SWYL/ Week 0

[TeddyKGB]

Bakersfield vs. Pleasant Grove @ Ventura
   Drillers should be much improved and have speed, I don't believe PG will be ready for the style of Defense that the Drillers play too hard to replicate at practice.

Centennial  vs. St Bonaventure @ Ventura
  St. Bonaventure is always good, not sold on Centennial.

Cabrillo @ Frontier
  Frontier has a huge Oline and fast kids in the back field, their QB should be back for this one. Cabrillo on the road and wasn't very good last year.

BCHS @ garces
Not very impressed with BCHS, garces is suppose to be much improved and coaching should make a difference in this one.

Stockdale @ Ridgeview
  Ridgeview will have too many athletes for Stockdale to contain.

Liberty @ Clovis West
   Liberty has a new Oline, QB and RB, not sure they can over come that. Should be a low scoring game, both teams will play good defense

[TeddyKGB]

[hardhitter23]

Bakersfield
St Bonaventure
Frontier
BCHS
Ridgeview
Clovis West

[hardhitter23]

[TeddyKGB]

I'm curious hardhitter, why do you give BCHS the edge over garces?

[TeddyKGB]

[hardhitter23]

I just don't believe that Garces has turned it completely around. Will they have a better year then before? Yes, but I haven't bought into it yet.

[hardhitter23]

[Van Smack]

BHS
St. Bonnie
Frontier
Garces
Ridgeview
CW

[Van Smack]

[Van Smack]

I'm curious hardhitter, why do you give BCHS the edge over garces?

Because either 1) he heard The Carr's refuses to trade scrimmage film with AJ Gass on HUDL, and he feels like Gass and Co. will be ill prepared because they have no film on BCHS.  Or 2) he doesn't know what he is talking about.

I am thinking more along the lines of number 2

[Van Smack]

[TeddyKGB]

BCHS has good athletes, but I have been very unimpressed with the way they have played in the couple of games I have watched them, one being a playoff game against Highland.

[TeddyKGB]

[taysdad]

BHS
ST BON
FRONTIER
GARCES
RIDGEVIEW
CW

[taysdad]

[Bronco]

Garces will out-Coach BCHS. AJ Gass will become one of the top Coaches in the Central Section - if the money guys & parents at Garces will let him (but they might not cuz he will not care if you paid a million or a hundred - the best kid will play)

[Bronco]

[taysdad]

if the money guys & parents at Garces will let him (but they might not cuz he will not care if you paid a million or a hundred - the best kid will play)

and that's the way it should be

[taysdad]

[TeddyKGB]

Garces will out-Coach BCHS. AJ Gass will become one of the top Coaches in the Central Section - if the money guys & parents at Garces will let him (but they might not cuz he will not care if you paid a million or a hundred - the best kid will play)

That Gass/garces will out coach BCHS I have no doubt. 

[TeddyKGB]

[mw1]

Because either 1) he heard The Carr's refuses to trade scrimmage film with AJ Gass on HUDL, and he feels like Gass and Co. will be ill prepared because they have no film on BCHS.  Or 2) he doesn't know what he is talking about.

I am thinking more along the lines of number 2

It must be "2".. because you don't need any game film on BCHS to know what they plan to do:  Pass to Foster (and Balfanz), hand ball to Figures.

[mw1]

[TeddyKGB]

"hand the ball to _____" will not be high priority for BCHS, they will live and die by the pass.

[TeddyKGB]

[Sonny Crockett]

Bakersfield vs. Pleasant Grove @ Ventura
This is an improved Driller team but is still unproven. I think they'll get it done Saturday in Ventura
BHS 27-6

Centennial  vs. St Bonaventure @ Ventura
St Bonny has a big O-line and a talented RB while CHS has 2 big D1 commits and is on the rise as a program. Will probably be a closer game than most think.
St Bonny 20-16

Cabrillo @ Frontier
FHS is the worst coached team in the Central Valley and they schedule 3 cupcake pre-league games to make the playoffs. I call it like I see it
FHS-27-10

BCHS @ Garces
Garces = OVERRATTED! But they are better than BCHS at this point (BCHS wins this game next year and for the foreseeable future)
Garces 29-12

Stockdale @ Ridgeview
This could be the best team Ridgeview has ever had and Stockdale is severely under-coached, similar to Frontier
Ridgeview 49-14

Liberty @ Clovis West
LHS is the best team in the SWYL, but Clovis West is the best team in the Valley
Clovis West 42-24

[Sonny Crockett]

[Forceuser]

Bakersfield vs. Pleasant Grove @ Ventura
No Clue...just voting as a homer on this one.

