larry legend33 said:

No idea champ. Excellent player so he has plenty of options. I'm sure @M.C. fan has some ideas.

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Gavin has options, and they continue to mount. If I was him why commit until after Quincy shootout. Brice and Chris like winners and Gavin is a winner!! I will not mention a school, because I'm not Gavin.

Shasta at Foothill Palo Cedro-4
6-Sonora at Hughson
1-Patterson at Oakdale
5-Grant at West Park
3-Wilcox at Menlo
2-Willow Glen at Sobrato
7-Serra at St. Francis Padres 36-16
California at San Ramon Valley-10
8-Cardinal Newman at Windsor
Union Mine at Bradshaw Christian-9

ankleassassin said:

where is sykes going elile talent evaluator

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No idea champ. Excellent player so he has plenty of options. I'm sure @M.C. fan has some ideas.

At least there won't be a month-long Olympic break to work around in 2025. My guess is that, even with the longer season and longer playoffs, the season might end a week or two earlier in 2025 and therefore will compete against the NFL a bit less.

It's really hard to find a spot to schedule a league and not have to compete with bigger, more established sports, but the NFL is by far the hardest to fight with.

10. Grant 45, West Park 21.
9. CN 35, Windsor 22.
8. Bradshaw Christian 34, Union Mine 14.
7. San Ramon 45, California 27.
6.Sonora 28, Hughson 24.
5. Oakdale 49, Patterson 45.
4. Willow Glen 33, Sobrato 21.
3. Foothill 34, Shasta 24.
2. Wilcox 27, Menlo 24.
1. Serra 22, StFrancis 21.

It is funny how they line up against the NFL. Pretty tough to get viewers on the Thursday/Sunday schedule. Next season will be 44 games. 7 still feels long in relation to that. Busy time for viewers with NBA starting, Baseball playoffs, old time hockey.

10. Serra
9. Grant
8. Patterson
7. Cardinal Newman
6. Bradshaw Christian
5. San Ramon Valley
4. Foothill
3. Sonora
2. Wilcox
1. Willow Glen

10. Cardinal Newman
9. San Ramon Valley
8. Bradshaw Christian
7. Oakdale
6. Grant
5. Serra 24-20
4. Hughson
3. Foothill
2. Sobrato
1. Wilcox

3Yards&ACloudOfDust said:

I think you are way off on this one. I think it will be a tight game. I like Windsor. You are talking about Anderson getting dinged up two years ago as a sophomore?? Why? It’s comical. Just like Windsor throttling Newman last year and then taking their foot off the gas (so the score looked closer than the game was) has no baring on the game tomorrow. I like Windsor in a close one, but Newman could pull it off if they have another big game by their dynamic freshman QB Retamoza. That kid is the real deal. He’ll need to grow up fast if Newman is going to pull out the win.

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If you think Windsor is the favorite this year you haven't watched very much football. Being a homer is one thing but being totally blind is another. Look at the kids they lost last year and look at the returning kids and additions by Newman. Last year Windsor was fantastic and took it to Newman. Hats off to them. The year before it was a toss up with a last play PI call deciding it . But this year it won't be pretty. The schedule alone that Windsor has played is a joke. Anderson will be the best player on the field but everywhere else Newman is better. I'm not as bullish as @northbaybbguru on final score but I could see a 35-14 type game. We will see soon enough.

The networks, who didn't want to compete with football.

Next year, it's seven.

i just realized that that the finals are only a 5 game series... who thought that was a good idea??!!

Yeah that was nice effort by MC all the way around, the defense was amazing

Great win for MC on the road and credit to the defense but also QB Caedon Afsharipour, ATH Jared Geissberger and OL/DL Sam Connelly. Huge win on the road with Braeden Bachich-Dixon out for a while. I think the really challenging non-league schedule wins them this game.

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northbaybbguru said:

Anderson is not injured. I predicted the game would get out of hand for Windsor and they'd sit him early so he doesnt get dinged up for the games coming up. You can expect CN to get physical with him like 2 yrs ago where he was pulled at halftime because CN got after him and he got dinged up(in a Windsor last possession win no less).

This has become the current game of the year in the North Bay...there is definitely no love lost between the 2 schools...and that goes for EVERY sport. It's definitely a fun rivalry!

We'll see...just my thoughts..

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I think you are way off on this one. I think it will be a tight game. I like Windsor. You are talking about Anderson getting dinged up two years ago as a sophomore?? Why? It’s comical. Just like Windsor throttling Newman last year and then taking their foot off the gas (so the score looked closer than the game was) has no baring on the game tomorrow. I like Windsor in a close one, but Newman could pull it off if they have another big game by their dynamic freshman QB Retamoza. That kid is the real deal. He’ll need to grow up fast if Newman is going to pull out the win.

I hear you on those ads. They need to fix that. It just makes me mute the commercials. If the sound was more in line, I might actually listen to them.

This is a big league win for MC, but this year they will have to play more than just one tough league opponent. The Redwood Empire Adobe league is quite the Gauntlet. I like MC as one of the top three teams in the Adobe this year. I think the other two best teams in this league play tomorrow night in Windsor. Rancho and Vintage are hard to read at this point. Vintage has played one tough team in week one and lost, but I don’t put too much stock in week one games. Rancho lost to a solid Casa Grande team, but they didn’t have their top offensive threat Gio Martinez that night, who leads the team in TD’s, rushing yards, and all purpose yards (has twice as many all purpose yards then their next player). I think Rancho is better than that score suggests. Right now I think Windsor is the team to beat, but Newman will also be in the mix. Should be interesting. Teams will have to bring their A game every week.

I've never been in Congruent... Where is that, exactly?

I watched the last half on NFHS.

Surprisingly, excellent, super-clear video. Had to keep my hand near the volume buttons, tho... Turn it up, WAYYYYYYY up to hear the announcers, but if not quick enough, DEAFENING for the ads... I mean REALLY deafening, as in, people 3 blocks away were calling 9-1-1.

Cal 14 said:

46 people voted in this poll.

46 people do not participate in the Pick'Em.

Anyone else see that as incongruent?

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Lots of voyeurs, watching but not participating unless they can do so anonymously.

21-7 final... I guess all the action took place in the first half.

northbaybbguru said:

Vandermade at SI has done a hell of a job so far!

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Heck yeah he has. I want to know what kind of halftime speeches is he giving because SI has been a 2nd half team in their last 3 wins coming from behind each time.

smramsfan said:

Ok I see now, scratch my last question. I see I was looking at predictive not the current rankings.

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If you want to have an idea of what Calpreps really thinks about the teams, pay closer attention to the predictive list over the regular.