majority of the players I mentioned play both ways and fatigue becomes a big factor late in games, but in a game against an opponent of NCC's caliber you have to do everything possible to fortify the areas in which your most vulnerable. Limiting the big returns and stopping any fakes by NCC is going to be important if Lloyd is going to take that next step and get the win against the Breds. This is of course on top of not turning the ball over, avoiding penalties, and solid tackling by the Juggs.

That's ok Lloyd's play calling isn't very methodical either. My biggest worry going into this game is the mental aspect. It's almost like the kids and coaches see those yellow helmets with the horse logo and they get stunned. If Lloyd doesn't hand NCC the win like they did the BW game I can see this coming down to the wire.

I totally agree JuggAlum and your take is right on the money. It is apparent that the Juggs have a huge mental barrier to overcome when it comes to football games against NCC and BW. Back in my day we were in 1A and we beat NCC a couple years in a row, but everytime we played BW we beat ourselves as much as the Tigers did. Granted those BW teams of 91, 92, and 93 were arguably the best in the state, but still the mental aspect cannot be overlooked. They simply were able to get into the players heads and we always seemed to freeze because BW was so good at running to counter and Burger and Wilmhoff were tough, tough runners.

IMO if Lloyd gets that initial 2A win against NCC it can do wonders for their confidence and that could really help the team to truly believe that they can line up with anybody the rest of the way and come out victorious.

I'm going to say Smith has a field day, and will be the difference in this game. 35-14 Breds

It seems NewCath has a suspiciously high number of turnovers when they are driving deep into opposing territory.

 

It bit them against Conner and nearly bit them last week against Holy Cross.

 

To beat a very game Lloyd team they have to eliminate taking points off the board.

first off you must don't know the players on the Juggs team because you have just announced some players who never get in a game, might want to add Dawson and Juiett to that list Smith is a well balanced player and what all have to remember is this is his last time to do this before he moves to the next level. his mental is very tuff, and he will try to run over the Juggs. but one person is not the whole team, now as far as the Juggs they should run Lunsford a few times.can even let some of the JV get some.