Here's what this week's concoction says with "stats" using total yards (off/def), points scored-allowed, home- away, schedule difficulty, common opponents, etc. A real mess but fun figuring things out and getting some info/insights I otherwise wouldn't have noticed.
Downingtown West 9-1 177.35 vs Pennsbury 6-4 135.73
Dtown had a nice non-conf schedule beating G-Val, CB South and Perk Val to launch the season strong. Second largest offense in field at 430 points scored behind Garnet Valley at 448. No signature wins for Pennsbury but a great recovery from the 0-3 start has them here. Kottmeyer can be a tough venue especially with the bad taste Whippets have losing their last game there to Coatesville. Could get ugly with Pennsbury’s inability to keep up, scoring 25.8ppg, lowest in field.
Central Bucks South 7-3 134.03 vs North Penn 7-3 138.90
Nice end of season mini surge by South beating North Penn and Souderton (Spg-Fd 34-24 in opener), with losses to Dtown West 34-13, CB West 42-28 and CB East 16-14 in between. Still, great momentum. Disappointing 1-pt road losses at CB West and CB South for North Penn prevents a 9-1 season with their typical loss to LaSalle, losing 8 of 9 to Explorers. Big revenge motive here but Titans are surging. Rematch-revenge all that but Knights nothing special this year (shaky D) on road. Hard call.
Downingtown East 9-1, 150.74 vs Perkiomen Valley 7-3, 142.36
Dtown comes in sky high off Coatesville win for rematch with Perk Val who probably feels Kottmeyer is their second home. East has more but PV is well coached and playing good football even in their losses. Little foreplay between these two familiar foes making it a question if Cougars can get it up again?
Spring Ford 8-2, 155.06 vs Haverford 8-2 157.5
Both on a roll after shaky starts; Rams winning 7 straight since 1-2 start losing to CB South 34-24 and Wilson 42-23 (both at home), defeating Exeter 24-7 in Reading, closing out with wins against OJR, Perk Val and PJP-II. Fords lost opener to AB Carroll 14-7 and G-Val 35-28 before streak of 8. Beating Strath Haven, Marple and Ridley in the process. Fords have better D (9.3ppg) to Rams 21.3 yield per game and a few more athletes but Rams will be tough at home; well coached, big crowd.
Central Bucks West 9-1 157.91 vs Ridley 7-3 142.11
Both had representative schedules. Ridley‘s losses are by wide margins, 36, 30 and 18 to Haven, Haverford and G-Val, West losing in ot to Souderton on road 28-27. Still, CB West gives up a lot of points to quality teams CB South 42-28, North Penn 27-26, Souderton 27-28 ot loss and Abington 45-28. But not as much as Ridley who has the worst in the field allowing 248 points followed by North Penn at 216. Bucks will be tough at home, feeling good after the big Abington win.
Coatesville 7-2 168.29 vs Souderton 8-2 138.10
Bad, bad place to catch Coatesville coming off a loss and consecutive games at Downingtown! Souderton was rocked on the road against only quality team faced, North Penn 47-21. May be stressed out after 6-0 start and real struggles with North Penn losing 47-21 and playoff like games (final 2) defeating CB West 28-27 in double overtime and losing to CB South 24-14. Coatesville big.
Garnet Valley 9-1 146.98 vs Owen J. Roberts 8-2 125.88
ALWAYS hard beating Jags at home who are rolling (9 straight) even after routing Strath Haven 49-21 and Ridley 42-24 back to back. OJR’s defense allowed fewer points than any team in the 6A tournament, but lost to only quality teams faced; Perk Val 16-9 and Spg-Ford 35-21, both on road. Hats off to them stringing together a few good seasons but they are no playoff veteran and may squint in the bright lights of Moe DeFrank Stadium before a packed house where they support their Jags.
Abington 8-2 134.64 vs Plymouth Whitemarsh 9-1 123.57
Abington comes in off a bad loss at CB West 45-28 and a defense that has been generous the last 3 games allowing 27, 28 and 48 pts. But the O is in high gear at 35.5ppg. Colonials lost to the only quality team on the schedule, 28-24 at Cheltenham, otherwise they’re blowing teams away however weak the comp. Ghosts are better but Colonials have a system to string it out and hang.
