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Post by unbiasedobserver on Sept 13, 2023 20:50:18 GMT -6
An article about LCA QB Ju’Juan Johnson making a run at Evangel’s Brock Berlin’s state total yardage record. www.on3.com/teams/lsu-tigers/news/jujuan-johnson-chasing-louisianas-top-high-school-record/Of note: if LCA makes the state finals this year (and Johnson stays healthy all year), he will make 42 career starts. I think I read somewhere that Berlin started every game his entire HS career and went 60-0 (which is absolutely incredible). Just some perspective about what this kid has done/is doing.
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Post by logictrumpsemotion03 on Sept 13, 2023 21:17:41 GMT -6
An article about LCA QB Ju’Juan Johnson making a run at Evangel’s Brock Berlin’s state total yardage record. www.on3.com/teams/lsu-tigers/news/jujuan-johnson-chasing-louisianas-top-high-school-record/Of note: if LCA makes the state finals this year (and Johnson stays healthy all year), he will make 42 career starts. I think I read somewhere that Berlin started every game his entire HS career and went 60-0 (which is absolutely incredible). Just some perspective about what this kid has done/is doing. Yes, Berlin and his entire class NEVER lost a game. I was able to see it all as well. Best of times in Louisiana football IMO back then.
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Post by oleriverwhiskey on Sept 13, 2023 21:51:59 GMT -6
I concur, that era was phenomenal! However, not taking away from Berlin, but records are meant to be broken. Personally, I’m pulling for Ju’Juan to create a new one…it’s time. #getbehindhim #LFGkid
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Post by Sixpack on Sept 13, 2023 22:08:26 GMT -6
An article about LCA QB Ju’Juan Johnson making a run at Evangel’s Brock Berlin’s state total yardage record. www.on3.com/teams/lsu-tigers/news/jujuan-johnson-chasing-louisianas-top-high-school-record/Of note: if LCA makes the state finals this year (and Johnson stays healthy all year), he will make 42 career starts. I think I read somewhere that Berlin started every game his entire HS career and went 60-0 (which is absolutely incredible). Just some perspective about what this kid has done/is doing. I think Ju'Juan might break Berlin's overall yardage record but not his passing yardage record. Berlin almost never ran the football. Berlin played in 60 games but he lost a lot of passing yardage he could have had. He sat out late in a bunch of those 60 games because Evangel often had big second half leads back then. He also audibled out of quite a few passing plays because Evangel had a very good running game during that 60 gane win streak. Berlin held the national completion percentage record in his senior year. I think Johnson missed some games due to Covid so he also lost some yardage he could have had.
IMO the bottom line on these two players is this: There is no way Berlin could ever run the football back then like Johnson does now. But there is also no way Johnson could ever pass the football now the way Berlin did back then. They are two great football players whose playing styles couldn't be more different.
Berlin was named national offensve player of the year in 1999. Maybe Ju'Juan Johnson should get that honor this year. He would the vote of this old Evangel fan.
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Post by logictrumpsemotion03 on Sept 13, 2023 22:13:22 GMT -6
What stands out about Johnson is he has developed and improved EVERY SINGLE SEASON.
He continually improves. His leadership is nonstop on and off the field I hear as well.
He compliments Berlin in every way in terms of those attributes as well.
I'll be watching him in person for the first time in two weeks at Ruston for another potential game of the year nominee.
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Post by oleriverwhiskey on Sept 13, 2023 22:17:28 GMT -6
An article about LCA QB Ju’Juan Johnson making a run at Evangel’s Brock Berlin’s state total yardage record. www.on3.com/teams/lsu-tigers/news/jujuan-johnson-chasing-louisianas-top-high-school-record/Of note: if LCA makes the state finals this year (and Johnson stays healthy all year), he will make 42 career starts. I think I read somewhere that Berlin started every game his entire HS career and went 60-0 (which is absolutely incredible). Just some perspective about what this kid has done/is doing. I think Ju'Juan might break Berlin's overall yardage record but not his passing yardage record. Berlin almost never ran the football. Berlin played in 60 games but he lost a lot of passing yardage he could have had. He sat out late in a bunch of those 60 games because Evangel often had big second half leads back then. He also audibled out of quite a few passing plays because Evangel had a very good running game during that 60 gane win streak. Berlin held the national completion percentage record in his senior year. I think Johnson missed some games due to Covid so he also lost some yardage he could have had.
