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Early Playoff Predictions

Postby cmplx6 » Sun Sep 04, 2016 10:22 am

Round 1
Thompson #1 BYE
Wyndmere #3 over Linton #3
Napoleon #2 BYE
Cavalier #2 over Finley #4
Richland #1 BYE
New Rockford #3 South Border #4
Shiloh #1 BYE
Richland #2 over North Star #4

North Prairie BYE
Richardton #3 over Divide County #3
Hettinger #2 Bye
St. John #2 over Tioga #4
New Salem #1 Bye
Kenmare #2 over Drake Anamoose #4
MLS #1 BYE
Mott #4 over TGU #3

Round 2
Thompson #1 over Wyndmere #3
Napoleon #2 over New Rockford #2
Cavalier #3 over Hankinson #1
Shiloh #1 over Richland #2

North Prairie #1 over Richardton #3
St. John #2 over Hettinger #2
Kenmare #2 over New Salem #1
MLS #1 over Mott #4

Quarters
Thompson #1 over Napoleon #2
Shiloh #1 over Cavalier #3
North Prairie #1 over St. John #2
Kenmare #2 over MLS #1

Semis
Shiloh #1 over Thompson #1
North Prairie #1 over Kenmare #2

Championship
North Prairie #1 over Shiloh #1

These are all based off of current standings and where they would be seeded today, not making predictions on future regular season games.
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Re: Early Playoff Predictions

Postby bulldog_power » Sun Sep 04, 2016 11:44 am

I have seen a few of these teams play and I just don't think Mott and Shiloh are good enough to get to the championship. I know it is early and teams get better, but if what I am hearing about cavalier and thompson is true I think both those teams can beat with Shiloh or Mott. I am not sold that they will both be #1 seeds from there regions yet. Based on last year and what I have seen in games and heard about teams I am going with thompson to win the championship
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Re: Early Playoff Predictions

Postby Bigbrew22 » Sun Sep 04, 2016 3:15 pm

I could see a Mott vs Thompson championship. I think Shiloh is tough but not Thompson tough.
Thompson over Mott Regent 54-40
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Re: Early Playoff Predictions

Postby cmplx6 » Sun Sep 04, 2016 6:52 pm

Agreed, Thompson is the best team in the State. But I don't see them beating Cavalier twice in the same season. And Shiloh has an easier path in their bracket. Region 5 is the toughest region right now and Mott should be battled tested enough to endure a few tough matches in the playoffs. North Prairie is the toughest test out west for them. Haven't seen who NP's new QB is this year but they had enough talent coming back to be championship level again. I will change and update this as the year progresses. Thompson does need to stay injury free this year to avoid being upset. But they play Cavalier early enough that I think they will beat them the first time, then their schedule gets a little tougher than Cavalier's. An injury or two and they won't beat Cavalier in the Quarters of the Playoffs.
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Re: Early Playoff Predictions

Postby The Schwab » Sun Sep 04, 2016 9:38 pm

I know you put a lot of time in doing this, but I would highly doubt that bowman makes the playoffs
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Re: Early Playoff Predictions

Postby Run4Fun2009 » Sun Sep 04, 2016 9:40 pm

The Schwab wrote:I know you put a lot of time in doing this, but I would highly doubt that bowman makes the playoffs


I agree...I see Hettinger-Scranton making the postseason from R5 over Bowman County.
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Re: Early Playoff Predictions

Postby Run4Fun2009 » Sun Sep 04, 2016 9:54 pm

R2 #1 Thompson vs. BYE
R1 #3 Wyndmere-Lidgerwood def. R3 #3 Linton-HMB
R3 #2 Napoleon/Gackle-Streeter vs. BYE
R2 #2 Cavalier def. R1 #4 Finley-Sharon-Hope-Page
R1 #1 Hankinson vs. BYE
R2 #3 New Rockford-Sheyenne def. R3 #4 Kidder County
R3 #1 Shiloh Christian vs. BYE
R1 #2 Richland def. R2 #4 North Star

R4 #1 North Prairie vs. BYE
R5 #3 Richardton-Taylor-Hebron def. R6 #3 Divide County
R5 #2 Mott-Regent vs. BYE
R4 #2 St. John def. R6 #4 Tioga
R5 #1 New Salem-Glen Ullin vs. BYE
R6 #2 Kenmare-Bowbells def. R4 #4 Drake-Anamoose
R6 #1 Mohall-Lansford-Sherwood vs. BYE
R4 #3 TGU def. R5 #4 Hettinger-Scranton

