Jeff Mullen's 2018 week #2 picks

[JeffMullen]

14 Delcastle at Appo 21


7 William Penn at Middletown 35


21 Glasgow at McKean 7


28 Mount Pleasant at Dickinson 7


14 Caravel at St. Mark's 21


42 Woobridge at Dover 28


7 Tatnall at Lake Forest 42


21 St. Elizabeth’s at Laurel 28


21 Indian River at Polytech 28


14 Sussex Tech at Salesianum 28


35 Seaford at First State Military Academy 28


7 Red Lion Christian at St. Andrew's 28


7 St. Mary's, MD at Delmar 28


14 Queen Anne's County, MD at Sussex Central 28


28 Concord at Newark 14


28 Brandywine at Christiana 21


21 Conrad at Archmere 14


21 Milford at D. M. A. 28


35 Hodgson at Howard 7


21 Caesar Rodney at St. George’s 14


35 A. I. DuPont at Wilmington Charter 7


7 Cape Henlopen at Suitland, MD 28


7 Sidwell Friends, DC at Wilmington Friends 28

 

[delmarlegend65]

Why is caravel even on this list? They have to be the most overrated team in Delaware. They just lost 26-9 to Edmonson

 

[delmarlegend65]

A freaking SPL team played a better game with a better maryland team (Harford tech) than edomonson. I dont believe the hype behind caravel.

 

[southguy2018]

I do think caravel will beat st marks, but hope they lose

 

[cavaliercharlie]

SAINTS SPLash Party today @ 4, no doubt a three possession game.

 

[SwagDog]

Way toooo early to make a prediction of who’s going to win it all. But that list could be much shorter because there’s no way all those teams make it to the playoffs, let alone the final four (semis).

 

[JeffMullen]

If I didn't list some teams, people would complain also... And God forbid we make an early prediction...

Seriously...

 

[Footballfanindelaware]

I think you Caravel haters are hilarious, because a majority of these teams have soft schedule that enable them to make the playoffs.

 

[ravensrooster2]

I know the guy is a Caravel hater trolling but I do find it funny complaining about the list when Lake Forest is on it lol

As for Harford Tech being better than Edmonson I don't think so. Probably pretty close this year but most year no. Edmonson plays a much tougher schedule as well The ratings are skewed from last year for two reasons they have Tech 12-1 and a semi finalist and EWS 7-5 but the Mervo loss was entered twice so it skewed the sos and ratings none the less you have to know how MD play-offs work

They are not seeded 1-16 and play it out its done locally and regionally.. hence the 4 teams with the best points from Harford County, Cecil and Queen Annes make one region and closest play first So Harford Tech played Elkton and Queen Annes played North Caroline with the winners play the winner of the Baltimore City/County region in the semi's which was Gwynn Park who only beat Edmonson 8-2 then Harford lost to Gwynn Park in the semi only for to get GP to smashed by Damascus in the final.. at least 3 team in Damascus region are better than Gwynn Park

As far as 2A is concerned none of these teams will beat the winner of any team that comes out of the other two regions mainly Damascus. One could argue at least 6 or more teams from the west side regions would beat any of the teams from the other side easily.. Harford Techs region is by far the much easier path to the semis and ship for that matter.. at least in 2A..

The system sucks as you get set up with teams that play for the ship and or semi's that are in no way the best teams in 2A. You also have teams from one region not getting in the play-offs with more points than teams from other regions that get in..stupid. Maryland went to this system a few years back to save on transportation costs.. its lame

http://www.maxpreps.com/tournament/...hool-football-playoff-brackets--mpssaa-2a.htm

 

[delmarlegend65]

I know the guy is a Caravel hater trolling but I do find it funny complaining about the list when Lake Forest is on it lol

As for Harford Tech being better than Edmonson I don't think so. Probably pretty close this year but most year no. Edmonson plays a much tougher schedule as well The ratings are screwed from last year for two reasons they have Tech 12-1 and a semi finalist and EWS 7-5 but the Mervo loss was entered twice so it skewed the sos and ratings none the less you have to know how MD play-offs work

They are not seeded 1-16 and play it out its done locally and regionally.. hence the 4 teams with the best points from Harford County, Cecil and Queen Annes make one region and closest play first So Harford Tech played Elkton and Queen Annes played North Caroline with the winners play the winner of the Baltimore City/County region in the semi's which was Gwynn Park who only beat Edmonson 8-2 then Harford lost to Gwynn Park in the semi only for to get GP to smashed by Damascus in the final.. at least 3 team in Damascus region are better than Gwynn Park

As far as 2A is concerned none of these teams will beat the winner of any team that comes out of the other two regions mainly Damascus. One could argue at least 6 or more teams from the west side regions would beat any of the teams from the other side easily.. Harford Techs region is by far the much easier path to the semis and ship for that matter.. at least in 2A..

