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I have long railed against ESPN/NCAA for bringing college games to Friday nights, yea I’m looking at you IU. Now the NFL is getting in the act. I suggest you join my merry band of pirates, screw the Big10, screw IU, screw TV, dare I say it screw….the man….there I said it. Go to a local school of your choosing tonight, plop down your 6-7 bucks, spend a 20 at the concession stand and enjoy the hell out of kids who just love a game! Who’s with me? …..que patriotic music

I hope HH lowers the boom on them and shows what 812 football is all about.

25. Warsaw 24. Valparaiso 23. Mishawaka 22. Noblesville 21. Merrillville 20. Evansville Reitz 19. Bloomington South 18. Franklin Central 17. Penn 16. East Central 15. Lawrence North 14. Decatur Central 13. Bishop Chatard 12. Fishers 11. Carmel Temp's rankings so far. So you all can see it in one post instead of flipping through the pages.

“Connor Stalions is not the boogeyman. He’s the one you send to steal the signals of the @#$&*% boogeyman.” NSFW

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I’d like to see Indiana do the co-op thing over 8 man like Illinois. That and weed are about the only things they’ve done right over there. I swear to God it is.

Now where did I complain about fairness? I was there both evenings, and this was a hard fought, mostly defensive battle. It was one of those game where both teams deserved the W. No way would I pay tens of thousands of $$$ for a kid to go to high school. Unlike my years at Cathedral, when they and Brebuf were the only local college prep schools, many in the burbs have just as good if not better academic and athletic facilities Now if my kid was a super athlete, I'm sure Cathedral would supply an all expense paid trip each school day to 56th and Emerson. Westfield has no choice to where they play, since they are in big boy 6A football. Can't move up any further. Perhaps your Irish should concentrate on how to beat Brownsburg :)

Monday, JV game was moved back to start at 7pm, Sun was down and breeze picked up, it was a real pleasant night. 90 mins prior, not so much as many mentioned before, many of our programs have had the Wet Bulb measurements for YEARS, and the codes, this is not new for anyone in Indiana

Friday, Aug. 30 Forest Park at Perry Central, 6:30 pm Heritage Hills at Christian Academy (Ky.), 6:30 pm Mount Carmel (Ill.) at Gibson Southern, 7 pm Pike Central at Tecumseh ©, 6:30 pm Princeton at North Posey, 7 pm South Spencer at Mount Vernon, 7 pm Southridge at Boonville, 6:30 pm Tell City at Eastern, 6 pm Washington at Edgewood, 6 pm Give me Forest Park in the first game. Perry Central didn't really show much in their week on game against Tell City. Give me Heritage Hills in this game. I don't know much about Christian Academy, but I have a feeling Heritage Hills will show them Kentucky boys how we do it in Indiana. Give me Gibson Southern in this one. I had a chance to watch Gibson Southern's game last week against Danville and Danville looked good early, but they were able to settle down and take care of business. I think this one will be a blow out. Give me Pike winning two weeks in a row. I know Tecumseh got thrashed last week by a good South Spence team, but I think its close and Pike gets in done late. North Posey in this one. I think that they will run the ball and do what they want against Princeton. Hopefully Princeton can keep it close. Give me Mt Vernon in this game. I think the showed somethings last week and that they might have an outside shot at doing some damage in the PAC this year. Southridge in this game. I was impressed that a young Boonville team was able to keep it close with Paoli. I think Southridge will have to much fire power and their offense will hit to fast for the young Boonville team to keep up with. Terry boys..... Enough said. I do also like Tell City's big center. Washington gets it done again this week. They could be someone you have to watch out for in the big school side. They have a lot of fire power and their QB is a stud.

Longtime reader, not sure if I have posted in 10 years. Took me a week to get my password reset. Central defense had the worst performance in week 1 I have ever seen. Changing game times to 6:30 is the worst decision the conference has ever made. Rant done.

The only pole that matters is the one at Xanadu's in November. I gotta go

I hadn’t seen the video, but was simply going on what the back judge told the referee, i.e., that the receivers touched the ball first. The video, however, shows that they did not. A clean miss by the back judge. Very unfortunate.

This has to be from last year. That said, the AP was still wrong last year.

5. Fort Wayne Snider 4. Warren Central 3. Brownsburg 2. Center Grove 1. Ben Davis

We actually worked it out with the IHSAA that Trey would get an additional year of eligibility.

Part of the problem today is kids are being pulled ina lot of different directions. If you spend all summer working on being a basketball, football, and baseball player you don't have time for anything else. Burnout sets in. 4A and below need plenty of multi-sport athletes to be successful and most pick one sport to play. Who could blame them? I'm going to sound like the out man at the end of the bar but in my day... we had weights three times a week with open gym once or twice a week. No tourneys, no "7on7", no weekends spent at camps. We had jobs and chased the girls. I wish kids could have a more normal high school experience as an athlete.

My day is complete. 15th year in a row being a donor and a downvote from Mudas because he has the same personality and sense of humor of a box turtle. And I’ll say it right to his face! Thanks admin for putting up with me!

I would never pay for Sunday Ticket. Can’t justify it. However, I have friends/family that do and will let me come over and watch. No connection to Wisconsin. There were several factors that led me to the Packers though. 1. My dad isn’t a Colts fan. The Colts didn’t move to Indy until he was 21 so he already had a team. He and my uncle never got along so they always rooted for the rival to the other’s teams. Since my uncle was a Bengals fan, my dad was a Steelers fan. 2. Player marketing works on kids. When I discovered football in the 90s, Brett Favre was one of the top players. Loved watching him play and loved the Packers’ uniforms. 3. I was a rebellious kid. While I have always been loyal to an Indiana college team, I strayed with pro sports because I felt the Colts, Pacers, and Reds were too bland. I went with the Packers, St. Louis Cardinals (due to the marketing of Mark McGwire as well as my childhood appreciation of cardinals), and whatever team Shaquille O’Neal played for (although I haven’t watched the NBA in almost 20 years). We already have Peacock so I can’t say I’m spending money on it just to watch the Packers play.

