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If "sports" is ever divorced from the schools...the kids that need sports the most, will have very little access to it.

over 3 pages on this one today....nice work fellas 😄

Classy post.

Interesting fact for 2026: 26 of ND’s 27 NIL signees are early enrollment. This means they’ll be here for the off season program and Spring ball.

How can they get it right with Tulane in the playoff in your scenario? They aren’t a top 30 much less a top 12 team

I always thought Special Teams was a part of Football .

You have a much higher opinion of Kelly than I do. I think he is buffoon. Guy mailed it in at LSU and was roundly criticized for his lack of effort while there. Temp and his supposed “connections” will have you believe that he hasn’t been contacted. He is hanging his hat on DeBoer and Dillingham, neither of which I believe will be going there. He mentions a 3rd person, which he has been unwilling to share to this point, as willing to take the job. Maybe Fisch from Washington?

https://www.si.com/college/louisville/football/brady-allen-enters-portal-2025

They would have been this year's champions, but the SEC is afraid. A couple of injuries from winning last year. And probably the front runner in 2026. Notre Dame fans are happy with recent results on the field, that's all that matters.

Me And I laugh at "my other fav teams". Miss me with that nonsense I can respect Coach Cig and his profession and how he goes about it. Doesn't mean I want them to win ...... ND and IU fans. Reversible Jackets never fail

A program that paints itself as a victim and runs from competition. Hell, I’d argue the Wolverines have every reason NOT to play in their bowl game and not one player has opted out as of now…

Enlighten us. What have they become? Just looking for reasons to bring them down to your Wolverine's level? You are relentless, I'll give you that.

Notre Dame is above any of those silly bowls they would have been invited to. You call it quitting, I call it a simple "no thank you, not wasting our time on anyone not named Ohio State or Indiana." There's a 60% chance you're right. We'll see.

Busted again! FYI understand the spelling...just chose not to add the ' Just like the choice to speed on the interstate...sometimes we get by with it, sometime the police stop us.

Congrats to Myles. Awesome accomplishment! I was pulling for our guy Jett, of course, but it would be hard not to vote for Myles this year after all of the stats he accumulated.

Not a chance.

With all due respect, guy is just a temu @temptation

Back them, there were way more independents...those 2, Syracuse, Pitt, West Virginia, BC, Army, Navy, BYU, Cincy, Florida State, Miami, Rutgers, etc.

Back when they were both (technically) independents! Better times with more independents.

Temp you contradict yourself daily . He said he became a fan during Paterno years before the Sandusky scandal . Once he became a fan he was not happy with what happened but is still a fan . Look at YOU , you know your Wolverines cheated their way to a Natty and you still stand by them .

Penn State is my 3rd favorite program. Besides IU, have seen a few games in both South Bend and Happy Valley. Have this famous print of Rick Mirer and Reggie Brooks looking into the Penn State Defense in my basement. Loved the old rivalry these teams used to have years ago

Yep , And I'll keep Rooting because I know if it does happen , we will have done it without cheating .

A couple of years ago, following a FB thread, one person was surmising on how to get business leaders from a community to pay parents of promising athletes to move to town to bolster their football and basketball teams (this particular school hasn't had a ton of tournament success in either, but has a really intense fanbase). Honestly, that's been happening in some communities for decades (it was very common for a promising young kid at a rural school just happen to see his dad get a really good job in the county seat, and a connection with a real estate agent to get a good deal on a house), but it's going to be more out in the open.

Your "two year flash in the pan" was a comparison to another school, correct? Or you just chose to select a 2 year time "out of the air"? If the latter, sorry about your confusion.

This is something that deserves more analysis than I can give it. The issue is, while the IHSAA is a membership organization for purposes of its relationship with the schools, a number of court decisions determined it to be a quasi-governmental entity when it comes to dealing with individual student athletes over eligibility matters. That muddies the waters quite a bit. Courts have determined that college student athletes have a constitutional right to be compensated for the commercial use of their name, image and likeness, even though the NCAA is a “member organization.” Not sure that it would be any different for a high school student athlete.

