{"id":170405,"date":"2023-09-19T03:45:34","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T08:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=170405"},"modified":"2023-09-19T03:46:32","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T08:46:32","slug":"170405","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2023\/09\/19\/170405\/","title":{"rendered":"Random Thoughts: welcome and more"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

This week\u2019s installment of Random Thoughts centers around welcome wishes, undefeated teams, a prediction, Nick Chubb, and Colorado.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Welcome<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Welcome back to the Northwest Conference Lima Central Catholic. After leaving the conference and spending 10 years as an independent, the Thunderbirds are rejoining the conference next August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, welcome to Fort Loramie as a football-only member. The Redskins, members of the Shelby County Athletic League for all sports but football, have been an independent in football since 2021. It\u2019s not an easy proposition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both schools will make the conference more competitive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undefeated<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Entering Week No. 6 of the high school football season, there are seven undefeated teams around the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

None are in the Western Buckeye League. Celina, Elida and Defiance each have one loss. The Green Meadows Conference has one undefeated team \u2013 Antwerp. The Northwest Conference has two undefeated teams \u2013 Bluffton and Leipsic and the Midwest Athletic Conference has three undefeated teams \u2013 Marion Local, Versailles and Coldwater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prediction<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I won\u2019t pick a winner yet but I\u2019ll say this \u2013 the first one to 13 points wins Friday\u2019s Elida at Celina football game. That\u2019s not meant as any sort of disrespect. It\u2019s meant as a salute to the way both teams play defense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nick Chubb<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a Cleveland Browns fan, I feel absolutely sick for Nick Chubb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

He suffered a serious knee injury in Monday night\u2019s loss to Pittsburgh. I can\u2019t imagine he\u2019ll be back this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I really like Nick Chubb. Aside from being Cleveland\u2019s best offensive weapon, he plays the game like one should and he doesn\u2019t draw attention to himself. This is a tough one, not just in terms of playing ability, but as a leader and just how he carries himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wish him the best of luck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Colorado<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ll just come out and say it, even though it\u2019s probably not popular.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The University of Colorado football team is obviously improved. In fairness, things couldn\u2019t get much worse than they were last year when they went 1-11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes, Deion Sanders and his staff have done a nice job in leading the Buffalos to a 3-0 start. After 2022, it\u2019s easy to see why fans are excited. However, this team is overhyped and probably overrated. TCU isn\u2019t remotely close to the team it was last year. Nebraska isn\u2019t very good and neither is Colorado State. It\u2019s true Colorado probably would have lost those games last year again, it\u2019s easy to see this year\u2019s team is better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oregon and USC are the next two games on the schedule, and after games against Arizona St. and Stanford, Colorado will finish with UCLA, Oregon St., Arizona, Washington St. and Utah. All of those teams are currently ranked except for Arizona. If the Buffalos can finish 8-4 against that schedule, I\u2019ll really be impressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent editor This week\u2019s installment of Random Thoughts centers around welcome wishes, undefeated teams, a prediction, Nick Chubb, and Colorado. Welcome Welcome back to the Northwest Conference Lima Central Catholic. After leaving the conference and spending 10 years as an independent, the Thunderbirds are rejoining the conference next August. Also, welcome to Fort Loramie […]<\/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-170405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-02 19:25:17","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\/170405","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=170405"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":170408,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170405\/revisions\/170408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}