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I am a retired high school football coach that has transitioned into blog writing. I truly enjoy the process and want to share some of my blogs with anyone interested in high school football. I have a website that contains most all of my blogs. There is no charge to read any of my blogs as I do this for a hobby and not for profit. I am hoping my latest blog is allowed to stay as I feel it conveys a good message. Ron Glodich coached 33 years at Marine City high school in Marine City Michigan I am a member of the Michigan High School football coaches association Hall of Fame https://www.ronglodich.com/author-blog/the-last-goodbye

https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/high-school/2025/01/13/ihsaa-one-time-transfer-bill-to-be-filed-at-indiana-legislative-session-2025-transfers-policy-change/77661200007/?tbref=hp The Indiana State Legislature sticking it's nose into where it doesn't belong. The IHSAA is a private organization the last time I checked. If certain of its members don't like the current transfer rules then they should lobby the IHSAA to change them, not go running to the government.

Agree, Great guy. Have had the pleasure to work the Harrison SOS camps in the Springs. He turned the program around at Harrison.

Terry Peebles has stepped down at Harrison Great guy, still will be part of IFCA and region 4 I am sure, as he is VP at the IFCA state board.

2017-2018 and 2018-2019 enrollment period. Luers was smack dab in the middle of 3A enrollment. Didn't have a lot of success in those two years. Crazy enough when the next enrollment period came around, they were back to 2A enrollment and playing in 2A. So yes manipulating enrollment numbers for the sake of winning isn't as crazy as it sounds.

I am all in on Coach Prime in Dallas. match made for each other Moore currently is the OC for Philadelphia, great move leaving Dallas and landing in Philly and getting an offense with a good offensive line, Playmakers already at WR and QB then you get gifted one of the best RBs in the last decade in NFL because NYG put a ludricuous amount of money into waived Daniel Jones. If you didn't catch the hard knocks OFF SEASON, GIANTS, it was a dandy...... Chairman John Mara, well, "I really want #26 to be a Giant for life". GM: We paid Danniel $40 million..... Chairman, scoffs and just walks out of the GM's office. Oh baby, good stuff

They never should have joined the SIAC

Thank Goodness!!! On this one. I ABSOULETY agree with you. Coach Buzea can see the challenges ahead, and Coach Brevard has a program that is coming into its'' own (IMO). This is a good matchup for BOTH schools.

Glad CP is playing Indy area teams. Not easy to make schedules work and as stated, only so many 6A options in the state to play. Hopefully. more to come!

Being in the building can help with visits from recruiters. Many programs have an opportunity for the coach to be involved with the weight room, monitoring attendance and behavior along with recruiting the hallways. Many schools have different needs. We've turned coaching into year-round fulltime side job. I'm worried about turnover and the loss of good coaches.

NFL Free Agency, NCAA Transfer Portal, and now the IHSAA Transfer Portal...what a rush. Might have to dedicate a part of the Gridiron Digest to where all the athletes around the state transfer to. Coaches get your NIL money ready.

Perhaps...AP had them 3. CFB final rankings ND was 5th. I agree..perhaps they make it in. Ohio State certainly would not have made it in, and now they are a significant favorite in the championship game.

Remember the "Tournament of Champions" that our government forced on the IHSAA. My memory could be failing me but I remember an elected official saying "The republic is saved." when they passed something nobody wanted.

The Big 8 wasn't salvageable, but they had a window of opportunity during which joining the PAC was an option.

Trust me…sending schools would often not sign off even with a bonified change in address. There are administrators in this state who are pieces of (insert expletive) with regard to allowing kids to do what’s best for them and their family.

Can’t imagine this idea not having huge support with the member schools.