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7-AA Final Palo Cedro Redding Christian (15-0) 16 Irvine Woodbridge (7-9 0 Division 7-A Final San Francisco Balboa (12-2) 42 South El Monte (11-5) 8 FLORIDA Class 7A Final (15) Lake Mary (12-3) 28 #88 Vero Beach (14-1) 27 Class 6A Final #69 West Boca Raton (13-2) 31 (18) Pembroke Pines West Broward (12-3) 0 Class 5A Final #9 Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas (13-1) 29 #54 Lakeland (12-3) 0 Class 4A Final Plantation American Heritage (9-5) 33 Orlando Jones (12-3) 28 Class 3A Final #75 Jacksonville Raines (14-0) 23 #11 Miami Northwestern (12-2) 22 Class 2A Final (12) Sarasota Cardinal Mooney (14-1) 52 (16)Jacksonville Bolles (13-2) 28 Class 1A Final West Palm Beach Cardinal Newman (11-3) 17 #19 Hollywood Chaminade-Madonna (11-3) 14 GEORGIA Class 6A Final (12/16) #6 Carrollton (14-0) vs #3 Buford (14-0) Class 5A Semi-Finals (12/11) #62 Gainesville (12-2) 38 #91 Rome (11-3) 6 #39 Thomasville Thomas County Central (14-0) 49 #51 Roswell (12-2) 28 Class 4A Final (12/15) #21 Fairburn Creekside (14-0) vs (12) Savannah Benedictine (11-2) Class 3A Final (12/15) Tyrone Sandy Creek (14-0) vs Jefferson (13-1) Class 2A Final (12/16) Atlanta Hapeville Charter (10-4) vs Columbus Carver (14-0) Class A-Division 1 Final (12/16) Sylvester Worth County (14-0) vs Lyons Toombs County (13-1) Class A-Division 2 Final (12/15) Bowdon (12-2) vs Lincolnton Lincoln County (14-0) Class Private (12/15) Savannah Calvary Day (12-1) vs Dacula Hebron Christian (11-1) LOUISIANA Division I Select Final #14 New Orleans Edna Karr (14-0) 49 #66 New Orleans St. Augustine (12-2) 14 Division I Non-Select Final Monroe Ouachita Parish (11-4) 21 (5) Ruston (11-3) 20 Division II Select Final (9) LaPlace St. Charles Catholic (13-1) 23 Marrero Archbishop Shae (9-5) 21 Division II Non-Select Final (10) Iowa (14-0) 50 (4) Stonewall North DeSoto (13-1) 43 Division III Select Final Baton Rouge Dunham (13-1) 34 Shreveport Calvary Baptist Academy (12-2) 17 Division III Non-Select Final Sterlington (12-2) 34 Jena (12-2) 20 Division IV Select Final Reserve Riverside Academy (13-1) 31 Donaldsonville Ascension Catholic (11-3) 21 Division IV Non-Select Final Haynesville (14-0) 39 Mangham (11-3) 38 NORTH CAROLINA Class 8A Final (12/11) #48 Cornelius Hough (14-0) 21 #74 Raleigh Millbrook (13-1) 0 Class 7A Final #22 Greensboro Grimsley (15-0) 24 (7) Clayton (12-3) 14 Class 6A Final Watauga (15-0) 47 Middle Creek Apex (11-3) 25 Class 5A Final (8) Shelby Crest (13-2) 31 Wilson Hunt (12-3) 14 Class 4A Final (12) Reidsville (13-2) 50 Brevard (14-1) 20 Class 3A Final Shelby (13-3) 84 Kinston (11-5) 41 Class 2A Final Tarboro (15-0) 22 Murphy (12-3) 0 Class 1A Final Wilson Prep (9-5) 9 Robbinsville (10-4) 8 OKLAHOMA Class 4A Final (10) Tuttle (14-0) 23 (7) Elgin (13-1) 20 Class 3A Final #92 Tulsa Lincoln Christian (14-0) 24 Sulphur (13-1) 21 Class 2A-II Final Adair (14-0) 34 Vian (12-2) 29 Class 2A-I Final (8) Jones (14-0) 20 Washington (12-2) 14 Class A-II Final Talihina (14-0) 26 Hominy (11-3) 20 Class A-I Final Owasso Rejoice Christian (13-1) 34 Tonkawa (12-2) 13 TEXAS Conference 6A-Division 1 Semi-Finals #12 Duncanville (12-1) 31 #18 Allen (14-1) 9 #77 Houston North Shore (13-2) 28 #23 Austin Lake Travis (14-1) 6 Conference 6A-Division 2 Semi-Finals #47 DeSoto (12-3) 57 #5 Southlake Carroll (14-1) 44 #84 Houston King (13-2) 58 #90 Austin Vandegrift (12-3) 41 Conference 5A-Division 1 Semi-Finals Frisco Lone Star (15-0) 56 #36 Aledo (14-1) 52 #86 Spring Branch Smithson Valley (14-1) 31 Port Arthur Memorial (14-1) 28 Conference 5A-Division 2 Semi-Finals #24 Dallas South Oak Cliff (14-1) 35 Melissa (11-3) 17 #49 Richmond Randle (15-0) 40 Boerne (13-2) 16 Conference 4A-Division 1 Semi-Finals #59 Stephenville (15-0) 24 Celina (14-1) 21 Kilgore (14-1) 49 La Vernia (13-2) 0 Conference 4A-Division 2 Semi-Finals Carthage (15-0) 49 Brock (14-1) 21 Orange West Orange-Stark (12-3) 28 Sinton (13-2) 3 VIRGINIA Class 6 Final (1) Chesapeake Oscar Smith (13-1) 44 Stafford North Stafford (11-4) 0 Class 5 Final (2) Norfolk Maury (14-1) 26 (10) Highland Springs (11-4) 7 Class 4 Final (3) Richmond Varina (13-2) 47 (6) Leesburg Loundon County (12-2) 0 Class 3 Final Norfolk Lake Taylor (13-2) 48 Nokesville Kettle Run (13-2) 42 Class 2 Final Strasburg (13-1) 49 Glenvar (14-1) 27 Class 1 Final Warsaw Rappahannock (12-2) 49 Clinchport Rye Cove (11-4) 14