Downingtown West 9-1 177.35 vs Pennsbury 6-4 135.73
Dtown had a nice non-conf schedule beating G-Val, CB South and Perk Val to launch the season strong. Second largest offense in field at 430 points scored behind Garnet Valley at 448. No signature wins for Pennsbury but a great recovery from the 0-3 start has them here. Kottmeyer can be a tough venue especially with the bad taste Whippets have losing their last game there to Coatesville. Could get ugly with Pennsbury’s inability to keep up, scoring 25.8ppg, lowest in field.
Central Bucks South 7-3 134.03 vs North Penn 7-3 138.90
Nice end of season mini surge by South beating North Penn and Souderton (Spg-Fd 34-24 in opener), with losses to Dtown West 34-13, CB West 42-28 and CB East 16-14 in between. Still, great momentum. Disappointing 1-pt road losses at CB West and CB South for North Penn prevents a 9-1 season with their typical loss to LaSalle, losing 8 of 9 to Explorers. Big revenge motive here but Titans are surging. Rematch-revenge all that but Knights nothing special this year (shaky D) on road. Hard call.
Downingtown East 9-1, 150.74 vs Perkiomen Valley 7-3, 142.36
Dtown comes in sky high off Coatesville win for rematch with Perk Val who probably feels Kottmeyer is their second home. East has more but PV is well coached and playing good football even in their losses. Little foreplay between these two familiar foes making it a question if Cougars can get it up again?
Spring Ford 8-2, 155.06 vs Haverford 8-2 157.5
Both on a roll after shaky starts; Rams winning 7 straight since 1-2 start losing to CB South 34-24 and Wilson 42-23 (both at home), defeating Exeter 24-7 in Reading, closing out with wins against OJR, Perk Val and PJP-II. Fords lost opener to AB Carroll 14-7 and G-Val 35-28 before streak of 8. Beating Strath Haven, Marple and Ridley in the process. Fords have better D (9.3ppg) to Rams 21.3 yield per game and a few more athletes but Rams will be tough at home; well coached, big crowd.
Central Bucks West 9-1 157.91 vs Ridley 7-3 142.11
Both had representative schedules. Ridley‘s losses are by wide margins, 36, 30 and 18 to Haven, Haverford and G-Val, West losing in ot to Souderton on road 28-27. Still, CB West gives up a lot of points to quality teams CB South 42-28, North Penn 27-26, Souderton 27-28 ot loss and Abington 45-28. But not as much as Ridley who has the worst in the field allowing 248 points followed by North Penn at 216. Bucks will be tough at home, feeling good after the big Abington win.
Coatesville 7-2 168.29 vs Souderton 8-2 138.10
Bad, bad place to catch Coatesville coming off a loss and consecutive games at Downingtown! Souderton was rocked on the road against only quality team faced, North Penn 47-21. May be stressed out after 6-0 start and real struggles with North Penn losing 47-21 and playoff like games (final 2) defeating CB West 28-27 in double overtime and losing to CB South 24-14. Coatesville big.
Garnet Valley 9-1 146.98 vs Owen J. Roberts 8-2 125.88
ALWAYS hard beating Jags at home who are rolling (9 straight) even after routing Strath Haven 49-21 and Ridley 42-24 back to back. OJR’s defense allowed fewer points than any team in the 6A tournament, but lost to only quality teams faced; Perk Val 16-9 and Spg-Ford 35-21, both on road. Hats off to them stringing together a few good seasons but they are no playoff veteran and may squint in the bright lights of Moe DeFrank Stadium before a packed house where they support their Jags.
Abington 8-2 134.64 vs Plymouth Whitemarsh 9-1 123.57
Abington comes in off a bad loss at CB West 45-28 and a defense that has been generous the last 3 games allowing 27, 28 and 48 pts. But the O is in high gear at 35.5ppg. Colonials lost to the only quality team on the schedule, 28-24 at Cheltenham, otherwise they’re blowing teams away however weak the comp. Ghosts are better but Colonials have a system to string it out and hang.
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