Centennial vs. St Bonaventure @ Ventura
See above

Cabrillo @ Frontier
I hope Frontier gets it done

BCHS @ garces
I fought for this game, when I was at BCHS.  We had it scheduled but Garces Pulled out.  That always pissed me off.  I hope BCHS pulls it out.

Stockdale @ Ridgeview
Ridgeview is just too good

Liberty @ Clovis West
Liberty is going to be fine this year.  But with new pieces at key spots Clovis may be much right now for them.

[Forceuser]

[Jazz]

BHS
St. Bonnie
Frontier
Garces
Ridgeview
Liberty

[Jazz]

[Beercat]

Best St. Bonnie team in years, this could be ugly by the end of the game

[Beercat]

[Bronco]

St B is a Quality Football Program

[Bronco]

[tailgator]

Remind us again why Garces scheduled BCSH?  What's the upside for the Rams playing a D-5 school?? The last time they met was 2011 in a scrimmage and the Hawks refused to invite the Rams back because they played too rough!!  BCHS should be thanking Garces for the opportunity!

[tailgator]

[Darth Backer]

BCHS has been in D3 since at least 2014...

[Darth Backer]

[TeddyKGB]

Remind us again why Garces scheduled BCSH?  What's the upside for the Rams playing a D-5 school?? The last time they met was 2011 in a scrimmage and the Hawks refused to invite the Rams back because they played too rough!!  BCHS should be thanking Garces for the opportunity!

my guess is that they are both parochial school so they want to set up a "natural" rivalry game: "Catholics vs. Christians". With the players that BCHS has if they were better coached they would give garces a better game, maybe win.

[TeddyKGB]

[hardhitter23]

Another Holy bowl game! I like the idea setting up a rival.

[hardhitter23]

[Darth Backer]

I like the match-up.

[Darth Backer]

[footballforever]

Remind us again why Garces scheduled BCSH?  What's the upside for the Rams playing a D-5 school?? The last time they met was 2011 in a scrimmage and the Hawks refused to invite the Rams back because they played too rough!!  BCHS should be thanking Garces for the opportunity!

Did BCHS change their mascot from Eagles?

[footballforever]

[TeddyKGB]

no, they're still the eagles.

[TeddyKGB]

[CWClassof2007]

The big question is which SWYL team is Bakophats going to be a fan of this season.

[CWClassof2007]

[BakoPhats]

Centennial of course. My only pic this week is Liberty to win big. My Golden Hawks are going to get killed. St. Bony is a class act as a program.

[BakoPhats]

[CWClassof2007]

Centennial of course. My only pic this week is Liberty to win big. My Golden Hawks are going to get killed. St. Bony is a class act as a program.

Clovis West 21 Liberty 21 4:46 left in the third quarter. Blowout.

[CWClassof2007]

[hsfootballfan27]

Im not at the game but it sounds  like whoever has the ball last in the liberty cw game will win this one.

[hsfootballfan27]

[CWClassof2007]

Clovis West interception, returns it to the 3 yard & kicks a field goal. CW 24 LHS 21 1:52 left in the 3rd.

[CWClassof2007]

[taysdad]

From a previous post:  "BCHS @ garces
I fought for this game, when I was at BCHS.  We had it scheduled but Garces Pulled out.  That always pissed me off.  I hope BCHS pulls it out."