The Harrison/McCutcheon problem? Easy, split the two high schools into four. Now you have four schools with enrollment of approx. 900-1000 students which opens up more flexibility for closer conference affiliations with other high schools that are closer in enrollment.

Some truth to this statement….

Guess I should have said that in my younger years to all of the Irish fans when they won the natty in 1988…

And Notre Dame is better this year, lol. I've been saying for the last seven weeks. NO ONE wants to play Notre Dame right now. With the injury to IU's D lineman, I've got Notre Dame and Ohio State in a deadlock as the favorite to win the whole thing.............that's if Notre Dame didn't get bamboozled.

8 teams deep in the fandom is pretty crazy I like ND, IU and whoever OSU is playing

Like playing on turf without the burning feet at the start of the season and without the turf pellets in your cleats when you leave.

Call me an optimist but athletics will never leave high school. In fact it could go full circle meaning an increase in multisport athletes. The elites may play in club, get paid nil, and play for IMG like schools but the majority of kids will not. This will open up opportunities for those in high school to participate in multiple sports and enjoy it. Kind of the way it was when I was in high school. Will the overall quality decline? Likely but who really cares if you enjoy athletics and competition.

Yeah, but didn't ND go all the way to the championship last year? Maybe I'm wrong, but I thought they they ran the table after falling asleep against the worst team on their schedule and beat Georgia and Penn State in the playoff. Help me out here. Maybe my memory is failing me.

