Week 7 pick ems crying room. (Join me)

[Nulli Secundus]

It's been a long week at work and I tried to stay awake for Friday night's kickoff times.  Unfortunately I didn't make it as my body said otherwise.  I woke up a little while ago shortly after midnight and much to my chagrin, Armageddon has taken place.  This is by FAR the most abysmal week I've ever had in the contest.  I could've thrown darts at the wall and not done worse.  I won't say shoulda, coulda, woulda because with my picks because with very few exceptions the results could've gone either way.  Damn, I said coulda, lol.  Anyway, no excuses.  Please join me in disgust as week 7 is almost officially in the books to talk about where YOU went wrong.  @imjustafan2 @Longtime Observer @KeemD321 @muckboy561 @VeniceIndianFan @Holy Moly @PinellasFB @ohs vargas @nolebull813 @Trelle @A-Town 561 @Zachk1003 @DarterBlue2 @CoachGraham @DisabledAccount @Jullian @TreyS @Perspective @DILLARDBOYZ954 @Joshua Wilson

[Holy Moly]

I gotta quit drinking when doing my picks.. Anyways cheers! doing a shot of grand manier for us both.

[Zachk1003]

Definitely surprised by DeLand losing to mainland also jesuit I trusted you in this one and you let me down very lucky that's the last tough game they got absolutely brutal week

[DarterBlue2]

Surprised by Jesuit losing also. Less so Deland. While Mainland is down, so, too, is Deland and this game is a long time rivalry. I did think Deland had enough to take them down, but am not surprised they did not. Jesuit really should not have lost to an Orange City that could not beat Eau Galle. 

[imjustafan2]

6 hours ago, Holy Moly said:

I gotta quit drinking when doing my picks.. Anyways cheers! doing a shot of grand manier for us both.

I might start drinking to do my picks. 

[muckboy561]

1 hour ago, imjustafan2 said:

I might start drinking to do my picks. 

Thanks a lot Cocoa smh lol what happened 

[KeemD321]

51 minutes ago, muckboy561 said:

Thanks a lot Cocoa smh lol what happened 

They played without any intensity and Norland dominated the whole game pretty much. No key signature wins for Cocoa this season. Should win out the remaining 4 games. And have one or 2 tough games in the playoffs they'll be on the road and will most likely play at Bradford in the regional finals in another rematch

[Jullian]

10 hours ago, Holy Moly said:

I gotta quit drinking when doing my picks.. Anyways cheers! doing a shot of grand manier for us both.

I’m gonna start drinking for my picks!!!!! GOOD HEAVENS 

[Jullian]

8 hours ago, DarterBlue2 said:

Surprised by Jesuit losing also. Less so Deland. While Mainland is down, so, too, is Deland and this game is a long time rivalry. I did think Deland had enough to take them down, but am not surprised they did not. Jesuit really should not have lost to an Orange City that could not beat Eau Galle. 

In the spirit of Halloween, Jesuit is Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde!!!! SMH. I’m gonna start not drinking the Darlington koolaid…..HE’s NOT AT APOPKA ANY MOE!!!!!!

[DarterBlue2]

1 hour ago, Jullian said:

In the spirit of Halloween, Jesuit is Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde!!!! SMH. I’m gonna start not drinking the Darlington koolaid…..HE’s NOT AT APOPKA ANY MOE!!!!!!

No matter how good a coach you are, you need a certain basic talent level. Apopka has always been blessed with very good athletes. Hence, the trick is to keep them home and buy into your system. Accomplish that, instill discipline, and get the kids on board that a deep run is not only possible but your birthright, and you have a recipe for winning a lot of games. 

[Jullian]

1 hour ago, DarterBlue2 said:

No matter how good a coach you are, you need a certain basic talent level. Apopka has always been blessed with very good athletes. Hence, the trick is to keep them home and buy into your system. Accomplish that, instill discipline, and get the kids on board that a deep run is not only possible but your birthright, and you have a recipe for winning a lot of games. 

Bullseye Darter. The best jockey has never won the Kentucky Derby on a Jackass…….

[TreyS]

On 10/5/2024 at 1:07 AM, Nulli Secundus said:

It's been a long week at work and I tried to stay awake for Friday night's kickoff times.  Unfortunately I didn't make it as my body said otherwise.  I woke up a little while ago shortly after midnight and much to my chagrin, Armageddon has taken place.  This is by FAR the most abysmal week I've ever had in the contest.  I could've thrown darts at the wall and not done worse.  I won't say shoulda, coulda, woulda because with my picks because with very few exceptions the results could've gone either way.  Damn, I said coulda, lol.  Anyway, no excuses.  Please join me in disgust as week 7 is almost officially in the books to talk about where YOU went wrong.  @imjustafan2 @Longtime Observer @KeemD321 @muckboy561 @VeniceIndianFan @Holy Moly @PinellasFB @ohs vargas @nolebull813 @Trelle @A-Town 561 @Zachk1003 @DarterBlue2 @CoachGraham @DisabledAccount @Jullian @TreyS @Perspective @DILLARDBOYZ954 @Joshua Wilson

I should’ve picked Mainland over DeLand but I wanted to wait and see Mainland get a win against an actually decent team before I started picking them. They proved me very wrong. Also, what happened to Cocoa??? 

