JJ McCarthy (IMG Academy) will face Junior Colson (Ravenwood in a battle of Michigan Commits
Tonight in Brentwood, TN, Junior Colson and Ravenwood will host JJ McCarthy and IMG Academy. I expect to see IMG destroy Ravenwood, but it will be good to see Junior on National TV. 9PM East / 8PM Central on ESPN.
September 25th, 2020 at 10:16 PM ^
Neither was even CLOSE.
I feel like this is some backwoods TN shit we're witnessing.
The first one, my God, it was almost 2 yards past the first down marker and they walked it back.
September 25th, 2020 at 10:14 PM ^
The refs are giving this Ravenwood team the best spots, lol...it's not even close.
I feel like I'm watching Remember The Titans.
(Also shocked, but not really, that their student section is allowed to pack in with no social distancing).
September 25th, 2020 at 10:25 PM ^
An IMG kid runs out if bounds with :35 seconds, they let it run down to :21 seconds and then reset the clock to :26 seconds.
Hahaha, this is not a coincidence anymore. They just don't care.
September 25th, 2020 at 10:28 PM ^
OK, NOW McCarthy is making some terrible decisions and bad throws.
His last 2 drives weren't good at all.
September 25th, 2020 at 10:52 PM ^
I have watched portions of 3 of the IMG games this year and their team defense looks pretty bad for a #1 team in the country. They have a bunch of plays where their superior talent wins one on ones but coverage if they don’t get pressure etc. just looks bad to me. Can anyone who is more familiar with the current HS game tell me if I am off base here?
September 25th, 2020 at 11:00 PM ^
I watch a lot of HS football. You are not incorrect.
September 25th, 2020 at 11:47 PM ^
4:50 left in game and some Michigan on Michigan violence with Colson sacking McCarthy and then hitting him on the very next play. He had a couple of fake punt conversions too.
September 26th, 2020 at 4:59 AM ^
Final score IMG 45 Ravenwood 14
September 26th, 2020 at 8:18 AM ^
Any stats on JJ for this game. Seems like he’s not putting up big numbers thru 3 games this year.
September 26th, 2020 at 8:29 AM ^
I found his stats. 16-32-193 and 1 TD.
Aside from his first game he’s not put up big numbers. He has something like 640 yards and 7 TDs in 3 games while completing a little over 50% of his passes.
September 26th, 2020 at 8:29 AM ^
I found his stats. 16-31-193 and 1 TD.
Aside from his first game he’s not put up big numbers. He has something like 640 yards and 7 TDs in 3 games while completing a little over 50% of his passes.
12-22-154 and a TD in game 2
23-37-333 and 5 TDs in game 1
So he’s 51-90-650 with 7 TDs 56.7% completion
September 26th, 2020 at 9:24 AM ^
Yeah kid is horrible, time to stop the hype train and take away his offer. Was it even committable? What a joke. Never going to be better than Shea.
/s
September 26th, 2020 at 10:40 AM ^
Don't take these stats out of context. I've been impressed with JJ. His receivers drop a lot of passes and IMG has a strong running game which takes a lot of the weight off his shoulders.
I've mostly been watching to see how his game will translate to the next level. He has good mechanics, doesn't make many mistakes, is accurate, and puts the ball where the defense can't get it
September 26th, 2020 at 1:59 PM ^
100% this. I feel up until recently, with McCaffrey leaving, McNamara was kind of forgotten about. The kid has a ton of talent, and if Milton pops off and heads out before all of his eligibility is up, we could see Cade taking over and holding it down for a a few seasons while JJ develops and marinates. As is often discussed, a lot of these rankings and projections have to do with the potential of these kids projected over time spent with improved training and coaching, as well competition. He’s doing a lot of the harder-things-to-train-and-develop type of stuff at a very high level right now. He has very good pocket awareness, he’s often making the proper reads, he can throw to different levels, and he is very accurate. And if you only look at his statistics, you don’t necessarily pull that information, but I think he passes the eye test when you watch his play.
September 26th, 2020 at 10:06 AM ^
JJ is mobile and has a very live arm. He is already better at hitting RB's on swing passes and WR's on screens than any QB we've had at UM in ages.
It's good he can handle what should be table stake matters as a high school player.
Having said that, he will need some work.