If you've been paying attention, you'd know that Notre Dame isn't in the playoff because the SEC is in bed with ESPN. There are five teams from that conference and and Notre Dame would be favored against all of them with the exception of, possibly, Georgia. What Alabama wants, Alabama gets. Miami? Deserving. As Nick Saban said. Something needs to change and Notre Dame is easily one of the Top 12 teams in the country. Those who really know football are livid that schools like James Madison and Tulane are in, while a program like Notre Dame, even Texas, is left out. But it's really not even about that. The CFPS strung the Irish players along for weeks, only to pull the rug out from underneath them in favor of a lessor program..........Alabama. Look, I know you hate the Irish, but the kids at IU are not different that the kids at Notre Dame. What happened to them was just plain wrong.

that Bermuda Grass that Purdue has and LCC has is OUTSTANDING

Amen!

CALIFORNIA Open Division Final #17 Concord De La Salle (12-0) vs #4 Rancho Santa Margarita (10-3) Division 1-AA Final #79 San Diego Cathedral Catholic (11-2) vs #53 Folsom (13-1) Division 1-A Final #94 Fresno Central East (13-1) vs (18) Oxnard Pacifica (15-0) Division 2-AA Final (14) Stockton St. Mary’s (12-2) vs Bakersfield Christian (13-0) Division 2-A Final Arcadia Rio Hondo Prep (15-0) vs Sonora (14-0) Division 3-AA Final San Francisco St. Ignatius College Prep (8-6) vs Ventura (13-2) Division 3-A Final Oakland McClymonds (11-2) vs Delano Kennedy (12-3) Division 4-AA Final Barstow (11-3) vs Sutter (13-1) Division 4-A Final Irvine Beckman (12-3) vs El Cerrito (12-2) Division 5-AA Final El Cajon Christian (8-7) vs Oakland Bishop O’Dowd (10-4) Division 5-A Final San Andreas Calaveras (12-2) vs Bishop Union (12-3) Division 6-AA Final San Jose Lincoln (11-3) vs Valley Center (8-6) Division 6-A Final San Diego Morse (10-4) vs Winters (13-1) Division 7-AA Final Palo Cedro Redding Christian (14-0) vs Irvine Woodbridge (7-8) Division 7-A Final San Francisco Balboa (11-2) vs South El Monte (11-4) FLORIDA Class 7A Final #88 Vero Beach (14-0) vs (15) Lake Mary (11-3) Class 6A Final (18) Pembroke Pines West Broward (12-2) vs #69 West Boca Raton (12-2) Class 5A Final #9 Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas (12-1) vs #54 Lakeland (12-2) Class 4A Final Orlando Jones (12-2) vs Plantation American Heritage (8-5) Class 3A Final #11 Miami Northwestern (12-1) vs #75 Jacksonville Raines (13-0) Class 2A Final (12) Sarasota Cardinal Mooney (13-1) vs (16)Jacksonville Bolles (13-1) Class 1A Final #19 Hollywood Chaminade-Madonna (11-2) vs West Palm Beach Cardinal Newman (10-3) GEORGIA Class 6A Final (12/16) #6 Carrollton (14-0) vs #3 Buford (14-0) Class 5A Semi-Finals (12/11) #62 Gainesville (11-2) vs #91 Rome (11-2) #51 Roswell (12-1) vs #39 Thomasville Thomas County Central (13-0) Class 4A Final (12/15) #21 Fairburn Creekside (14-0) vs (12) Savannah Benedictine (11-2) Class 3A Final (12/15) Tyrone Sandy Creek (14-0) vs Jefferson (13-1) Class 2A Final (12/16) Atlanta Hapeville Charter (10-4) vs Columbus Carver (14-0) Class A-Division 1 Final (12/16) Sylvester Worth County (14-0) vs Lyons Toombs County (13-1) Class A-Division 2 Final (12/15) Bowdon (12-2) vs Lincolnton Lincoln County (14-0) Class Private (12/15) Savannah Calvary Day (12-1) vs Dacula Hebron Christian (11-1) LOUISIANA Division I