The system sucks as you get set up with teams that play for the ship and or semi's that are in no way the best teams in 2A. You also team teams from one region not getting in the play-off with more points than team from other regions that get in..stupid. Maryland went to this system a few years back to save on transportation costs.. its lame

http://www.maxpreps.com/tournament/...hool-football-playoff-brackets--mpssaa-2a.htm[/QUOTWhen i said Harford Tech

I know the guy is a Caravel hater trolling but I do find it funny complaining about the list when Lake Forest is on it lol

As for Harford Tech being better than Edmonson I don't think so. Probably pretty close this year but most year no. Edmonson plays a much tougher schedule as well The ratings are screwed from last year for two reasons they have Tech 12-1 and a semi finalist and EWS 7-5 but the Mervo loss was entered twice so it skewed the sos and ratings none the less you have to know how MD play-offs work

They are not seeded 1-16 and play it out its done locally and regionally.. hence the 4 teams with the best points from Harford County, Cecil and Queen Annes make one region and closest play first So Harford Tech played Elkton and Queen Annes played North Caroline with the winners play the winner of the Baltimore City/County region in the semi's which was Gwynn Park who only beat Edmonson 8-2 then Harford lost to Gwynn Park in the semi only for to get GP to smashed by Damascus in the final.. at least 3 team in Damascus region are better than Gwynn Park

As far as 2A is concerned none of these teams will beat the winner of any team that comes out of the other two regions mainly Damascus. One could argue at least 6 or more teams from the west side regions would beat any of the teams from the other side easily.. Harford Techs region is by far the much easier path to the semis and ship for that matter.. at least in 2A..

The system sucks as you get set up with teams that play for the ship and or semi's that are in no way the best teams in 2A. You also team teams from one region not getting in the play-off with more points than team from other regions that get in..stupid. Maryland went to this system a few years back to save on transportation costs.. its lame

http://www.maxpreps.com/tournament/...hool-football-playoff-brackets--mpssaa-2a.htm[/QUOT

Lake Forest being on there is an absolute joke. I didn't even see them on there or I would have said something. I was just speaking for over the past two years for Edmonson and Harford Tech. They're pretty similarly teams talent wise considering last year Edmonson lost by 6 to Gwynn park and Harford tech lost to them by 7. Both close games. Both teams would be very competitive teams in division II Delaware. I'm not hating on caravel because they're always a competitive team but I just don't get why there on this list. I don't get why Lake Forest is on this list or even Friends for that matter.

 

[ravensrooster2]

ok fair enough.. your untrolled lol

 

[ravensrooster2]

It would be like if Delaware divided the state into 4 quadrants and the two teams with the most points from each quadrant get in. Then those two teams played each other first round to form each quadrants state semi finalist.. Then the two semis are set up by proximity.. lol It would go over like a lead balloon

 

[delmarlegend65]

It would be like if Delaware divided the state into 4 quadrants and the two teams with the most points from each quadrant get in. Then those two teams played each other first round to form each quadrants state semi finalist.. Then the two semis are set up by proximity.. lol It would go over like a lead balloon

So the Damascus region is basically the hen south of Delaware DII. Who do you see as real contenders for DII this year?

 

[ravensrooster2]

Delmar, Woodbridge, AI and DMA.. Those are the 4 teams I feel have a legitimate chance to win it

 

[ravensrooster2]

So the Damascus region is basically the hen south of Delaware DII. Who do you see as real contenders for DII this year?

