2025 Minnesota High School Football Thread

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MaxyJR1 said:
I think the winner of Section1 of Byron, KM and Stewartville and Section 2 Marshall are the clear favorites to win it. Byron be Stewartville on the last play of the game Saturday.
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It’s crazy that two of the top 4-5 teams in the state are going to play in that section semifinal


I get why bottom 6 classes can’t do what 6a does for playoff. But it would be great if they could make the final 16 a new bracket with two advancing from each section.
Only adds long travel for 8 teams but would make the state tourney better.
 

Some guy said:
It’s crazy that two of the top 4-5 teams in the state are going to play in that section semifinal


I get why bottom 6 classes can’t do what 6a does for playoff. But it would be great if they could make the final 16 a new bracket with two advancing from each section.
Only adds long travel for 8 teams but would make the state tourney better.
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For decades they always predetermined the brackets for the state playoffs. Now they at least seed the final 8 teams. I agree that a 16 team bracket would be good, but it would likely need to be predetermined a bit for logistics and knowing who is hosting the games more than 5-7 days in advance.

These would be the section final games and the semi-finals are all on Saturday prior. You can't blindly learn your opponent on Sunday for a Friday game.

I'd have it split north and south and have the backet set up based on QRF or some factor of ranking the strength of a section. Rank the sections in south 1-4 and north 1-4 and then cross over.
 

Some guy said:
I think Rosemount has some really good backs and is better now than the beginning of the year

Rosemount took a minute. Coming off 1-8 (where they lost like 6 games by 7 or less).
Now they’re playing well and seem the most healthy.

But I agree. lines and linebackers as good as usual. Wideouts and backs not nearly as much talent as most years
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I think MNVCGUY has pointed it out before, but Rosemount RB Jeru Bean is the son of former Gopher RB Jim Bean.
 

LeftofThaDial said:
I think MNVCGUY has pointed it out before, but Rosemount RB Jeru Bean is the son of former Gopher RB Jim Bean.
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And QB is Finn Macken son of former Gopher Jerry Macken. Add in DC Parc Williams and if there is a team for Gopher fans to get behind this is probably the one :)

Agree with Some Guys assessment of where Rosemount is at right now.....good health and seem to have figured out how to use their various weapons on offense. Don't have a ton of breakaway speed but they have 4 guys who can all make things happen when running and the QB is pretty good at it as well when he pulls it. Even mixed in some passing last week against Eagan and they do have a solid receiver.

Exciting thing for Rosemount fans is that the QB and one of the top RB are both 10th graders so best is most likely yet to come for both of them.

I'm just hoping the draw works out for them to avoid Maple Grove and Minnetonka for as long as possible in the playoffs.
 



MNVCGUY said:
And QB is Finn Macken son of former Gopher Jerry Macken. Add in DC Parc Williams and if there is a team for Gopher fans to get behind this is probably the one :)

Agree with Some Guys assessment of where Rosemount is at right now.....good health and seem to have figured out how to use their various weapons on offense. Don't have a ton of breakaway speed but they have 4 guys who can all make things happen when running and the QB is pretty good at it as well when he pulls it. Even mixed in some passing last week against Eagan and they do have a solid receiver.

Exciting thing for Rosemount fans is that the QB and one of the top RB are both 10th graders so best is most likely yet to come for both of them.

I'm just hoping the draw works out for them to avoid Maple Grove and Minnetonka for as long as possible in the playoffs.
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Win or lose Wednesday and they avoid them until at least the State quarterfinal if not longer.
 

MaxyJR1 said:
For decades they always predetermined the brackets for the state playoffs. Now they at least seed the final 8 teams. I agree that a 16 team bracket would be good, but it would likely need to be predetermined a bit for logistics and knowing who is hosting the games more than 5-7 days in advance.

These would be the section final games and the semi-finals are all on Saturday prior. You can't blindly learn your opponent on Sunday for a Friday game.

I'd have it split north and south and have the backet set up based on QRF or some factor of ranking the strength of a section. Rank the sections in south 1-4 and north 1-4 and then cross over.
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I think the real answer is go to a model where 32 per class make playoff.
So no Tuesday, Sat, Friday

Everyone on same schedule as current 6a
 


Some guy said:
It’s good for matchups. It’s good for the program short term but I think it actually grows the gap every year you’re in it.
Osseo chose to not join the last 3 years. I think if they had joined they’d have more wins but be in a worse spot
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And Osseo has a winning record.
 



MNVCGUY said:
And QB is Finn Macken son of former Gopher Jerry Macken. Add in DC Parc Williams and if there is a team for Gopher fans to get behind this is probably the one :)

Agree with Some Guys assessment of where Rosemount is at right now.....good health and seem to have figured out how to use their various weapons on offense. Don't have a ton of breakaway speed but they have 4 guys who can all make things happen when running and the QB is pretty good at it as well when he pulls it. Even mixed in some passing last week against Eagan and they do have a solid receiver.

Exciting thing for Rosemount fans is that the QB and one of the top RB are both 10th graders so best is most likely yet to come for both of them.

I'm just hoping the draw works out for them to avoid Maple Grove and Minnetonka for as long as possible in the playoffs.
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Looks like Grandpa Jerry was a Gopher also, on the 1960 National Champs.
 

Some guy said:
I don’t know who they are but 3 and 5 and 7 are all really good HS backs

I think those are the theee numbers
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Yep, those are the 3 seniors. The one you are missing is #1 who is the 10th grader and has a really bright future if he keeps developing. He and #5 Bean rotate in what would be seen as kind of the traditional RB spot in the offense they run.
 


MNVCGUY said:
This is honestly nothing new. There are very few truly impressive football players in this state.

If you have one or two elite players you can dominate in Minnesota high school football because there just aren't many of those players out there.
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And how much of that is because of what we often discuss here. When top athletes decided to drop a sport, it's very often football because of the short season. When parents are paying tens of thousands of dollars for their kid to play year-round hockey, hoops or baseball, with different leagues, camps, etc. it's football that is going to be the odd man out.
 



disco said:
And how much of that is because of what we often discuss here. When top athletes decided to drop a sport, it's very often football because of the short season. When parents are paying tens of thousands of dollars for their kid to play year-round hockey, hoops or baseball, with different leagues, camps, etc. it's football that is going to be the odd man out.
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Yeah, happens o all sports though. Like wrestling, for the big kids. Sometimes these really athletic big guys drop out of wrestling because they're in line for a football scholarship and it's just another possible way to get hurt or another thing that costs a bunch of money and you have to do year round to be competitive at the top level. They're always going to have to prioritize now and with concussion issues some kids are just doing other things. But I can tell you soccer has a lot of concussions too and so does wrestling, so leaving football may not be saving you a lot.
 

disco said:
And how much of that is because of what we often discuss here. When top athletes decided to drop a sport, it's very often football because of the short season. When parents are paying tens of thousands of dollars for their kid to play year-round hockey, hoops or baseball, with different leagues, camps, etc. it's football that is going to be the odd man out.
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It’s actually pretty crazy to me.
Football is the only one you can make your main sport, be pretty cheap still, best chance to see field

How many parents spend the equivalent of a college partial scholarship on a sport their kid never even makes varsity
 

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