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Who are you talking about? Also, I don’t give a crap where he’s coached. BNL isn’t beating Whiteland by 35 points. Get real.

This guy seems like with far fewer rules than there ever were, he still finds ways to bend them. The Browns coach the other day even said Kiffin contacted him a couple weeks ago about Wright’s status. Willing to bet he was encouraging Monken to cut him asap.

A move that was LONG overdue.

I try to save up for one game a year. Last season it was Cincy at Green Bay. This year it will be Minnesota at Green Bay. Friends in Indy are season ticket holders for Green Bay. It’s always fun catching up with them. That said, it is a big investment.

Texas was ahead of the curve on that one. I agree that it seems a number of schools dropped the ball on doing that. The issue that has arisen out of the conference networks is that they are tied to already existing networks. The B1G with Fox is not as big of deal as the ACC and SEC networks being tied to ESPN. We saw how those affiliations have played out. Overly inflated strength of schedule rankings along with actual rankings and finally with the playoff draw.

Take your kids to a pre-season game, they won't know the difference. Then spend the rest of your money supporting your local community. The best football is being played on Friday night anyway. Free parking, $7 tickets, leave and back home in three hours.

Right. Not much of a flex when your team averages 3-7 over the past 22 years.

Calpreps:

I am not, but my point is that, in the hypothetical of Rossville, or any other community, pursuing the idea of a football program should have the opportunity to decide for themselves, under the "marketplace of ideas" theory, to make that decision for themselves without the input of you, me, the man on the moon or anyone else for that matter. I guess ultimately my thought is this: it seems like the battle lines are pretty clearly drawn, so what exactly os there left to discuss? I'm sure the coop proposal will come up again, likely next summer, but in the meantime there's actual football, 11 and 8 man, to discuss.

Sometimes they will randomly get updated, but I just use what is on the Team’s capsule.

Castle Newburgh, IN, USA Mater Dei Evansville, IN, USA Actual Score 0 0 Most Likely 27 28 Median 28 28 Mean 29.30 30.01 Win Probability 49% 51% Fri 08.28 Castle @ Mater Dei # 75 (1-0) # 105 (1-0) 0 0 28 34 42 % 58 % -5.5 59.5 I don't know why MasseyRatings.com has two different predictions for the same game.

Same reason why Thomas didn't go to Northside?

Well done, OlMarksmenTiger and Titan32! Excellent points made by both.

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Their OL looks big. The QB is huge and has a quick release. #80 WR is a good sized kid with speed. There’s a reason you guys are #2 in 5A. I don’t agree with Castle being #4. I think FC would beat Castle again. 5A football just isn’t great. Too many “tweener” teams.

You got the colors right.

I have thought that we are close to colleges coming out with their own sports networks. I think it's the natural progression after conference TV stations. I'm sure they can monetize them and make up what they would make in TV money. The advertisers would hate dealing with 300 schools instead of a handful of TV stations, though.