So to speak but the reality is Damascus's region ( Montgomery and Frederick counties) as far as 2A has 3 to 4 teams that would hammer any DE D2 team consistently not that there would not be a real good DE D2 teams in some years that could play with them.. HVT Bucks SR year comes to mind maybe not Damascus but some of the others

 

[delmarlegend65]

So to speak but the reality is Damascus's region ( Montgomery and Frederick counties) as far as 2A has 3 to 4 teams that would hammer any DE D2 team consistently not that there would not be a real good DE D2 team in some years that could play with them.. HVT Bucs SR year comes to mind maybe not Damascus but some of the others

Yeah of course. I meant relatively to Delaware DII when I was comparing them.

 

[ravensrooster2]

Yeah of course. I meant relatively to Delaware DII when I was comparing them.

yeah and you could look at Flight B like the Balto city/county region.. not as consistent as Hen South but can pop a real good team up on any given year

Then you throw in the privates which aren't comparable because obviously the privates in Md don't contend for states but it would be interesting if the MIAA B teams were allowed to they would likely be in 2A

Keep in mind were just talking MD 2A.. when you go to the other classes the regional powers change.. Particularly when you start talking PG County 3A/4A 1A usually goes to the city with Dunbar

 

[delmarlegend65]

yeah and you could look at Flight B like the Balto city/county region.. not as consistent as Hen South but can pop a real good team up on any given year

Then you throw in the privates which aren't comparable because obviously the privates in Md don't contend for states but it would be interesting if the MIAA B teams were allowed to they would likely be in 2A

Agreed. I believe DII will be moderately competitive this year. My playoff prediction in no particular order:
Delmar
Woodbridge
AI
DMA
Howard
Friends
Tower
Caravel

 

[ravensrooster2]

Caravel is a year or 2 away IMO.. very young team but has good numbers in 9 and 10.. the upperclass players just aren't that big, good tough players but no break-a-way guys like Montgomery, Larkins, Savage, Ripante..ect.. not like they are used to having..DeRegis and Potter are very good players though the big TE will help but dont know if it will be enough. The line play is suspect right now but that can get better. They will be competitive with D2 but making the play-offs this year will be tough they pretty much can't lose any of the DE D2 games maybe 1 if they take care of Concord week 10

It will be close but if they drop 2 to D2 teams then not happening. Caravel just working through a couple of small classes in term of numbers. 27 of their 41 man roster are 9 and 10 If CA can get 13-15 more players each class the next couple years and get the roster to over 50 then they will be back on top IMO

The St Marks game this week is huge for both teams. For CA if they take that loss they will likely start 0-3. Not that it would be impossible as a couple years ago they started 1-3 and then ran the table and got in but they also had a crap ton of bonus points.. Not sure if they will have it like that this year with the bonus pts will have to see.. Ahh hell just beat St Marks lol

 

[ReturnOfTheGate]

If Tower Hill loses one more game, there's a spot. If Friends loses to Woodbridge and St. E, that potentially opens up another one. Howard has to beat St. Mark's and/or AI to have a shot, so Caravel definitely has a chance. It depends on what St. E and St. Mark's do as well.

 

[ravensrooster2]

I look at D2 like this

I group

CA, St E and St Marks as at large non C's in contention

So I figure

Hen South at least 2
Flight B guaranteed 1
SPL and DSC will get at least 1 each

Leaving 3 spots for either

CA
St Marks
St E's
a 3rd Hen South
a 2nd Flight B
and possibly a 2nd DSC

 

[ReturnOfTheGate]

It's going to be an interesting race, probably down to the final week of the season.

We can pretty much pencil in Delmar/Woodbridge/DMA/AI. The rest is a wait-and-see for me.

 

[ravensrooster2]

yep and who would have thought that Friends St E's game could be such a pivotal game going back a few mths ago?

 

[ReturnOfTheGate]

yep and who would have thought that Friends St E's game could be such a pivotal game going back a few mths ago?

What a difference a Dooley makes...

 

[ravensrooster2]

What a difference a Dooley makes...

And a QB wink wink lol

 

[WayneJay]

Lake Forest being on there is an absolute joke. I didn't even see them on there or I would have said something. I was just speaking for over the past two years for Edmonson and Harford Tech. They're pretty similarly teams talent wise considering last year Edmonson lost by 6 to Gwynn park and Harford tech lost to them by 7. Both close games. Both teams would be very competitive teams in division II Delaware. I'm not hating on caravel because they're always a competitive team but I just don't get why there on this list. I don't get why Lake Forest is on this list or even Friends for that matter.

