{"id":183732,"date":"2024-09-17T06:38:21","date_gmt":"2024-09-17T11:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=183732"},"modified":"2024-09-17T06:38:24","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T11:38:24","slug":"random-thoughts-rankings-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2024\/09\/17\/random-thoughts-rankings-football\/","title":{"rendered":"Random Thoughts: rankings, football"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

This week\u2019s installment of Random Thoughts centers around MAC volleyball, Wapakoneta, Ohio State vs. Michigan State, Carolina’s Bryce Young, and the NFL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mighty MAC<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is impressive \u2013 60 percent of the Midwest Conference is ranked in this week\u2019s Ohio High School Volleyball Coaches Association poll. Not only that, all six teams are ranked in the top 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Division VI, Coldwater, Marion Local, St. Henry and New Bremen are ranked 1-2-3-4, and Parkway is ranked No. 8. In Division VII, New Knoxville is No. 9. Three new divisions allows for more teams to be ranked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two NWC teams are ranked in this week\u2019s poll. Bluffton is No. 7 in Division V and Crestview is No. 10 in Division VI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wapak<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you think of Wapakoneta football, you think of a team running the football the majority of time. Well, at least that\u2019s what I think.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Redskins are much more balanced these days and why not? Coach Travis Moyer and his starting quarterback (and son) have a pair of Division I caliber athletes to catch the ball.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tight end Grant Houser has committed to play football at the University of Louisville and wide receiver Kaden Page has received offers from a handful of MAC schools. The Redskins would have had a third Division I prospect at wide receiver, but Grant Jolly opted not to play this season. He\u2019s a baseball standout who is committed to North Carolina State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check Wednesday\u2019s Sports page for a preview of this Friday\u2019s Van Wert at Wapakoneta game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peacock<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was announced on Monday that Ohio State\u2019s September 28 game will be a night game (7:30 p.m.) at Michigan State will be on Peacock, making it a streaming only game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you don\u2019t have Peacock, are you planning on getting it specifically for this game, will you make other arrangements to watch?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m also wondering \u2013 what\u2019s you\u2019re preference \u2013 12 p.m., 3:30 p.m. or prime time games?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Young<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I can\u2019t tell you if Carolina\u2019s Bryce Young is\/will be a good NFL quarterback. To say he\u2019s struggled since being drafted No. 1 overall last year would be a huge understatement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

It does make you wonder what would have happened if he was drafted by a non-dysfunctional organization. It also makes you wonder what would have happened to CJ Stroud were he drafted by the Panthers. Something tells me he\u2019d struggle there, though perhaps not as mightily as Young.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just remember \u2013 bad franchises destroy good quarterbacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NFL<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Am I the only one who\u2019s noticed that most NFL games each week seem to go down to the wire, especially the Sunday and Monday night games?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s like you just know that a team can be down 14 with six minutes left, yet they\u2019ll come back and make things very interesting in the remaining time, even though they\u2019ve struggled all game and the other team has looked like world beaters?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It feels like it\u2019s getting to the point where the NFL is getting to be like the NBA \u2013 all you need to watch is the final two minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As always, if you have thoughts 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 sports This week\u2019s installment of Random Thoughts centers around MAC volleyball, Wapakoneta, Ohio State vs. Michigan State, Carolina’s Bryce Young, and the NFL. Mighty MAC This is impressive \u2013 60 percent of the Midwest Conference is ranked in this week\u2019s Ohio High School Volleyball Coaches Association poll. Not only that, all six teams […]<\/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-183732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-03 10:00:59","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\/183732","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=183732"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183732\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":183733,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183732\/revisions\/183733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}