what makes 2020 better than 2014?
Here’s my recap of that PCC season - State Champs Project: 2004 Pittsburgh Central Catholic
I know it's tempting when comparing HS players and teams to point to how many players played in college, which colleges they played for, and how good they were in college, but it often just muddies the waters. I can think of many kids who were really good, even great HS players (Loughery at LaSalle in 2009, Fisher at Roman in 2007, Tracz at SJP earlier that decade) but who never did anything in college football because they were the wrong size or got a career-ending injury or even played their "other" sport in college
i just go by the eye test and competition
NA. Any and all the information you might want to do a "comparison on the two" is online or likely at this location in other similar 'SJP related' posts.
Yes I’d say a wpial championship rematch is in order. Although all pressure is on PCC this year
Lost me on that one NA, unless you mean "pressure" per game at NA, a huge advantage, but not if PCC is the better team!
I think you’d have to consider PCC to be the favorite. They return the 2nd leading passer in all of WPIAL. They also have two WR who have D1 offers. Add in arguably the best MLB in the WPIAL. I think they have a few linemen returning as well.
i might be over-estimating the new coaching- but wow, PCC is loaded- imo, the only pressure that PCC is gonna feel, is maybe in the semis of the state playoffs. They might roll over any wpial team they play- might have best talent in 5-6 years. And, again, sorry tiger, but "winning the wpial" in 6A is just about meaning less- best of 5 is not an accomplishment. PCC needs to dominate everyone for it to be impressive.
I agree with most everything you said, but PCC winning the WPIAL is their ceiling. They have no chance at winning state. There’s more of a chance of me flying to the moon than than anyone beating St. Joes. They have to find meaning in winning WPIAL
by "dominate everyone" i meant everyone in wpial
Except they have won 4 state titles since the playoff era and historical the wpial winner has been the one to beat prep. I don't know how you can make that statement.
Sjp has won *7* state championships since 2013. Weren’t you the one arguing vehemently about how unfair SJP was? We both know they are head and shoulders above every PA team at this point. 2024 might be an opening to beat SJP
Stop. St. Joes is gonna double up on PCC in state championships this upcoming season. I hope I’m wrong, but I don’t think I am
tiger, i dont know what you mean by stop- its just too early to make any "definite predictions" but PCC has a chance to go far, just not sure how far, and the "program" has a history of championships, and has even played against SJP, i think that is Haus's point
yes PCC and SJP have played in two championships. But, SJP has won by an average of 30 points. PCC is a great program, but SJP is on a different “level”.
There is so much that can happen between now and December--most obviously injuries whether to a couple of key players or to a several starters who may not be "stars" but who make a big difference on either the offensive or the defensive line. Just as important, each year's teams have their own character and the course of a season can change based on games earlier in the season. I remember how the 2015 SJP team never quite settled--looking great against St. Joe's Montvale and St.Ignatius but not very good at all against Bosco and Malvern. They lost to LaSalle in the PCL championship.
I do think prep has an advantage with their location and playing a national schedule with games on ESPN. It'll draw in the talent but what does that have to do with crowning them state champs already. You're making this arguments before a single game has been played and those games pcc played against prep were over 7 years ago. Not a single player on those teams will be playing this season. Pcc is loaded this year with a new coaching staff. It's to early to even be making those statements.
In 6a or all classes.
you said more than once last year that you think SJP could be the best team in the country next season
Yes, SJP has a lot of talented players returning, but it's worth noting that four of the six starters on the O-Line are graduating as are Trotter, Nilles, DuMond, and Bachman among the defensive starters. The new O-Line will have a big test against IMG in late August.
they will lose to IMG, that team would beat some small college teams
wow- all this sounds good- but, imo, just NOT gonna happen in PA, for at least 4 reasons...
