Have they been there before? When is the last time Butler’s been this deep in the playoffs? Give me Butler, but it’ll be by less than a TD.
One of the best games I've ever been 2
Butler has not been to the Regional Final since 2013. In 2016, the lost to Vance in the 3rd round.
I agree with this thinking. Butler as a program Yes definitely...but these group of kids have not done anything yet while they have been at Butler. Last senior class to win a title at Butler was class of 2016, they were freshman during the 2012 season. One of those freshman, Duck, is now helping coach the DBs at Butler...that’s how long it has been. They do still have Hales though, and he is more than experienced. Programs like Butler & Mallard Creek have rings but the fact is none of the kids currently there had anything to do with it.
The 2016 squad should have made it to the championship game. Throwing the ball in 13 yard line of Vance with a minute left in a tied game wasn’t smart and they lost in overtime.
Yes I still think if Hales was not suspended for the 2016 post season they probably would have won the ring that year but we will never find out
Metzger wasn’t great last year. Usually the second year in the Butler system is when the biggest improvement occurs. He has been playing well since the MP game and he has proven that he is better than Peters.
Grimsley threw 48 Yd TD pass with :14 left in game!!!
Y'all are 1-5 in the last 3 seasons against EF. Let's slow down.
They did fight it out and the best team was left standing.
Naw I think it will b CG winning by 14. Look Grimsley did what they were supposed to do and Butler didn't. Take those the dropped balls, bad play calling and mistakes Butler won that game going away. CG doesn't make mistakes, well coached and looking to make amends for last years heartbreaking loss to EF.
Beat EF twice this year after two 21-20 losses last year. Really just wanted to jerk Veejay’s chain. EF has become a benchmark and a rival. Sorry the series ends after this year.
Butler coach will have nightmares for a while on that fake punt, but they were gassed; QB hurt and big DE #90 as well; defense had just given up 21 straight. I understand the rationale behind that call. OT was not going to be in Butler’s favor.
What’s so crazy? It’s 2021 good programs get players bad programs lose players. The program I’ve followed for almost 20 years (Butler) has been on both sides of the spectrum
Page’s program had fallen apart. They went winless this year. Lots of people want to say Grimsley recruits players, but that’s not true. Players today, and their parents, recruit programs; programs that give opportunities to win big games. Butler-Grimsley had at least ten D-1 quality players on the field. Great ballgame, and a credit to the quality programs of both schools.
The way the game was going I think Grimsley had the OT advantage. Their QB would have been a problem in OT plus Butler struggled their last two possessions deep in the Grimsley territory including a missed FG. I was leaning Grimsley in OT.
I never question Hales, he has rings! But at that time the backup QB was in the game, unless the staff thought the fake punt was going to score, the fake punt would have gave them nothing. They had ran it 3 straight times with that kid in the game. So maybe he was trying to pull a DABO and hoping for a big gain and get one more FG opportunity. We will never know. 3 of Grimley's scores came on missed tackles, so it was many missed opportunities. It was definitely one of those games you feel the better team did not come away with the win.