IMO the bottom line on these two players is this: There is no way Berlin could ever run the football back then like Johnson does now. But there is also no way Johnson could ever pass the football now the way Berlin did back then. They are two great football players whose playing styles couldn't be more different.
Berlin was named national offensve player of the year in 1999. Maybe Ju'Juan Johnson should get that honor this year. He would the vote of this old Evangel fan.I’ll have to agree with you on the differences in these 2 great QBs. Still hope JJJ breaks BB’s total yardage record. Again, records are kept so that maybe one day they are broken. Gives the next guy something to strive for.
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Post by unbiasedobserver on Sept 13, 2023 22:44:00 GMT -6
An article about LCA QB Ju’Juan Johnson making a run at Evangel’s Brock Berlin’s state total yardage record. www.on3.com/teams/lsu-tigers/news/jujuan-johnson-chasing-louisianas-top-high-school-record/Of note: if LCA makes the state finals this year (and Johnson stays healthy all year), he will make 42 career starts. I think I read somewhere that Berlin started every game his entire HS career and went 60-0 (which is absolutely incredible). Just some perspective about what this kid has done/is doing. I think Ju'Juan might break Berlin's overall yardage record but not his passing yardage record. Berlin almost never ran the football. Berlin played in 60 games but he lost a lot of passing yardage he could have had. He sat out late in a bunch of those 60 games because Evangel often had big second half leads back then. He also audibled out of quite a few passing plays because Evangel had a very good running game during that 60 gane win streak. Berlin held the national completion percentage record in his senior year. I think Johnson missed some games due to Covid so he also lost some yardage he could have had.
IMO the bottom line on these two players is this: There is no way Berlin could ever run the football back then like Johnson does now. But there is also no way Johnson could ever pass the football now the way Berlin did back then. They are two great football players whose playing styles couldn't be more different.
Berlin was named national offensve player of the year in 1999. Maybe Ju'Juan Johnson should get that honor this year. He would the vote of this old Evangel fan.I agree with you about Berlin losing a bunch of total yards. If you read the article I linked, it gives the total of yards he lost via sacks in his career. Just FYI, Johnson has sat out a ton of time due to big leads as well, including this past week when he played one series in the second half. That’s happened in nearly half of his starts…remember that his freshman and sopre years, LCA was playing in 2A and had enormous leads at halftime many times. And he only started 4 games his freshman year, and those were due to an injury to the senior starter. And, as you mentioned, the Covid shortened season took away a handful of games. I also agree that Berlin couldn’t have run the ball like Johnson does, and while I’m not saying Johnson is the passer that Berlin was, I think most people think that Johnson has some incredible number of rushing yards and added some passing yards to get to his total. That’s not the case at all. Johnson (assuming he stays healthy) will finish with over well over 10,000 passing yards in 42 starts, nearly 25 passing yards per game more than Berlin had in his 60. He’s a heck of a runner when he takes off (he’ll have 3,000 career rushing yards by the end of this season), but LCA’s offense is absolutely pass first. He’s a tremendous passer who happens to also be an exceptional athlete running the ball when he has to. For example, in 2 games this year (which is actually a game and a half since he played one 2nd half series against Woodlawn) Johnson has 23 carries. And he’s thrown for 530 yards. And that’s basically the same breakdown as last season when he was just 57 yards short of the single season total yardage record with over 4,000 passing yards and 1300 rushing. And he did that in 14 games compared to Ridge Turners 15 games when he set the record he still holds. In total yards per game, neither Turner’s season record, not Berlin’s career record are as high as Ju’Juan’s total in either category. That said, I’m taking nothing away from how great Brock Berlin was. He had an amazing career. If Ju’Juan were to break Berlin’s record, it would be a tremendous accomplishment. 60-0 as a starter is just insane.
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Post by oleriverwhiskey on Sept 13, 2023 22:48:16 GMT -6
What stands out about Johnson is he has developed and improved EVERY SINGLE SEASON. He continually improves. His leadership is nonstop on and off the field I hear as well. He compliments Berlin in every way in terms of those attributes as well. I'll be watching him in person for the first time in two weeks at Ruston for another potential game of the year nominee. I’ll be at the Ruston game too. Can’t wait to see him in live action plus against a pretty good Ruston defense.
