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Mike Drago

12:12

All good points.

Wilson made some un-Wilson-like mistakes, that were costly.

12:13

They were missing their punt-snapper, AJ Futrick, and that cost them.

And then Kaleb Brown left in the 3Q, and did not come back.

And then you have this monster game from Anthony Ivey, who had not played all season.

12:14

I'm sure Doug Dahms thinks that game could've been a lot closer, and thinks the next one will

He was encouraged by the play of Brady Gibble at DB.

They used Gibble on Ivey in the second half, and it was a much better match-up for the Bulldogs.

All of that being said, Township was very good. Good QB, good RB, really good LBs.

Kahuna

12:15

Mike, going to steal one of your lines...."Fleetwood is who we thought they were"

Mike Drago

12:15

Don't write off the Tigers too fast

Wyo will make a lot of teams look bad

Actually thought the Fleetwood defense hung in there, contained some things, didn't give up big plays.

12:16

Fleetwood's biggest problem was protecting the passer. Wyo came with some new blitzes and Charlie Maddocks rarely had a chance to set up and throw.

Hal Atosis

12:16

Why are all of the D1 caliber players everywhere but Berks County?

Mike Drago

12:16

You mean, like Alex Anzalone, who's in the NFL?

12:17

Or Michal Menet and Jan Johnson, who are starting at Penn State?

Or Cooper Lutz, who's at Syracuse?

Or Isaac Lutz and Justin Weller, who are at Penn State?

Guys like that?

Berks has had a pretty good run lately.

This senior class is not top-heavy in that regard, but still a lot of good players in Berks.

12:18

A lot of good, young players.

D3 Mike

12:18

Mike, hoping you can clarify today's piece. Is Coach Dahms against the cross-overs on general principle or because of how it impacts Wilson, specifically? It came off as puzzling (at best) to read that Wilson and Manheim are complaining about cross-overs when they won 1,374 consecutive LL league games between 2007 and 2017.

Mike Drago

12:18

Doug Dahms only wants to play other 6A teams.

Playing a team of a lower classification hurts your power rating, even a good one such as Manheim, which wins 8, 9, 10 games a year.

12:19

He and the other coaches don't like being forced into certain match-ups.

They would prefer to have the flexibility to schedule the teams they want to play

And, mostly, they want more than five league games.

That's why the Berks merger makes sense to the LL

It could give the larger schools seven league games.

MC Hammer

12:20

I like the idea of a Berks/LL merger. It gets old playing the same teams over and over again

Mike Drago

12:20

With 37 teams, and five sections, there would be a lot of flexibility for programs.

For example, a 6A such as Lebanon that's struggle can play in Section 3 or 4

Or a strong 3A, such as Wyomissing, could play up a section

12:21

LL, like Berks, has some small 3A and 2A programs that traditionally struggle.

Berks doesn't have any 2A schools, but schools such as Kutztown, Schuylkill Valley and Hamburg could be helped by this

Hal Atosis

12:21

BC really dropped off. The Lutz’s , John Reedy, Luke Painton, Marcu
s Wilson , Pop Lacey all D1 kids.

Bucky Barnes

12:22

Do you think the Berks teams can compete? I see larger schools like Exeter and Reading, for instance, struggling against even some of the middle of the pack L-L teams.

Mike Drago

12:22

Exeter can hold its own with most 5A programs.

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