Friends is on the list because they've been in the D2 semi-finals the last four consecutive years, and when they made the final in 2016 they lost a one score game to the WB team that is arguably the best D2 team in the last five years.

Check those 4 final 4s...the only name that shows up 4 times is Friends.

 

[Yunforce]

Wait...Who did St Es beat last week? Refresh my memory.

 

[ravensrooster2]

Friends is on the list because they've been in the D2 semi-finals the last four consecutive years, and when they made the final in 2016 they lost a one score game to the WB team that is arguably the best D2 team in the last five years.

Check those 4 final 4s...the only name that shows up 4 times is Friends.

Good points well except for WB team being the best D2 team in last 5 years. Not even close especially considering D2 has been weak the last few years. Now that St G and HVT have moved up the teams that dropped haven’t carried the torch. AI maybe this year.

 

[Yunforce]

God points well except for WB team being the best D2 team in last 5 years. Not even close especially considering D2 has been weak the last few years.

Except for caravels teams that everyone is scared to play right?

 

[ravensrooster2]

Except for caravels teams that everyone is scared to play right?

I was speaking about HVT mostly but yeah Yum yum gimme gum. Friends aren’t about anything but scheduling like pansies and hope to make a run. Good for them they made the final beating ok teams one year to get there. It won’t happen this year. As for scheduling CA teams can have whatever reason they want not to schedule them but I never said scared. Ignorance comes to mind though

 

[Yunforce]

I was speaking about HVT mostly but yeah Yum yum gimme gum. Friends aren’t about anything but scheduling like pansies and hope to make a run. Good for them they made the final beating ok teams one year to get there. It won’t happen this year

I thought Nelson would be able to give them the spark they needed to maintain the success they were having in the playoffs but it doesn’t seem likely with the southern teams being better in overall athleticism and up front. I noticed AI has much less students every year. I wonder how long it takes until they turn into a McKean or Dickinson

 

[ravensrooster2]

I thought Nelson would be able to give them the spark they needed to maintain the success they were having in the playoffs but it doesn’t seem likely with the southern teams being better in overall athleticism and up front. I noticed AI has much less students every year. I wonder how long it takes until they turn into a McKean or Dickinson

I would be willing to bet If AI makes noise this year their enrollment will take an up tick and put them back in D1 next go round. Especially with the bussing change pushing kids back to their district away from Penn and Christiana district schools we are just beginning to see the effect that change. AI will get choiced to for those kids rather than Glasgow, Penn, MtP , and of course Newark has taken the brunt of the change

 

[Yunforce]

Kids that choiced into AI in years past have been forced to back into their feeders because of Red Clays change I’m bussing so I see it going the other direction.

 

[ravensrooster2]

Kids that choiced into AI in years past have been forced to back into their feeders because of Red Clays change I’m bussing so I see it going the other direction.

your probably right yum yum. For some reason I was thinking AI was red clay. My mistake

 

[Yunforce]

your probably right yum yum. For some reason I was thinking AI was red clay. My mistake

AI is red clay. Red clay is the largest district in DE. Kids whose feeder was Dickinson or McKean choiced there. This year, same kids were told their buses wouldn’t drive the extra 10 mins to their “choice” stop because of the 3 tier bussing change. So parents either went with the feeder school or choiced into Christina from what I’ve been hearing.

 

[Yunforce]

I think kids from AI’s true feeder pattern are the ones filling Conrad, Charter and DMA

 

[8484ron]

What a difference a Dooley makes...

Heckuva football coach!

 

[Yunforce]

Heckuva football coach!

I love me some Marvin but they beat Mount who was 4-6 last year and not improved from what I’ve heard

 

[ravensrooster2]

AI is red clay. Red clay is the largest district in DE. Kids whose feeder was Dickinson or McKean choiced there. This year, same kids were told their buses wouldn’t drive the extra 10 mins to their “choice” stop because of the 3 tier bussing change. So parents either went with the feeder school or choiced into Christina from what I’ve been hearing.

Hmm could explain why Cristina didn’t seem as terrible week one. I mean they are still bad but not as bad as the last few years

 

[Dukedog1]

I love me some Marvin but they beat Mount who was 4-6 last year and not improved from what I’ve heard

Laurel put up 50 on Brandywine and beat the Bulldogs by 30. They will handle St. E at Laurel homefield.