it's been a fine Delaware high school football season with great games this weekend. Both D1 and D2- great games. These "national" level guys remind me of the guys that show up at Dover speedway with their tow trucks all shined up. Mocking Delaware high school football as if somebody on the national level wanted them. " sorry, tell USC to hold, making a point online in NCC"
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OK? Is that the same as thinking the local dirt track racer who finishes 43rd at Dover is as good as Jeff Gordon?
No just eagle control throwing a pity party for herself in the corner... Being an eagle fan you would think this was obvious and not hard to see....
Somebody posted the old "poor DE football pity party post"... She has no support for it
Making this national post etc... Again poor pity party.. National schools picking on DE
I state facts.. Not making it personal
Sallies is a great program.. As evidence by their lax team and coach Healy they are a national power house..football or lax... Well coached with talent..
Smyrna has talent.. Well coached etc... So it should be another great game. No pity party that national recruits are picking one me post needed.. Two great teams playing this weekend.
Making this national post etc... Again poor pity party.. National schools picking on DE
I state facts.. Not making it personal
Sallies is a great program.. As evidence by their lax team and coach Healy they are a national power house..football or lax... Well coached with talent..
Smyrna has talent.. Well coached etc... So it should be another great game. No pity party that national recruits are picking one me post needed.. Two great teams playing this weekend.
Coach, is "No pity party that national recruits are picking one me post needed," a play or something? If it is an offensive one I bet it confuses the heck out of a good defense
Eagle and Joe y'all should swap numbers and talk offline since nobody else cares too much lol
I agree with you. It is only natural that a small state like Delaware will not have lots of powerful programs like big states.
People who have been on here a long time remember when Ravensrooster showed up under a different name and was was touting Red Lion Christian's attempt at National prominence as the greatest thing. He would post pictures of big stadiums in Ohio where they played and explain how it was so much better than anything in Delaware. He would lecture Sallies fans about not being as good as the programs in the DC area who actually recruit and how much better they were.
Of course Sill's almost destroyed RLC as a school and that experiement ended up as ECA - a school in name only where money exists to stay in Texas and get their butts kicked for a few games while they apparently don't even take classes.
High school football is fine in Delaware. It is only a small part of the high school experience and should be kept in perspective. With what is known about the cumulative effect of sub-concussive impacts talk of spring football and 24/7 year round training by a bunch of grown men is pretty short sighted and stupid.
With the limited resources available to DE HS coaches and players (no athletic periods, no activity buses in many districts, no spring ball, no out-of-season coaching, small school size etc) I think that DE produces some pretty darn good football. Unless those things change, which they won't, then people will continue to poo-poo DE football.
On a side note- we're 27th/50 states in FBS signees per capita
http://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/sec-football/sec-states-produce-tons-of-fbs-talent/
Ahead of New York, Illinois, West Virginia, Wisconsin and others. Not too shabby...
On a side note- we're 27th/50 states in FBS signees per capita
http://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/sec-football/sec-states-produce-tons-of-fbs-talent/
Ahead of New York, Illinois, West Virginia, Wisconsin and others. Not too shabby...
Harmon safety for the patriots, worrilow LB for Atlanta , Justin brown had a stint with the steelers and bills, Merrell twins Rutgers and had tryouts for NFL teams . Small state , we aren't going to have as much exposure as larger states, that's just a given .
Agreed. I think lack of exposure is really the issue as opposed to "bad football" as others have alluded to.
Don't forget Trip Thurman, Dover High, starting at Florida.
A few years back Jamie Jarmon QB for Indian River, he had a scholarship to play football and baseball at South Carolina, ended up getting drafted 2nd round by the Rangers and is now playing WR at UD.
Brandon Ross (Charter) starting RB at Maryland 6 TD in the last 2 weeks. His brother Jarret is a DB on the team.
Delaware Football is just fine. A great season is finishing, a season where teams have worked hard, won and lost close games, learned from wins and losses from not so close games. Point is, its a game the young men play. Their classmates support the school team, get behind them, and have an enjoyable fall and senior year. Why would anyone discount this? What is not very good about it? The real national football guys will know who is who and they can spot the "dance moms"
Every state has great players that they can trot out..and many can make a list much bigger than this one.. National football is NOT which State is best or even who has more D1 athletes.. Its never been about the State but the PROGRAMS.. I get it people focus on State because they are territorial but me I focus on the various programs across the country and them consistently fielding great teams regardless how many D1 athletes they have. Sallies and Middletown fall into that category.. Maybe not Nationally but they field good teams year in and out Yep DE has a few teams each year that are good but the overall competitiveness is not there this year JMHO.
I follow National Programs (not states) and I also follow DEHS football locally.. me saying DE is down this year is not in relation to the National guys its in relation to how many competitive teams this year vs last years or the year before that but it has nothing to do with how many players get offers. its about the teams
I follow National Programs (not states) and I also follow DEHS football locally.. me saying DE is down this year is not in relation to the National guys its in relation to how many competitive teams this year vs last years or the year before that but it has nothing to do with how many players get offers. its about the teams
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Actually 3 at Penn State if you count Kyle Carter from WmPenn
