Preseason Power Rankings 2017

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• I hope MHS picks the right starting QB.
  The underclass man has much more skill.

• Hearing the same thing on Erie. Word is traveling fast. Not going to comment on specific kids

  but hope they learn their lesson. Also hearing SMCC numbers are way down.

• It was announced today by their athletic director that Erie Mason will not be fielding a JV team. Apparently, several varsity players were booted off the team due to a criminal offense so they are being replaced by JV players. Anyone in Erie care to chime in?

• It was only a few seasons ago that most teams fielded a freshman team. Now some teams are struggling to fill a JV team. Are coaches pushing the kids too hard? Previous generations started working out for football after baseball season. Now there is an expectation that kids start working out (specifically for football) in November for the next season. Specialization may seem fine in the short term, but long term I think it will have the same effect as PPV did for professional boxing.

• Jefferson will surprise some people. Maybe not win the league, but definitely better than 13. They lost a couple stars, but so do Milan and many others. Many kids at many schools have decided not to play football for the injury concerns that continue to come up. The face of the game has changed around here and there will be surprises at the top.

  I would like to see team numbers. SMCC barely has enough for a JV team. Many are down, this will tell the tale.

• For Jefferson, I'd say it's the combination of exactly who they lost from last year and the typical first year head coach dip.

  It's likely more helpful to sort teams into ranked tiers rather than a strict numerical ranking anyway, so if you want to think of the Bears in the same tier as Airport, I wouldn't object to that. Personally I would put the Pirates and Rams in the next tier up, but that's my uneducated opinion.

• How do you drop Jefferson below Airport and Flat Rock and even Riverview when it seems they are bringing back a solid amount

• Thank you guys for doing this blog, I read it daily! I agree with your predictions on Carlson and Huron but I have to disagree with your predictions on Monroe and Dundee.

  Monroe has yet to prove they are anything more than an average team in their league and that is the same with Dundee. I know they have young coaches who are trying to do a good job but neither team has accomplished anything in quite some time. Dundee may have a good runner in Miller but the knock against their offense (including SMCC and when they finally did start throwing the ball well, they won a state title!) is their inability to throw the ball. Until Dundee knocks off a good team, I can't see them being anymore than an average 4-5, 5-4 team. No offense to those kids but this is the same team that lost to a bad Airport team last year.

  Monroe has just as much talent as Carlson, maybe more but for whatever reason they never put it together. The rumblings I hear in Monroe is the Trojan faithful being unhappy by the new offense every week. If the Trojans can stick to 1 offense and stay healthy, then maybe they do as well as you predict.

  Just my 2 cents-Thank you Chris and Gary for your support of the young men playing football in the county.

• Jefferson and Airport will surprise people this year.

• Has nothing to do with Respect.. Jefferson hasn't been the team they use to be in doom time..