He he he. Somebody didn't like my little truth bomb about Memorial definitely being better this year than last year. I get it. Where do we even start with all of this? First, you're mixing two completely different uses of history. When I say past success doesn't mean much, I'm talking about players and coaches who aren't part of the current team anymore. Herman Byers isn't winning any games for Reitz in 2026. But Cory Brunson's track record absolutely has relevance when we're trying to figure out what a current Cory Brunson team might become. Same thing at Gibson Southern. Yes, Gibson Southern was the best team in the area last season. They beat everybody around here they played. Does that mean they're automatically the best team in 2026? No. But in Week 1 and Week 2, when we have almost no current-season evidence, what exactly do you think pollsters are supposed to use? Returning personnel. Program reputation. Last season. Coaching. Players moving into larger roles. And the tiny amount of 2026 evidence we actually have. That's basically how preseason and early-season polls work. Now, let me help you with Floyd Central. You're treating them like some giant unknown because they graduated players from last year's team. This wasn't some one-year wonder that got gutted. Floyd Central went 10-2 last year, won a 5A sectional and beat Evansville North in the sectional championship. And Friday night at Gibson Southern, Floyd Central had 18 seniors on the field. Eighteen. That's not a young team trying to figure out how to replace everybody. That's a veteran football team with athletes all over the field. Dudes everywhere. And I'll tell you from seeing them firsthand: they were considerably more athletic than Memorial was when Gibson Southern played Memorial last year. Yet I keep hearing how high everybody is on North this season and how North probably should have beaten Castle. Okay. If North is that good, and Floyd Central beat North for a sectional championship last year, brought 18 seniors on the field to Fort Branch Friday night and just beat Gibson Southern, at what point are we allowed to consider the possibility that Floyd Central is actually pretty good, especially by SIAC standards? We'll learn more as their season plays out. I'd love to have the luxury of playing Floyd Central later in the year after everybody has figured out exactly how good they are and after we get the kinks worked out. But that wasn't the point of scheduling them. The mission was accomplished: go find competition better than what you can find locally, expose your weaknesses, and get better because of it. That's one of the reasons Gibson Southern was the best team in this area last season. How quickly we forget. Now let's get to St. Pius X, because calling them essentially an Indiana 1A team because their school has around 300 students may be one of the more uninformed arguments you've made in this thread. You're a Memorial guy. You should understand better than anybody that raw enrollment doesn't always tell you the quality of a private-school athletic program. P&Ps have a disproportionately high number of success-driven student athletes per capita. That's the business model. Attract families who are willing to pay to be around like-minded individuals. For years we've heard how difficult it is for Memorial, with an enrollment around 600, to compete against much larger schools. Fair enough. But then you can't turn around and reduce another successful private-school program to "they've only got 300 kids, so Gibson Southern should beat them like a 1A school." You guys can't have it both ways. In fact, here's the funny part: Missouri has a Championship Factor specifically for successful non-public schools. St. Pius accumulated enough success points that, after finishing as the Class 2 state runner-up last year, they're being bumped up to Class 3. So much for the "they're basically a 1A school" argument. Apparently Missouri looked at what St. Pius has accomplished and decided enrollment alone wasn't a particularly good way to classify them either. And look at the actual football team instead of the number of kids walking the hallways. St. Pius just played for a Missouri state championship. They return all but four players from that team. They return their starting quarterback. Their running back rushed for around 3,000 yards and scored 32 touchdowns. They've got another senior back who's now around 6-3, 215. They return a big-play receiver who caught 10 touchdowns and intercepted six passes. Most of the offensive line is back. Five returning players earned All-State recognition. And one Missouri preseason analysis says at least 15 St. Pius players received interest from NCAA or NAIA scouts this offseason. That's your Indiana 1A team? Do better man. They're also preparing against Class 5 and Class 6 Missouri programs because that's the level of competition they expect to face. Does any of that guarantee they're going to come to Fort Branch and beat Gibson Southern? Absolutely not. That's the entire point. We don't know yet. Just like you don't know yet how good Floyd Central is. Just like I don't know yet exactly how good Gibson Southern is. And just like you don't know yet exactly how good Memorial is. Which brings me to my favorite part of your post. Let's try this: I appreciate all of OlMarksmanTiger's points to be optimistic about Memorial, and I agree with them. I expect Memorial to reload to some extent every year and be a formidable opponent. The question is how formidable? I thought going into this season it would be difficult to replace their defense from last year. Regarding the Jasper game, considering Jasper had a breakout season under a new coach last year, I personally have my doubts whether Jasper has truly reloaded. So the Memorial/Jasper game is still a question mark for me. We'll see how Jasper does against Reitz. I'm not sure what Memorial's Week 2 game against North will tell us unless Memorial handles North convincingly. I appreciate all the excitement over beating Jasper 48-14, but historically I'd expect Memorial to beat Jasper more often than not anyway. See how easy that is? It's your argument. I just changed the names. And for the record, I think Memorial's 48-14 win over Jasper was impressive. I think Memorial probably is good this year. But that's based on the evidence we have right now — exactly the same kind of limited early-season evidence you're telling everyone else not to put too much stock into. That's what makes August football fun. We all have opinions. Then eventually they make us play the games. Time will tell.

I don't know much about them but it's a large Catholic high school with about 2000 co-ed students! Most of the Irish schedule this season is a mystery since losing Brownsburg, Center Grove and Warren Central from their schedule. It should be fun to find out!

South went into the season with question marks with the line play on both sides of the ball after graduation losses, especially the o-line which had to be rebuilt. So far, both lines have played well with Coach Johnson praising the o-line for an outstanding effort against Lawrence Central in their scrimmage before the season started. North didn't present much of a challenge for them, so I'll need to see more against the better teams on their schedule, starting with their game at Martinsville this Friday. The annual South-Martinsville game used to be a fierce rivalry, especially during the Mo Moriarity/Bill Siderwitz era, but South moved on and sees B-North as their main rivalry. Despite moving on to a different conference, the Arties still see the Panthers as their biggest rival and seem to crank it up a notch or two above their normal playing level when the two teams play. Because of that, I'm always a little leery about this game.

Loyola Acad Wilmette, IL, USA Cathedral Indpls Indianapolis, IN, USA Actual Score 0 0 Most Likely 31 14 Median 33 14 Mean 32.42 16.20 Win Probability 82% 18% Tough game for the Irish, but I'm sure they'll be ready. Great exposure for Indiana and Indianapolis football.

Just a reminder that this is a 7:30 start.

The state of journalism in the State. I give you the Harvard-Texan author's bio: By Kendall Webb Joined: Jul 30, 2026 Kendall began covering high school sports in East Texas as a high school student in the late 1980s. He served as the sports editor for the Gladewater Mirror early in his career while attending Kilgore College where he received an Associate of Arts with a major in journalism. He later completed his Bachelor of Journalism at The University of Texas at Austin. Webb later founded the College Football America Yearbook, publishing an annual edition every year from 2011 through 2022. Webb added a Master of Liberal Arts with a major in journalism from Harvard University in 2023, simultaneously completing a Graduate Certificate in Digital Storytelling. He has also written for The Sporting News and remains a passionate fan of sports at all levels. He began contributing to High School On SI in 2026. https://www.facebook.com/roadtripsports/ x.com They all can't be Kyle Neddenrieps!