EaglePride01
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Read that Eds has 220 in their football program. I stopped to watch their scrimmage with McDowell, then watched the Cats practice.
Eds has size and talent, lots of good skill players.
Ignatius also with talent but the key skill guys go both ways- Cmiel and Welsch. Soph Waldron could really help the varsity run game IMO.
Ignatius' depth at QB looks like Hanna, then the soph French (Who looked taller than 6'0)
The schedule is just brutal. Hopefully the Wildcats can win 2 of the first 4.
The 220 number would include all sophomores and freshman as well. As far as strictly juniors and seniors, I believe that number would be around the 90 mark. If Ignatius has a varsity roster of 75, which may include a handful of sophomores, then that is definitely down from previous years. But I think that is a sign of the times. The Eagles may be experiencing a little bit of a "championship bump" in recent years in terms of the program numbers, bucking the overall trend of the sport. But most of these guys probably won't see the field much, just want to be part of the program. Lombardo has talked about the lack of depth he's seen lately, particularly in regards to the bigs. Both schools have been playing multiple guys both ways, something that they didn't really have to do in years past.