IU cash’s the check, screw em, I’m supporting the local kids I’d like to see grow up and be successful! You understand how high school sports are funded…..right?

Honestly IO, the only way I’m watching or listening to IU play football is if somebody pays me. Barring the unexpected, I plan on being at a HS football game every Friday night through Thanksgiving weekend…like most every year.

I think you missed the point.

I think that most of the sports you mentioned (could be mistaken) in which Carmel and CG play have “invitationals” in which multiple teams compete unless you are insinuating they have a wrestling dual/volleyball match. You're going to run into each other in those sports wheee competitions are mainly invite based as naturally they are hard to avoid. You’re right though. It’s all really bizarre and silly in the grand scheme of things and the kids are ultimately suffering so the adults can virtue signal and control some embellished narrative. Carmel and CG are both getting on a bus Friday night, traveling 2+ hours each way across state lines in order to “protect each other” from the other party because some adults refuse to lock themselves in a room and sort out their differences. Both teams will roll back into their school parking lots well after midnight and the coaches (and some players I assume) will be right back at it the next morning. Then, they’ll look at folks with a straight face and speak about “doing what’s best for student athletes.” Crazy times we are living in.

The same fans who complained about the soft schedule are now probably complaining because you have some guys dinged up. Regardless of what the fans think...scheduling that game was a very wise move for the Patriots that is going to pay dividends down the road.

Far too big a drop for South Putnam in 1A. They lost to 2A #1 Lutheran. Opponents matter.

The only thing I will say, I sure would not want to be Boonville this week.

Take your medicine and send your kid to Cathedral. You can justify Westfield's futility all you want. It's just like Chatard. Play in the wimpy north of 6A and feel good about your program for the season until the tourney. #JVAllstars in the meantime, we'll play two classes up and deal with it. Prob beat all the 5000 enrollment teams when it counts and grab 6A drip. And you'll still be whining about fairness.

A big game like New Pal/Decatur Central was called after it was 21-all at the half. Both teams are in the same general area, so why couldn't they have played that game out today instead just calling it a no contest? I was kind of looking forward to see how they game was going to turn out.

If Brownsburg can ever figure it out come playoff time, watch out

A big thank you to all the referees and stadium workers who took time out of their Saturday to come back and help finish up the games that were postponed last night. You are the best!

FaceTime is pretty cool.

Sweet ...I just had a son..lil chunky guy..he should b ready by then! 🏆😏

I love fire ass hot Italian women and homemade Spaghetti-os. I swear to God I do

Heritage Christian must have a hell of a team to be ranked 4th and 6th lol

Plymouth had 2 wins last year coming off of back to back Zero win seasons. Not sure it's fair to say pasting anyone should be expected for Plymouth.

You must be new here? He's advocated for the last 15 years that teams take knees for 3 straight plays and punt for the remainder of the game once the 35 point threshold is crossed.

While it's not what you would call an "Oh My" score, I would like to congratulate Brown County on their season opening win at Owen Valley, 30-21. Owen Valley had blasted the Eagles the past two seasons, 60-0 and 77-7, and BC had lost by some totally out of control scores in those two seasons despite the mercy rule, like 84-0 to Greencastle last season. They have a first-year coach in Tony Bell who seems to have turned around the attitude surrounding the program. The program had been a real mess for a few seasons.

R got the ball with clean hands so they can decline the K foul for the facemask to keep the ball. Their block in the back could be enforced and there would be an untimed down. K has the choice of declining that block in the back and the half would end. If R chooses to accept K's foul this would result in a double foul. The penalties would offset, and we would replay 4th down with an untimed down. It's possible R does this to force another punt and a possible return. If they are ready to go to half then they may decline and the half is likely over. I doubt K would accept to give R a free down regardless of where it is.

I’m really looking forward to the Columbus North games on September 13 (Roncalli) and 20th (at Chatard). My thought is that it will tell us a lot about all 3 teams.

Regardless, you can't shoot people with paintballs for sitting on their front porch. Walz is a circus clown at best..........on a good day.

So I worked an 8th grade game last night between two first year MS teams. The coach that won the toss said he wanted to KO, I just said, no, you’re deferring.

*hold my beer* 1. Frankfort Hot Dogs *game over*

The official interpretation is “no.” So, if the cap comes off the runner, the ball remains alive. If it comes off another player, he can continue to participate without penalty. Think of it more like a towel, i.e., a legal accessory. If a player loses a cap, however, he has to come out to re-apply it. Or, he can play without.

Let's take the word "privilege" out of our vocabulary and replace it with "hard work." Every parent has the opportunity to do what's best for their kids regardless of income. Where there's a will, there's a way.

Ready to watch a great game honoring Mike Spencer. Best of luck to a solid Perry central team and the new head coach Malone. But go Marksmen!

You are getting perilously close to the point where scholarship athletes become university employees. And the universities don’t want that, for one simple reason: Can you say “union?”

Out-of-State power-house coming into Linton, Indiana....wonder if they know what they are getting into lol...

Think about the children

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Who am I to question the NCAA? 🤣😂 One thing to keep in mind is that these sanctions have nothing to do with the sign stealing scandal. That shoe has yet to drop.

Sorry about the down time. I was upgrading everything in preparation for a new season and things went south. It really wasn't a major deal, but if took me a couple hours of reading to see what had changed in the new version of mySQL to fix the issue. I just had to add a line to the config file because the new version requires it although all the previous versions did not. Carry on, back to the football discussions.