{"id":147863,"date":"2021-11-02T03:52:05","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T08:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=147863"},"modified":"2021-11-02T03:52:07","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T08:52:07","slug":"random-thoughts-lower-seeds-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2021\/11\/02\/random-thoughts-lower-seeds-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Random Thoughts: lower seeds and more"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SCOTT TRUXELL\/<\/strong>independent editor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Good luck wishes, No. 16 vs. No. 1, lower seeds, a 106-0 score, Michigan football, College Football Playoff Rankings, the Cleveland Browns and a non-sports topic make up this week\u2019s edition of Random Thoughts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Good luck<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best of luck to Van Wert cross country runner Hunter Sherer, who will compete as an individual at this week\u2019s state cross country meet at Fortress Obetz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Edison vs. Bellevue<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Much has been said about Friday\u2019s stunner in Division IV, Region 14.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No. 16 Edison defeated No. 1 seed Bellevue 23-22, but was it really a stunner?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keep this in mind \u2013 the two teams played in Week No. 2 and Bellevue won by just a touchdown, 21-14. One of Bellevue\u2019s top defensive players missed Friday\u2019s playoff game. Edison runs a true old-school triple option attack and they run it very well. The Chargers controlled the clock last Friday and they were ahead for a significant part of the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An old triple option attack combined with a missing defensive leader and maybe it wasn\u2019t such a shock after all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lower seeds<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

No other No. 16 seeds won during the opening round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One No. 15 seed won, five No. 14 seeds won, four No. 14 seeds won, five No. 12 seeds won, just two No. 11 seeds won, along with just one No. 10 seeds. There are 10 ninth-seeded teams remaining in the playoffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s see how the lower seeded teams fare this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

106-0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps you\u2019ve heard about a high school playoff football game that ended with a score of 106-0. That\u2019s not a misprint, 106-0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

It happened over the weekend in California, Inglewood vs. Morningside High School. It was 59-0 after the first quarter and a running clock was put into effect in the second quarter. Inglewood\u2019s quarterback had 13 touchdown passes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inglewood even went for two after scoring the game\u2019s final touchdown and Morningside\u2019s coach called it \u201ca classless move.\u201d He\u2019s right. The winning coach didn\u2019t pull his starters until well into the game and initially didn\u2019t agree to a running clock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s a bad look all around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michigan football<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As an Ohio State fan I don\u2019t like saying this but despite Michigan\u2019s loss to Michigan State, the Wolverines have a very good team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes, there\u2019s the matter of giving up two touchdowns and a pair of two point conversions, but still, this team is much improved. I honestly don\u2019t know why they used two different quarterbacks when up by 16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019ll be interesting to see how they do before the November 27 game vs. Ohio State. They should beat Indiana and Maryland, but there\u2019s a November 13 game against Penn St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Playoff rankings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first College Football Playoff Rankings will be released tomorrow night and like previous years, I\u2019m sure it\u2019ll send people into a tizzy, especially if your team isn\u2019t the top four.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Relax people \u2013 it\u2019s the final poll that matters, not the first one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cleveland Browns<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The honeymoon may be over for head coach Kevin Stefanski. The Cleveland Browns are now 4-4. The defense is still very suspect and the offensive play calling has become somewhat strange.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plenty of people are blaming Baker Mayfield but as a friend of mine said, that\u2019s like blaming a pitcher when infielders commit a couple of errors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I know there are some injuries, but this team should be better. Not Super Bowl better, but better than they are now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Non-sports related<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daylight saving time ends this weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m not a fan of the time change and never have been. We\u2019re on DST eight months out of the year\u2026Either stay on it or go entirely to Eastern Standard Time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you have thoughts on any of the above subjects, feel free to email me at sports@theindependent.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent editor Good luck wishes, No. 16 vs. No. 1, lower seeds, a 106-0 score, Michigan football, College Football Playoff Rankings, the Cleveland Browns and a non-sports topic make up this week\u2019s edition of Random Thoughts. Good luck Best of luck to Van Wert cross country runner Hunter Sherer, who will compete as an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-147863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-01 17:25:40","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147863\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}