Select Final #14 New Orleans Edna Karr (13-0) vs #66 New Orleans St. Augustine (12-1) Division I Non-Select Final (5) Ruston (11-2) vs Monroe Ouachita Parish (10-4) Division II Select Final (9) LaPlace St. Charles Catholic (12-1) vs Marrero Archbishop Shae (9-4) Division II Non-Select Final (4) Stonewall North DeSoto (13-0) vs (10) Iowa (13-0) Division III Select Final Baton Rouge Dunham (12-1) vs Shreveport Calvary Baptist Academy (12-1) Division III Non-Select Final Sterlington (11-2) vs Jena (12-1) Division IV Select Final Reserve Riverside Academy (12-1) vs Donaldsonville Ascension Catholic (11-2) Division IV Non-Select Final Haynesville (13-0) vs Mangham (11-2) NORTH CAROLINA Class 8A Final (12/11) #48 Cornelius Hough (13-0) vs #74 Raleigh Millbrook (13-0) Class 7A Final #22 Greensboro Grimsley (14-0) vs (7) Clayton (12-2) Class 6A Final Middle Creek Apex (11-2) vs Watauga (14-0) Class 5A Final (8) Shelby Crest (12-2) vs Wilson Hunt (12-2) Class 4A Final (12) Reidsville (12-2) vs Brevard (14-0) Class 3A Final Shelby (12-3) vs Kinston (11-4) Class 2A Final Tarboro (14-0) vs Murphy (12-2) Class 1A Final Robbinsville (10-3) vs Wilson Prep (8-5) OKLAHOMA Class 4A Final (10) Tuttle (13-0) vs (7) Elgin (13-0) Class 3A Final #92 Tulsa Lincoln Christian (13-0) vs Sulphur (13-0) Class 2A-II Final Vian (12-1) vs Adair (13-0) Class 2A-I Final (8) Jones (13-0) vs Washington (12-1) Class A-II Final Hominy (11-2) vs Talihina (13-0) Class A-I Final Tonkawa (12-1) vs Owasso Rejoice Christian (12-1) TEXAS Conference 6A-Division 1 Semi-Finals #12 Duncanville (11-1) vs #18 Allen (14-0) #23 Austin Lake Travis (14-0) vs #77 Houston North Shore (12-2) Conference 6A-Division 2 Semi-Finals #5 Southlake Carroll (14-0) vs #47 DeSoto (11-3) #90 Austin Vandegrift (12-2) vs #84 Houston King (12-2) Conference 5A-Division 1 Semi-Finals #36 Aledo (14-0) vs Frisco Lone Star (14-0) #86 Spring Branch Smithson Valley (13-1) vs Port Arthur Memorial (14-0) Conference 5A-Division 2 Semi-Finals #24 Dallas South Oak Cliff (13-1) vs Melissa (11-2) #49 Richmond Randle (14-0) vs Boerne (13-1) Conference 4A-Division 1 Semi-Finals #59 Stephenville (14-0) vs Celina (14-0) Kilgore (13-1) vs La Vernia (13-1) Conference 4A-Division 2 Semi-Finals Wall (14-0) vs Gunter (13-1) Newton (13-1) vs East Bernard (10-4) VIRGINIA Class 6 Final (1) Chesapeake Oscar Smith (12-1) vs Stafford North Stafford (11-3) Class 5 Final (2) Norfolk Maury (13-1) vs (10) Highland Springs (11-3) Class 4 Final (3) Richmond Varina (12-2) vs (6) Leesburg Loundon County (12-1) Class 3 Final Nokesville Kettle Run (13-1) vs Norfolk Lake Taylor (12-2) Class 2 Final Glenvar (14-0) vs Strasburg (12-1) Class 1 Final Warsaw Rappahannock (11-2) vs Clinchport Rye Cove (11-3)

It happens more than you realize. Many years ago, our school had a volleyball coach who threatened to cut kids from the volleyball team if they played basketball, because basketball season conflicted with club volleyball season. She never followed through, but got a couple of kids (who would've helped our basketball team) to quit basketball and specialize. Our two-sport athletes would hide in the locker room until she left before going to basketball open gyms.

Rob Reiner and his wife have died, family say, as police investigate apparent homicide: Rob Reiner and his wife have died, family say, as police investigate apparent homicide What a tragedy.