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That is an impressive win. To bounce back after the way they played last week was huge. Lose today and maybe the bad things start snowballing. I don’t think they are good enough to make noise in the playoffs but they will be there. Still need Darrisaw back and another guard and probably 2 CBs...

No pass rush. No coverage.

I think O’Connell falls too in love with the pass. They mix it up nice on the first drive but then they fall into the trap of nothing but passing. They are the opposite of the Gophers!

I sure wish they would try and run it on 3rd and 1 once in a while….

This defense is bad. Really bad.

Fleck would like to be a run-first, ball control, solid defensive team. I'd just like to be a team that wins more games. Don't care how it's done.

I completely agree, but the MSHSL does NOT care.

It would be awesome to see the smaller classes do crossover games at the section level. Direct quote from the MSHSL when this was proposed, "We don't care about the best teams making it to state. We want representation from all over the state." Of course that same "rule" doesn't apply to 6A...

This is exactly what is going in with HS football. The gap between the "haves" and "have nots" is growing ever wider, but I don't think that there is a clear answer on how to solve it. Any solutions are basically the MSHSL "picking winners". Every decision they make that is a "solution" for one...

That celebration was fun to watch!

A crossing route!

Well, honestly the Gophers passing tree is basically just a stump. fade or slant. That’s all they have.

That pass play to Irving was actually well designed. Very nice.

Agreed. That is poor play design. Putting Tanner in a no-win situation there.

I think L-O blasts Fertile. Their QB is an incredibly quick kid and their FB is just a tank running downhill. I think Chatfield beats West Central pretty handily as well even without their stud QB. Both the AA and 9-man Section 1 are loaded with good teams... I think the 9-man state championship...

I'll still pick Chatfield to win the game. The QB is a very dominant player, but they have some great talent besides him though. It's almost like the Cal teams of years past where they lose a great player at some point in the season and still go on to win it all. I'll also take Leroy-Ostrander...

I will add that I thought that this was the year to break through that ceiling of winning the West. Once you do it one time, then that mentality of we can’t do it is gone. Maybe it opens up a new future of being consistent contenders for the West title?

This has been quite an answer the last two drives.

How do you want to be a running team and yet not draft any run blocking offensive linemen? Maddening.

The OP covers every single one of my thoughts on this year‘s team. So disappointing. I really thought they had the team this year to take that big next step of winning a West Division title.