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There are certainly some rural areas that look a lot like some urban areas too with regards issues tied to impoverishment. Crime might be different, to an extent ... although not always, but employment issues, lack of general opportunities, lack of area resources and support, being "locked in" to a bad situation around you, etc. can also impact rural areas too. This was especially true in areas of Texas when I lived there and even today.

Thanks BTF. Thank you for these lists Temp.

What I heard they are going to have Big school division Carroll, Homestead, Dwenger, Northrop and Snider. Small division Luers Concordia, South Side, North Side, and Wayne. More to come later.

Anytime Driven T openly strokes his own ego it is funny.

Maybe it was his zero catches in his final game of his career against a 5'7" defensive back that derailed his score :).

So, congrats to Luers on their annual division championship? Feels very Big Ten East/West to me. But no, in all honesty if it opens up the schedule to play some different teams outside of the area, it’s a good thing in my opinion.

That Samardzija eval is so off it's not even funny.

...and he looks like he rides in train boxcars for a living......

🤷 midgets? Is that phrase still allowed? Or should it read little people?

Hey. The ☘️ aren’t little guys. 😂

https://outsidethehuddle.net/2022/01/06/oth-exclusive-sac-very-close-to-big-changes-for-football-beginning-in-2023/ OTH EXCLUSIVE: SAC “very close” to big changes for football beginning in 2023 There is considerable momentum and discussion ongoing that could see the Summit Athletic Conference look much different come fall of 2023. Per sources close to Outside the Huddle, SAC coaches and athletic directors are nearing an agreement on the adoption of a two-division format, non-conference games and a Week 9 “championship week” for football beginning in the 2023 season. In the plan that OTH is told is “very close” to being endorsed, the SAC will be split into two divisions – big school and small school – similar to the format currently used in the Northeast Corner Conference. The big school division will feature Bishop Dwenger, Carroll, Homestead, Northrop and Snider. The small school division will consist of Bishop Luers, Concordia Lutheran, North Side, South Side and Wayne. It is uncertain at this time just who would need to pass this plan to make it official, although sense says it will be the athletic directors, but it will need to have unanimous approval by the 10 member schools. Under the proposal, each team’s schedule will have Weeks 1 and 2 open for non-conference competition. The next six weeks will see teams play all four of their division opponents and a pair of crossover games against teams from the other division. Some of these inter-divisional games will be rotated, but others will be used to protect rivalries such as the Battle of the Bishops. OTH has also been told that an SAC schedule for the first six years of this new format has already been prepared, pending the plan’s adoption. Week 9 will be “Championship Week” as the first-place teams in each division face off for the SAC Championship and the Victory Bell. The second-place teams will take each other on, and so on. OTH has been told that while there is near-unanimous support for this radically-changed setup for the league, it has not been greeted with universal approval from all parties, due to a few factors. One point that has been brought up involves the fact that schools in the small division will sacrifice a considerable amount of big-time tests by not playing the entirety of the league powerhouses. Concordia Lutheran and Bishop Luers have each benefited in the postseason from playing a tough, higher-class schedule. The other is a concern that suitable opponents will be difficult to find. But considering the amount of programs that would be willing to schedule SAC foes just in this region, especially a Northeast 8 Conference that also has its non-conference games in Weeks 1-2, this feels like a considerable non-factor. While some may love this new format and others not so much, it guarantees the ability for SAC schools to challenge themselves outside of the conference and allow areas of the state to see Fort Wayne’s best in terms of programs and talent. In some circles, the recent era that saw Elmhurst High School close in 2010 and Harding one year later, allowing SAC programs to step out of the region, was sensational. High-profile matchups included Snider taking on the likes of Penn and Cathedral, Bishop Dwenger challenging Cincinnati LaSalle and Bishop Luers traveling to out-of-state powerhouses like Columbus Hartley and Toledo Whitmer. Conversely, other SAC teams were able to find like-talented squads to play, with South Side and Arsenal Tech building a mini-rivalry and Northrop adding central Indiana teams such as Anderson and Muncie South. The ability to schedule out-of-conference games disappeared\ when Homestead and Carroll entered the league in 2015. Over the last six seasons, grumblings have only grown about the regular-season schedule within Fort Wayne growing stale, area 6A programs with the inability to compete with its compatriots due to lack of games against like-sized schools and the allure of seeing big inter-conference matchups within northeast Indiana, such as Leo vs. Bishop Dwenger, East Noble vs. Carroll or Eastside vs. Bishop Luers (in the regular season). While nothing is assured as of this time, this is the closest the SAC has gotten to real change that brings what many consider one of the top three leagues in the state into the present day in terms of scheduling.

That’s why I asked if anyone knew any truth to it. And I’ve seen numerous rumors posted here. Thanks

You can’t unring the bell … especially when he was right. I find the whole thing hilarious in that it enabled Rodgers to do what he does best … play the victim. That, and own the Bears, of course. 🤣😂

I’ve seen an angry beaver. It looks nothing like that. 😉

Looks like an angry beaver listening to headphones. 😂

That is a good question. IMSC, at a school I worked, the HC's stipend would increase "X" amount for each level of the tournament they won. Example purposes only----base stipend was 10k add in $1,500 for a sectional championship, $2,000 ($500 added onto the already earned $1,500 for the sectional championship and so on for each additional level won) for a regional championship, $3,000 for a SS championship, and $5,000 for a state title. This was many, many years ago, so I am not sure how that school pays now.

I didn't realize until I read about his passing, that he had a son, Max Starks, that was a 10 year NFL offensive lineman, that won 2 Super Bowls with the Steelers. https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/01/05/former-bengals-star-ross-browner-dies-from-complications-of-covid-at-67/

The only way a public school whose salaries are public record could do what you're saying is layering on job titles that have responsibilities. Base Pay Coaching Stipend Maybe Assistant AD or Department Chair Stipend Extra Work Days All must be in the contract available to the public for inspection.

🤣 I have seen that one before and laugh every time. Thanks MMM.

Yep. Same with me. Same as the Indians. Even after the Sonics moved to OKC, I still refer to them as the Sonics.

Wow! He was a freshman at ND when I was a senior in the 1973 national championship season. One of Our Lady’s all-time greatest players. Ross Browner was one of the most decorated defensive players in the history of college football. At the University of Notre Dame he was a four-year starter at defensive end in 1973 and 1975–77. He was a unanimous All-America his junior and senior seasons of 1976 and 1977. In 1976, he won the Outland trophy as the nation's best interior or defensive lineman also in 1976 United Press Internationalnamed him Lineman of the Year. He won the Lombardi Trophy as the nation's best lineman and the Maxwell Award as the nation's best player and again won the UPI Lineman of the Year Award, the only player ever to win it twice. In the decade of the 1970s, Browner was the only lineman who won the Maxwell. In 1977, he also placed fifth in voting for the Heisman Trophy. During his senior year in college, he was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated with the subheading of "Notre Dame's Peerless Ross Browner."

And it’s definitely not $150K.

I am sure that YOU are correct. Filed from mine 5 years ago, Yet still getting the occasional "I miss, blah, blah, blah from her monthly"...... For all concerned, time to look for better horizons, and good times to come, hopefully.....

Absolutely true, and fit is important for just about every prospect. He was certainly helped by Willingham's departure. But this evaluation--if it's not way off--is a miss in my book. If he's an Indy product he's easily a 4 Star. He was probably already 6'3'' or 6'4'' in high school, had good not great wheels, but he made up for it by being pretty shifty, especially for his height. He played every down. He wasn't James Banks, but he was an extremely talented high school player in this state back then. He was also hilarious on the field, but I know that's not taken into account.