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Faith Christian started in 8-man from having no football and moved to 11-man. 8-man was a good way for them to "introduce" football to the school and then get enough critical mass from that interest to expand into 11-man. It's still tough sledding for them as a school without an established football culture, but I think schools with no football, can leverage the 8-man option to start dipping the toe. Similarly, it's an opportunity for smaller schools that might be struggling to take a step back without actually killing the sport completely.

I'm sure Cathedral has some recruits too. What's the skinny?

Do you pay for a CalPreps subscription? If not, how are you getting to the predictions?

I live in Boston. No kids yet. Ticket prices are absurd for Patriots, Red Sox, and Celtics games. Red Sox tickets were affordable before they went on this dang hot streak!

8-man or 11-man football - let the school decide, let the community decide, let the players play and learn lessons for life.

"Owensboro" is misspelled as "Owesnboro" FYI

Some teams put numbers. I think someone said FC will put stickers on the other side like Ohio State does with buckeyes.

Could I get some feedback on these helmets. I went with the most up-to-date references I could find. Any input is greatly appreciated.

I just think you need something on the helmet. I wish FC had their logo on both sides and not just 1 side.

Gotcha now. Agree it did look good as well

They run a singles and doubles tennis tournament. I don't see why 8-man football would be that different for them.

I don't mean a Star, I meant the "Stars" text script. The stars center stripe was also pretty cool and unique.

There are a variety of options they could utilize the Star logo. Agree it needs to be on the helmet

We're blessed to have a lot of community buy in. We have great coaches and upperclassmen that set the tone and layout the expectations expected of everyone. That trickles down from Varsity, JV, MS, youth tackle, and youth flag from Seniors to pre-school.

Needs updated.

Their Stars helmet was iconic. Consider me not a fan. Plain helmets can look sharp, but not in white (maybe Center Grove's is OK)... To me this is a downgrade for the BNL fashionistas.

Ok. Call me when the IHSAA officially recognizes 8-man tackle football and run a tournament.

He was totally drawn away to receive a good Catholic education. Definitely not because he didn't want to have to share the basketball with 3 other D1 guys.

100% agree. Plain helmets suck.

I don’t like it. Plain helmets bother me for some reason. I loved their blue helmets with the white stars. The blue and red look has always been a good look for BNL.

I did bring up Rossville. I was trying to see the thought process....a school with no football to 8 man... but I forgot that...11 man is superior .....8 man is doing big things at schools and it is going to take off. It is here and Co-op is not.

You are correct. To piggyback off this, looks like the middle stripe is navy blue with two thinner red stripes (one on each side) next to it. Facemask is red. Chin guard and chin straps are black. @hhpatriot04

BNL has changed to a white helmet with no logos and a different stripe

Bringing in the Big Guns: Roger Goodell provides latest twist in Bears' Hammond stadium saga https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/2026/08/26/bears-stadium-roger-goodell-meets-with-illinois-lawmakers-as-bears-weigh-hammond-move/91484315007/ Meh, Mr. Goodell is interested in the new stadium primarily from a "can it host a Super Bowl?" perspective. And since this will be for a major market team it will have to have certain things, like a dome or retractable roof. That is why the new stadium boondoggle in Buffalo was able to be built without a dome or retractable roof. Buffalo is too small a market to ever host a Super Bowl.

justafootballguy brought up Rossville, not I. A concerted effort to bring 11-man tackle football to Rossville as a JV/Varsity sport was made about 10 years ago. Organizers had even spun up a youth team, not affiliated with the school corporation, with the hope that once the school board saw there was sufficient interest they would ultimately approve a proposal. Well, that was shot down by the board and the youth team quietly folded not long afterwards. So the community did have the opportunity to decide for themselves, through their duly elected school board representatives. And their decision was NO.