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Post by bhossmac on Sept 13, 2023 23:23:50 GMT -6
Berlin wasn't the starter as a freshman. That was Phillip Deas' senior year His class went 60-0, but he went 45-0 as the starter. I was on the opposite sideline when Brock made his very first start in the jamboree against Ruston his sopre year. Evangel won 6-0. You could tell he was special. You could also tell Ruston, coming off an 0-9 season, was on its way back to the 1980s Ruston. We made the second round that season, losing at Carencro in a heartbreaker, and then made the Superdome the next year.
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Post by logictrumpsemotion03 on Sept 14, 2023 2:19:16 GMT -6
Berlin wasn't the starter as a freshman. That was Phillip Deas' senior year His class went 60-0, but he went 45-0 as the starter. I was on the opposite sideline when Brock made his very first start in the jamboree against Ruston his sopre year. Evangel won 6-0. You could tell he was special. You could also tell Ruston, coming off an 0-9 season, was on its way back to the 1980s Ruston. We made the second round that season, losing at Carencro in a heartbreaker, and then made the Superdome the next year. One name, Patrick Ramsey. You could see the NFL arm and size then, even on that bad team. Crazy how Ruston had that dude and was that bad. And, as you said, they had a really good freshman class that season with some studs ready to bring them back. Reeder came in and they were very successful fast after Pender left.
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Post by HSFan318 on Sept 14, 2023 6:28:49 GMT -6
Berlin wasn't the starter as a freshman. That was Phillip Deas' senior year His class went 60-0, but he went 45-0 as the starter. I was on the opposite sideline when Brock made his very first start in the jamboree against Ruston his sopre year. Evangel won 6-0. You could tell he was special. You could also tell Ruston, coming off an 0-9 season, was on its way back to the 1980s Ruston. We made the second round that season, losing at Carencro in a heartbreaker, and then made the Superdome the next year. There used to be a youtube special about that 60-0 run. What an incredible feat. I saw Johnson play DB at 7v7 this year. He is just an ATHLETE. Can do it all. Good luck to him on the record chase and also in his career at the next level. Mentioning Ruston...That team from the early 90's that finished #1 in the country...whew...lost to them in the playoffs. They looked look a college defensive secondary and LB core.
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Post by unbiasedobserver on Sept 14, 2023 7:15:04 GMT -6
Berlin wasn't the starter as a freshman. That was Phillip Deas' senior year His class went 60-0, but he went 45-0 as the starter. I was on the opposite sideline when Brock made his very first start in the jamboree against Ruston his sopre year. Evangel won 6-0. You could tell he was special. You could also tell Ruston, coming off an 0-9 season, was on its way back to the 1980s Ruston. We made the second round that season, losing at Carencro in a heartbreaker, and then made the Superdome the next year. Thanks for the clarification on that. That makes Berlin’s career per game average of 303.5 total yards (308.9 passing yards per game), which makes more sense to me. I saw him play a couple times and that number seems more in line with the crazy things they were doing. Johnson currently sits at 262.2 passing yards per game and 84.2 rushing for a total yardage average of 346.4 through 30 starts. The biggest obstacle now is obviously staying healthy. There will probably be 3 or 4 more games this year where he doesn’t see much time in the 2nd half so he will need to continue to put up big numbers in the others…and the team to make another deep playoff run. It will definitely something that will be fun to keep a watch on the rest of the season.
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Post by bhossmac on Sept 14, 2023 12:16:07 GMT -6
Berlin wasn't the starter as a freshman. That was Phillip Deas' senior year His class went 60-0, but he went 45-0 as the starter. I was on the opposite sideline when Brock made his very first start in the jamboree against Ruston his sopre year. Evangel won 6-0. You could tell he was special. You could also tell Ruston, coming off an 0-9 season, was on its way back to the 1980s Ruston. We made the second round that season, losing at Carencro in a heartbreaker, and then made the Superdome the next year. One name, Patrick Ramsey. You could see the NFL arm and size then, even on that bad team. Crazy how Ruston had that dude and was that bad. And, as you said, they had a really good freshman class that season with some studs ready to bring them back. Reeder came in and they were very successful fast after Pender left. The offense wasn't the problem that year. We just couldn't stop anybody. We were 0-9 because of defense. Reeder gets the credit for taking Ruston to the Dome, but that was Joey Pender's team. He's the one who rebuilt the program and took us from 0-9 to 7-5 and the second round of the playoffs. I firmly believe with Pender as head coach and Reeder as OC the Bearcats go to the Dome still in '98 and likely go to the Dome in '99. That Ruston team in '99 was better than the West Monroe team. I'll believe it to my dying day. Don Shows just coached the hell out of that squad in the second half of the semifinals.