R2 #1 Thompson def. R1 #3 Wyndmere-Lidgerwood
R2 #2 Cavalier def. R3 #2 Napoleon/Gackle-Streeter
R1 #1 Hankinson def. R2 #3 New Rockford-Sheyenne
R3 #1 Shiloh Christian def. R1 #2 Richland

R4 #1 North Prairie def. R5 #3 Richardton-Taylor-Hebron
R5 #2 Mott-Regent def. R4 #2 St. John
R5 #1 New Salem-Glen Ullin def. R6 #2 Kenmare-Bowbells
R4 #3 TGU def. R6 #1 Mohall-Lansford-Sherwood

R2 #1 Thompson def. R2 #2 Cavalier
R3 #1 Shiloh Christian def. R1 #1 Hankinson

R5 #2 Mott-Regent def. R4 #1 North Prairie
R5 #1 New Salem-Glen Ullin def. R4 #3 TGU

R2 #1 Thompson def. R3 #1 Shiloh Christian
R5 #1 New Salem-Glen Ullin def. R5 #2 Mott-Regent

R2 #1 Thompson def. R5 #1 New Salem-Glen Ullin

Just my early season thoughts...things will likely change at midseason
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Re: Early Playoff Predictions

Postby Bigbrew22 » Sun Sep 04, 2016 11:29 pm

Run4Fun2009 wrote:R2 #1 Thompson vs. BYE
R1 #3 Wyndmere-Lidgerwood def. R3 #3 Linton-HMB
R3 #2 Napoleon/Gackle-Streeter vs. BYE
R2 #2 Cavalier def. R1 #4 Finley-Sharon-Hope-Page
R1 #1 Hankinson vs. BYE
R2 #3 New Rockford-Sheyenne def. R3 #4 Kidder County
R3 #1 Shiloh Christian vs. BYE
R1 #2 Richland def. R2 #4 North Star

R4 #1 North Prairie vs. BYE
R5 #3 Richardton-Taylor-Hebron def. R6 #3 Divide County
R5 #2 Mott-Regent vs. BYE
R4 #2 St. John def. R6 #4 Tioga
R5 #1 New Salem-Glen Ullin vs. BYE
R6 #2 Kenmare-Bowbells def. R4 #4 Drake-Anamoose
R6 #1 Mohall-Lansford-Sherwood vs. BYE
R4 #3 TGU def. R5 #4 Hettinger-Scranton

R2 #1 Thompson def. R1 #3 Wyndmere-Lidgerwood
R2 #2 Cavalier def. R3 #2 Napoleon/Gackle-Streeter
R1 #1 Hankinson def. R2 #3 New Rockford-Sheyenne
R3 #1 Shiloh Christian def. R1 #2 Richland

R4 #1 North Prairie def. R5 #3 Richardton-Taylor-Hebron
R5 #2 Mott-Regent def. R4 #2 St. John
R5 #1 New Salem-Glen Ullin def. R6 #2 Kenmare-Bowbells
R4 #3 TGU def. R6 #1 Mohall-Lansford-Sherwood

R2 #1 Thompson def. R2 #2 Cavalier
R3 #1 Shiloh Christian def. R1 #1 Hankinson

R5 #2 Mott-Regent def. R4 #1 North Prairie
R5 #1 New Salem-Glen Ullin def. R4 #3 TGU

R2 #1 Thompson def. R3 #1 Shiloh Christian
R5 #1 New Salem-Glen Ullin def. R5 #2 Mott-Regent

R2 #1 Thompson def. R5 #1 New Salem-Glen Ullin

Just my early season thoughts...things will likely change at midseason



That's a good take but I got CM #3 not linton and Mott #1 and NSGU #2 with Mott in championship. But like you said things could change in the next few weeks
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Re: Early Playoff Predictions