Now you know why Garces has always "pulled out", if that statement is even true.  After watching Garces dismantle BCHS last night, it verified everything I have seen from BCHS over the years.  This game could have easily been 75-0.  I have never seen a more overrated, weak, out of shape, unprepared team with horrible coaching. This only strengthened my impression that at BCHS its all about the "spin" and the tweets. No substance, just hype. From my perspective I am shocked that BCHS would want this game. It shined a huge spotlight on the sham. They were weak, out of shape, and mostly untalented. They got totally lit up, were slow getting up, and vomiting all over the field. This is why I would imagine Garces used to "pull out", as they typically try not to schedule weak opponents. Remember, Garces has to play in the power league, while BCHS will try and whoop all over Arvin and spin it into something "magical". Pathetic.

seeing how force was the former coach at bchs, i have no reason to doubt his statement. as for your bashing of other coaching and players, that's low. saying garces out played and out coached them is one thing. to shame them like that, not cool.

[taysdad]

[tailgator]

Did BCHS change their mascot from Eagles?

Are they the Eagles; sorry, wrong feathered friend..As for D-3 since 2014, have the Eagles played Kingsburg yet?  That'd be a good match-up of two programs that wanted Garces in the "worst way" ::) Are you finally at peace Force :-[

[tailgator]

[CWClassof2007]

Why did Liberty go from Bryson Faulconer to Isaiah Hill at quarterback at one point during the second half?

[CWClassof2007]

[Forceuser]

Are you finally at peace Force :-[

You know there is the human in me that is, but for the most part I coached a lot of those kids.  I just want to see them have success(except when we play them..haha).  For all the things I believe that are wrong with the school itself.  The kids there for the most part did everything I asked, and gave me all they had.  I have a lot of love for them as human being and young men.  I know the coaching staff takes a lot of heat on here, but Darren is a good man.  He is in the coaching profession for the right reason, to mold young men and pour into their lives. 

For Flicker, It was the year after our state run.  Garces knew they were not going to be very good, and we were going to be pretty solid.  So they decided to schedule Mount Whitney instead of us.  Anyways, water under the bridge.

[Forceuser]

[TeddyKGB]

I'm not surprised by what Flicker is saying about BCHS, as they face teams with better talent and better coaching the coaching staff will be exposed for what they are, a glorified youth league staff. I agree that BCHS is "all about the spin and tweets" that coaching staff was brought in as a ploy to drive enrollment. The head coach was on the Drillers staff and he's finding out that coaching isn't as easy when you don't have the talent and speed they had at Bakersfield or when you look over on the side line and instead of Golla is Roger. The BCHS team, parents and admin will beat their chest when they beat teams in the SSL like Arvin, Taft, Etc. but they get embarrassed when they play a team of equal talent.

[TeddyKGB]

[Driller86]

I'm back on here after 11 years, I think 2005 when I moved from Bako to AZ.  I see nothing has changed.  BHS is down a few years and people think the balance of power in bakersfield has changed ... As long as BHS has great coaching they will have good years, this might be one of them.  Actually seem to have talent to run the veer this year.  Time will tell.

[Driller86]

[ThetruthBeTold]

I think I'll gloat a bit as I was the only one who called that Liberty would beat the previously crowned (Dennis Green style) CW this past week.  As I said before, CW needs to learn to win Varsity games, not JV games.  The fact that Liberty started a entirely new O-Line and still won defiantly puts in perspective of how "average" CW really is. 

[ThetruthBeTold]

[Driller86]

I just posted in a preseason poll thread that CW had no business being ranked #1 based on "talent" preseason.  Last year matters until it doesn't.  Liberty should have been ranked #1 in Div 1 and #2 in the valley with Ridgeview first, until games are actually played.  I'm as homer as possible for BHS, but I still respect what Liberty and Ridgeview did last year, they deserved the props from the valley.. I promise if CW or BHS had won a title last year, and graduated everyone they would have still been ranked #1 until they lost.  That is how it is should be for all teams.

[Driller86]

[CWClassof2007]

I think I'll gloat a bit as I was the only one who called that Liberty would beat the previously crowned (Dennis Green style) CW this past week.  As I said before, CW needs to learn to win Varsity games, not JV games.  The fact that Liberty started a entirely new O-Line and still won defiantly puts in perspective of how "average" CW really is.

I agree that CW needs to learn how win varsity games. But I wouldn't call them average when looking at the top D1 schools. Bakersfield & Clovis seemed to have the most impressive wins in their first game. I'd put Liberty & Clovis North right behind them. Then Clovis West.

[CWClassof2007]