[DILLARDBOYZ954]

I did great 9-1 lol 

[nolebull813]

1 hour ago, DILLARDBOYZ954 said:

I did great 9-1 lol 

 By 9-1 you mean 6-4

[DILLARDBOYZ954]

34 minutes ago, nolebull813 said:

 By 9-1 you mean 6-4

I was jus talking trash realistically I did kind of decent lol 

[DarterBlue2]

4 hours ago, nolebull813 said:

 By 9-1 you mean 6-4

I would have been very happy with 6-4. I had my all time worst week ever!!!

[KeemD321]

19 hours ago, TreyS said:

I should’ve picked Mainland over DeLand but I wanted to wait and see Mainland get a win against an actually decent team before I started picking them. They proved me very wrong. Also, what happened to Cocoa??? 

Their question marks from the beginning of the season are still question marks. The Norland game is honestly the worst I've seen them play in awhile. Also the playcalling was strange. Went away from what worked, didn't make proper adjustments to the blitz or the coverage. And the future 5 star QB kept locking in on his top receiver and didn't really get comfortable. 4 turnovers and penalties didn't help either.

[TreyS]

Wow. Cocoa has really fallen off after beating Mainland. Losing to IMG and Venice I kind of understand, but I expected them to destroy Norland. We will see if they can  get back to winning (which they should) against teams that should be easy wins for them.

[KeemD321]

2 hours ago, TreyS said:

Wow. Cocoa has really fallen off after beating Mainland. Losing to IMG and Venice I kind of understand, but I expected them to destroy Norland. We will see if they can  get back to winning (which they should) against teams that should be easy wins for them.

Watching the game first hand. Norland did everything right and countered Cocoa's strengths and weaknesses and took advantage of all mistakes made. Cocoa played better defense in the 2nd half but the offense didn't going at all besides a couple drives.

[TreyS]

 

22 minutes ago, KeemD321 said:

Watching the game first hand. Norland did everything right and countered Cocoa's strengths and weaknesses and took advantage of all mistakes made. Cocoa played better defense in the 2nd half but the offense didn't going at all besides a couple drives.

Didn’t even know Cocoa had a weakness. Their QB Brady Hart has been doing really good but the last few games seem to have been a struggle. Maybe the Norland defense started locking in on their top receiver. Looking forward to Norland having another big matchup this week against AHP. 

[KeemD321]

On 10/7/2024 at 1:20 PM, TreyS said:

 

Didn’t even know Cocoa had a weakness. Their QB Brady Hart has been doing really good but the last few games seem to have been a struggle. Maybe the Norland defense started locking in on their top receiver. Looking forward to Norland having another big matchup this week against AHP. 

Oh yea coming into the season their weakness was their trenches on both sides since they lost everyone besides one player on both sides of the line.  Cocoa's QB has always had that tendency to lock onto Boggs but he still makes plays on the ball regardless. Yes they doubled him but he still makes plays doubled team. QB just rarely looked to his other receivers that game and Norland schemes their defense perfectly being aggressive with the blitz and disguising the coverage.

Throughout the game he had other receivers wide open but didn't really have the time or was too focused on Boggs

[TreyS]

33 minutes ago, KeemD321 said:

Oh yea coming into the season their weakness was their trenches on both sides since they lost everyone besides one player on both sides of the line.  Cocoa's QB has always had that tendency to lock onto Boggs but he still makes plays on the ball regardless. Yes they doubled him but he still makes plays doubled team. QB just rarely looked to his other receivers that game and Norland schemes their defense perfectly being aggressive with the blitz and disguising the coverage.

Throughout the game he had other receivers wide open but didn't really have the time or was too focused on Boggs

The thing that kind of stinks is that this happens even in the NFL, during a play the QB locks on to one receiver and then the defense catches on. I didn’t see Hart just lock in on Boggs against Mainalnd, threw to many receivers, but times change.

[KeemD321]

52 minutes ago, TreyS said:

The thing that kind of stinks is that this happens even in the NFL, during a play the QB locks on to one receiver and then the defense catches on. I didn’t see Hart just lock in on Boggs against Mainalnd, threw to many receivers, but times change.

Yea. He does it every so often. If you go back and watch some of the games from last season he did it as well. He just slowed down on doing it as much as the season progressed and this season but he still falls into it whenever he feels pressure. Just check out the catches each receiver has each game and it will show. The Venice game the numbers are skewed due to some drops