Postby steel » Mon Sep 05, 2016 5:08 pm

I think the winner out of Thompson-Cavalier wins it all. I think it will be an offensive shootout. Both teams are tough at home and whoever wins the regular season matchup has homefield throughout. Thompson has the experience and homefield but I think Cavalier is more balanced and has alot of room to improve with their youth. Hankinson, Shiloh, Richland, WL, Napoleon-Gackle Streeter all are good teams who I am sure are very capable of beating anyone but am not sure they have the offensive firepower of these two.
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Re: Early Playoff Predictions

Postby The Schwab » Tue Sep 06, 2016 4:05 pm

Sorry missed a key word there, haha. My prediction is that all four region 5 teams will make the 3rd round.
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Re: Early Playoff Predictions

Postby baskets-r-us » Sat Sep 17, 2016 1:39 am

Sad thing is parshall white shield might sneak in playoffs lol seen couple of there games and they got some quickness but they are so small compared to teams like divide Kenmare and mohall..that game between parshall and Tioga should be a good one tho
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Re: Early Playoff Predictions

Postby cmplx6 » Sat Sep 17, 2016 5:11 pm

baskets-r-us wrote:Sad thing is parshall white shield might sneak in playoffs lol seen couple of there games and they got some quickness but they are so small compared to teams like divide Kenmare and mohall..that game between parshall and Tioga should be a good one tho


Parshall could be the #4 seed out of Region 6. All that would mean is that they will get to match up with the #2 from Region 4, St. John or TGU, in the 1st round of the playoffs. So they would get beat by 60 points. But I think they will beat Trenton and will have a shot at Tioga. If they win those two games they will be in the playoffs.

I'm not sure region 5 is as good as people thought before the season started. I think New Salem is a State Title contender, and that is it. Region 4 has 3 legit teams this year that could all compete for a title. Region 6 only has two teams that could compete with another region, MLS and Kenmare, and neither of them have shown they can win out of region 6 in two years.
Out east, Region 1 is down. Outside of Richland and Hankinson no other team will make any noise in the playoffs. Region-2 has 3 legit teams with Cavalier, Thompson, and New Rockford. I think all three are state title contenders. Region 3 is Shiloh. I'm not sure South Border and Napoleon can make any noise in the playoffs, but we will see. 3 more regular season games left.
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Re: Early Playoff Predictions

Postby bulldog_power » Mon Sep 19, 2016 11:36 am

I think this week is the week teams can start clinching playoff births. Anyone know the scenarios
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Re: Early Playoff Predictions

Postby The Schwab » Thu Sep 22, 2016 11:36 am

I'll try to make sense of the Region 5 situation-

Richardton-Taylor/Hebron 2-2 Region (Loses to BC and NSGU) (left vs B, @ GCF)
Beach 0-4 Region (Loses to HS, NSGU, BC, MR) (left vs. GCF, @RTH)
New Salem Glen Ullin 3-0 Region (left vs. MR, @ BC, vs. HS)
Bowman County 2-1 Region (lost to GCF) (left @HS, vs NSGU, @MR)
Mott-Regent 2-1 Region (lost to RTH) (left @NSGU, vs. HS, vs BC)
Grant County/Flasher 1-3 Region (lost to HS, NSGU, MR) (left @B, vs RTH)
Hettinger/Scranton 2-1 Region (lost to RTH) (left vs. BC, @ MR, @NSGU)

Ok, wow, even more confusing once I actually see it all in front of me. My thoughts and opinions are just that, not trying to upset anyone. For our purposes I am going to eliminate Beach from playoff contention (having 4 losses I think will do that in this region).

What I see each team doing the remaining games is just a prediction:

NSGU will win out and finish at 6-0 in the region
HS will beat BC and MR and lose to NSGU to finish at 4-2 in the region
MR will lose to NSGU and HS, beat BC to finish at 3-3 in the region.
RTH will beat Beach and lose to GCF which will make their record 3-3 in region.
GCF will win out and finish at 3-3 in the Region
BC will lose their next 3 games and finish 2-4 in the region.