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Post by bhossmac on Sept 14, 2023 12:18:28 GMT -6
Berlin wasn't the starter as a freshman. That was Phillip Deas' senior year His class went 60-0, but he went 45-0 as the starter. I was on the opposite sideline when Brock made his very first start in the jamboree against Ruston his sopre year. Evangel won 6-0. You could tell he was special. You could also tell Ruston, coming off an 0-9 season, was on its way back to the 1980s Ruston. We made the second round that season, losing at Carencro in a heartbreaker, and then made the Superdome the next year. BTW, it still drives me absolutely bonkers that this website autocorrects s-o-p-h-o-m-o-r-e to sopre. Like, why? It makes no sense. The English teacher/journalist in me is BEGGING one of the admins to please fix that!
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Post by 337Football on Sept 14, 2023 13:01:37 GMT -6
Obviously the kid is special and if he stays healthy he will be the Louisiana Gatorade POY. If he eclipses this mark, he should be up there for the National POY just like Berlin was.
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Post by concerned12citizen on Sept 14, 2023 14:38:49 GMT -6
Anybody in this thread know the Freshman passing records in the state. I thought Berlin started as a Freshman so he would for sure have it but sounds like it would have to be someone else.
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Post by CLEAN on Sept 14, 2023 14:41:00 GMT -6
Berlin wasn't the starter as a freshman. That was Phillip Deas' senior year His class went 60-0, but he went 45-0 as the starter. I was on the opposite sideline when Brock made his very first start in the jamboree against Ruston his sopre year. Evangel won 6-0. You could tell he was special. You could also tell Ruston, coming off an 0-9 season, was on its way back to the 1980s Ruston. We made the second round that season, losing at Carencro in a heartbreaker, and then made the Superdome the next year. BTW, it still drives me absolutely bonkers that this website autocorrects s-o-p-h-o-m-o-r-e to sopre. Like, why? It makes no sense. The English teacher/journalist in me is BEGGING one of the admins to please fix that! I wondered why all y’all were typing sopre
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Post by junglefever on Sept 14, 2023 17:45:11 GMT -6
Would love to get to see this kid play. Any time your name is mentioned with Brock Berlin at this level you are definitely doing something right. Records are meant to be broken, this one has stood long enough
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Post by unbiasedobserver on Sept 14, 2023 17:52:51 GMT -6
Would love to get to see this kid play. Any time your name is mentioned with Brock Berlin at this level you are definitely doing something right. Records are meant to be broken, this one has stood long enough Every LCA game is streamed for free. And archived so you don’t have to watch them live
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Post by nelasportsfan on Sept 14, 2023 18:25:40 GMT -6
I’m really excited to see this kid play in Ruston. Last year, he came out on fire and was torching Ruston. The pick 6 on the screen pass got in his head a little. In the second half, Ruston did some things in defense that they had not shown and LCA had no answer for it. I’m expecting to see him next week prepared for anything the Bearcats throw at him.
It should be an electric atmosphere and a great game with two great teams going to battle. Strength on Strength.
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Post by Thehitman1 on Sept 14, 2023 20:40:05 GMT -6
I’m really excited to see this kid play in Ruston. Last year, he came out on fire and was torching Ruston. The pick 6 on the screen pass got in his head a little. In the second half, Ruston did some things in defense that they had not shown and LCA had no answer for it. I’m expecting to see him next week prepared for anything the Bearcats throw at him. It should be an electric atmosphere and a great game with two great teams going to battle. Strength on Strength. LCA 28 Ruston-7
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Post by Griffinfan on Sept 15, 2023 14:26:20 GMT -6
Berlin wasn't the starter as a freshman. That was Phillip Deas' senior year His class went 60-0, but he went 45-0 as the starter. I was on the opposite sideline when Brock made his very first start in the jamboree against Ruston his sopre year. Evangel won 6-0. You could tell he was special. You could also tell Ruston, coming off an 0-9 season, was on its way back to the 1980s Ruston. We made the second round that season, losing at Carencro in a heartbreaker, and then made the Superdome the next year. One name, Patrick Ramsey. You could see the NFL arm and size then, even on that bad team. Crazy how Ruston had that dude and was that bad. And, as you said, they had a really good freshman class that season with some studs ready to bring them back. Reeder came in and they were very successful fast after Pender left. I can't remember who was Ramsey's father? Chuck or Steve?
