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Bring back personal, individual responsibility. Making it the #1 priority for all people, in all aspects of life and the problem is solved. Until this issue is addressed and fulfilled, every "solution" is just an excuse. Have a great day all and a wonderful Thanksgiving.

Years ago I found an article that listed hundreds of strange/weird high school mascots throughout the country. I wish I could find that article. When I Google for it now, I only find newer articles that pick 1 from each state, or only a Top 25ish type list. This article/website was an old one, and really cool. I remember in Arizona the Yuma Criminals. Per Wikipedia - "Yuma High's mascot came when the original school building was destroyed by fire in 1910. The school then used the Yuma Territorial Prison, which had been closed, for the next three years. Classes were held in the cell blocks, and assemblies took place in the prison hospital." Here's an article with some other strange ones: https://www.al.com/opinion/2015/07/21_of_the_strangest_high_schoo.html

Offense OL Mason Schnurple, Logan Schultz, Dylan Marin, Jeremiah Farrell and Brennen Benson QB Zac Rose Backfield Gunner Wagner, Shane Schuman, Ezra Lewellen WR/RB Andrew Dill, Addai Lewellen Defense DL LeGrand, Taylor, Owen Frasure and Amsden LB's Gabe Lovins, Sam Smith and Gaumer DBs Eli Blount, Russell Compton, Brock Robinson and Cade Short That's what I think

Headline: “Covenant Christian forfeits state championship”

I feel like there are some coaches (or ADs, not sure which) in this league who have bought into the "participation trophy" mentality. They've messed up the MVP award more than once - see 2018 - and hand out all-conference based on each coach's list of favorites. Let's give the MVP to players who actually make a difference in game outcomes. And let's award all conference to the best players at each position - 1st and 2nd team like @Mayo77 said. Make the awards mean something! I don't care of you're the best player on your team, if you aren't one of the best at your position you should not be all-conference! (BTW - Sam Smith is a very good player and would definitely be on my 1st team all-conference at LB.)

Per our annual announcement, we are approaching the off season, during the offseason, there will be job openings, both for Head Coach and Assistant Coaches throughout the state. Very important that our community here at the GID abides by these simple guidelines 1. STICK TO FACTUAL INFORMATION VIA ESTABLISHED MEDIA SOURCES. Rando on Twitter Not an official source "I heard" is not a great way to start the sentence.... so you too GID Forum members, are NOT an official source News Media/print/otherwise, is an OFFICIAL source Announcements coming from the actual School, OFFICIAL SOURCE Annoucements coming from the ACTUAL COACH HIMSELF, official source 2. LET THE PROCESS PLAY OUT The Gridirondigest official stance has always been to let coaches make decisions without the rumormill flying around these parts. Reasons why a coach will POTENTIALLY move on to another job are many, it is not our job to speculate on reasons why Coaches at times will interview or even apply for jobs and they deserve to do so with anonymity to do so Myself and the rest of the leadership team greatly appreciate your efforts in abiding in these long standing policies and proceures.

Common sense would be way too difficult for this conference.

Lol some of us just don’t care to see people regurgitate meaningless platitudes about personal responsibility in a post about high school football which has nothing to do with personal responsibility. The fact that you’re so triggered by people on the internet rolling their eyes at your cookie cutter platitudes that you have to launch ad hominem attacks at them just shows how utterly insecure you are in your own life. Please work on your own obvious self-loathing before trying to attack random strangers on the internet. Or just save your comments for the posts where you can think about your glory years at LC 30 years ago.

Kentucky has some good nicknames. Bowling Green High School is called the Purples. Trinity is the Shamrocks like Westfield. Warren Central (KY) has New Pal's nickname Dragons.

He owns so much space in some people’s heads...

Life isn't fair. Children need to learn that and get used to it.

Dante. You know what's amazing? How Rudy Giuliani has completely destroyed his public image in the past few years. Its also crazy that people like DE and SF who say they are "pro" America but yet want the SCOTUS to over turn an election that we the American people participated in and over turn the will of majority Americans who are voting age and voted. Thats as Anti American as it gets. I just think they are too blinded by the MAGA cult they involved in.

YOUR POST IS PURE INSANITY AND SOMEONE NOT LIVING IN REALITY They've started the transition. Michigan, Pennsylvania and Georgia have certified their votes for Biden. Arizona will certify their votes on the 30th of November. Wisconsin's will be certified on the first of December. Donald Trump lost the Presidency. You are actively cheering for the Supreme Court to over throw the will of the people and that's SAD! Another screenshot.

Go to John Harrell’s website, and on the home page, there’s a link for “Game Capsules” for Friday and Saturday. Click on the “Fri” or “Sat” link to see his projections for the game on each day.

Thanks! I had already saved it as a pdf file, but never saw the "choose files" link in the reply section. Duh! Here it is: State-Finals-Ticket-Purchase-Registration.pdf

The Tiger Cubs of Greencastle The Rams of Paoli

Interesting fact...when North Putnam went to state 10 years ago, we played Mater Dei in the semi-state and then Luers in the Finals......but they had a future Dallas Cowboy starting linebacker on their team.... I still think your defense is LIGHTS OUT....you will pull this one out!

It would be a great time to donate to the site!

According to this thread, this game will be the deciding factor about who wins on Saturday.

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We’re ignoring the Mishawaka High Cavemen—Fred & Barney...