Reasons I see this happening
1. RTH has injury problems
2. BC is very young and very talented, however I feel that they will struggle containing Kludt this week and the combo of Wegh/Wallace next week
3. GCF has a couple of studs who I think will push them past Beach and RTH
4. MR has a couple of studs who can push them past BC, but not enough depth to get by HS or NSGU
5. HS has the best player in the region in Kludt who will get them past BC and MR, but NSGU has depth
6. NSGU is the deepest team in the region

Things that could change and throw a monkey wrench into things
1. RTH gets healthy, wins out and finishes 4-2
2. BC comes out ready to go and beats HS and/or MR to finish at 3-3/4-2 in region
3. GCF beats Beach, loses to RTH and finishes 2-4
4. MR slips up against BC or beats both BC and HS and finishes anywhere between 2-4 and 4-2
5. HS is the X-factor here IMO, if Kludt gets the touches, they win then next two weeks and set up a game in New Salem that could be for the region title
6. NSGU I think is the best team in this region, the only way IMO they get beat is by HS because Kludt goes off.

Basically, this region is going to come down to the final week. This is truly a toss up.
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Re: Early Playoff Predictions

Postby woodchuck10 » Mon Oct 17, 2016 1:44 pm

The Schwab wrote:Sorry missed a key word there, haha. My prediction is that all four region 5 teams will make the 3rd round.

Or could be that no Region 5 teams will be represented in round 3 :D
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Re: Early Playoff Predictions

Postby The Schwab » Mon Oct 17, 2016 2:06 pm

You could be correct on that one! If I would have known that Hettinger/Scranton and Mott Regent (didn't even make the playoffs) would have the injury problems they did I wouldn't have thought that! I think NSGU will win, and RTH is going to be in a battle. I should probably stay away from football predictions, I'm not good at them haha
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Re: Early Playoff Predictions

Postby woodchuck10 » Mon Oct 17, 2016 2:31 pm

The Schwab wrote:You could be correct on that one! If I would have known that Hettinger/Scranton and Mott Regent (didn't even make the playoffs) would have the injury problems they did I wouldn't have thought that! I think NSGU will win, and RTH is going to be in a battle. I should probably stay away from football predictions, I'm not good at them haha

All four games in the west could look to be pretty close. I was also thinking R5 could have both teams in the semis lol
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Re: Early Playoff Predictions

Postby The Schwab » Mon Oct 17, 2016 2:41 pm

I don't know much about your neck of the woods and the Northwest, I've heard that St. John is ground and pound this year? I've heard that TGU and North Prairie are both pretty solid as well. From Region 6 I know that Divide county is young, but pretty solid (got to watch them play this week, was very impressed with their offense.) I watched some tape on DC and MLS and MLS dominated, looked to me that turnovers were huge in that game. And I know that Kenmare likes to chuck the rock all over the field. From region 5 I know that RTH is finally getting healthy and NSGU looks to be a very solid team and my pick to make it to the dome from the west. It's just so difficult in football to compare regions, as not many cross-regional games happen after week one.
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Re: Early Playoff Predictions

Postby woodchuck10 » Tue Oct 18, 2016 10:06 am

Yes, St. John is ground and pound this year, triple option offense. Starting running back has been out last two games and might miss Saturday as well. Divide over Hettinger was the biggest surprise this weekend. Region 6 may be a little better than everyone thought and 5 down some mostly due to injuries. I think TGU will be a tough out for NSGU or anyone in the west.
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Re: Early Playoff Predictions

Postby The Schwab » Tue Oct 18, 2016 10:22 am

I hope he can play, hate seeing kids miss time from injuries.
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Re: Early Playoff Predictions

Postby cmplx6 » Tue Oct 18, 2016 10:36 am

I think Region 5 was underestimated last season as they had the best post season record of any region. And that carried over to this season. New Salem is a good football team. Outside of them though I don't see the other teams having much success. I think all of the Region 6 schools that are still in the playoffs were very young last season and are now older and more experienced. One of the advantages the region 6 schools have is they all play about 3-4 really bad teams, and this gives them a chance to heal up and reduce some of the milage on their starters. In region 5 teams 2-6 are all about the same, there is no cupcake outside of Beach. So they take a pretty good beating in about 5-6 games, depending on their non conference games. And the same can be said for region 4, outside of the top 3 teams, the others are pretty bad. So they don't get beat up as bad.

The real question is of the remaining 8 teams out west, who has the best chance to beat the winner from the east? North Prairie seems like the most complete team. New Salem might have the best running game. MLS might have the best defense. Kenmare might have the best offense. St. John might be the most battle tested. I'm not sure TGU and Richardton have the talent, but both seem to have good coaching. I think it will all be a little clearer after Saturday.
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