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Post by logictrumpsemotion03 on Sept 15, 2023 17:43:56 GMT -6
One name, Patrick Ramsey. You could see the NFL arm and size then, even on that bad team. Crazy how Ruston had that dude and was that bad. And, as you said, they had a really good freshman class that season with some studs ready to bring them back. Reeder came in and they were very successful fast after Pender left. I can't remember who was Ramsey's father? Chuck or Steve? Dave
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Post by bigrob on Sept 15, 2023 18:38:11 GMT -6
So he already has TD runs of 78 beating Jesuit to the edge and 76 punishing them up the middle
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Post by Griffinfan on Sept 15, 2023 18:57:17 GMT -6
I can't remember who was Ramsey's father? Chuck or Steve? Dave They must be cousins. Lol
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Post by unbiasedobserver on Sept 15, 2023 21:14:09 GMT -6
Tonight against Jesuit, Ju’Juan went 14/19 passing with 188 yards and 3 TDs, and his rushing stats were 8 carries for 269 yards and 4 more TDs. The backup QB took over before the end of the 3rd quarter
457 total yards in <almost> 3 quarters 7 more TDs
I’m pretty sure that is his career high for rushing yards in a game, topping the 258 he had against STM in last years SD2 title game. Jesuit played to stop the deep ball, as Woodlawn did last week, and Ju’Juan has matured into being able to take the short and intermediate throws that are there. And went he escapes the pocket, he’s got room to run for days. His maturation as a complete QB has been really fun to watch. Next week will be interesting to see. The OL is coming together very well, and the other skill position kids are also playing at a very high level. The down field blocking has been excellent. I cant wait to see that offense against the vaunted Ruston defense
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Post by unbiasedobserver on Sept 20, 2023 7:40:07 GMT -6
3 game totals for this season:
Passing: 41/65 (63%) 716 yards (238.7 yards per game) 10 TDs 1 INT
Rushing: 31 carries 471 yards (15.2 yards per carry, and 157 yards per game) 10 TDs
1,187 total yards (395.7 per game)
Career: 10,850 total yards
Brock Berlin’s record total: 13,659
Yards needed to break Berlin’s record: 2,810 Yards per game needed to break the record in the regular season: 401.4 With one playoff game: 351.3 With 2 playoff games: 312.2 With 3 playoff games: 281.0 With 4 playoff games: 255.5
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Post by HSFan318 on Sept 20, 2023 9:10:51 GMT -6
3 game totals for this season: Passing: 41/65 (63%) 716 yards (238.7 yards per game) 10 TDs 1 INT Rushing: 31 carries 471 yards (15.2 yards per carry, and 157 yards per game) 10 TDs 1,187 total yards (395.7 per game) Career: 10,850 total yards Brock Berlin’s record total: 13,659 Yards needed to break Berlin’s record: 2,810 Yards per game needed to break the record in the regular season: 401.4 With one playoff game: 351.3 With 2 playoff games: 312.2 With 3 playoff games: 281.0 With 4 playoff games: 255.5 Whew... those numbers make it look like a tough road. Good Luck to this young man!!
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Post by moveallchains on Sept 20, 2023 13:12:05 GMT -6
I think they'll get to at least three playoff games. That means he needs 281 per game. Very realistic for him. Now, if you're the coach...do risk playing him in the fourth quarter of games you've won so he gets a better chance to break the record. It'll make for some interesting coaching decisions.
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Post by unbiasedobserver on Sept 20, 2023 14:38:02 GMT -6
I think they'll get to at least three playoff games. That means he needs 281 per game. Very realistic for him. Now, if you're the coach...do risk playing him in the fourth quarter of games you've won so he gets a better chance to break the record. It'll make for some interesting coaching decisions. I’m sure they will continue to do what they’ve always done, including 2 of the 3 games this season. He played one series in the second half against Woodlawn and was out before the end of the 3rd quarter against Jesuit.
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