I believe that Central and Memorial played for a trophy known as the "Mangy Lion". So to placate BOTH schools with consolidation, it honestly makes sense to have the moniker of Lions.

Winamac used to be Indians then when consolidation hit between them and star city, they switched to Warriors. Winamac was a chief in the Potawatomi but was spelled winamek i believe.

So does my alma mater the Maconaquah Braves. Maconaquah was the Miami Indian name for Frances Slocum, who as a child was captured by the Delaware Indian tribe but then later married the Miami tribe chief.

I think it’s pretty obvious to everyone who the conference champion was.

This article appeared in the latest issue of Referee Magazine. I thought non-officials might find it interesting, since we hear about so-called “late” flags all the time. https://www.referee.com/its-ok-to-pick-up-a-flag-or-put-one-down-late/ Back in the day there were two commonly accepted officiating axioms: Don’t pick up a flag once it’s put down and don’t put one down late. The idea was that either will make us look uncertain, which can be a kiss of death. There was, frankly, also a macho aspect to the first one: I own my position and my calls, and I don’t need help in making them. If I’m wrong, too bad. How times have changed. Today, at the pro and collegiate levels, flags are picked up relatively often and put down late. That should be the practice at all levels. The question is when to do it. All coaches will tell you they’d rather we miss a foul that should have been called than call one that isn’t there — the “phantom” call. Pro and collegiate grading practices reflect that, as more points are deducted for a phantom call than for a missed call. On the field we need to factor that into our thinking along with today’s (appropriate) mantra: Get the call right. Angles mean everything. For instance, I may be convinced X blocked Y in the back, but another angle may show he didn’t. I may be sure a defender who was not playing the ball deserves a flag because he got into the body of the receiver before the pass arrived, but another angle may show there was three feet between them. “All coaches will tell you they’d rather we miss a foul that should have been called than call one that isn’t there — the “phantom” call.” The sea change in thinking in recent years is that if I throw a flag but you, with a different angle, come to me and say you had a better look and I was wrong, I should pick up my flag unless I’m 100 percent sure I’m right. That is as it should be. Two caveats, however: Don’t speak up unless you are 100 percent sure I’m wrong, and then it’s my decision whether to pick up my flag. Once, an official was about to bring back an 80-yard punt return for a touchdown because of a block in the back. TV showed it was a legal side block. Fortunately, another official saw it, went to the calling official and told him that, and he picked up the flag. Can you imagine the uproar that would have ensued if the official hadn’t intervened or the one who made the call refused to admit his error? As it happened, some people were upset for about 20 seconds and that was it. Another area that has been changed in the college game involves uncatchable passes with flags for interference. It used to be if I threw a flag and another official thought the pass was uncatchable, he’d come ask if I thought it was catchable. How do I know? I’m so involved in my call that I’ve probably lost sight of where the pass ended up. So, don’t ask, just tell me it was uncatchable. That you came to me should, except in the rare case, be enough for me to pick up my flag. To shift gears, there are times when it’s appropriate to put a flag down late. Say one official responsible for counting the defense pre-snap has 12 but the others (which will vary depending on the crew size) don’t signal their agreement. The first official should wait until the play is over, herd the defense up before it leaves the field and count the players; if there are 12, put the flag down. For sure don’t blow the whistle to kill the play when you’re the Lone Ranger. That happened recently. One official had 12 and, although the other two hadn’t signaled agreement, blew his whistle; due to the crowd noise, the play got off and a safety was improperly negated because there were, in fact, only 11 defenders on the field. Say the quarterback is under duress and slings the ball away without getting outside the tackle box. The referee must stay with him to prevent him from getting mauled, so he can’t track the flight of the ball. That must be a crew call. If another official runs to him and tells him there was no eligible receiver in the area — or the ball didn’t get to the neutral zone if the quarterback did get out of the tackle box — that’s when the flag should go down for intentional grounding. You’re a back judge: The receiver you’re keying is held downfield, but you glance at the quarterback and he’s not looking that way, so you hold your flag. So far, no harm, no foul. Now he does look that way, so the hold does become relevant, and you toss your flag. That is how it should work. TV announcers go nuts and talk about “late flags,” but what we’re doing is processing the action and calling what matters. In sum, the old thinking was that we should stay in our lane on the field. Each of us had areas of responsibility and, as a rule, we didn’t get out of them. Now it’s 180 degrees opposite. If I’ve got information you need, I’ll give it to you. If you come to me, I’m not going to let my ego get in the way. I’ll listen and process what you say. Best case, the result will be that a flag for a phantom foul gets picked up or we put one down that needs to be there, albeit late. We may get some flak and have to do some explaining to a coach, but that’s far better than letting a mistake occur that could have been corrected.

Nobody believes in us! We'll show the world not to take us lightly.

Total domination by the WEBO line last night. No one had man-handled MD the way WEBO did last night. Best of luck in LOS next week. Championship trifecta?

I don't know if we can pin this topic or not but it might be helpful. Which teams playing for a state championship this week use endzone cameras, and what is your brand/model/set-up? Who are the top endzone videographers from the teams vying for a trophy this week? Please name them to recognize their greatness.

Lol clearly I hit a nerve seeing as you got triggered that someone disliked your comment and are now commenting back-to-back about. You also stated literally zero facts whatsoever. Be well you angry middle-aged child.

Nah, just goes to show that some government schools can't spell.......................