Green Bay Packers 'First Word'.

upnorthfan · Post #1 » by **upnorthfan** » Thu Oct 18, 2012 11:41 am

Hey fella's,

As some of you know from the NBA forum, I do a little radio gig locally. I do high school football and basketball, and also co-host my own Packers show called "First Word". Here is a link to this months shows... http://www.1420thebreeze.com then go to audio archives. This is our 9th season on the air.

'Panther highlights' is our high school thang.

Thanx

James1980 · Post #2 » by **James1980** » Thu Oct 18, 2012 2:58 pm

I have a high school football question for you. How come teams that didn't qualify for the playoffs, like Marquette High and Greenfield, have games this week?

upnorthfan · Post #3 » by **upnorthfan** » Thu Oct 18, 2012 3:03 pm

James1980 wrote:I have a high school football question for you. How come teams that didn't qualify for the playoffs, like Marquette High and Greenfield, have games this week?

I dunno, I saw that too. My guess would be because everyone played only 8 games this season (for some reason) instead of the usual 9, maybe makeup games for revenue purposes? Just a guess.

I will find out and get back to you.

upnorthfan · Post #4 » by **upnorthfan** » Thu Oct 18, 2012 4:36 pm

James1980 wrote:I have a high school football question for you. How come teams that didn't qualify for the playoffs, like Marquette High and Greenfield, have games this week?

I guess teams who did not make the playoffs had the option of playing a 9th game if they chose to do so. Hope this helps.

http://www.sheboyganpress.com/article/2 ... SHE-Sports

Post #5 » by **MickeyDavis** » Thu Oct 18, 2012 5:28 pm

I hate that HS football starts 2 weeks before school starts. The whole 8 game season sucks too. The WIAA "fixed" a problem that didn't exist. Not unusual for them.

upnorthfan · Post #6 » by **upnorthfan** » Thu Oct 18, 2012 7:43 pm

MickeyDavis wrote:I hate that HS football starts 2 weeks before school starts. The whole 8 game season sucks too. The WIAA "fixed" a problem that didn't exist. Not unusual for them.

Totally agree. One non conference game and on to conference play? Thats not good. It doesn't allow teams much of a chance to play outside their own conference.

James1980 · Post #7 » by **James1980** » Thu Oct 18, 2012 7:45 pm

upnorthfan wrote:
James1980 wrote:I have a high school football question for you. How come teams that didn't qualify for the playoffs, like Marquette High and Greenfield, have games this week?

I guess teams who did not make the playoffs had the option of playing a 9th game if they chose to do so. Hope this helps.

http://www.sheboyganpress.com/article/2 ... SHE-Sports

Thanks

Post #8 » by **MickeyDavis** » Thu Oct 18, 2012 7:47 pm

The WIAA cited injury concerns for a shorter season and they said they wanted more of a gap between football and winter sports as the reason for starting so early. But practice started August 1 for most schools, that sucks. And having non playoff teams play a meaningless games while the playoffs are going on is kind of weird too. Like having a Rams/Browns game during wild card weekend.

upnorthfan · Post #9 » by **upnorthfan** » Thu Oct 18, 2012 7:55 pm

Thinking back on the first game of the year there were no bands, no hoopla, and if I am not mistaken, no cheerleaders (I could be wrong on that one). Point is, the normal pageantry associated with a HS game was non existant because school hadn't started yet.

upnorthfan · Post #10 » by **upnorthfan** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 4:45 pm

If anyone has a team in Division III, you may want to check out our High School post-season football show this mourning. Plymouth is a team to be reckoned with.

http://www.1420thebreeze.com // audio archives // Panthers Post Season Preview

upnorthfan · Post #11 » by **upnorthfan** » Sat Oct 20, 2012 7:37 pm

Plymouth 49
Marinette 16

Division III need take heed of the Plymouth Panthers this year.

http://www.1420thebreeze.com audio archives

James1980 · Post #12 » by **James1980** » Tue Oct 23, 2012 3:22 pm

And now the lower seeds in the second round host the games???

Post #13 » by **MickeyDavis** » Tue Oct 23, 2012 4:05 pm

It seems to be a mix. For instance I see Franklin and Arrowhead are higher seeds and both host games. But I see other cases where the lower seed is hosting. Makes no sense. I can't imagine there would be conflicts where the fields are being used for something else. Higher seed should always get the home game.

James1980 · Post #14 » by **James1980** » Tue Oct 23, 2012 4:13 pm

I was looking at D2 and all of the lower seeds except Marshfield are hosting.

upnorthfan · Post #15 » by **upnorthfan** » Tue Oct 23, 2012 6:05 pm

Yesterdays First Word is up on the website. This Friday mourning we will be doing another high school post season special.

http://www.1420thebreeze.com audio archives FW @ Rams

upnorthfan · Post #16 » by **upnorthfan** » Fri Oct 26, 2012 4:09 pm

I will quit bumping this thread when Plymouth (if Plymouth) gets knocked out of the tournament. If you are interested you can listen live online at 7:00 tonight as my partner and I will be bringing you all the live action from Plymouth Wisconsin

http://www.1420thebreeze.com/ audio archive Panthers

upnorthfan · Post #17 » by **upnorthfan** » Wed Oct 31, 2012 7:22 pm

This weeks First Word vs Jaquars is up in audio archives

Also Plymouth beat a very strong Seymor team 7-6. and now must face West Depere, who is the two time defending champion and riding a 38 game winning streak.

A preveiew of Fridays game will air this Friday mourning at 6:10AM at http://www.1420thebreeze.com audio archives