A prime illustration of the dumbassery of California liberals....... 1) An effort to increase fire safety in 2019 was halted because of an "endangered" shrub. 2) The LADWP was fined over $2 million after the shrub was trampled. 3) The fires in SOCAL right now have mostly burnt the shrubs anyway. 4) Actually the shrubs need wildfires to sprout new growth........ https://nypost.com/2025/01/14/us-news/california-bureaucrats-halted-pacific-palisades-fire-safety-project-to-save-endangered-shrub/ California’s eco bureaucrats halted a wildfire prevention project near the Pacific Palisades to protect an endangered shrub. It’s just the latest clash between fire safety and conservation in California that is coming under scrutiny following the devastating outbreak of the Palisades Fire — the most devastating blaze in Los Angeles history, which has consumed the very same area. In 2019, the LA Department of Water and Power (LADWP) began replacing nearly 100-year-old power line poles cutting through Topanga State Park, when the project was halted within days by conservationists outraged that federally endangered Braunton’s milkvetch plants had been trampled during the process. The goal of the project was to improve fire safety for the Pacific Palisades area by replacing the wooden poles with steel, widening fire-access lanes in the area, and installing wind and fire-resistant power lines — all after the area was identified as having an “elevated fire risk,” according to the LA Times. “This project will help ensure power reliability and safety, while helping reduce wildfire threats,” the LADWP said at the time. “These wooden poles were installed between 1933 and 1955 and are now past their useful service life.” But, after an amateur botanist hiking through the park during the work saw the harm done to some of the park’s Braunton’s milkvetch — a flowered shrub with only a few thousand specimens remaining in the wild — and complained, the project was completely halted, Courthouse News Service reported. Instead of fire-hardening the park, the city — which the state said had undertaken the work without proper permitting — ended up paying $2 million in fines and was ordered by the California Coastal Commission to reverse the whole project and replant the rare herb.That work saved about 200 Braunton’s milkvetch plants — almost all of which have now likely been torched in the wildfires that consumed Topanga Canyon, along with nearly 24,000 acres of some of LA’s most sought-after real estate. It was not clear whether the steel poles were ever installed. The good news for the milkvetch, however, is that they usually need wildfire to sprout — meaning dormant seeds now have a massive new habitat for a new crop of the rare shrub. 3 In the week of chaos that has claimed at least 24 lives, California and LA leadership have faced scrutiny over their approach to wildfire safety verses conservation — most notably from President-elect Donald Trump, who accused Gov. Gavin Newsom of prioritizing the wellbeing of “worthless fish” over Californian’s safety. “He wanted to protect an essentially worthless fish called a smelt… but didn’t care about the people of California,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social, accusing Newsom of blocking his 2020 federal order to divert water runoff from northern California to southern reservoirs. That order was halted days after Trump issued it, with Newsom responding to criticism from conservationists who argued it would harm the endangered minnow-like fish and other native fish. Delta smelt, once an important part of the local California ecosystem, are now effectively extinct — meaning they still exist, but their numbers are so few that they no longer have any impact on their environment. In the years since Newsom sued to block Trump’s order the two politicians have bickered back and forth over California water-access, with Trump vowing to block wildfire aid to the state as recently as September if the governor doesn’t give in. Newsom, in response, called Trump’s accusations “pure fiction.” “The Governor is focused on protecting people, not playing politics, and making sure firefighters have all the resources they need,” a spokesperson previously told The Post. But California’s water supplies have been scrutinized amidst the fires — especially after some fire hydrants in the city ran dry as firefighters battled the flames, and the pressure for what water they had was often low. Most notably, the county-run Santa Ynez Reservoir — which is right in the heart of Pacific Palisades, and can hold 117 million gallons — was empty when the fires broke out last week, and has been out of commission since around February 2024. Gov. Newsom, however, told NBC News the state’s reservoirs in southern California were all “completely full” when the fires started. Last week the governor announced a probe into why the reservoir was empty. Exactly what sparked the fires remains under investigation, but they are believed to have begun not far from Topanga State Park on a trail in the neighboring Temescal Gateway Park. Neither the LADWP nor the California Coastal Commission responded to request for comment.

And he and Deion have been in talks…..

I don't know if that works with a digital radio, mine is an analog. I have to dust it off once in awhile.

2025 Returning Production (Based on available information) Central 72.7% (16/22) Offense: 9 Defense: 7 Reitz 59.1% (13/22) Offense: 7 Defense: 6 Memorial 54.5% (12/22) Offense: 6 Defense: 6 Jasper 50.0% (11/22) Offense: 4 Defense: 7 Mater Dei 45.5% (10/22) Offense: 6 Defense: 4 Castle 45.5% (10/22) Offense: 5 Defense: 5 Bosse 40.9% (9/22) Offense: 5 Defense: 4 Lincoln 40.9% (9/22)* Offense: 5 Defense: 4 North 40.9% (9/22) Offense: 2 Defense: 7 Harrison 27.3% (6/22) Offense: 3 Defense: 3 Thanks to Indiana SRN for posting lineups for game previews. I used those throughout the season, with some minor adjustments for some teams. Please correct me if I am wrong for any of the teams.

I'm sure there is some reason that protects the IHSAA from litigation doing it this way. That said....this might be the best thing he has ever done if it goes through.

Furthermore, there's typically something that goes into these decisions that isn't seen by the public eye. It's easy to criticize from the outside looking in. Sometimes it's just a matter of this staff having a good relationship with that staff and the desire to play other programs that share your values. Buzea's no dummy. In fact, he could make an argument for best coach in the state of Indiana. I'm sure he knew what he was doing when he picked up Pike.

That's a good pickup for both teams. You get the feeling that Pike could be a team on the rise. They're definitely always fast and athletic, and Coach Brevard has done a very nice job putting together a quality young staff. With Crown Point, you get a team that's building itself into a powerhouse up north. Win-Win for both schools (except for the travel).

Well that's just an ignorant comment. Coach Smock is a good coach. He just came off a 9-3 season. Which only lost to Guerin (by 4), Danville and Huntington North in OT. I doubt he was worried about a "tougher row to hoe" when he made that decision.

Yes, I did that earlier today. IMHO the approval is a big if.

This just in: Lebanon coach steps down after 8 seasons: https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/high-school/2025/01/07/lebanon-has-ihsaa-football-coach-opening-after-jeff-smock-steps-down-indiana-high-school/77517238007/?tbref=hp Guess Mr. Smock realized the Tigers will now have a tougher row to hoe after the 5 smaller schools have left the Sagamore. No more Crawfordsville's, Frankfort's, and North Montgomery's to beat up on.